Just saw the trailer for "Joy" coming out on Christmas day

i was immediately, oddly drawn to the film. like i'm already expecting to love it. debbie downer says that's usually a bad sign.

Chills, Chills, Chills... The Good Kind

Lebron James surprises Special Olympiad before game in Boston Garden.

Picture from Fox Sports/sportsnet.ca/Yahoo search. It's not the type of picture I would be concerned about copying and sharing. Can you imagine a company trying to crack down on illegal reproduction of this?

File under: Incredibly heartwarming, magical moments.

Pope Francis says, "Mercy, not judgment."

I'm still waiting for the first time that this appears to be proven incorrect.

The older I get, the less accurate my "it's an appropriate time for rage" detector seems to get. At first glance, that rage seems to be a direct extension of judgment, and fighting the urge for the latter generally seems to quash the craving for the former, or at least to reduce the likelihood of its inevitability..

Pope Francis says

the first job for bishops and priests is not to preach, but to pray.

The man has said a handful of the most profound things I've ever heard spoken.

Good on CSOLPAC

yay!

finally marco rubio does something interesting with the new tv ad.

well i guess the ad is by conservative solutions pac so marco had nothing to do with it wink wink cuz of the laws and stuff but good on that group for putting in a real effort and daring to be a little bit creative.

the ad had tension, direction and cinematography. it was melodramatic and ridiculous. it was essentially tongue in cheek, which is already far better and more interesting and entertaining than the standard boilerplate political ad.

so thank you, csolpac, for adding a little spice to this round's recipe.

I love the Berkshire Bank commercial.

Ray Bourque is a treasure.

Love each segment.

Loved the "it's kind of chewy" one from years ago too.

Maybe I'll switch to Berkshire.

Maybe it's time.

Gordon Lightfoot.

sxtb

Dylan observed that when he heard a Lightfoot song he wished "it would last forever".^[9]

zactly

Erik Scott

Peace on Saturn

sxsc

it's like intergalactic, instrumental, atmospheric country western

PLEASE make it so

- a male CNN anchor wearing a low cut shirt showing off chest pubes and cleavage, looking poutily towards the camera, making illusory love with the viewing audience.

The failure to capitalize on this opportunity should be a firable offense.

Ronald Reagan, LOL

"Marijuana is probably the most dangerous drug in the United States..."

hey, you stupid fucking childish retards putting politicians on pedestals so that you can continue to believe your stupid fairy tales and delusions...

grow the fuck up.

freedom.

everything else is shit.

thank you, for the record.

every time i hear simon & garfunkel i think of you telling me in the car how you liked those sorts of interesting lyrics. i didn't get the words at the time, of course, and i thought the music was gay, but when i hear songs like this now it's like they settle in a groove in my soul that was created in those early experiences.

so thank you for sharing.

and i can't lie. thanks for having good taste.

devilish details

a new narrative this morning regards the ending of the NSA mass surveillance program and its impact on the success of the San Bernardino killings

"we need to grow up here.. we need this program..."

devil's like, 'YO!

the program that not only did not stop this attack, but didn't even put these killers on a watch list?'

"well it would help us get information now..."

so there's the tacks... the brass ones... you are arguing that you want to institutionalize unchecked, unoversightable mass government surveillance of innocent American citizens italix even though it will not prevent future attacks but because it may provide quicker (in a matter of hours rather than, well hours) access to desired information regarding phone records than could be gotten through classic targeted warrant processes...?? slash italix.

is that correct? do you agree to that wording? if not, or if you don't understand, i'll make up a new snarky saying and put it right there in yer face.

which part?

how you like tehm apples BOOM. i just made that line up and pwnd ur ass with it.

anyways, point is the plan didn't work here, didn't work with the Boston bombers, doesn't work, costs like a hundred trillion dollars over the next 3 years alone, and fundamentally violates the right of ordinary American citizens to go about their lives freely, without government intrusion and constant tracking and monitoring every day for the rest of their lives.

in short, and as usual, fuck you.

Slicing, dicing the available data.

Apparently radicalization takes place across socioeconomic and education rates. ie. rich people and well-educated are as likely to radicalize as poor and ignorant.

But most do seem to be tech grads. I wonder if there is a difference in the radicalization rates of

science/technology

arts/philosophy

As always, a grotesquely misleading correlation/causation implication could be inferred from the results, but I am curious if there is any trend there.

The individual who dedicates himself to scientific pursuits generally seems more vulnerable. Potential psychologies include the failure to find meaning in the chosen pursuit, increased disconnectedness…. which I guess could be decreased connectedness…, a frustration that the real world does not operate on (calculable) predictable, causative factors, and an eventual "giving up" on the hope for any sort of satisfying life.

Course the vulnerable in the non-scientific camp would probably be a result of their financial difficulties.

Either way, it becomes easy and/or inevitable for us to eventually come to blame others for our dissonant, frustrating, humiliating existence, especially when we believe(d) we were entitled to and inevitably would be a recipient of, not only our own fair share of, but in fact the lion's share of,

social

success.

the extra 'r' is a typo.

the Relion Group commercial regarding potential compensation for users of AndroGel or other testosterone replacement therapy products has a typo.

in the powerpoint slide entitled "low t sufferers", the content section begins thusly:

"if your or a loved one..."

it of course should be "if you or a loved one..."

the extra 'r' is a typo.

and if such free advertising was the original goal? well then…

well played, sir or madam…

well played, indeed…

Was "Angry Eyes" always that jammy?

or was that an exclusive as well?

mmm hmmm....

sxcv

And then, as fate would have it

legit genius steps into the room.

It does so quietly, but confidently.

It does so as a result of the affront caused by sxch by playing jmdtrs... and causing a channel change...  (edit: fast forward, not channel change)

It does so as
Brushes (Never Going Back Again)
by Fleetwood Mac

plays.



It's like the most welcome intrusion.

It's like a whole new canvas, again. And again. And again and again and again.

THAT right there is the stuff.

As potential life goals go, it's not half bad.

Listen when
All of this around us will fall over
I tell you what we're gonna do
You will shelter me my love and I, I will shelter you
I will shelter you

Read more: Ray LaMontagne - Shelter Lyrics | MetroLyrics 







and good God, does time not stop at that point in the song?.....

AHOSXM

elle king
the weight-exclusive

sxch

It's a gift for sure

to have a musical older sibling...

time to dive back into bad company

and to appreciate them exactly as they are.

"can't get enough" (of your love) is a sweet spot, quintessential, nineteen-seventies rock 'n roll jam.