Musings of a minor megalomaniac
He’ll bump Russ to the #2 spot as the Steeler rep now. We need more celebrities and pro athletes speaking out on these issues. POTUS is a popularity contest, plain and simple. MAGA got the social media messaging program right – for the fascists. Respectable, real people with a voice and platform need to start speaking up loudly before it’s too late.
I just found my soul-mate – on a news outlet website – even less impersonal than the social media form. I don’t enjoy the gossip, but a few keywords triggered a click on this, for me.
Dear No Communication: There is nothing wrong with not wanting to be on social media. My guess is that you will have more “quality friends” over many “quantity friends.” Would you rather have four silver quarters or 100 pennies in your pocket? You will get the quality if you continue to be you. Listen to your intuition about not wanting social media. You are ahead of your time. People are becoming increasingly aware of the negative impact of social media on their mental health
No, not Trump.org – the Chinese government, just generally speaking. The tourists weren’t the first people there, and they certainly won’t be the last. It’s also how they do the low-quality manufacturing and network/software stuff. Marginal reality’s good enough for government work.
The hydrologic cycle – what a concept.
I’d characterize it as more of a reminder: “we make our money from your personal information.”
Youtoob® has been tightening the advert screws for quite some time. I simply view it as a time-saver. 2nd half of the video just gets skipped now, no biggie.
I suspect most people would agree they couldn’t really care less if Harrison Butker is a misogynistic piece ‘o shyt. To each his own. But I don’t get what Mahomey, coach or anyone else on the Chiefs has to do with it, unless they either heartily agree or disagree. Yeah he’s a great teammate, so what? What about the housewife bullshyt? Nothing to say about that?
Then shut the fuck up.
I first raised my great big NFL eyebrow after Payton began the Denver portion of his career throwing shade on his predecessor. Then he gets things fairly well fucked-up, blaming a 6-time pro bowler being stupid. The guy is obviously a total fuckwit, but thanks for payin’ Russel to play for Pittsburgh. It’s gonna be fun teaching this lesson.
He didn’t exactly make a great first impression in Denver when he called out former Broncos coach Nathaniel Hackett, essentially breaking an unwritten rule. Payton then clashed with quarterback Russell Wilson throughout the 2023 campaign and was seen visibly screaming at Wilson at times. Eventually, Payton ended up benching Wilson for the final two games of the season after the veteran signal-caller declined to defer his injury guarantee.
Already making pejorative comments about the new lineup.
Whatever you might have to say about Antonio Brown’s illustrious crash-and-burn NFL career, being compared to his early days with the Steelers is high praise for anyone. No question this is Russel’s swan song. I’m looking forward to a stirring melody.
LATE UPDATE: No wordpress migration issues this time – woot-woot! I just did it manually, piece-by-piece with the maintainer’s instructions, and everything worked perfect. Maybe the import/export parsing’s improved in recent years, dunno. Good luck using the Debian wiki. Seemed odd to even mention the maintainers that way, but oh well – interoperability’s a bitch sometimes…
Should check the records for accuracy, but looks like my DSL connection lasted like 6-7 years this time. It’s a new record! That was around the last time we changed ISP’s, IIRC. It’s still going, I’m just not using it. I suspect it was hacked, dunno. Time-wasting forensics foregone, I decided to re-architect things with Comcast. I had a couple ideas for better ways of doing this with some upgraded hardware anyway. Michelle’s Dexter® business needs carved out of my network nonsense. Centurylink® will be upstairs Internet, going forward.
Things arbitrarily stopped forwarding for some reason on or about 15 MAR, returning failed reset and configuration attempts for a few days. WiFi stayed online during troubleshooting, but Internet access eventually dropped, leading to a factory reset on the 18th, restoring connectivity. Not sure what’s going on with Centurylink®, but the service level dropped noticeably in the past year, with regularly expected congestion periods during evenings and weekends. Once again, a network change seemed called for.
New C-link modem arrived two days later, but I waited until the following weekend for a full dynamic diagnosis with the DSL monkeys, so as not to interrupt Michelle with the swap-out. That Centurylink® reset really resonated, but their awful tech support disappoints. That’s the last time they’ll reset my modem without permission during troubleshooting. It belongs to Michelle now. Comcast® has to deal with me for awhile again, and I have a network diagram update to do. First came a new switch upgrade, including all-new re-loads in everything live on the wire with a chip in it. Here’s one reason why I no longer trust any-body or any-thing.
Interesting 1st blush Comcast observation belies similarly brain-dead tech support, underlying a much bigger, faster network, with all the same ne’er-do-wells prowling around. Sticking my toes in gingerly, surprised to see upwards of 90% of traffic visits pulling 404’s pointing to the WordPress site. I thought online docs were the most popular, at least according to Google Analytics. That Bosch injection pump manual had more downloads than everything else combined. Looks like it’s all cached everywhere.
Sorry for focusing on the cybercrime while offline. I was one of the OG cybercops. The ongoing online list for why anybody gives a shyt about the Internet resumes here now.
New Mansions in the Neighborhood.
FSK Bridge from the Right-Wing Perspective
Favorite toons saved here to mark Stuff’s offline time…
After meeting with the New York Giants, Wilson flew to Pittsburgh on Friday. Though he left without a deal, he agreed to sign with Pittsburgh on Sunday evening. The deal will become official Wednesday when the Denver Broncos officially release Wilson.
And fuck Shannon Sharp, coming from that fuckup factory, the Doncos themselves. He’s probably still sore about getting their asses handed to them in XLVIII.
The Steelers remain firm that Mason Rudolph and Kenny Pickett are their top options this offseason, but that hasn’t stopped everyone from naming the next star quarterback in Pittsburgh. Along with Wilson, Justin Fields, Kirk Cousins, and most recently, Jimmy Garoppolo have been named potential fits for the Steelers.
..for now. Welcome to the NFL dynasty club, KC! Nice work. Still three to go, if you wanna catch Pittsburgh and the Patriots.
The F-16s of the U.S. Air Force’s Thunderbirds will make their first Super Bowl appearance since 2019 on Feb. 11, roaring over Allegiant Stadium in Paradise, Nev., just before kickoff.
If KC’s colors weren’t red with questionably racist naming and chanting conventions, maybe I could see it. But goddamn.
…And the Lions ran outta gas. Nothing against San Fran – they won! But if Detroit kept up the pressure, or one of those lucky plays went the other way, this would have been a different post.
“The next time you think you’re underqualified for a job remember there is somebody at NBC who was paid to come to the conclusion that what NFL fans want is more of Tony Dungy’s opinions during games,” one fan wrote.
Here’s my opinion of the mutherfucker FWIW.
