Sunday, December 13, 2015

Watch the only decent Billboard Chart Dance Club song of 2013


15 comments:

Lem the artificially intelligent said...

Music videos are also open threads. Reminder. 🤗

Joe Biden, America's Putin said...

One of the better videos.
Good morning!

AllenS said...

Open thread --

Ok, then. I'd like to talk about the new Lipton Green Tea. Does anyone else drink the stuff? The old tea came in the same bag, with the same string, but, NOW, the flimsy paper tab that the string was stapled to (and easily separated from) has been replaced with a thin cardboard tab and a staple that does not let go!

It should survive even if the earth warms up like about 10º more warmer.

If it wasn't for all the shitty stuff happening, this would be bigger news.

AllenS said...

Oh, and I just changed automobile insurers. I'm with Progressive now, and it looks like I'll save about $100 this year. Thanks, FLO!

ricpic said...

How come the guy with the boom box in his belly is unaffected?

bagoh20 said...

Imagine the possibilities if it played Barry White.

Trooper York said...

I have become a big time tea drinker because I have to cut down on caffiene so I do five or six cups of tea a day.

You need to do some research into the chemicals and pesticides found in teas. Even some of the "organic" teas like Yogi and Celestial seasonings are full of crap. The best and cleanest tea is called Traditional Medincials which is a great tea. Their Green tea is excellent.

Of the mainline teas Tetley's Organic is by far the best.

Just my two cents.

AllenS said...

I'm no connesewer.

bagoh20 said...

Tea stains your teeth...
and your anus.

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bagoh20 said...

Went to see a movie Friday night: "In the Heart of the Sea". The one about the Essex ship wreck and survival, which I think the real story is one of the most amazing episodes in all of history. An unbelievable richness of tragedy in a single saga. The movie was adequate, and the theater served beer and wine in nice glasses. If you are a fan of the story and you know it, you might be disappointed because they left out a lot of the events, including some really good stuff, and they actually changed a couple scenes in substantial ways from the truth as I've read it. They made it less tragic and desperate than it must certainly have been.

I just love real life seafaring stories from the sail days. It's seems almost a fatal flaw that a terrestrial species would be driven to build devices to travel across thousands of miles of water which will kill them in a variety of ways if any one of a hundred different things goes wrong with their technology, which was incredibly unreliable and inadequate in the face of what the environment throws at you. These whaling trips would last 2 to 3 years at sea, with, little decent food, rare contact with other people, no expectation of anyone saving your ass when things go bad, and most of the time no sight of land which was often thousands of mile away. It was a high wire act with no net 24/7 for years. They had no idea what was happening at home with their nation, their friends and their loved ones. What no movie or any media can really convey is the amount of tedium, and the challenges of time and monotony. Still it seems like great adventure, especially if it only lasts 2 hours and includes beer. I give it 3 thingies out of 5, or 4 if you don't already know the real story.

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bagoh20 said...

It's accepted that wales are an intelligent species, but they strike me as pretty dumb if a bunch of tiny land creatures in row boats can out maneuver you and hunt you with hand thrown spears to near extinction in your own environment, which they are incredibly unfit to survive in themselves. All the wales had to do was zigzag a little, shuck and jive, stay down more, or as worked wonderfully against the Essex, fight back.

Trooper York said...

If you enjoy novels about the sea and sailing ships you should check out the novels of Alexander Kent. His novels about Richard Bolitho take the character from midshipman to admiral with a backdrop ranging from the American Revolution through the Napleonic wars up to the War of 1812.

More detailed and comprehensive than the more famous Hornblower novels this series is far superior to the overrated Richard O'Brien novels. It is good solid genre fiction. A fast and enjoyable read.

Trooper York said...

You can also check out the works published under the authors real name Douglas Reeman. Those naval warfare stories are set in World War Two and are also very enjoyable.