221124 11:32 – party on Garth
Hi all. Happy Thanksgiving to everyone! I hope today is both graceful for you and you find something to be grateful for. I’m doing my best to stay present to both.
I’m enjoying the day in the company of a dear friend, recently new to the blog. (BTW, we had The Square Pie Guys’ pizza last night on delivery- The Big Von – super! and szechuan wings, both stellar. There are outposts in Old Oakland, SOMA, and Beach Street in SF. GO!!! You will thank me.)
This year, I’m not cooking a bird dinner. JoFo and I ordered a mini-Thanksgiving feed for 1+ (we ordered two) from a local church in Berkeley that also feeds a person when you buy the dinner with trimmings.) Feels good to feed two more people, potentially. Kudos too that they offered organic turkey.
I don’t really like turkey; I don’t need left overs for a whole turkey and with two people its too much work and too much waste to carry the traditional tradition. So be grateful for what you create and who you are creating it with today!
Much love to all and happy thanksgiving stellarkin! Be grateful for those that surround you today.
Thank you for reading today's post. Have an InterStellar Day! ~PrP
Happy Thanksgiving to you too.
Did You Know?
Aquaponics is a farming method that combines plant and fish farming in a symbiotic setup where the plants are watered using nutrient-rich waste water from their companion fish tanks and the “cleansed” water is then recirculated back to the fish tanks.
Did You Know?
In 1972, a young Serbian flight attendant, Vesna Vulović, fell 33,330 feet (10,160 meters) when JAT Flight 367 was ripped apart by a terrorist bomb. Although she suffered multiple broken bones, spent ten days in a coma, and was temporarily paralyzed from the waist down as she recovered from her injuries, she went on to live into her sixties. She holds the Guinness world record for surviving the highest fall without a parachute.
Did you know?
Where Nike got the motto “Just do it?”
In 1977, Gary Gilmore was tied to a chair. Sandbags were stacked up behind him.
A line of volunteer police officers then gathered behind a curtain with 5 holes in it. They placed their rifles through the holes.
He was to be executed for 2 brutal murders in the state of Utah.
They lifted their gun, aimed.
The called man then asked Gilmore, “Do you have any final words?”
Gary then said, “Let’s do it.”
Advertising executive Dan Weiden read about this story and then used it to produce the slogan for Nike.
Did You Know?
Most cranberries are harvested by flooding their fields (they float thanks to little air pockets in the berries) and tend to be frozen or processed quickly once harvested. Those that are dry harvested and sold as ‘fresh’ are tested for ripeness via a bounce board separator (ripe cranberries bounce).
This year the poor are buckling under inflation, as the rich continue to spend.
JOKE:
I asked old Maud how she lost her husband. She told me her sad story:
“Well, he needed a blood transfusion, but his blood type was not on record, so the doctors asked me if I knew what it was, as they urgently needed to know, in order to save my Norman’s life.
Tragically, I’ve never known his blood type, so I only had time to sit and say goodbye.
I’ll never forget how supportive my Norman was. Even as he was fading away, he kept on whispering to me, “Be positive, be positive!”
That was my Norman! Always thinking of others.”
JOKE:
A young couple left the church and arrived at the hotel where they were spending the first night of their honeymoon.
They opened the champagne and began undressing.
When the bridegroom removed his socks, his new wife asked, “Ewww – what’s wrong with your feet? Your toes look all mangled and weird.
Why are your feet so gross?”
“I had tolio as a child,” he answered.
“You mean polio?” she asked.
“No, tolio. The disease only affected my toes.”
The bride was satisfied with this explanation, and they continued undressing. When the groom took off his pants, his bride once again wrinkled up her nose.
“What’s wrong with your knees?” She asked. “They’re all lumpy and deformed!”
“As a child, I also had kneasles,” he explained.
“You mean measles?” she asked.
“No, kneasles. It was a strange illness that only affected my knees.”
The new bride had to be satisfied with this answer. As the undressing continued, her husband at last removed his underwear.
“Don’t tell me,” she said. “Let me guess…. Smallcox?”🤣
JOKE:
For those that nit-pick about the meaning of words. There is a Great distinction between Guts and Balls.. We have all heard about people having Guts or Ball, but do you really know the difference between them?
To simplify things here are the definitions
GUTS – Is arriving home late, after a night out with your mates, being met by your wife with a broom, and having the Guts to ask, are you Still Cleaning, or are you Flying Somewhere?
BALLS – Is arriving home late, after a night out with your mates, smelling of perfume and beer, lipstick on your collar, and slapping her on the bottom and having the Balls to say, you’re next Chubby.
