tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62996122024-03-07T20:04:48.468-06:00The Aardvark's PLUMBLINEBeing an experiment in comparing our culture with what it HAS BEEN, and what it SHOULD BE.The Aardvarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11425052822588090155noreply@blogger.comBlogger1393125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6299612.post-28457187751994011882020-03-25T12:56:00.002-05:002020-04-26T18:55:14.936-05:00Adversity in Advertising
My ad hoc product photos of the java that Friend Fred got for us reminds me of my intro into the truth of advertising.
Note I did not say "truth IN advertising".
The fall of 1977, after the Dread Dormomoo and I were wed, I found
myself in need of A Situation. Mind you, this was early in the Carter
Years, and the economy was already on a downturn. I found work as a
photographer for a local The Aardvarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11425052822588090155noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6299612.post-61091603783825939652020-03-24T23:58:00.003-05:002020-03-25T12:59:24.938-05:00The Worship of Molech Continues Apace.The Aardvarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11425052822588090155noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6299612.post-38049764231564694472020-03-18T10:58:00.003-05:002020-03-18T10:58:24.139-05:00A washboard for wasabi------------------------I might be happier if sci fi writers and actors could get "silicon" and "silicone" straight.---------------------West Chester, PA has a phone line to report businesses that are open but shouldn't be.---------------------Surprising how a teeny virus is big enough to make people surrender constitutional rights to government fiat.---------------------More importantly, who The Aardvarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11425052822588090155noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6299612.post-23385634069173584102019-11-18T14:34:00.002-06:002019-11-18T14:34:35.148-06:00Why the Left cannot meme.Your Aardvark has had the smackdown put on him. The kibosh, even.I had shared this latest knee-slapper of Jeffrey Epstein memes (best one yet):and a friend posted the tweet at the top in response.Well, of COURSE!This is the point. The EXACT point. The "Jeffrey Epstein didn't kill himself" memes exist precisely because whatever happened to him, he has now avoided (temporal) judgment, and whatThe Aardvarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11425052822588090155noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6299612.post-84022220640062860642019-10-19T23:04:00.001-05:002019-10-19T23:05:26.192-05:00A velocipede of volubility
SAKES, fan types.
It's "Aeolus 14 Umbra"!
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How Religion Works: If I obey, then God will love and accept me.
The Gospel: I'm loved and accepted, therefore I wish to obey.
--Thomas Keller
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John Tracy is
hikikomori
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I can neither confirm nor deny that Herb McCaulla, Wes Tillander, and I
invented Southern Fandom so we The Aardvarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11425052822588090155noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6299612.post-43190119330295136592019-06-27T12:54:00.002-05:002019-06-27T12:55:59.786-05:00A Tally of TumtwaddleFrom 2015:
Dear conservatives and Constitutionalists:
This has been an
interesting week, in the Chinese sense. Many are kvetching that it is
the end of our economy, others are whining "Come, Lord Jesus" over the
preponderance of rainbows online (I hold firm with the prayer for the
Lord's return, but not as whinging over political downturns. The hymn
does NOT say "Whine Up O Men of God....).The Aardvarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11425052822588090155noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6299612.post-65807765413917864822019-03-16T22:05:00.001-05:002019-03-16T22:05:22.486-05:00A Plethora of PithI miss the time when the world was more innocent.------------------------------------------------------------
I notice that no one is sighing wistfully for someone to remake"The Green Slime".------------------------------Fajitas seasoned too littletaste like horse,at least to my imagination.------------------------------Really missing the '70sfish & chips places likeCedric's and Arthur The Aardvarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11425052822588090155noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6299612.post-7107217264713219802019-02-02T12:13:00.004-06:002019-02-02T12:13:53.427-06:00Cane-shakingI am hereby advocating for the forcible removal of each and every self-identified socialist in "government service". Socialism is Communism lite. They are enemies of our Republic.We knew how to deal with them, mid-century last.The Aardvarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11425052822588090155noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6299612.post-10020922546453604082019-01-18T23:33:00.001-06:002019-01-18T23:33:12.008-06:00A Chamber of Chumbawumbary-----------------------------"You like a thing thatI don't like.You're stupid."Mature.This, my response to the Sturm und Drang over the Netflix"Godzilla" anime movie trilogy.-----------------------------Yes, and if the White House had served the teamprime rib and lobsterit would have been overspending.-----------------------------I saw fan cosplayers this weekend better than this.----------------The Aardvarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11425052822588090155noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6299612.post-84466353779090428982019-01-15T20:06:00.000-06:002019-01-15T20:06:07.821-06:00Felix sit annus novus2018 is past, long may it putrefy.2019 lies before us in lissome beauty. We hope.Himself went to Columbus, OH with Noel to sell shirtage at Ohayocon. We stayed at a down-at-the-heels Days Inn near the aerodrome (the place did not have sprinklers). It was a clean place, redolent with Neutron Industries deodorisers. The Free Breakfast! was entirely carb-based, not even a hard-boiled egg in sight, The Aardvarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11425052822588090155noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6299612.post-31663468314112357972018-10-15T05:29:00.000-05:002018-10-21T02:53:06.478-05:00The road to charismania is paved with good intentions.I take up the keyboard yet again.
