A photo session at Central Dakota Humane Society was good medicine, especially when a wee wisp of a soot sprite like Poppy decided to climb up my back and be my parrot for a bit.
#caturday #cats #kittens #sheltercat #adoptdontshop
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“They said they named a month after me, but how they got “April’ out of ‘Augustus’ I’ll never know.”
https://cdhs.net/meet-the-pets
#adoptdontshop #sheltercat #cats #northdakota #caturday
“Does anybody have the instructions for this thing?” — Dillinger
https://cdhs.net/meet-the-pets
#adoptdontshop #sheltercat #cats #northdakota
Trixi is perplexed by North Dakota weather… and also passwords and two-factor authentication, which humans wouldn’t have to go through if they just learned to meow correctly.
https://cdhs.net/meet-the-pets
#adoptdontshop #sheltercat #cats #northdakota
Bunion was voted most likely to __________.
https://cdhs.net/meet-the-pets
#adoptdontshop #sheltercat #cats #northdakota
Jinx has reached the gangly stage.
Now that the trail cam has fresh batteries, I’ve been able to connect and review what it managed to get before the batteries died.
Betty Crocker’s Cooky Book, 1963 — First Edition, First Printing
Not bad for a 33¢ thrift store buy. #cookbooks #vintage #books #cookies #recipes
If you’re not careful, Hector might heckin bamboozle you with his hypnotic handsomeness.
https://cdhs.net/meet-the-pets
#adoptdontshop #sheltercat #cats #northdakota
The best part of waking up is cat hair in your cup.
Why, back in the days before AI, postcard photographers had to selectively breed pheasants for dozens and dozens of generations to get them big enough to ride, but the results speak for themselves.
#vintage #postcards #hunting #pheasant #northdakota
Cartoons are my life coach.
“Dude, suckin’ at somethin’ is the first step towards being sorta good at somethin’.”
— Jake the Dog, “Adventure Time”
I updated the driver on my Epson Perfection V500 photo/slide scanner (6400 DPI) today, but using it is a bit limited without access to Photoshop and Creative Cloud. Still, it warmed up enough to attract Whisper.
#whisper #whisperthewonderpuss #cats #pets #northdakota
Star light, star bright
First star I see tonight
I wish I may, I wish I might
Adopt this cat named Hematite
https://cdhs.net/meet-the-pets
#adoptdontshop #sheltercat #cats #northdakota
An example of the fine humor to be found in Wehman Bros’ “Red Hot Joker” (Price 10¢):
Here the haughty, disdainful beauty interrupted him.
'You are wasting your time, Mr. Spoonamore," she said.
"Then you don't care for me, Miss Pickle?"
"Care for you? Not the least in the world."
"Don't you think that in time—"
"No, you noodle! Not in a thousand years!"
"I'm a noodle, am I?"
"You are."
"I see!" he gasped, reaching for his hat. "I'm in the soup!"
Reynard: Such plating! Such whimsy! Did you perhaps learn how to prepare this at El Bulli under the direction of Ferran Adrià? Should I contact Michelin about this most daring molecular fusion of Kraft and cocktail weenie? Truly, I am in awe.
Squatter with Squittens
I wonder how many churches are preaching from The First Epistle to the Tarantinians this morning?
They had it figured out 70 years ago.
— a bit from “He-Manners” by Robert H. Loeb Jr., 1954
Momma cat and kittens have relocated (for now), under the deck or elsewhere There was chainsaw activity yesterday afternoon in the yard to the north. I kept my distance this time, only going out to refill water and food, and using the 5x lens to see into the shelter. Took the opportunity tonight to put fresh batteries into the trail cam (been dead for a while). Hope they come back, as I’m pretty sure that’s Jinx’s mom with a fresh batch.
What a strange way to spell “asthma”.
This is my coffee. There are many like it, but this one is mine.
Can you identify the Herring Salad, Royal Jellied Veal and Spiced Tongue in this photo?
