ArtieShaw

I have some good news for you. There’s a whole genre of cleaning videos.

This one uses the toothpick method. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSrEiwEIURM

This other guy demonstrates a cleaning with Andre’s Pencils/Crayons. (I’ve used these on some stubbornly encrusted old Roman bronzes.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfOFal97uhc

There’s another video of a guy using hypodermic needles and a microscope. It was very memorable, but I can’t seem to find it.

Some of these videos show cleaning using applications of chemical-looking goo. I don’t know anything about that, so I can’t recommend it.

I think it’s a transcendental sort of thing.

You’re in for a treat.

The “conventionally attractive” Marx brother, who usually played the straight man. Still better known than Gummo, if I were to guess.

We’re personally fans of Harpo, mainly because of the metaphorical whiplash that comes from watching his scenes. One minute you’re laughing at the comical clown or admiring his musical skill, and the next you realize that he’s actually a dangerous maniac. (Run, children!!! He is not safe!!)

We seem to have some sort of natural immunity to that. Whether for good or ill, only time will tell.

Two references:

Local Farmer Seizes Territory Along the French/Belgium Border https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-56978344

And a story less amiable and fun… Since the state of Kentucky was established before its neighbors, its border was defined as the northern shore of the Ohio River. Indiana and Ohio were established with reference to the Kentucky border. Basically, they start where Kentucky ends. When the river moves and islands form, legal disputes begin. Kentucky usually wins.

https://www.wvxu.org/local-news/2021-04-21/oki-wanna-know-why-does-kentucky-own-the-ohio-river https://www.reddit.com/r/geography/comments/17c0pv0/the_ohiokentucky_border_does_something_real_weird/

I have met people who were quite incensed about this situation.

I think there’s also some weird shit going on along the Mississippi.

Mexico became part of “South America” about 20 years ago if memory serves. That continental drift is a bitch these days.

I think there may have been a joke in there.

Or maybe not.

Nah. Conventional wisdom says he can either

1. the the priest all about it and do some chants
2. find himself a baptizer and spend the rest of his time Jesusing real hard.

Johnny’s options will depend on his local wise man, but I suspect either way he’ll also be strongly encouraged to buy some merch.

What’s funny is that I also think I’m on the spectrum.

And to continue the conversation - my husband and I have been talking about visiting a South American country this summer where roasted guinea pig is on the menu. I honestly think I could give it a try even though I try to save any mice that my cats corner.

Food choices are both weird and personal. I’ll always respect that.

I sort of like snakes, but am hesitant to handle them because 1) they’re wild creatures and therefore unpredictable and 2) I heard that they will poo on you if they’re alarmed. I don’t need that. It’s more practical than visceral.

Spiders? Hell no. It’s not even an option.

Most people I know fall on either one side or the other. It’s not a bad ice-breaker or conversation starter.

So I’ve got some cats. They’re small, but they can fuck up your day.

That being said, I rely on them solely as an early warning system. If I’m home alone and hear a strange sound that may be cause for alarm, I look for cats. If they’re sleeping peacefully there’s no external threat. If they can’t be found, someone is nearby. It may just be the mail delivery, but they know when a human is in the vicinity.

Spiders of the sea. Crabs too. I wouldn’t want to touch one that wasn’t cooked.

Although I find the comparison discomforting to think about, the sea spiders both go well with butter and are generally regarded as delicious.

That introduces the question: if there were a land spider large enough to nullify the risk/reward/deliciousness equation, would I give it a try? My gut answer is no, but I think the realistic answer is, “I’ll wait and see what my fellow apes do with it first. If they have any good recipes, probably yes.”

I would say that the hair is the set of raccoons that hang out on the roof of the house and do weird shit at unexpected times.

I was going to say that The Servant wasn’t that bad - particularly at the beginning.

Then I read the Wikipedia synopsis of the other one. Holy shit, that looks like a mess. May watch it anyway out of morbid curiosity and masochism.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Truth_About_Emanuel

That was how I was assuming the rationale went. You do see ocean going vessels on the Great Lakes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Lawrence_Seaway

And I think that’s how everyone wound up with the zebra mussels. (Bilge discharge from those ships)

I’m somehow more creeped out by the Greatest American Hero hairstyling.

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/the_greatest_american_hero/s01

Pippin has a hell of a fight face.

Have you ever wished that you were personal friends with a 16th century French petty nobleman and diplomat? His essays are more interesting and more accessible than that sounds.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_de_Montaigne

I trusted my drug dealer’s recommendation on that one and was not disappointed, so I’m passing it on.

Also, I will never not recommend Pliny the Younger’s account of his uncle’s death by volcanic eruption (Vesuvius) and his own story of surviving it. PDF versions are widely available.

hefty price

If this is the guy I’m thinking of, he’s doing both.

Extreme workouts, diets, medical interventions (blood transfusions, etc.), general body weirdness that would be classed as some variety of anorexia nervosa if he were younger and poorer, and a regimen of pills. He’s selling the pills.

Oh, and ladies? He’s looking to to reenter the dating market. I guess that’s neither here nor there, but for some reason he’s available!!!