Hello and Welcome to the Weekend Gene Pool, that strange and unpredictable venue where I solicit you for personal anecdotes or observations on a subject of my choosing, the best responses to which I will write about next week.
Unfortunately bought my Tesla before Elon “Veppers” Musk went off the rails.
Elon seems to like the writings of Iain M Banks based on names he gives his SpaceX drone ships.
Veppers was an insanely wealthy extremely evil character in novel
“Surface Detail” that tortured and murdered a genetically modified character whose “mind state” was saved and resurrected in another body. (I think revenge was taken by the resurrectee)?
I have found it pisses off Elon lovers to call him Veppers so I do
On the topic of craven journalism, check out what happened at the LA Times dinner to celebrate the 101 Best Restaurants in that city. Bad oysters sickened more than 80 guests with norovirus. It’s a metaphor, I tell ya.
President Musk will let VP Trump do whatever Musk thinks is right. You know, big things like giving President Musk all the Federal contracts for space stuff, and the keys to Fort Knox, and stuff like that.
Commenters to the WaPo's "updated" comments section are just learning about those dots (though the WaPo's dots are arranged vertically, not horizontally).
Trying to remember what local radio station had a quickly pulled tagline “We have the biggest hits” which when said in the right way sounded like “biggest tits”. A woman said the line.
The Musk poll excludes multiple responses. Musk and Trump might have a falling out and then we can enjoy the court fight over who has the bigger nondisclosure agreement, but in the meantime, the reckless (OK, I doubt it's that innocent) driving by the guy in the giant rocket will have caused considerable damage to those who happen to be living in the vicinity of its trajectory.
Circa 2017, I was invited to what was supposed to be a Q&A of about 40 of us tech types with Elon Musk at my federal workplace along with a couple of his SpaceX notetakers. Musk's "introductory remarks" was basically a 45 minute monologue during which he raged at the evils of Artificial Intelligence and some British firm that was a market leader at the time. Did I mention the odd tangents that also criticized AI as the end of humanity as we know it? Suffice to say that we were not afforded any "Q" time. and even if we did, I don't think we would have gotten a coherent "A". Musk and minions left the room and most of us feds came to the conclusion that, well. that was weird as heck. As we filed out, I went to the elevator and, surprise! , the person who held it open for me was on of the SpaceX minions I was chatting with for a bit before the Q&A (actually seemed like a decent guy). Also to my surprise was that I ended up standing next to (a much shorter than I) Musk. I had 4 floors to debate if I should say something to Musk. Since the first things that came to mind would not be Miss Manners approved, I decided to thank to SpaceX minion for the insightful pre Q&A convo and basically ignore the little troll.
What annoys me the most about Elon is that media continually refer to him as worth $250 billion. He is a worthless piece of white who apparently owns various things which may have that monetary value.
I once wrote a steamy story. I was in college, so of course the story was college-based, as in professor/student. After a “study” session, she came home and her roommate asked why it took so long. She replied, “ math is a lot like sex; either you get it or you don’t.” I, for one, chortled at my extreme cleverness.
I spotted that seeming doggie target, but at least Don isn’t the 🎯. I also thought at first glance it looked like Fred Astaire, without reading the obvious caption.
If the only statue your town has is of Don Knotts, well, do you really NEED another one?
One could say the same about Latrobe, PA, and Mr. Rodgers. But Latrobe also boasts a statue of its OTHER favorite son, Arnold Palmer!
It was pointed out to me that the model names of Tesla vehicles, in order of release, are:
S 3 X Y Cybertruck
My eyes are still rolling so hard It may not be safe for me to drive.
Loved that slogan.
Sad to think that anybody didn't get it.
Same. A really great move.
Unfortunately bought my Tesla before Elon “Veppers” Musk went off the rails.
Elon seems to like the writings of Iain M Banks based on names he gives his SpaceX drone ships.
