For those who’ve been living on the Planet Zarq and have only recently returned to Earth, or for those with failing memories, let me remind you all of how Othias and Mae’s C&Rsenal has made amateur gun geeks like me completely superfluous (and that is a really good thing).
So if you’re doing nothing special tonight (and over the whole weekend, come to think of it), go there and indulge yourself.
They are absolutely my favorite couple on Teh Intarwebz.
But on a parallel topic:
...in which we play “Guess The Race” of the “suspects”.
...this news item was brought to you by the Loch Ness Tourism Board.
In the That’s How You Do It! Department:
...and the Frogs have the Right Stuff too:
...the only thing missing is a steam roller.
...too bad he didn’t break his wokist neck.
...key word: India.
...wow: whoever could have seen that coming?
...he’ll be even more uncomfortable in a jail cell, but at least he won’t be able to open that door.
...but had the sexes been reversed, she’d have got half of £250 million, you betcha.
And as for INSIGNIFICA:
...now as any fule kno, I think Simon Cowell should be executed for Crimes Against Music, but wait… Mezhgan Husseiny?
He was not worthy. Or newsworthy, for that matter.
Your suggestions in Comments.
I read this report about Jeffrey Epstein’s ex-lover/procurer Ghislaine Maxwell’s problems in jail, and am faced — as the title suggests — with conflicting feelings.
On the one hand, there’s that savage feeling of satisfaction that this daughter of privilege is getting her just deserts for a life of deviancy and enabling, while on the other hand I actually feel some sympathy for her plight, because — let’s be honest — feral Cuban criminals probably shouldn’t be in a minimum-security facility in the first place.
And I still think that Maxwell is just the fall “guy”, the person that the government had to go after because Epstein was unavailable for prosecution by having been murdered in his prison cell. Somebody had to go to jail for all those girls whose lives were ruined by a bunch of child molestors and their hangers-on (Bills Clinton and Gates, to name but two of many), and in Epstein’s stead was Ghislaine Maxwell.
I still want to learn the names of all the people (okay, mostly men) who were on Epstein’s client list and were frequent fliers on his Molestation Express jet.
But, as someone else said, “they” can’t go after the rapists on that list because “they” are actually the rapists.
I’d love to know the truth of this whole sorry episode, and the reason I’m kinda in Maxwell’s corner is because I know that if she ever looks like uncovering the rapists, she’ll be Epsteined as fast as he was.
Maybe even by “violent Cuban inmates”.
Just for your viewing pleasure, Monica Bellucci and her daughter Deva Cassel:
The youngin needs more than a couple pasta dishes to catch up to Mama (see below), but it’s an excellent start.
From Longtime Reader John L. comes this question:
“I remember you saying that you like 80s music. I’m trying to get my daughter — a Millennial — to give it a try. What dozen or so songs would you recommend as a primer?”
Difficult choice, but here we go. Most of the songs are more about the sound than the music, because the 80s was when recording- and instrument technology started to expand (sometimes not for the better, but there you go). First, two older guys (from the 70s, but who got it):
Phil Collins: Sussudio
Peter Gabriel: Sledgehammer
And then the newer generation of musicians who took it from there:
Gary Numan: Cars (okay, technically, Numan probably started the whole thing off, but whatever)
Tears For Fears: Everybody Wants To Rule The World
Howard Jones: Things Can Only Get Better
Joe Jackson: Stepping Out
Soft Cell: Tainted Love
Wang Chung: Dance Hall Days
Simple Minds: Don’t You Forget About Me
Talking Heads: Burning Down The House
Eurythmics: Sweet Dreams (although I actually prefer Would I Lie To You?)
Pet Shop Boys: West End Girls
Some notes:
I’ve excluded from the above those musicians who just kept on playing their 70s-style music for the next ten (twenty?) years, e.g. Richie Blackmore, Journey, Huey Lewis, punk bands, and so on.
I’ve also excluded those who just played their own music during the 1980s, which has proven to be pretty much timeless regardless of decade, e.g. Level 42 and Prince.
If you think I’ve missed any (and I probably have), have at it in Comments.