— from an early version of the “Better Homes and Gardens Cook Book”
“There’ll be no mock turtle soup for us tonight, darling! But first, help me find my two missing fingers.”
Seen in “Country Cooking: 2151 Recipes from the Readers of Harrowsmith Magazine”, 2009
I happened upon mention of a “Scrum Master” in a job listing today, and was, like, eww. After finding an official definition of what the heck a Scrum Master is supposed to be, I’m convinced it’s instead something from Temu Dungeons and Dragons.
“As described in the Scrum Guide, the Scrum Master is accountable for establishing Scrum. They do this by helping everyone understand Scrum theory and practice, both within the Scrum Team and the organization while serving the Scrum Team as well as the larger organization.”
Are your spreadsheets all wet? If so, we have great news!
I’d use Jinx as a reference, but he prefers to keep his contact information limited to a small group of intimates.
#jinx #linxthelynx #cats #kittens #northdakota
I wonder how much it would cost to get my 2002 Nissan Xterra detailed?
Ahh, my old rap name from my Norwegians With Asthma days.
My only gripe about my old MacBook Pro is it doesn’t have an extended keyboard, but a few bucks in 2024 bought me a very mechanical 10-key that I didn’t open up or connect until today. Very satisfying.
You’d think I’d have good reason to sleep in this morning, but noooooooo — the legendary North Dakota Work Ethic was all, like, “Let’s goooo! Up and at ‘em! N! D! W! E! You’re a mighty honeybee!”
I tried explaining that, actually, worker bees are female and I felt more like a drone bee and NDWE snapped back with a “Shut up! It’s a metaphor! Get out of bed!”
So here I am, a mighty honeybee,
Fueling up with fresh coffee.
To you, I offer up this warning:
It’s gonna be a darn good morning.
After having read through a job listing or two and the lingo used in them, I have concluded the following…
So last week: Ideation
So very now: Solutioning
Up next: Successificationizing
Unexpectedly, cheese fudge shows up enough times online for me to think it might be a real thing that people make and eat.
— found in the “Salem Circle Cookbook”, year unknown
“That’s not got much spam in it.”
(Spam Hot Dish - 100 portions - from “Quality for Quantity - School Lunch Favorites” from the North Dakota State Wheat Commission, year unknown)
Years later, this is still one of the best things to ever show up in the socials. Source: https://www.instagram.com/p/CEzbCKYMAwV/?igsh=d2xvemVsanpmdnVl
Reynard — “Exactly how many packages of those Manager’s Special 𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘢𝘶𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴 did you buy?”
Don’t worry about it.
“And prepared with conchigliette!?”
Yeah? So?
“You have brought shame to this house.”
No I haven’t.
“Generational shame. I can’t even look at you.”
You’re looking at me right now.
Ouch. Perhaps Adobe should shift its focus from AI to kerning/tracking.
I got a great deal on a printer but it’s already out of plaid toner.
I left my notes behind in my old office in case Mark or one of the engineers needed to reference them for something.
“Manus” may be Latin for “hand”, but that “M” ain’t hidin’ nuthin’, Facebook.
A storage box made of cardboard shouldn’t cost more than the things I’m going to store in it.
“wut.” — cowboy at his first rodeo
To cut down on production costs, much of the upcoming The Fast and the Furious 11: Tokyo Drift 2: Electric Boogaloo was filmed in Bismarck, North Dakota.
#movies #northdakota #streetsweeper #family #thefastandthefurious
Motor 𝘂𝗻𝗱 sport!? In this economy!?
(Alas, the sellers don’t ship to the US, so this is not in my collection. Great cover.)
Some guy: Look at this amazing action sequence I made in five minutes using Seedunce 9.3 that would cost Hollywood $200M to do!
The video:
While I was in Target yesterday, I heard a lot of wailing, moaning and gnashing of teeth — more than the usual amount — and tracked down the source of the problem after checking out.