Veppers was an insanely wealthy extremely evil character in novel
“Surface Detail” that tortured and murdered a genetically modified character whose “mind state” was saved and resurrected in another body. (I think revenge was taken by the resurrectee)?
I have found it pisses off Elon lovers to call him Veppers so I do
In your listing of the truck's stickers, you missed the (almost demure by comparison) "I eat ass" sticker in the upper right corner.
How did I miss that?
On the topic of craven journalism, check out what happened at the LA Times dinner to celebrate the 101 Best Restaurants in that city. Bad oysters sickened more than 80 guests with norovirus. It’s a metaphor, I tell ya.
DID THE LA TIMES COVER THE STORY?
Yep, it did multiple stories.
Here's one (though there may be a paywall)
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-12-19/dozens-of-people-get-sick-after-l-a-times-101-best-restaurants-event-health-officials-investigating
Assume the serving restaurant is no longer on the list. Unless of course LAT owner Soon-Shiong has an interest.
I know, right? How can such an urbane lady spell fartboxes wrong? 🤣
President Musk will let VP Trump do whatever Musk thinks is right. You know, big things like giving President Musk all the Federal contracts for space stuff, and the keys to Fort Knox, and stuff like that.
FYI the three little dots to the right of your post include an “edit” option that many don’t know about.
Commenters to the WaPo's "updated" comments section are just learning about those dots (though the WaPo's dots are arranged vertically, not horizontally).
Should we refer to Gene’s version as WaPi?
Yes -- apt in so many ways!
Thank you!
My guess is, mom drove her incel son's truck while her vehicle was in the shop.
Trying to remember what local radio station had a quickly pulled tagline “We have the biggest hits” which when said in the right way sounded like “biggest tits”. A woman said the line.
The Musk poll excludes multiple responses. Musk and Trump might have a falling out and then we can enjoy the court fight over who has the bigger nondisclosure agreement, but in the meantime, the reckless (OK, I doubt it's that innocent) driving by the guy in the giant rocket will have caused considerable damage to those who happen to be living in the vicinity of its trajectory.
Circa 2017, I was invited to what was supposed to be a Q&A of about 40 of us tech types with Elon Musk at my federal workplace along with a couple of his SpaceX notetakers. Musk's "introductory remarks" was basically a 45 minute monologue during which he raged at the evils of Artificial Intelligence and some British firm that was a market leader at the time. Did I mention the odd tangents that also criticized AI as the end of humanity as we know it? Suffice to say that we were not afforded any "Q" time. and even if we did, I don't think we would have gotten a coherent "A". Musk and minions left the room and most of us feds came to the conclusion that, well. that was weird as heck. As we filed out, I went to the elevator and, surprise! , the person who held it open for me was on of the SpaceX minions I was chatting with for a bit before the Q&A (actually seemed like a decent guy). Also to my surprise was that I ended up standing next to (a much shorter than I) Musk. I had 4 floors to debate if I should say something to Musk. Since the first things that came to mind would not be Miss Manners approved, I decided to thank to SpaceX minion for the insightful pre Q&A convo and basically ignore the little troll.
Many who are ADHD and/or autistic have minimal emotional control, so Veppers does seem to check a lot of those boxes.
What annoys me the most about Elon is that media continually refer to him as worth $250 billion. He is a worthless piece of white who apparently owns various things which may have that monetary value.
Nice!
What computer gremlin changed my comment to piece of white? He's a piece of shit, SHIT, FECES, EXCREMENT, POOP !
I once wrote a steamy story. I was in college, so of course the story was college-based, as in professor/student. After a “study” session, she came home and her roommate asked why it took so long. She replied, “ math is a lot like sex; either you get it or you don’t.” I, for one, chortled at my extreme cleverness.
Is that a large pool of urine on the other side of Don Knotts?
I love that there's a statue of Don Knotts.
I spotted that seeming doggie target, but at least Don isn’t the 🎯. I also thought at first glance it looked like Fred Astaire, without reading the obvious caption.