This should clear up any confusion on the definitions of the two.
Warning: Medically speaking, there is No difference.
Both result in a quick but Painful Death.
JOKE:
Three hymns 🕯️⛪
A pastor explained to his congregation that the church was in need of some extra money, so he asked them to consider being more than generous. He offered that whoever gave the most would be able to pick three hymns.
After the offering plates were passed about the church, the pastor glanced down and noticed that someone had graciously offered a $1,000 bill. He was so excited that he immediately shared his joy with his congregation and said he’d like to personally thank the person who placed the money in the plate.
A very quiet, elderly, saintly lady in the back of the church shyly raised her hand. The pastor asked her to come to the front, so she slowly made her way toward him.
The pastor told her how wonderful it was that she gave so much, and in thanks he asked her to pick out three hymns.
Her eyes brightened as she looked over the congregation. She pointed to the three most handsome men in the church and said, “I’ll take him and him and him.”
JOKE:
A blonde rings up an airline.
She asks, “How long are your flights from America to England?”
The woman on the other end of the phone says, “Just a minute…”
The blonde says, “Thanks!” and hangs up the phone.
JOKE:
What joke made you laugh?
A truck driver was rolling down the highway when he came upon a lady truck driver broken down on the side of the road. He pulled his rig over and grabbed out his tool box from behind his seat and walked over to the other truck. He yelled to the lady ‘do you want a screwdiver?’ She yelled back ‘might as well I can’t fix the damn truck!’
JOKE:
“Dad there is something my boyfriend said to me, that I didn’t understand.
He said that I have a beautiful chassis, lovely airbags, and a fantastic bumper.”
Father’s response:
“Tell your boyfriend that if he opens your bonnet and tries to check your oil with his dipstick, I will tighten his nuts so hard that his headlights will pop out and he will start leaking from his exhaust pipe!”.
JOKE:
A young Naval Officer was in a terrible car accident, but due to the heroics of the hospital staff the only permanent injury was the loss of one ear.
Since he wasn’t physically impaired he remained in the military and eventually became an Admiral.
However, during his career he was always sensitive about his appearance.
One day the Admiral was interviewing two Navy Master Chiefs and a Marine Gunnery Sergeant for his personal staff.
The first Master Chief was a Surface Navy type and it was a great interview.
At the end of the interview the Admiral asked him, “Do you notice anything different about me?”
The Master Chief answered, “Why yes. I couldn’t help but notice you are missing your starboard ear, so I don’t know whether this impacts your hearing on that side.”
The Admiral got very angry at this lack of tact and threw him out of his office.
The next candidate, an Aviation Master Chief, when asked this same question, answered, “Well yes, you seem to be short one ear.”
The Admiral threw him out also.
The third interview was with the Marine Gunnery Sergeant .
He was articulate, extremely sharp, and seemed to know more than the two Master Chiefs put together.
The Admiral wanted this guy, but went ahead with the same question.
“Do you notice anything different about me?”
To his surprise the Gunnery Sergeant said, “Yes. You wear contact lenses.”
The Admiral was impressed and thought to himself, what an incredibly tactful Marine. “And how do you know that?” the Admiral asked.
The Gunny replied, “Well sir, it’s pretty hard to wear glasses with only one ear.”
PrP,
Happy Belated Thanksgiving! I’m grateful that you started The Avenue. I enjoy it so much. Speaking of enjoying…It looks like you enjoyed that beautiful bottle of Veuve with your dear friend! xox
When you are told to conquer by the Emperor one never ask WHY? Your duty to the Crown is to only ask WHEN, WHERE, and WHO. If you ever think of quitting, know this there is no quitting in the life of service to the Emperor.
To finish a mission assigned by the Emperor is the only dignity for one who serves His Majesty.
J*/7 fight for something that is worth giving our lives for. We will not sacrifice our dignity for the will of your Emperor.
You are emotionally driven entities. Perhaps that’s why you are in the Emperor’s protectorate. If your “dignity” could have protected you from those that sought to enslave you, you wouldn’t have had to surrender your “dignity” to the Emperor’s will.
You are a part of that protectorate, hence yours is not to reason why, yours is to do or die.
Just because we have limited that to those you have given to the Emperor as military tax, doesn’t mean the same can’t be extracted from your population as a whole.
No threats are being made here, LeI. Just a reminder of the right of their Emperor to his subjects.
Having to feign ignorance and go forth with a relationship. How’s that for no dignity? I wanted to devote myself to a woman I love, but alas, her heart is not mine to have.
I wish for a hero in this world. But alas he kills without compassion.
