Blog Boy Speaks

I decided I have to get one more post up before I head to Portland to walk the girl down the aisle. Get ready for some rambling.

We had a nice birthday party for my geezer pal TCG last night. This will be the last year of his 60s. His wife made a tasty lasagna and a carrot cake about the size of a beach ball.  The proceedings took place at #1’s house, where he displayed his bartending skills. I was home before 9pm, as is my wont.  This is the T-shirt that Sonny boy and his wife bought me for my birthday.

Since I brought up the kids, I hope they’ve never been adversely affected by my sarcasm. Am I a bad parent?

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/sarcasm-parents-kids_l_664cb08ce4b09c97de2159d3

Re T-shirts, my wife buys me a lot of them, especially of places we have visited, like BVI and Santorini.  I used to make fun of this, but I’ve come to enjoy having these mementos.  This means I’ll have to find something new to make fun of her about.

Hey, did you ever get the feeling that Trump is insane? After he met with groveling Republicans a few weeks ago, he had a sit-down with CEOs. They said he was “meandering” and “didn’t know what he was talking about”. What a news flash. That doesn’t mean that the CEOs won’t vote for him, since he’ll keep corporate tax rates low. I also saw a video of Trump ranting about people setting up tents at airports because there are so many flight delays.  Just total bullshit.  And of course there’s the windmills, electric boats and sharks, oh my!  Lastly, one of his “spiritual advisers” had to resign from his megachurch for sexual abuse.  That pastor has also besmirched a good name.

In other Republican news, there was a lamentable exercise of 2nd amendment rights by a Michigan pol involving a stripper.  Maybe the Louisiana governor can send him a copy of the 10 commandment posters he’s going to plaster all over schools.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/gop-lawmaker-arrested-chasing-stripper-180031643.html

What’s going on with the yutes? According to this article, it looks like they don’t want to do anything. If it’s true, how the heck are they going to afford tickets to the Eras tour?  Speaking of Tay Tay, the first three items in the Google entertainment news were about her. Tom Cruise was at one of her London shows, ignoring his estranged daughter’s high school graduation. He’s widely adored, but to me he’s just a sad clown. But he does have a nice jawline. I wonder if he chews facial gum.

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/gen-z-increasingly-becoming-neets-111652582.html

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/facial-gum-trend-tiktok-does-170304906.html

Queen’s catalog is being sold for over $1B. As far as I’m concerned, that’s about $999,999,999 too much.

If you can today, spare a thought for Justin Timberlake.

Absurdities

The Republican candidate for the presidency of the United States meets with a NYC probation officer today. Yesterday at his Vegas rally, he said "I don’t care about you, I just want your vote." I hope the many who left while he was still speaking or the ones that passed out from the heat heard him first. Here’s one guy’s take on the rally.

https://x.com/PTLRadioShow/status/1799929539918987738

On the rare occasions when The UK deigns to communicate with me, I listen. He was hoping that I would share the fact that Nick Cannon has taken out a $10M insurance policy on his testicles.  This is exactly the kind of thing my readership needs to be apprised of. Twelve kids with six women and still going strong. What a guy!

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/nick-cannon-takes-10-million-004112465.html

I’ve been meaning to comment on some headlines I’ve been seeing that don’t seem to have anyone syncing up the picture with the headline.  Below is an example.  Hire some editors, will ya!

Elsewhere, at a rodeo in Oregon, a bull jumped over the fence into the crowd, injuring four. This is why I don’t go to rodeos.

Blogger of the Year

I came home from last weekend’s trip to Portland to find that I had a new license plate holder.

This is the work of #1.  He also contributed a plaque on the pergola.  I’m waiting for the other shoe to drop.  I’ll probably come home from a vacation one day to find my house painted neon orange.

Speaking of orange, 45 got nailed on 34 felony counts since my last post. I was delighted to see the outcome, as well as Trump’s stoic acceptance of the verdict. HA! That whiner has the entire Republican party saying that it was a rigged Soviet-style show trial, especially the weenies that want to be VP. As sane news outlets point out, you also have a Democratic senator and the President’s son on trial. To boot, I’m giddy that Bannon is headed for four months at The Graybar Hotel. If you can’t do the time, don’t do the crime.

You probably saw this one, where one of Trump’s supporters was railing against the verdict on the floor of Congress. I’m glad he brought his kid, who also got acquainted with MTG.

https://x.com/EbbittWilliam/status/1798341317355028888

On the home front, I saw the below article and decided I should give you an update about my relationship with my sister, especially since my bro has gotten ink recently.  The relationship is good. All the siblings are looking forward to having a fine time at my girl’s wedding at the end of the month. The wife and I were up in Portland last weekend for a Saturday night party at the soon-to-be in-laws. We got to meet a lot of family friends ahead of the big event.  We also had dinner Friday night at Amaterra, where the wedding will take place.

https://www.glamour.com/story/melanie-wilking-gives-followers-an-update-about-her-relationship-with-sister-miranda-derrick

I have to wrap up now because I’m verklempt.