Boo-tros Boo-tros Ghoulish
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Illustrator, coder, reader, bon-vivant. Please don't ask about HAL 9000...I don't like to talk about it. Portfolio: https://www.dlbowman76.com (available for commissions)
Some people are profoundly, deeply decent and they don't have one laugh in them. I have a tremendously difficult time dealing with people who are utterly devoid of a single shred of irony. This is quite probably because I am a bad person in some nebulous way.
Europe: Right, some of you lot get romance languages, the others get Germanic languages. Any questions? Estonia, Finland, and Hungary: Nope. Europe: I beg your pardon? EFH: Sorry, not gonna. Europe: That's a bit stroppy. EFH: Don't worry, we understand you, you needn't understand us.
Right. For the work event which I cannot evade, I'm just going to lean into the fact that I look like Lord Summerisle and not comment on it.
What are some plays you cannot live without? (Full disclosure, I was in several of these as a student) • Huis clos, Jean-Paul Sartre. • Arsenic and Old Lace, Joseph Kesselring. • Art, Yasmina Reza. • Amadeus, Peter Shaffer. • Our Town, Thornton Wilder. • The Homecoming, Harold Pinter.
If you have eclectic tastes, I’m probably going to enjoy your company. People who have a wide range of interests and bottomless curiosity are my kind of people.
Sodding off for a bit. Some people who I otherwise like are being a bit nasty in replies and frankly, I'm not having that. Be seeing you!
Some of the replies I've been getting this evening are making me a touch misanthropic. I'm going to ground a canvas.
Have you read a novel this year? You ought. It needn't be anything complex or difficult, just read one. One will do. Thanks. 🙏
If you are a polyglot, cultivate and practice it. Being fluent in multiple languages without technological aid is going to basically become a superpower in the next few years.
It occurs to me that I use the phrase "easy-peasy, lemon squeezy" quite a lot and probably most of the people around here haven't a clue as to what that means. Ah, well.
My place of work has asked for a selfie for a "work anniversary celebration." I'm seriously tempted to send this one.
Boo-tros Boo-tros Ghoulish@dlbowman76.com · 2d agoCurrent temperature feels like 49ºF (10ºC). I love it.
I always get a little nervous when I see "bougie" thrown down as an insult, because quite frankly, I am a petit bourgeois. I'm painfully middle-class, own a house, and have responsibility over several business areas where I work. I TRY to not be an asshole, I promise.
Well, here's a new one on me. Apparently some people consider "eclectic" to be an insult. I literally am boggled by this. I'm fascinated by everything and have wide-ranging tastes. I'm pretty sure that doesn't mean that I have bad taste.
Sometimes, simple pleasures are the best. Microwave popcorn is absolutely top-notch. Just what the doctor ordered.
Have a little “sword and sorcery” drawing. Pen and ink on paper.
"So, I gather you write dialogue." "Indeed! I've written scripts for Ookla the Mok, Pingu, The Clangers, and Mr. Blobby." "Impressive!"
I still can't quite believe that this series exists.
Thundarr the Barbarian S01:E01 - Secret of the Black Pearl
Thundaarr, Ariel and Ookla meet and old man who is attacked by the rat-like groundlings when Thurdarr tries to deliver a black pearl said to be capable of defeating the wizard Gemini to the village of...
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Me: I wonder if I did the right thing to leave Germany all those years ago... *reads news* Also me: Apparently yes.
Bah. The drawing I'm working on now is bad. It's just plain bad. I should take a break.
A heretical thought: if you need to go to therapy, you need to understand that some therapists are not right for you and some of them are absolutely bad. I had an awful therapist a decade ago who basically ruined my life for about three years.
If you know anything about Institutional Money™, the latest data from the bond market should terrify you.
My brain just transmogrified "Nigel Farage" into "Nigel Farrago" and I somehow find this incredibly pleasing.
If ever you are in an interminable meeting that has run well over time, you should mutter lugubriously, "Klytus, I'm bored. What plaything can you offer me today?" Admittedly, this could be a career-limiting move...
QED.
Exclusive: Paramount weighs tapping Musk for equity investment
A cash injection from SpaceX billionaire Elon Musk could reduce investor Larry Ellison’s financial burden and bolster the deal’s investor base.
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Boo-tros Boo-tros Ghoulish@dlbowman76.com · 3d agoJust so you know, the massive media merger is fundamentally financed with debt leveraged against Oracle, and balanced out by petro-state money. Oracle is teetering on the edge of collapse, it is so leveraged. Basically, when the AI bubble pops, the petro-states will own most of the U.S. media.
Today marks the centenary of the great John Coltrane (1926-1967). This the perfect introduction to his art.
A Love Supreme by John Coltrane on Apple Music
Album · 1965 · 4 Songs
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A heuristic for contemporary life: If you see the name "Andreessen" in a news item, it is going to be something bad.
Russell Vought terrifies me. The first time I ever saw him speaking with that dead, uninflected, monotonous voice, every fiber of my being shuddered. I knew two things immediately: this man genuinely enjoys harming people and he's intelligent enough to leverage his authority to do so at scale.
Charlemagne's father was "Pepin the Short." I wonder if he got that moniker because he was diminutive or brusque? Or quite possibly both...