I have missed you.
The subject matter may be...rarified...but it has been hamster-wheeling in my noddle, and I must get it out. The stupid wheel squeaks.
One of the most disingenuous arguments out there is this: "all Pentecostal / Charismatic / Spirit-filled churches are un-Biblical, because they misuse "speaking in tongues". "They all stand up and babble in The Aardvarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11425052822588090155noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6299612.post-21758122903754099212018-10-15T05:09:00.002-05:002018-10-15T05:09:36.108-05:00An Agglomeration of AngstOne man's licoriceis another man's cilantro.----------------------When a leg vein fails, and the shower looks like a scenefrom the Grand Guignol.THIS IS GRAPHIC AND IS ABOUT BLOOD. DO NOT READ IF YOU ARE THE QUEASY TYPE! I MUST WRITE THIS.====================Varicose
vein did not like wash cloth scrubbing. Next thing I knew, the tub
looked like a murder scene. Could not see where the blood wasThe Aardvarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11425052822588090155noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6299612.post-41305976670343579662018-08-11T21:46:00.002-05:002018-08-11T21:46:31.961-05:00A congery of convivialities!Not liking what someone says does not render it untrue.It merely means that you do not like it.--------------------It is significant that the historical creeds of the church make no mention of "The Rapture".--------------------Here's yer conspiracy theory.What is the Alex Jones bansupposed to distract us from?--------------------Who was forcing youto listen toAlex Jones,again?--------------------The Aardvarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11425052822588090155noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6299612.post-56615054545106412672018-07-24T19:52:00.000-05:002018-07-24T19:53:02.265-05:00A plethora of (self) plagiarismColossus blue screened me. Had to get an ASUS gaming computer, because graphics programs.
New computer boots up in 12 seconds. CorelDRAW opens in less than that. WOW!I can also play a mean game of mahjong solitaire!Don't tell ME I'm not a gamer!!------------------------------
Just celebrated the Dread Dormomooo's and my 41st anniversary on the 23rd.
YAYYYY US!!
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The Aardvarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11425052822588090155noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6299612.post-55304042924758952192018-04-02T19:39:00.001-05:002018-04-02T19:39:21.571-05:00The 5000 Musings of Doctor A---------------------
And THAT'S amusing. The microwave comes on when you open the door, now.---------------------Did ANYBODY like Keiko O' Brien?--------------------- So,
Patrick, it's OK to say that the US is a democracy, because through
people's misuse of language, we can write it off to the evolution of
language, despite the fact that the designers of our constitutional
republic meant The Aardvarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11425052822588090155noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6299612.post-90353549978390690142018-02-15T21:28:00.001-06:002018-02-15T21:28:38.758-06:00This is making America great? A revisiting. I was asked years back
"Aardvark, do you think people's behavior has turned for the worse over the years?"
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Now, THAT'S a question. As this is my blog, and my opinion reigns supreme:
Yes.
But a yes with caveats.
"Yes", because there are more people to behave badly, and more to interact synergistically, badly.
