Lemme guess… it’s Monday again?
So let’s get on with it:
Finally:
Now take a plunge into those icy Monday waters…
Author: Kim du Toit
Classic Beauty: Shirley Anne Field
Not well known in Murka, but very much so in her native Britishland, Shirley Anne Field was not a serial killer (despite the three-name thing), but she did have a massive feud with Frank Sinatra, so there’s that to commend her. And of course, there’s the rest:
And in Technicolor (to show off her red hair):
And truth be told, she aged like a fine wine:
Magnificent.
Hidden Depths
I have to admit that while I can appreciate Renaissance art — paintings, I mean, not the sculptures, which I love — I’ve always found the old guys to be a little too much on the Christian thing. I mean, how many Madonna w/Baby Jesus renderings are there?
Take Agostino Carracci, for example. Here’s his “Judith As Woman” work, which should make her the idol of ultra-feminists everywhere:
Then there’s the “Last Communion of St. Jerome”, which may have been big news back in the day, but which is not that relevant in today’s world.
Happily, Carracci (Agostino, not his several brothers, sons and cousins — all artists themselves) didn’t just confine himself to religious themes. Here’s his “Landscape with Bathers”:
…wait, what’s that detail over on the right?
Nekkid bodies? With no carefully-draped linen (see Jerome, above) to disguise their nekkidness?
Well; it turns out that ol’ Aggie had a whole ‘nother body of work in the I Modi school, which probably gave people fits. I’m not quite sure how many of the examples below are his — the style varies, and some were printed from his woodcuts — but here are a few:
Headline Of The Day
News Roundup
And in Media Events we’ve been expecting for a long time:
...nepotism at its finest. Also:
...and good for them. Lest we forget, Brand is being accused, but hasn’t been found guilty of any crime, let alone this bullshit.
...as long as it makes landfall at Washington D.C., I’m cool with it.
And in Global Cooling Climate Warming Change© News:
...or maybe that asteroid could hit Northern California instead? All these choices...
Still on the falling Biden Economy:
...just take a number, assholes.
In Parish News:
...so much for his plan to become the next Pope. Although...
From the Department of Litigation:
...sounds about right. Of course, maybe he could have seen the non-bridge before driving off it — which will be the Google defense.
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In link-free INSIGNIFICA:
...no comment.
...go on, you know you want to. Read more
Major Irritant
What goes: “Fuck. Double fuck. Double-doublety-double fuck”?
That would be me.
When my Logitech mouse starts randomly double-clicking when I tap the key once.
Yesterday I tried to see whether it was a software or hardware issue, so I tried going to Logitech’s “Customer Support” site (okay, you can stop laughing now).
- Tried blowing compressed air under the key, as helpfully suggested by
Rajib“Logan” — didn’t help. - “Enter the serial # of your mouse, then we’ll know exactly what it is” — fucking hell, I could barely read the thing with a magnifying glass, and every time I turned it over to read it, the cursor wandered out of the chat panel, never to be seen again. Eventually, after uttering Sentence #1 of this post a few times, I managed to get the thing entered.
- “Do you have another PC or laptop where you can test your mouse?” — good idea. Then we can see if it’s a laptop software issue or a mouse issue. Hopped over to New Wife’s PC in the next room. Once I’d called her to get the login password — shuddup — I connected it up and… nope, still doing it, the little fucking fucking double-fucking piece of shit. Go back to laptop.
- “Session has timed out. Do you want to log in again?” — where’s the 1911? Oh yeah, in pieces on the table waiting to be cleaned. So I log in once more.
- “We’re sorry, but your warranty expired on 02/22/21. We cannot replace your mouse.”
So I shot bit the bullet — not literally, ammo is spendy — and ordered another one. From Amazon.
“Your order may be delayed as the product is on back order.”
[several lines of cursing omitted]