Anybody that mentions the great Joe R. Lansdale is tops in my book.
However… my coping mechanism has so far been to resort to the tried & true Subgenius method of “pull the wool over your own eyes” ignorance to the best of my ability and it helps. Every time my wife lets out an “Oh my God, you won’t believe what he just did,” I tell her I don’t want to know, because there really is nothing I can do about it anyway, and all it does is up my anxiety level. Of course, it’s impossible to escape all the insane nonsense, but at least I’m avoiding the hourly bludgeons.
My motto is, wake me up when the rebellion starts.
Joe R. Landale is one of the best and I've read pretty much everything he's ever written and some of it more than once. And, yes, senor should have an accent mark, but my Microsoft Word (2010 edition) didn't automatically put one in and I didn't care enough to figure out how to fix that.
1) I have never used drugs other than those prescribed by a doctor. I don't say this to sound like a self-righteous prig, I just want to illustrate that not all Taco Bell junkies are high, because,
2) I can vacuum up some Taco Bell like nobody's ever seen. This old gal doesn't weigh almost 300 lb for nothing. 😂
3) A friend of mine and I joke about her late mother's Taco Bell habit; her mother weighed about a buck five and would go to Taco Bell, order a single taco at the counter, insist on her senior discount, walk to a table and eat the taco, then decide she wanted another and repeat the process. Every once in awhile my friend and I engage in the Mom Joyce Memorial Run for the Border. 😂
Taco Bell is by far the best fast food, but it used to be "I'm really drunk and need some cheap carbohydrates at 1 AM" fast food and now it's gotten pricey. I bought four burritos the other day for $25 bucks.
Our mutual love for TB probably drove up the prices, but fuck it...I still go there.
In my defense (and it's not much of one) that was the first time someone offered me a "senior" discount so I think my brain figured that couldn't possibly be what she said (I'm not forever young so I'm settling for forever immature) and started looking for alternatives.
And if there's a Hamburgler there could definitely be a Senor Discount and I'm imagining a guy with a huge moustache, a sombrero and a whip that "slashes prices" and if Taco Bell steals my idea I'm definitely suing.
😅😅😅😅I cannot stop laughing! This one is a beaut! Great ideas! Gonna copy out the conversation stoppers and hand them out to the dopes carrying on about the felon in chiefS.
There's an art to not getting sucked in to dead-end conversations and even though most people worry about " conversation starters" these days I find "conversation enders" much more useful.
We often find ourselves in conversations we don’t want to be in, mostly because Trump Supporters can’t shut the fuck up about their political opinions.....
Lost a 50+ year friend over this. He would NOT STFU about it and I told him time and again "I do not want to hear this shit"....and he couldn't help himself and we haven't talked in 2.5 years.
I've had the exact same experience. Easy for me to say because I draw cartoons and have a blog, but once I express myself through those formats I'm done talking politics. Literally never bring it up in conversations, but I've lost friends who couldn't stop talking about it, challenged me to respond, but didn't like my responses.
I've still got a lot of Conservative friends and we stay friends by NOT TALKING POLITICS.
Pretty fucking simple rule that some people can't follow.
Love this column, except for one thing: I have no hope that he will only be in office for 4 years, or that we will have any choice about who follows. I'm angry and depressed about the whole situation. And I wish my Trumpist friends would talk about him, because I would have plenty to say. But they have banned all political talk when I'm around. I can't figure out why.
You must have been too young to see “TheThing” (aka The Thing From Another World) in 1951. I was 11 years old and went to that movie the instant that it was played in our town. (I don’t think my parents knew where I was going )
Thanks for underestimating age, Jan. I did not see the original "Thing" in a movie theater, but saw it on one of those afternoon movie shows (James Arness was the Thing) and also saw the remake and wrote an article about it and here's that link:
Anybody that mentions the great Joe R. Lansdale is tops in my book.
However… my coping mechanism has so far been to resort to the tried & true Subgenius method of “pull the wool over your own eyes” ignorance to the best of my ability and it helps. Every time my wife lets out an “Oh my God, you won’t believe what he just did,” I tell her I don’t want to know, because there really is nothing I can do about it anyway, and all it does is up my anxiety level. Of course, it’s impossible to escape all the insane nonsense, but at least I’m avoiding the hourly bludgeons.