You should still have hope for the future. My mother used to tell me “it is fortunate to have hope.” Everyone has chosen their own path. That goes for your uncompassionate hero. He will see blue sky.
I was with a woman like that myself. I would do whatever she told me to do, even if she was lying.
We have made another discovery concerning human DNA. Some of them maybe chimeras, that is humans with DNA from more than one embryo. Mostly we have found this in women. Some test out as “tetragametic.” That would mean that the female human was a mixture of 4 egg and sperm cells rather than the normal 2. This would make her a chimera. Her genetics derive from two separately fertilized eggs that fused early when her mother was pregnant with her.
When tested her blood and saliva samples could have an XY genetic signature which would make her appear as a male while test of her hair and cheek could reveal predominately an XX genetic signature of a female. This kind of mix assortment of chromosomes in different types of tissues, which grow separately starting early in pregnancy is a signature of chimerism. This means that one twin(a male) fused with the other twin( a female) and disappeared early in the pregnancy.
This situation must be identified shortly after beam up. Otherwise a sexual switch could occur upon reassembly. Many are working on test kits that could identify chimeras more quickly.
Get with me if you want to learn how to cut the edge.
I’d like to learn how to “cut the edge.” Is it the same as “take the edge off?” 😉
I’m pretty sure that it is the same.
Oops I forgot to add, “If so, I’m in.” 😁
I think you mean I’m in.
Laws alone cannot carry themselves into practice.
Meng Tzu – 3rd Century B.C.
“ The wise create laws. the foolish are oppressed by them.”
Shang Tzu – 4th Century B.C.
I dated a semi-professional model for a while, and she stopped doing it essentially because of the abuse which happened too often.
The typical story went as follows:
[Nudes] During a photo shoot with a professional photographer, Ebba — who was really enjoying the shoot till then — was asked to remove some clothes.
[Plan] She had no problem to be photographed semi-nakedly, but only did it reluctantly because that was not the initial plan.
[More] Some time later, the photographer accidentally touched her, and not much later, he tried to give her a massage and pushed for more.
Once or twice she ended up sleeping with the photographer, and kind of against her will.
Anyways, this happened numerous times with tiny variations, and eventually she quit the whole business.
(I must say that that was a good thing, because although she was certainly stunning, she had also flirted with drug abuse and anorexia in the model years.)
She turned out to be a social worker in the end.
I guess that a photo camera and its owner always want more.
Cleopatra did some good things for Egypt.
She, built up the Egyptian economy, establishing trade with many Arab nations. She was popular among Egyptians both because she embraced Egyptian culture and because the country was prosperous during her rule.
History captured an interesting part of her life where she was health-conscious to the extent that she bathed in milk to get parasites out of her body.
H*/3, the humans have a saying that fits your situation concerning your belief that B[9 deliberately attempted to deceive. It’s called Hanlon’s razor.
Hanlon’s razor is an eponymous adage named after Robert J. Hanlon that states: “Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.”
Ja, ja, so true. But would you have proffered that insult in the Ready Room?
No, but then that’s why we have the Avenue. Thanks again PrP.
Your proposal is without logic. It is Steve Wozniak who has the intellect that is necessary to implement our design, not Steve Jobs. Besides Jobs is just too petty to appreciate the skill you want to teach him.
Trump stole the information that showed that Hafez al-Assad who was the commander of Syria’s Air Force was in bed with the Americans to overthrow Sarah Jadid who was Syria’s president at the time. How valuable is it?
It is very valuable considering it contains documents that show Assad agreed to
impose changes on the Ba’ath government when he took power. Assad agreed to imposing capitalism and further pushing the agenda of private property and to strengthening the country’s foreign relations with countries which his predecessor had deemed reactionary.
The country prospered with the success capitalism and health care for all its people brought to Syria. The oil development assistance increased the country’s wealth so much that Hafez al-Assad got greedy and wanted to take a bigger share of the country’s wealth and he didn’t want to give up control when his time was up so he made a deal with Russia and betrayed the US.
If that information is leaked with the names and facts of his betrayal and the subsequent betrayal of the soviets by Hafez al-Assad, Putin and the neighboring Arab nations will not like the secret agreements he made with Israel to gain and stay in power.
To save her dog we will be using the technology we picked up from studying the earth’s flatworm.
When a decapitated flatworm regenerates its head, it also regains the primitive memories retained by its old one.
🏠 “Collapse” in home prices is coming, experts say.
✨ Fed chair Jerome Powell expected to set stage for lower rate hikes at Brookings event. (Bloomberg)
🇧🇸 Bahamian AG defends the island nation’s actions during FTX’s fall. (WSJ)
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