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so many jars

In mid-August I returned from a long road trip (Minnesota to Seattle) and was seized by the urge to declutter my basement.

Every so often I feel the need to weed out my stuff, and in this fortunate moment the desire and my energy levels aligned. I attribute this particular recurring bee in my bonnet to two (obviously linked) factors: 1) my anxious brain needing to catalog exactly what stuff I have and where it all is, and 2) a childhood split between parents who lived in different states (plus my dad moved a lot).

When this mood hits, it helps that I love to organize and I'm not very sentimental about stuff. But I do have a terrible weakness, and it is this: arts & crafts supplies. Not just the obvious tools for creating art, like paintbrushes and origami paper. Oh no — I save all kinds of detritus, anything that could conceivably be used to create an art project: empty toilet paper rolls, bits of ribbon and string, old T-shirts and socks with holes in them, cardboard boxes, seashells, buttons, pretty scraps of paper and packaging, old calendars, glass jars, lids from used toothpaste tubes, the inside workings of dried-out ballpoint pens (those springs are cool), flattened cereal boxes, promotional magnets, old keys, rubber bands, et cetera ad infinitum.

The problem is that there's no good place for this kind of stuff to live in my small house. It gets pushed into nooks and crannies all over, and the psychic weight gets heavier over time. Plus I haven't actually done many craft projects in the past decade or two. Maybe I’ll get back to it someday, but who knows when?

So I did the KonMari thing and pulled all of it out of hiding and piled it into one place. I'd made passes at doing something like this before, but this time something unlocked inside of me and I was able to get rid of SO MUCH STUFF. It was GLORIOUS.

Of course some stuff is starting to creep back into the house again, but that’s mostly because I have such a weakness for glass containers. They are so good! Non-toxic, clear so you can see what’s inside them, different sizes and shapes to hold all kinds of things! Who doesn’t want a good glass jar (or several dozen)?

9 Accidental Nicknames

Posted by Jen

https://www.cakewrecks.com/home/9-accidental-nicknames-2025

Names are tough - there are just so many weird ones out there - so I tend to cut bakers a lot of slack when it comes to misspelling them.

But I'm pretty sure these birthday kids weren't so understanding:

"...and that's how Bobby got his nickname! Now, you two kids get going, and have a nice prom!"

I'm guessing something about this cake is going to rub little Chase the wrong way:

Ooh. BURN.

Clap your hands if you believe Tink's gonna be ticked.

This remains one of my all-time favorite name wrecks:

"Look, Stetson! It's almost like you're part of the family!"

Of all the times to mix up your "u"s and "a"s...

And this is what we call a Freudian piping slip:

It was a bittersweet parting.

Of course, not every name goof results in an insult. Some people even come out ahead:

Way, WAY ahead.

It's doubly unfortunate that these polka dots look a lot more "Turdi" than "Trudi":

What a way to go.

Let's hope Violet doesn't live up to her new nick name.

This "cookie bouquet" was for a baby shower. I'll let you spot the problem:

"Well, I SHOULD HOPE SO."

Thanks to Brian C., Elizabeth B., Beth, Natalie B., Melissa R., Lacey C., Jennifer S., Kirsten H., Addy L., & Jennie C. for not naming any names.

*****

P.S. If you're bad with names, why not plaster their faces all over a pair of socks?

Custom Face Socks

Though I have to admit it's way cuter with pets.

*****

And from my other blog, Epbot:

https://www.cakewrecks.com/home/9-accidental-nicknames-2025

A Midday Lunch of 26 Brown-Bagged Funnies to Get You Through the Workday (September 15, 2025)

Posted by Jesse Kessenheimer

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It might not seem like it yet, but today is going to be a great day at work. Clients are going to be understanding and patient, your boss is going to take the day off, and management just cancelled all of your meetings for the week! Your inbox is emptied, the phones are silent, and you've been scheduled with your favorite coworker. Life is good.

While not every shift is as miraculously stress-free as this, overworked and underpaid employees cling to the notion of their easiest work days, reveling in the pleasures of a simple 8-hour shift and no work drama. Ultimately, we're all here for the paycheck, so if we can make it through the rough shifts and cash in on the best times, we can do anything: Even endure another traffic-filled commute.

So dream of your lunch break and the moment you clock out, because sometimes we're rewarded with an easy shift, and even the worst work days have to end at some point.