My motto is, wake me up when the rebellion starts.
Oh, and technically it’s Señor.
Joe R. Landale is one of the best and I've read pretty much everything he's ever written and some of it more than once. And, yes, senor should have an accent mark, but my Microsoft Word (2010 edition) didn't automatically put one in and I didn't care enough to figure out how to fix that.
An explanation that applies to many of my issues.
Three things:
1) I have never used drugs other than those prescribed by a doctor. I don't say this to sound like a self-righteous prig, I just want to illustrate that not all Taco Bell junkies are high, because,
2) I can vacuum up some Taco Bell like nobody's ever seen. This old gal doesn't weigh almost 300 lb for nothing. 😂
3) A friend of mine and I joke about her late mother's Taco Bell habit; her mother weighed about a buck five and would go to Taco Bell, order a single taco at the counter, insist on her senior discount, walk to a table and eat the taco, then decide she wanted another and repeat the process. Every once in awhile my friend and I engage in the Mom Joyce Memorial Run for the Border. 😂
Taco Bell is by far the best fast food, but it used to be "I'm really drunk and need some cheap carbohydrates at 1 AM" fast food and now it's gotten pricey. I bought four burritos the other day for $25 bucks.
Our mutual love for TB probably drove up the prices, but fuck it...I still go there.
SENOR/SENIOR is the best. I can relate!! Plus the old movies rewatch is my husband's game plan.
In my defense (and it's not much of one) that was the first time someone offered me a "senior" discount so I think my brain figured that couldn't possibly be what she said (I'm not forever young so I'm settling for forever immature) and started looking for alternatives.
And if there's a Hamburgler there could definitely be a Senor Discount and I'm imagining a guy with a huge moustache, a sombrero and a whip that "slashes prices" and if Taco Bell steals my idea I'm definitely suing.
😅😅😅😅I cannot stop laughing! This one is a beaut! Great ideas! Gonna copy out the conversation stoppers and hand them out to the dopes carrying on about the felon in chiefS.
There's an art to not getting sucked in to dead-end conversations and even though most people worry about " conversation starters" these days I find "conversation enders" much more useful.
This:
We often find ourselves in conversations we don’t want to be in, mostly because Trump Supporters can’t shut the fuck up about their political opinions.....
Lost a 50+ year friend over this. He would NOT STFU about it and I told him time and again "I do not want to hear this shit"....and he couldn't help himself and we haven't talked in 2.5 years.
I've had the exact same experience. Easy for me to say because I draw cartoons and have a blog, but once I express myself through those formats I'm done talking politics. Literally never bring it up in conversations, but I've lost friends who couldn't stop talking about it, challenged me to respond, but didn't like my responses.
I've still got a lot of Conservative friends and we stay friends by NOT TALKING POLITICS.
Pretty fucking simple rule that some people can't follow.
Love this column, except for one thing: I have no hope that he will only be in office for 4 years, or that we will have any choice about who follows. I'm angry and depressed about the whole situation. And I wish my Trumpist friends would talk about him, because I would have plenty to say. But they have banned all political talk when I'm around. I can't figure out why.
As old as I am, the rest of my life could be Trump years.
Right there with you, Sue. But let's try to have fun anyway.
Unfortunately, with the way this administration is going, F-47 might get a 3rd term or even a permanent appointment.
You must have been too young to see “TheThing” (aka The Thing From Another World) in 1951. I was 11 years old and went to that movie the instant that it was played in our town. (I don’t think my parents knew where I was going )
Check it out: https://youtu.be/T5dwbZKd64Y?si=YXe-heBg_P3Ld8B2
I think I will find a copy now and see it again. And maybe toss my cel phone and get one of those small ones
Thanks for underestimating age, Jan. I did not see the original "Thing" in a movie theater, but saw it on one of those afternoon movie shows (James Arness was the Thing) and also saw the remake and wrote an article about it and here's that link:
https://leejudge.substack.com/p/take-a-break-from-worry-watch-a-dumb
Thanks for the link. Good column that predates my discovery of your substack.