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Tag: Suckage
Things that totally suck
Raving Beauty
Whereas Sabine Schmitz was taken from us at age 51, Jessica Walter — one of my favorite character actresses of all time — held out till 80.
Here we go:
In later years, she just aged like the finest wine:
And now [sigh] I’ll just have to take Malory Archer off Ye Olde Buckette Lyst:
R.I.P. Jessica. You were always one of the best, and one of my favorites.
Shelter
And then we have this plaudit, following the Chinkvirus lockdown(s):
Shelter in place has us focused on the characteristics of a home that makes us happy. What makes us happy in a home has not changed, but since we are spending more time in a home than ever, we are focused on what makes us happy in a home. Neighborhoods become more important during shelter in place. Here is a home that exudes the elements of a home we enjoy when we shelter in place. Architect Max Levy designed this home that is immersed in nature, enjoys the shared greenways of the neighborhood, and is surrounded by vibrancy.
And this “immersion in nature” looks like this:
You know where this is going, right? Let’s look at the interior:
It would not surprise me if the cushion coverings were hiding concrete blocks.
This excrescence is part of a series of five houses which inspire us to shelter in place, and only one of the five does not inspire me to load up the Molotov cocktails and go for a little drive down some “shared greenways”. Here it is:
…and to the surprise of absolutely nobody, this house was designed IN 1939.
All the above are located in Dallas (not renowned for anything classical, architecture least of all), but I do know the real estate market around here quite well, and I can truthfully say that the only houses I’d consider buying in the city would be the few still standing which were built before WWII.
All the rest are either foul beyond words (“mid-century modern” aaargh ) or else ultra-modern carbuncles like the ones above. The newly-built ones, by the way, all look like they’re owned by Russian oil oligarchs, retired Cowboys footballers, Arab oil sheiks or Colombian druglords. (And that’s not just my opinion, by the way: Mr. Free Market, who has been on several tours of the area conducted by Yours Truly, has even worse things to say.)
Here’s one in Plano which exemplifies the type:
At least it looks like something a little classical. But the supercars parked oh-so casually in the driveway give the game away.
It makes me not want to buy lottery tickets, if that’s all that obscene amounts of money could buy me.
Predator
A Sarpy County jury on Wednesday found a 38-year-old woman guilty of 11 felony counts in connection with child sexual assault and abuse that occurred at alcohol-fueled sleepovers with pre- and young teens.
It gets better:
Authorities said Greer provided alcohol and marijuana-infused gummy bears to her 11-year-old daughter and her friends at weekend sleepovers in 2017 and 2018.
Wouldn’t be a crime if it was Oregon or California, but it’s Nebraska:
Greer faces a maximum sentence of life in prison next month when she is set to be sentenced.
That said, I’m offering odds on her getting a suspended sentence Because She’s A Woman So Shut Up.
Changing Times
Oh Noes
More from the world of dietary science:
Regular meat-eaters are more likely to suffer from chronic health conditions than those who shun or ration animal products, a study from the University of Oxford has found.
The research found a meat-lover who eats 70 grams of meat — processed or unprocessed — more than a peer is at 15 per cent higher risk of heart disease, 30 per cent more likely to get diabetes and almost a third (31 per cent) more likely to develop pneumonia in the future.
I did the work so you don’t have to: 70 grams is about 2.5 oz…
Whatever. According to this lot, I should have died about 15 years ago, given that my daily breakfast contains inter alia a large piece of boerewors.
And yet, here we are.