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Background Books
With the Chinkvirus lockdown and associated Zoom-y nonsense, we’ve all become familiar with people filming themselves with bookcases in the background. What used to be the standard backdrop for lawyers’ vanity pics (with tomes and tomes of legal texts behind them, as though they’d ever read one, the bastards), now seems to be the norm, especially with politicians. Here are a couple of examples: BritPM Boris Johnson:
…and some other BritGov flunky:
Now I’m quite aware that most of the displayed books were probably chosen by assorted political handlers and PR flacks [vast overlap], so their appearance can probably be discounted.
But it gives me an idea for a game entitled: “Suppose You Were To Appear On A Zoom Live Feed, Which 12 Books Would You Want To be Displayed Behind You?” (I know, the title may need a little work, but you get my drift.) Assuming such things were important to you, and you wanted to Send A Message About Yourself (e.g. if you were being interviewed by some Lefty TV show host or similar), which books would you display?
The difference between the above poseurs and yourselves, O My Readers, is that you can only nominate books that you actually possess, i.e. that are already on your bookshelves (no cheating).
My dozen, in no specific order, are:
(The last is: Leo: A Tribute to Leo Burnett. It’s handed out to all new employees at Burnett on their first day, and the agency is still run on the same principles.)
Those are mine. Yours? (You can select fewer than twelve, but no more. Multi-volume compendia such as Churchill’s History Of The Second World War count as a single selection.)
That’s More Like it
I’ve had some advice for Brad Pitt on a previous occasion, e.g.:
Yep; all over the world, there are a million beautiful women who will have sex with you on whatever terms you wish to make; and if you’re done with those, there are yet another million who would leave their boyfriends or husbands just for the chance to bounce on your Sealy Posturepedic with you.
…
Grab a bottle of Southern Comfort, fire up a joint and give a call to [insert the name of random hottie here].
Took the boy awhile, but it seems he’s finally done just that.
Brad Pitt has a new love interest. The 56-year-old actor, who is locked in a bitter divorce settlement with Angelina Jolie, is dating 27-year-old German model, Nicole Poturalski, and the two appear to be getting very close.
The couple sparked rumors after they were spotted leaving Paris’ Charles de Gaulle Airport together on Wednesday and Page Six has now confirmed their relationship.
Of course, he’s Brad fucking Pitt, so he’s back to his old tricks:
BRAD Pitt’s rumored new girlfriend Nicole Poturalski is allegedly in an open marriage with her 68-year-old husband.
The model is married to restauranteur Roland Mary, who owns Berlin celeb spot Borchardt, a favorite of Brad’s in the city.
That’s the stuff, Brad; don’t bonk just any old pretty chick — get a married German one, for extra-exotic in-your-face goodness. I kinda feel sorry for the Olde Phartte Hubby, but when you’re pushing 80, have a wife the same age as yer grand-daughter, and Brad Pitt puts in an appearance… well, shit happens.
I feel better about the world, now: Pantifa snotnoses are getting their arms blown off in riots, and now Brad’s back to being Brad.
I think I’ll make my breakfast gin & orange a double.
Back To School
Ah… and when the kiddies go back to school (in the ahem physical sense), can the teachers be restrained? It would appear not:
A married teacher had sex with a 15-year-old boy in a field and sent him topless pictures of herself on Snapchat which were then circulated around the school, a court heard today.
Kandice Barber, 35, also allegedly told the boy she might be pregnant with his baby after sleeping with him following a sports awards evening at a secondary school in Buckinghamshire.
And it’s not just Britishland; Oz is getting into the spirit of the thing as well:
A TEACHER allegedly romped with a 14-year-old student five times in a car after sending saucy Snapchat pics saying she was ‘waiting for him’.
Monica Young, 23, who is engaged, is alleged to have bombarded the boy with messages on Snapchat begging him to send explicit pictures to her.
The western Sydney teacher was charged with 10 offences including multiple counts of aggravated sexual intercourse of a child aged between 14-16 after being arrested on July 10.
That’s not to say that we Murkins are behind the trend, so to speak, especially in Alabama:
A teacher has been arrested and charged with allegedly having sexual relations with a student, according to the Eufaula Police Department.
And for an extra splash of badness: she’s a Special Ed teacher.
Makes you wonder why the teachers’ unions are resisting calls to open schools, doesn’t it?
Heart Attacks
Apparently, the owner of this house suffered several heart attacks during its construction. When I saw the pics, I nearly had a couple too, albeit for different reasons.
From the article:
Milkman-turned-builder and artist Barry Surtees began his vision for the glass palace in 2007.
Actually, it looks like something a one-time milkman might have built. As an art gallery, it might have been okay, albeit still high up on a Hillary-Clinton-Industrial-Strength Ugly scale. As an actual house to live in? Heart attack material. It reinforces my hatred of All Things Modern more than does Lady Gaga or rap music .
I think I’m going to need an extra shot of gin with my breakfast today.
Oh, Really?
At first, I thought this was good news:
Given the uncertainties of COVID-19, major airlines stopped charging penalties to change your ticket through the end of 2020. Now, United Airlines says it’s locking in the policy — it’ll be free to change in 2021 as well…
That sounds great, until you finish the sentence:
…as long as you didn’t book the low-price basic economy seats fare.
Which accounts for the vast majority of airline tickets sold. But wait! There’s more:
Apparently this wallet-gouging feature will not apply to international travel — which is the type of ticket most likely to be affected by borders closed off by the Chinkvirus for the foreseeable future.
Here’s the best part:
Since 2010, Chicago-based United has scooped up nearly $6.5 billion in change fees. Last year, it took in $625 million, third behind Delta and American, according to Transportation Department figures.
I already have a built-in animus against United Airlines, for reasons too many and varied to tell; so it will be a cold day in Hell when they drag me kicking and screaming onto one of their foul airliners.
Update: And right on cue, from American Airlines in my inbox today:
