Hemingways_Shotgun

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Cake day: June 7th, 2023

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  • Your country is being run by a man who behaves like I behaved in fourth grade when I didn’t want to admit I hadn’t done my homework and just compounded lie upon lie upon lie hoping to outlast the teachers somehow.

    For the record, I was a total shit-head in fourth grade. I was ducking and weaving, adding more lies to the narrative (even going as far as blaming my sister for stealing it, and STILL not backing down when they brought her in to call my bluff). Somehow, my idiot brain just thought that if I kept spinning out more and more convoluted webs of bullshit, it would eventually hit the magical “they believe me” mark.

    Here’s the thing though…I was in FOURTH GRADE and I GREW OUT OF IT! What the fuck is Trump’s excuse?




  • Going to university in the late 90s/early 00s, when not everyone had home computers and especially not laptops. We had the computer lab in the basement where were could go to print out essays, do research, etc.

    There was the library as well with a few computers on each floor, but those were always taken, and lab access came with our tuition anyway.

    Other than that and a rather simple cellphone, we were device free. We still took notes by hand, copiously highlighted lines in ridiculously overpriced text books, met with friends at the coffee shop to study, and essentially kept technology compartmentalised.

    Do I miss it? Oh hell yes.






  • It’s a safe bet that she is a different Yar if looking at it from a multi-verse perspective.

    Timey-Wimey universe shenanigans aren’t exactly consistent in Star Trek. TNG was still using the concept of “altered universes” instead of “alternate universes”. Alternate Universes wouldn’t really become a story-telling device until DS9 mirror-universe and on from there to Enterprise, Discovery, etc…

    But when TNG was being made, unless I’m forgetting something, the premise was very much that THE universe of the show was altered, not that they were moved to a different timeline.

    So from the perspective of the episode, yes…that very much was their Tasha Yar since it’s presumed it’s the same universe, just altered. If the episode had been aired after they had established the multi-verse, than it’s likely that she wouldn’t be the same Yar.

    Her change in demeanour is likely an acting choice by Crosby, since she’s playing a Yar that has been on the Enterprise for much longer. She’s more comfortable and confident in her role.








  • That was the hardest part. if I caught it earlier I would have done anything to afford the amputation to keep her around with me. But it had already spread to her lungs. But she hid it from me.

    Even on her very last day, hobbling around on three legs, she easily had the energy to standing jump into the back seat of the truck to go to the vet. Three hours and an xray later, I saying goodbye to my baby-girl.






  • Friends.

    While Seinfeld is certainly overrated and hasn’t aged well, at least it had its memorable moments that still get talked about today (Mostly Kramer Hijinx, to be fair…)

    • Kramer vs Kenny Rogers Roasters
    • Kramer and the Rickshaw
    • Soup Nazi
    • 'They’re real…and they’re spectacilar"
    • Mulva
    • George saves the whale.

    Just of the top of my head.

    Friends, while popular, is ultimately forgettable generic sitcom crap. I struggle to think of any actual memorable moments other than “Pivot”