Friday, March 31, 2023

old

 


Born 69 BCE, Cleopatra lived closer to the invention of the mobile phone in 1973 than to the construction of the pyramids circa 2780 BCE. 

condescending french concierge

Tuesday, March 28, 2023

ambient gaslighting



Most people now know gaslighting, put simply, is when someone tries to make someone else question their reality. "Ambient gaslighting" refers to the subtle undercurrents of mistreatment or disrespect that we experience in small doses and may not realize are a form of gaslighting.
- David Oliver, USA TODAY

no!

Because they see you as an object to help them, not you as a person however flawed:

Saturday, March 25, 2023

anthony bourdain's idol

three year cruise

 

woke joke


A cop pulls over a car with two priests in the back. The cop says they're looking for two child molesters. The priests say, "We'll do it!"

Ayahuasca

Friday, March 24, 2023

Wednesday, March 22, 2023

it's a wrap

 



K.D. Lang explains semi-retirement here.

las vegas tunnel people

Tuesday, March 21, 2023

animated masterpieces

 

Monday, March 20, 2023

répondez s'il vous plaît

 


"By not saying anything, you're saying something."
- Plato, circa 4th century BCE

Sunday, March 19, 2023

capacity

 


"Who would make a better President than Donald Trump? Anyone. I take the subway. When the doors open, the next person who gets on would be a better President than Trump. And that's true even if that person is in a stroller."
- Fran Lebowitz

record of breakdown

 


F. Scott Fitzgerald's [1896-1940] The Crack-Up here.

died unappreciated, broke

 

Saturday, March 18, 2023

more ambitious than you

 



"The Beatles were not as famous as they should have been."
- Paul McCartney

the dean of counterculture comedians


"Saliva is dangerous, but only if swallowed in small amounts over a long period of time."
- George Carlin

Wehrmacht


A German prisoner of war escorted by a Soviet soldier with a PPSh-41, 1943.

bad combo

 



"We have primordial brains, medieval institutions, and God-like technology."
- Tristan Harris

Friday, March 17, 2023

Tuesday, March 14, 2023

watery tart

Sunday, March 12, 2023

Thursday, March 2, 2023

party

 

"If you're a leader without a following, you're just a guy out for a walk."
- John Boehner [born 1949]