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Author: Kim du Toit
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PJMedia published a list of songs that turned 20 this year…
…and I can proudly announce that I’ve never heard of any but one, that being the Britney Spears thing (and even for that one, I sort of remember the video — Brit in a schoolgirl uniform! — but not the song).
The rest? Wouldn’t recognize the songs (or their performers) if I tripped over them in the street. To paraphrase the late great John Barrymore: my memory is filled with beauty, wonder and loveliness — and you expect me to clutter it up with this shit?
Banzai
I don’t quite know what to make of all this:
London Pride maker Fuller, Smith & Turner, better known as Fuller’s, is to sell its entire beer business to the European division of Japanese brewer Asahi.
In a deal which values the division at £250million, the London-based brewer will sell the production and distribution of its well-known beers, including its flagship drink London Pride, as well as its ale, stout, porter, craft lager and cider brands.
Considering that London Pride is my second-favorite beer (after Wadworth 6X), I can only hope that Asahi won’t look at Pride’s miniscule U.S. distribution and decide that it’s not worth it.
On the other hand, they might also think that Fuller are a bunch of morons for not getting Pride greater exposure in the U.S., with the result that I could soon buy it at Kroger.
So it’s “wait and see”, not something I typically enjoy doing.
Gah. I hate change.
Western Civilization
Here’s a map which ranks the various countries of the world from light to dark, from least corrupt to, well, Somalia.
Pop quiz: Of the lighter-colored (i.e. least corrupt) countries, find the common thread. (Hint: it’s in the title of this post.)
For those who are surprised at the relatively-low ranking of the United States among the civilized nations, I would suggest that we would rocket upwards with the conviction of Bill and Hillary Clinton, the dissolution of the Clinton Foundation and the imprisonment of all its officers. To reach the top of the charts, we’d have to convict all members of Congress (active and/or retired) who became millionaires whilst earning only a Congressional salary.
And by “conviction”, of course, I mean this:
Quote Of The Day
…and possibly of all time:
“I bonked her so hard I broke her gears.” — Brick Dollbanger
Also, the best name ever.
Too Many Words, Mozart
My dear friend Sarah spends way too much time, devotes way too much empathy and writes far too many words talking about 0.0005% of the population.
There is a similarly-sized percentage of the population who consider voluntary amputation of limbs as a worthwhile life choice, but (so far) this bunch of sad people hasn’t been elevated by progressives and their media lickspittles to a topic for national debate and enforced social accommodation.
Me, I’m sick of hearing about how “transitioning” people get offended when people either don’t recognize their “status” or (like me) refuse to give them the recognition and “caring” that they demand by, for example, using nonsensical pronouns (xir? xey? xooey? they sound like 50s comic book sound effects) in describing or addressing them.
As far as I’m concerned, this whole “trans” bunch may be a group worthy of sympathy/empathy, or alternatively a collection of pathetic, dysfunctional people; but either way, as a percentage of the populace they fall so far down the bell curve numerically that there’s no point in talking or even thinking about them. We have better things to do with our time.
And I too have spent way too much time on this particular topic, so now it’s back to guns.