tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977625681756554695.post7863559099844211200..comments2024-03-26T13:46:42.738-05:00Comments on 4 Quarters, 10 Dimes: Baseball and NothingnessDavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03463621516644789183noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977625681756554695.post-76140138776070558392018-10-29T21:01:50.221-05:002018-10-29T21:01:50.221-05:00There is a part of me that likes the rush at the p...There is a part of me that likes the rush at the polling place. It reminds me that there are people who give a damn about the country. I don't get that same feeling voting early - that's too solo for me that way. <br /><br />I've done both, and I heartily support people who vote however they want. But I'm leaning toward poll day, myself.<br /><br />I wish we could insert images into these comments. There was a campaign-style jpg back in 2016 that said something like "Big Giant Meteor in 2016!" We thought it was satire back then...Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03463621516644789183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977625681756554695.post-83120613477323295392018-10-29T18:47:19.342-05:002018-10-29T18:47:19.342-05:00Curling is actually what r's make what little ...Curling is actually what r's make what little remains of my hair do. Do. Doodoo.<br /><br />Vote early, avoid the rush.<br /><br />Damn. Didn't think there were 2.5 million people in the whole county ...<br /><br />Thor: "Sometimes there just isn't a big enough hammer in the Cosmos."<br /><br />LucyLucyInDisguisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08169432604954981941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977625681756554695.post-83017388308199690692018-10-29T07:18:10.922-05:002018-10-29T07:18:10.922-05:00Curling is televisable! It's usually on Frida...Curling is televisable! It's usually on Friday nights around here, and yes - I have in fact made the deliberate choice to watch it rather than any of the four major sports that dominate the airwaves these days. <br /><br />Peace to you as well. We need it more now than ever.<br /><br />I haven't yet decided whether to vote early or just go to the polls on the day, but one way or another I will obtain my License To Gripe About The Government because I always do. <br /><br />I'm sure der Sturmtrumper tweetstormed about the 50,000 people who were there at the airport with him. He was glad for every one of those 75,000 people, and was astonished that your airport could hold 125,000 fans! <br /><br />Yeah, the upcoming election fills me with dread. We have reached a point where we have a political party whose entire platform consists of child abuse, misogyny, war crimes, and sucking up to the wealthy in the hopes of a few crumbs falling their way, and this party remains disturbingly popular. Gonna be a long November 7th, I suspect.<br /><br />Sigh.<br /><br />Thor: Because Sometimes You Just Need a Bigger HammerDavidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03463621516644789183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977625681756554695.post-20718827886504365642018-10-28T17:40:38.149-05:002018-10-28T17:40:38.149-05:00The only other sport(?) that can be watched with y...The only other sport(?) that can be watched with your mind in neutral is golf.<br /><br />Maybe bowling. And badminton.*<br /><br />There is a value to mindlessness. An opportunity for solace.<br /><br />Peace and Harmony and fulfillment be with ye.<br /><br />...<br /><br />On the other front, My daughter, granddaughter, wife and I appeared at the appointed time and place to cast our votes in the first few minutes of the first hour on the first day early voting in our little corner of the Universe. My civic responsibility having been duly discharged, I now seek a quiet, dark and, hopefully, comfortable place in which to sob silently and tremble in abject terror awaiting the results to be published on November 7th.<br /><br />Because ...<br /><br />478 residents of our county cast their ballots that day. Disappointing. However, one in four residents of our county had a valid excuse for not voting: they were hangin' with derTamponFuror at the airport.** (Actually, that makes two excuses: the other being that they are certifiably insane.) <br /><br />6,028 people*** without a single brain between them.<br /><br />Brings a whole other definition to the word "mindlessness".<br /><br />The Walking Dead would provide a serious improvement in entertainment value.<br /><br />"Odin have mercy on all those who have turned their backs on Him.****<br /><br />Lucy<br /><br />* Actually, the more I think about it, nearly all televisable sports. Curling is more exciting than baseball; actual knowledge of physics is required.<br /><br />** The other 18,000 residents have no fucking excuse what-so-ever!<br /><br />***According to those hapless souls charged with the responsibility of standing there and counting them.<br /><br />**** 'Cause Thor - He got a big fucking hammer and it's entirely possible that he'll remember how to use it.LucyInDisguisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08169432604954981941noreply@blogger.com