From Longtime Reader GT3Ted:
“The Lottery is a Tax on the people were not paying attention in math class.”
Absolutely, except for one small quibble.
It’s only a tax when you are compelled by government to pay it, at gunpoint. Last time I looked, buying a lottery ticket was voluntary.
It’s also therapeutic. In my case, it prevents me from using my AK-47 outside the shooting range every day (if you get my drift).
Cheap at the price.
This one’s named Monica Barbaro (no, never heard of her either), but she plays Jan Baez in the Bob Dylan biopic.
That ol’ Commie Joan Baez can only dream of ever looking this good.
Among the oh-so many idiocies perpetrated by FJB’s executive orders, was this one, which overturned one of Trump’s (45):
Biden Purges Non-Partisan US Commission On Fine Arts In Unprecedented Move Against Popular Classical Architecture
So one would hope that among the blizzard of new Executive Orders from Trump (47), one will be to reinstate the original, which mandated that new Federal buildings look more like this:
…than like this:
And so say all of us.
For those interested in joining me for the above, here are the details.
So far, about half a dozen people have expressed interest in said activity, so I’m going to reserve about four or five lanes when I go over there later today.
Please note the rules for the range, as per the above link.
Also, we may do a festive brunch / lunch afterwards, depending on interest.
…or by A.I., the outcome is the same.
Seen SOTI:
Since when could we not say simple words like “racists” and “pedophiles”*?
Since “bad” words could be flagged by built-in website algorithms and cause the post and/or writer to be “flagged” or even “banned”, is when.
Which is why I don’t bowdlerize my writing here; if I want to say “rapist” I’ll fucking well say “RAPIST”, and if I want to say “porn” I’ll say that too, and not “p*rn” or its pathetic ilk.
It’s too bad, because the above statement lends itself to being quite funny, provided that you don’t encounter the linguistic roadblock of having to hunt for the substitute letters for the asterisks.
*(For my Brit Readers, “paedophiles” which would emerge as “p**dophiles”, which is doubleplusunreadable.)
Here’s a list of the top ten acts who charged the highest average ticket prices in 2024:
And in case you were wondering, Taylor Swift came in 17th, with an average ticket price of £163.
I wouldn’t pay a single dollar to see any of them.
I have a couple of Eagles albums (Hotel California and The Long Run), and one Rolling Stones (Greatest Hits Vol 2), and not a single album of all the rest.
I have yet to listen all the way through a U2 album, but I did quite enjoy a couple of The Police ones (but never bothered to buy any).
And I’ve never even heard of Bad Bunny and Los Bukis.