Jolt Country

Since the election I've wanted to see the news headlines, only do it in a way that I don't have to constantly look at pictures of the president (usually with his mouth open) A text only browser works well for this, only don't try and use it with a search engine, I might be a bot!

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/437 ... tani-fraud

The thing you have to understand about Japanese culture is that it is considered extremely dishonorable to siphon millions of dollars from your employer and spend it on BetMGM.

Ice Cream Jonsey wrote: Fri Feb 07, 2025 12:37 am https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/437 ... tani-fraud

The thing you have to understand about Japanese culture is that it is considered extremely dishonorable to siphon millions of dollars from your employer and spend it on BetMGM.

I've been watching this story. At first knowing nothing about it I wondered what in the world he did that was so bad. This is EXTREMELY bad in Japanese culture. While they may work salarymen to death there, etc.. there is a huge responsibility with being a higher up in a company. A big example of this is when say Nintendo or Toyota loses a lot of money based on a corporate decision. Instead of them "restructuring the company", firing people to cut costs, etc.. they do perhaps a bit of that but mainly the CEO is forced to give up a large portion of his salary so the people under them keep their jobs.

To just gamble away company profits is extremely dishonorable.

The BBC posted a link to a YouTube randomizer. I quickly bookmarked it and it's soon to be one of my favorite sites. There's no algorithms, just random videos. Granted, most of them are mundane and not in English ( that poses no problem for me) but it shows a normal cross section of what YouTube really is.


Link, almost forgot...

https://walzr.com/IMG_0001

Speaking of random..

Number 21: She got Uncle Fester eyes!

I'm in the computer room, lying under the desk, rearranging some of the wires.

From the kitchen my wife calls to me, "Are you done with this?"

"Yep!" I reply.

I have no idea what she is talking about. I continue to untangle wires.

One of the priceless moments of being married 30 years.

AArdvark wrote: Sun Mar 23, 2025 8:05 am Number 21: She got Uncle Fester eyes!

lol

Ever'body going crazy cause the bank got robbed

https://www.whec.com/top-news/almost-fr ... in-sweden/

I went to school with Sheriff Baxter. Nice to see some of the Jefferson graduates did something positive. Usually they would be the criminals

https://www.aljazeera.com/program/newsf ... -residence

Officials seal doors of Pope Francis’s personal residence
Senior cardinals have locked and sealed the doors of Pope Francis’s personal residence in the Apostolic Palace following his death on Monday.

The entire religion is based upon the belief that doing shit like that is not effective

I wonder whatever happened to all the 5G network scare news from teh media. Seems like it wasn't brain melting after all.

AArdvark wrote: Sun Apr 27, 2025 2:47 pm I wonder whatever happened to all the 5G network scare news from teh media. Seems like it wasn't brain melting after all.

Was that the media? I thought that was the conspiracy theorists, blaming 5G for Covid...

And the media was all over it. Funny how all that hype just went away.

I found a book at the thrift store called Monster Mania. It's an 8x10 paperback, 100 pages and every one in full color. I bought it for my nephew, who is six. When I was six, I loved monsters. I don't think he could actually read this book (it's probably for like, older grade school kids) but I thought his mom might read it to him and he might like looking at all the monsters. Apparently, my nephew only loves Minecraft. I could not get him off his Nintendo Switch long enough to look at the book. When I finally convinced him to pick it up he grabbed it by the cover and flung it up to the ceiling. So, no book for him. The book is now in my bathroom and I will read a page every time I go poop. Everybody wins.

In a way, I am glad that Wyatt's mom does not have enough liquid cash for Nintendo Switches and stuff, he gets to be a little kid for a while longer.

I did manage to read to him on Sunday and one of the books we have is "You Should Never Touch a Monster." This time, I asked him to read it to me. He said he did not know how to read. I said to try, and he ended up making up a pretty similar story.

I then pressed the button to the Murphy bed he was on, trapping him in there while I put in a quick 76 hour session of Minecraft on the Switch.

Hah! If he wants book called Monster Mania, let me know!

When I was in elementary school our library had a bunch of Crestwood monster books. I checked them out all the time. I was so scared to touch the picture of Dracula or Godzilla, afraid that they would somehow "get me" through the page, and I loved it. Most of them are on Internet Archive, if you ever want to flip through one with him. They are definitely kid friendly but not 3YO friendly.

https://archive.org/search?query=subjec ... d+House%22

Flack wrote: Tue Apr 29, 2025 3:37 pm Hah! If he wants book called Monster Mania, let me know!

When I was in elementary school our library had a bunch of Crestwood monster books.

I used to love those books!

My wife bought me a weighted blanket years ago.

When we got Shamus, she decided to rip open a square of the weighted blanket. Trillions of little plastic beads came flying out. Trillions.

Well, 2 and a half years passed, so I brought it out of storage and placed it on the bed.

The dog RAN UPSTAIRS AND PISSED ON IT. Like, immediately. As if the last 2 and a half years hadn't happened, and her hatred for the thing was simply paused.

It was already 50 pounds and I had to haul it up the driveway to the Dumpster. And with a gallon of dog urine soaked through, it was even heavier. The final insult. I'd go ahead and make these things waterproof if I were in charge.

"And that's the last time we ever bought a weighted blanked willed with Chinese cats."

Show of hands please:
Who has read their entire insurance policy?