Recent content by herodotus

I haaaaated those so much, also hated the rings. Hell, I really hated PE in general, except for football.

Hairston was originally pronounced dead with a torn ACL by social media medical experts. Later on, real doctors upgraded him to alive with a minor LCL injury.

Superbowl MVP Subito!

current house: Like Spike I have a corner lot. House right next door had an elderly widow who finally went to assisted living a couple years back. The house is now a rental, 3 to 4 20 and 30 somethings live there. Weird thing is I don't know their names but I know their dog's name. They keep...

First apartment after grad school, these two hideously obese women were fighting out in the courtyard over where their children learned their filthy language. It was like seeing a bad wreck on the interstate, you don't want to see it, but you can't help but look. The one woman said "you...

You spelled Jack Kemp wrong. Don't get me wrong, Kelly should be there but I'd say Kemp was the first real superstar to lead the team and embrace the city. You don't serve a city in Congress for 20+ years unless you embrace that city. Also, lets not forget he made the city a world champion...

Breaking: Sometime during Bills season I will post a pic of my face unmasked and unscarved.

you and step sukie?

My mom's first job from the early 70s until about about 1990 was operator services for Ma Bell (Southwestern Bell around here and then they made operator services a part of AT&T. The pay was okay, but AT&T moved quickly to consolidate and they shut down that positiion. From what I understand...

And those alpha numeric exchanges are why phones had rotary dials and later buttons with the little numbers. Also, if I recall correctly until the the 70s or so your phone was actually owned by Bell Telephone and you rented it from them. Ah and who remembers the phonebook? Yellow for business...

Anyone remember Mars Bars?

Taming of the Fire. How shall I put it, its the Soviet answer to The Right Stuff. Surprisingly not a bad movie. A tad long, but then I've seen Russian films that are 5, 6, 8 and 10 hours and more long. Well, enjoy, or not but I am going to leave it hear:

Yeah, that could be so cathartic

Disclaimer: This stuff is as depressing as it is fascinating. https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVaQd9fFqSMZE1Rl4xR_VuK3C1nMHv7jc&si=iUwl2eMEKj5f1A6A

https://www.vice.com/en/article/wild-killer-whales-keep-trying-to-feed-humans-but-why/?fbclid=IwY2xjawLW9EVleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFtMG5jeGVaS05oOElNRnFDAR66vX4gFXIUFI_C3vLv4ySx2omJDrmpKWyustcW2LShz4dvmoOYnWfpj_c8cg_aem_DbWVQhH7pGBBdKvaoyai0g