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Welcome Reminder

Advice, Trades

…that among the larger paradigm shifts of recent years, the “go to college after high school” mantra has been largely debunked in favor of going to a trade school:

More than a million students have held off from going to college since the pandemic problems arose, and many of those students are seeking training in the trades instead. Their skills are in high demand, too, as nearly 90 percent of contractors are desperate for competent workers.

I said this back in 2008.  And no, it’s not just for boys.

   

After all, it’s not like this is some new thing, either:

Monday Funnies

Funny Stuff

Mondays offend my soul…

So let’s get on with it:

Meanwhile, in Minnesota:

And in solidarity with the above, here’s Ukrainian hottie Inna Tsymbyalik:

 

Yes, she represented Ukraine in the Miss Universe competition a while back… why do you ask?

Saturday Easy Listening

Music

Here’s a compilation of Luigi Boccherini’s Cello Concertos — three hours or so — and it is wonderful listening.  Boccherini’s music is more Rococo than Baroque or Romantic (well, I think so) and is therefore much lighter listening than, say, Haydn or Beethoven.  Here’s a simple bio of the man himself, if you are unfamiliar with him or his works.

And unlike the works of his Baroque contemporaries, it makes for great background music, being neither too busy nor too dense.

Enjoy — I have, several times before.

Quote Of The Day

QOTD

From Kurt Schlichter:

It’s kind of a cliché when libs howl that Ron DeSantis is even worse than Trump, but in fact, the governor will be much worse.  Trump was elected to stop the elites’ new order.  DeSantis will be elected to destroy it because Americans will no longer tolerate leftist intolerance.

Yes.

News Roundup

Bad News

Today’s Roundup sponsor is:

And in that vein, let’s lead off with this:


…to which I say, “Amen”.


…so nice to see that we’ve reverted to the word’s original and proper meaning (happy, joyous, etc.) instead of as shorthand for “homosexual”.


…small wonder the Democrats are trying to decriminalize child abuse:  it preserves their funding sources.


…apparently this was done as mockery.  I hope that’s true.


…


…key word:  “Wales”.


…key word:  “Scotland”.  Still would like to have been there, though:  sounds like a decent party.

Dept. of Covidiocy Update:


…of COURSE it could.


…to the surprise of precisely… nobody.  Just in passing, does anyone remember that in WWII Britain, crimes of this sort were punishable by hanging?


…because:


…maybe that would represent an improvement for NYfC, I dunno.  And:


…because of course she does.


…am I the only one who thinks that this punishment is somewhat… excessive?

And speaking of (no-link) INSIGNIFICA:

     

Finally:

I was going to post a link to the article, but all those pics are blurred or else with her boyfriend.  Here are some better ones:

 

And that’s it for the news.