Author: Kim du Toit

Different List

Good Stuff

The Daily Mail  has published its list of the Top 39 (?) Beautiful Moments of the last one hundred years.  Of course, a lot of the things they celebrate are among the events I’d have added to my list of the worst moments in the past century (e.g. election of Obama), but there ya go.

Here’s my list of beautiful moments (since Jan 1, 1923, in chronological order).

  1. 1923: Calvin Coolidge inaugurated
  2. 1940: Battle of Britain
  3. 1945:  VE- and VJ Day
  4. 1947: AK-47 first submitted for USSR military trials
  5. 1963: getting my first air rifle (birthday present)
  6. 1964: Beatles release A Hard Day’s Night  album
  7. 1967: Beatles release Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band  album
  8. 1968: first Shakespearean acting gig (in Hamlet)
  9. 1968: French-kissed a girl for the first time
  10. 1969: Moon landing with Neil Armstrong / Buzz Aldrin
  11. 1970: bought my first beer (age 15, Castle Inn, Hillbrow, Jhb)
  12. 1971: lost my virginity
  13. 1971: first played on stage to an audience (rhythm guitar)
  14. 1971: member of team competing on S.A. schools’ radio quiz (we won)
  15. 1971: graduated St. John’s College (First)
  16. 1972: arrested during anti-apartheid demonstration
  17. 1972: bought my first two centerfire guns (Mauser 98K, Llama XI 9mm pistol)
  18. 1973: first professional music gig
  19. 1974: co-founded Pussyfoot Show Band (later Atlantic Show Band)
  20. 1976: bought a Rickenbacker 4001S bass guitar
  21. 1979: first apartment (solo)
  22. 1979: joined A.C. Nielsen
  23. 1980: Ronald Reagan elected
  24. 1980: Borg-McEnroe Wimbledon final
  25. 1981: Hill Street Blues first episode aired
  26. 1981: slept with four different women over a single weekend
  27. 1982: first marriage
  28. 1982: visited America for the first time
  29. 1983: first extramarital fling
  30. 1984: first presentation to the Board of a major client
  31. 1985: bought my first computer (Apple IIe)
  32. 1986: emigrated to America
  33. 1989: Berlin Wall came down
  34. 1989: birth of the Son&Heir
  35. 1997: my first trip to London
  36. 1999: published my first novel (Vienna Days)
  37. 2015: B.A. degree (summa ) in Western European History (UNT)
  38. 2016: Donald Trump elected
  39. 2017: met New Wife again, after over 40 years apart

And About Damn Time Too

Eco-Crap, Gummint

Finally, the Supremes wake up:

The Supreme Court on Thursday slashed the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) regulatory control over water bodies in a win for conservative critics who argued the agency wielded too much power.

The court ruled that the 1972 Clean Water Act, which allows the EPA to regulate wetlands, only applies to wetlands that are obviously connected to larger regulated water bodies.

Now go and read the details of the case, because if ever there was an example of gross bureaucratic overreach, this would be it.

And I’m glad that the USSC (for once) did the right thing, instead of punting or letting the gummint get away with this.  Otherwise:

(I know, “Where are the tar and feathers?”  but go with me…)

News Roundup

Bad News

And speaking of women underfoot:


...which I’m sure comes as a shock to the inhabitants of Miami’s South Beach, a.k.a. Sodom and Gomorrah South.

Some Elf News:


…


...key word:  Mexico.

And now, it’s Gay News!


...whatever could this mean?  Oh:


...visual:  Sarah Hoyt’s Shocked Face.


...not worse enough, and they don’t have enough fingers to plug the dike.  And speaking of which:


...even those eeevil guns, Rosie?  Asking for a friend.

From Spirit Airlines News:


...wait for it…

From the Lawn Order Files:


...wait, I thought this kind of thing was impossible because Japan Gun Laws.


...so send her to Juvie in Chicago for six years:  she’ll have all the action she can handle, and quite a bit more she can’t.

From the Dept. of Global Warming Climate Cooling Change:


...actually, France already HAS an annual wealth tax, so what they mean is INCREASE the wealth tax to pay for their gummint’s foolishness.


...spoiler:  nukes.  Actually, just one nuke.

And from the sublime to the ridiculous:


...fucking hell, is this guy EVER going to get over his dead dog?


...am I the only one thinking “depth charges”, just to remind these piebald fucks who’s REALLY at the top of the food chain?


...alternative headline:  Lesbo Discovers She Prefers Dick.

And that lesbo news item segues into yet more INSIGNIFICA:

  

 

Finally:


...and here are a few pics of Eva being rudely French:

Yeah, that’ll wake you up in the morning… unlike the rest of the so-called news.

Jumping The Gun

Friends and Family

Over at the brilliant Day By Day website, Chris Muir has been forced to bring forward his annual fundraiser because of the current Biden economy…

…and so have I.

I cannot tell you how much the economy — most specifically, Bidenflation — has eaten away at my paltry income.  Over the past two years, the value of my safety net account has dropped by over 70% as New Wife and I have struggled to make ends meet.  And believe me, we’ve pared back on our spending, whether it’s on groceries, clothing or anything else that one needs to keep alive.  Forget luxuries.

I’ve sold all the guns I can, a couple at a loss even, and there’s nothing else left to sell.

The only small consolation is that we’ve managed to keep our credit card balance really low, so as to minimize the monthly payments.

Now we’re at rock bottom, where any kind of unforeseen demand will push us over the edge.  We can’t afford to put any large expenses on a credit card because then we’d be unable to make even the minimum payment.

This website is my only source of income.  Those of you who make a monthly contribution to Patreon have my eternal thanks, because that amount has oftentimes kept us afloat.

Now I’m asking for your help, and I hope everybody can be at least a little generous.  Yes, I’m aware that everyone is under financial pressure, so what I’m asking may be too much.

And yes, it hurts to be so needy, and so desperate.  But there it is.

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Quote Of The Day

QOTD

In response to this:

The NAACP Board of Directors issued a travel advisory Saturday for the state of Florida, urging people to avoid the state.

…Knuckledragger said this:

“Looks like Miami will be peaceful during next year’s Spring Break.”

…only if you’re ignorant of the statistics, honey.