From SOTI:
“I am not a fan of Cerakote, it feels like wearing a prophylactic.”
I can’t remember when last I fired a gun with a Cerakote finish, and that’s also true of the second half of the sentence.
There’s nothing like the feel of blued steel to the gloveless touch, and also the other thing.
Here’s an interesting thought:
Nine UK targets Vladimir Putin would bomb first as hit list is discovered by spies
Far be it for me to offer this dwarf Russian asshole any support whatsoever, but I could be persuaded to do so if his top 9 included the following (in no specific order, and by their nicknames mostly):
1. The Cheesegrater
2. The Walkie Talkie
3. Tower 42
4. The Shard
5. The Razor
6. The Gherkin
7. Lloyds Tower
Not all are tall skyscrapers…
8. The National Theatre
9. London City Hall
Or, if Vlad has such a thing as a Russian version of a MOAB, he could go for the grand salami:
Words cannot express the horror I feel at how London has allowed itself to become Dubai-On-Thames, ruining the wonderful classical architecture which made it unique among the world’s great cities.
Apparently, last week’s Funnies were too… uh, close to the bone, so to speak. So today we’ll clean it all up and make it G-rated. You have been warned…
And apparently, all those nekkid asses last week were A Cheek Too Far, so:
You request, I comply. Now off to work you go.
She started off as a model herself, and then became one of the most well-known photographers of them all: Bunny Yeager had it all.
She didn’t even have to be blonde…
But still:
Best. Selfies. Ever.
Ever since I took a few Art Appreciation classes during my belated university career*, I have been an admirer of Corot’s landscapes — sheesh, okay, Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot — because for some reason, they seem to me to straddle the hyper-realism of the Academy and the later swirling Impressionists like Monet. Here are a few which typify this part of his work:
A Farmyard near Fontainebleau
A Farmyard in the Nievre
The Path leading to the House
Trees and a Swamp
A View Near Volterra
Smyrna, A Boat
A Sudden Gust Of Wind
I love this last one most of all, because it’s almost a photograph, so well does he capture the effect of wind on both the trees and the walker. But I would be happy to hang all the above on my walls.
In fact, what I think I’d do is get four small 18″x12″ Corot landscapes from, say, iCanvas and arrange them on a wall, thus:
Hey, it’s not too bad a dream, is it?
Corot also did portraits and such, but to be honest, I don’t care for them at all. Here’s one which I think is his best:
…and another more like his others:
Sorry, but no. I have high standards when it comes to portrait paintings, what can I say?
*The appreciation of art was truly a neglected part of my education. Art classes at high school gave me an understanding of movements such as Impressionism, Dadaism, Surrealism and so on, but I never learned to appreciate art properly. So when I went back to university in my early 50s, I took one such class, realized that I needed to take another, and then took a couple more.
I just wish I’d taken them earlier on in life, because I’ve missed so much.
And speaking of that White bread stuff:
...actually, I’m cool with that, just as long as “Black people” then become ineligible to get any kind of government support, welfare, MediCare or Social Security. Everyone’s always talking about “fairness” — well that’s fair: don’t pay in, don’t get anything out. (Also, define “Black”: Black, half-Black, quarter-Black, octoroon… where do you draw the line, and how?)
In Election News:
...forget it, Jake; it’s Carville.
...man, I bet ol’ Donald’s going to miss those dozens of Pence supporters in November.
...has anyone seen Sarah Hoyt’s Shocked Face lying around?
From the International News desk:
...nothing like a little UN and NGO “assistance”, is there?
...just another DEI initiative. If they’re not gonna breed, they may as well fight.
#Equality
Time for an update on Global Warming Climate Cooling Change©:
...what happens when you buy into a hoax instead of looking at reality, where nobody wanted to rent the fucking things.
...and for those pissed-off French, German, Dutch, Spanish and Belgian farmers, this:
From the Dept. of Labor:
...which is all well and good. But did Tyson not just admit to breaking the law?
In other Business News:
...you have to ask yourself who would be that poor that they have to shoplift from Dollar G.
Time for some Crazy-Assed Shit News:
...I bet she’ll never use that dating app again. Also keyword: Georgia, and not Florida.
...and here I thought she could only have got it by banging someone who worked at the place.
And in matters of 
...seems that she’d not want that part of her life publicized; but here we are. And of course, she used to be a TV journalist (a group not exactly renowned for their chastity)… but she looks kinda wholesome — about a 7-8 or so:
And if that’s the news, we’re done.