"Yes", because people have longer lives, and can The Aardvarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11425052822588090155noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6299612.post-78659005452220139722018-01-05T19:03:00.001-06:002018-01-05T19:03:25.630-06:00Nuevo Nattering
Customary comestibles consumed.Black-eyed peas, turnip greens, fried chicken.Now to repent of sympathetic magic.-----------------------In this New Year,I shall rabble-rouse untilCongress investigates Clinton/Brungarian collusion.----------------------SERIOUSLY Air Fryers. Are they REALLY good, or is this hype?-----------------------How much bandwidthis wasted by peoplenot turning off gifs?-----The Aardvarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11425052822588090155noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6299612.post-66669418897260059552017-12-24T22:48:00.001-06:002017-12-24T22:48:34.149-06:00A Homily of Humility
As the newsbeasts wrangle over what-is-and-is-not-fake, BitCoin defies gravity and loses, and partisan politics takes all the fun out of Parties, allow me a small homily. A homilette?Perhaps I will not wind up with egg on my face.It has been a rough year, a tough year, a busy year of third shifting, and me without a 'Vette.It has been a year of paucity of praise for the One with Whom we have toThe Aardvarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11425052822588090155noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6299612.post-64697206194876686562017-11-16T07:39:00.002-06:002017-11-16T07:39:29.981-06:00A tirade of twaddleThe accusers sound scripted. The method of trotting them out in series appears scripted. And THEN...Gloria Allred....This has "October Surprise" spray-painted all over it.. McConnell's antipathy toward Moore (which predates these accusations) is telling. Also, the timing is really off. The PERFECT time for this would have been during his Ten Commandments statue era. "Mr, High-and-Mighty ChristianThe Aardvarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11425052822588090155noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6299612.post-11111366468700030712017-09-28T09:52:00.001-05:002017-09-28T09:52:34.388-05:00A reverent consideration of the bunny.This may be most...unexpected...from me.Bless me brethren...Hugh Hefner is dead. He took a magazine concept sold at seamy bookstalls, just down from THAT theater across the tracks, added tonnes of erudition and professional photography, and made a legend of it."I read it for the articles."Old gag.The first Larry Niven story I ever read as a callow yout' was in a Playboy magazine, so yeah.I am...The Aardvarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11425052822588090155noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6299612.post-8846602513125470252017-09-11T05:08:00.001-05:002017-09-11T05:08:23.944-05:00A Tumulus of TypingWe understood hurricanes, tornadoes, and ice storms just fine when I was
a kid, without on-the-spot weather reader histrionics on telly. Live OR
green screen.----------------------That's IT! I don't care if you use a rotisserie, or wrap it around a tin can with a light bulb on inside...You are COOKING bacon. Not hacking it.----------------------Vaal was a vegan.----------------------Spent the The Aardvarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11425052822588090155noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6299612.post-34791330986246970542017-08-10T01:05:00.002-05:002017-08-10T01:05:49.958-05:00Plugging a moth
Google, besides being a company FAR more interested in identity politics, and riding herd on employees expressing BadThink than producing good software anymore, is getting FAR too uppity and Nosy-Parker for my taste.Last night (9 August) I went to the car wash to strip screens for re-use. Whilst there, I saw the prettiest moth (and I watch Mothra flicks)!
The Rosy Maple Moth.It climbed The Aardvarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11425052822588090155noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6299612.post-59397772935817483342017-08-05T03:04:00.003-05:002017-08-05T03:04:40.240-05:00VALERIAN STINKS! No, really. I mean it! Valerian stinks. It may help you sleep, but it is one smelly herb. Now "Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets" is a wonderful film. It does NOT stink, despite what professional critics may say. Luc Besson has kept much of the charm of the graphic novels "Valérian and Laureline" by writer Pierre Christin and artist Jean-Claude The Aardvarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11425052822588090155noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6299612.post-64025895446444931632017-07-25T00:52:00.001-05:002017-07-25T09:39:53.281-05:00Thunderbirds Have Gone.
So, Friend Fred may well disown me, or block me on Facebook, but I must confess to you all...
I just finished season three of Amazon/Pukeko's hybrid series "Thunderbirds Are Go". I like it in the sense of "It's the only game in town.". That said, it is not in that sense, the way that ST-TNG was in that sense. I have spoken of my initial reaction to the practical effects/CG series elsewhen.
The Aardvarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11425052822588090155noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6299612.post-40030004936668003572017-07-19T19:54:00.001-05:002017-07-23T00:21:21.199-05:00Rosemont ReportageHail the conquering heroes!
Noeru and I have spent the weekend selling shirts of awesomeness at G-Fest, the foremost Godzilla/kaiju convention on the planet. This is the 24th year of the venerable con, and the Aardvarks have been blessed in being able to provide printed shirts for the convention for the last decade, if memory serves, as well as our own pop-culture shirts that we sell in the The Aardvarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11425052822588090155noreply@blogger.com0