Moe Lane

This thread is weird enough that I wish that *I* had written it.

Fun fact: Caracal kittens were bred in the 1980's to be able to communicate with modems. The idea was that they could function as low-cost biological modems for developing nations lacking telecom infrastructure https://t.co/HYnVLV5m32

— ‏بوكيبلينكي (@pookleblinky) January 16, 2019

As I said on Facebook, THE SCIENCE IS SETTLED: “A research group from Hull University in England randomly prescribed more than 160 patients either regular cough medicine or a chocolate-based medicine.  Patients on the chocolate-based medication reported improving more quickly than those on regular cough syrup.”  I mean, sure, in seven years or so they’ll come back and tell you that chocolate isn’t good for a cough after all.  But that’s, like, seven years or so from now, man.  In the meantime you’ve got SCIENCE to back your play.

Hrm. I should probably go and make sure that I prevent a cough.  Yes, that would be smart and healthy of me, for certain.

They closed the schools, they closed the rest of the federal government in DC, and it’s been a free and easy morning of pancakes and bacon.  And now comes the time of the clean-stuff-up.  It was even a respectable amount of snow, too.

So… open thread, I guess.  Not that I really have closed ones.

She’s the one who speaks Old English in the family*.

Hwæt!
We have heard the hottest pies,
pepperoni piled proportionally,
cheese chosen rightly,
Sauce skillfully slathered
Baked in the brightest of firehalls.
Þæt wæs gōd slice https://t.co/Jo1ST04mWq

— Damian Fleming (@FW_Medieval) January 12, 2019

Only, now I want a proper NY/NJ slice.

Moe Lane

*Yes, I did marry ridiculously well. I thought that this was known?

…That’s right; it’s going to snow here this weekend, and I expect everybody around me to lose their goram minds over it. Like they do. What makes it worse, of course, is that I should have gone grocery shopping today. Tomorrow’s going to be amazingly chaotic, over at the supermarket. Whee!

Still, first snow of the year. Coolness.

This is just dumb.

Bird Box Challenge while driving…predictable result. This happened on Monday as a result of the driver covering her eyes while driving on Layton Parkway. Luckily no injuries. pic.twitter.com/4DvYzrmDA2

— Layton Police (@laytonpolice) January 11, 2019

More to the point, it’s dumb that puts people who are not being dumb at risk.  I have to drive on the same road with you.  So don’t try to drive with your eyes closed; you will be, by definition, Doing It Wrong.

I’m not exactly sure when the first true post was (as in, not imported from another site).  I think that it was maybe on the 12th?  But I dunno.  It’s definitely this month and week, at least.

It’s been a fun ride so far, folks.  Thanks for coming along for it. (more…)

Seriously.

This is Jeremiah. Jeremiah wore safety goggles while angle grinding. Jeremiah still has his right eye. Be like Jeremiah. pic.twitter.com/it4Cewr7x6

— TJ Connors (@tjconnorstweets) January 7, 2019

Because he… could?

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There are, like, wars being fought out there in the art world, man.  Wars beyond your, or my, comprehension.  And they’re bitter ones, too.

https://t.co/R0RdNVdCaX via @cheezburger

— Ogiel (Moe Lane) (@Ogiel23) January 8, 2019