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This Samsung Q-Series Dolby Atmos Soundbar Is on Sale for $600

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The Samsung HW-Q800F soundbar is down to $597.99 on Woot right now, which is a good chunk less than its $797.99 Amazon price tag, and even lower than the lowest price it’s ever gone for before ($697.99), according to price-trackers. This offer is valid for the next two weeks or until it sells out, with free shipping for Prime members and a $6 fee for others. Plus, it comes with a 90-day Woot limited warranty, but the real appeal here is the performance: It’s a 5.1.2-channel system with Dolby Atmos support, meaning you get immersive audio, even without extra satellite speakers.

When it comes to performance, the Q800F feels most at home with TV and movies. The subwoofer has plenty of rumble for action-heavy scenes, while the dedicated center channel makes dialogue stand out even when everything else gets loud. That’s something a lot of cheaper soundbars miss, and it makes a big difference if you don’t want to ride the volume button during every show. Additionally, it plays nice with just about any device you throw at it—HDMI passthrough for 4K at 60Hz with HDR and Dolby Vision, plus Bluetooth, wifi, AirPlay, and Spotify Connect. If you’ve got a recent Samsung TV, you can even skip the HDMI cable altogether and stream Atmos wirelessly. Voice control is built in through Alexa; however, reportedly, connecting it to Google Assistant requires a little extra effort using Samsung’s app.

There are some trade-offs, though. The Q800F doesn’t offer HDMI 2.1 support or features like VRR, which limits its appeal if you’re chasing cutting-edge gaming specs. And Atmos performance, while present, doesn’t match that of the more expensive Q990F with dedicated satellites (the surround effect feels wider than a basic stereo bar, but not always fully convincing). Also, the bass can skew a little boomy, and there’s a dip in the mids that can thin out certain dialogue. Still, for a clean setup with powerful sound and strong format support, the Q800F offers a lot of the premium experience at mid-range price.

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As You Like It

In Bath for my birthday, which was a whole two weeks ago now,

nineveh_uk and I went to see As You Like It with Harriet Walter in it. Harriet Walter was playing Jacques. I was pleased to find there was more of Jacques than I remembered. I just remembered him coming on lugubriously every now and then and eventually glumly producing the Seven Ages of Man speech. This is very probably because the only other time I have seen a performance of As You Like It, Jacques was played by Alan Rickman. In 1986.

I did As You Like It for A-level (and Hamlet) and I loved it. It's fun. They all go off to the forest and find out stuff and it all ends happily and people disguise themselves as a boy like in Twelfth Night except they aren't all ganging up on Malvolio. At 18 I mostly read it as the story of the devoted loyalty (definitely loyalty yup) of Celia for Rosalind, going into exile with her and everything. In later life I realised that a lot of this came from having seen it with Celia played by Fiona Shaw.

Here are some photographs from the 1985 Adrian Noble production. I feel third along top row does nothing to dispel my teenage view whatsoever. It was just a pity that when they got into the Forest of Arden, Juliet Stevenson as Rosalind had to wear white trousers and braces and at times a bowler hat that made her look like a mime artist. I had also totally not realised until now that Phebe was played by Lesley Manville as an 80's punk shepherdess.

Anyway, back to 2025. Here is a Guardian review with pictures.

This Forest of Arden was conveyed by projections of actual trees on curtains. I liked the trees being real and not metaphorical. It also picked up on the "sweet lovers love the spring" bit at the end and everyone being cold when they arrive by making it clear that at the start of the play it is winter and the Duke's exiled court all had chunky outdoor-wear jackets, scarves and hats and carried rucksacks, which they sat on and handily carried off with them again.

Gloria Obianyo and Amber James had great chemistry as Rosalind and Celia but less so with Orlando and Oliver respectively. This is partly the play's fault, especially for Celia and Oliver who only have about 5 seconds to fall in love after Oliver's had a personality change after encountering a lion, but there could have been more sizzlingness between Rosalind-as-Ganymede and Orlando in the wooing-practice-while-dressed-as-a-boy bits. They had it at court but there was a missing layer of "shit I really really fancy this boy what the fuck is going on" from Orlando in the forest and Rosalind revealing herself as being Rosalind at the end just by wearing different trousers didn't help the suspension of disbelief that no-one had recognised her before.

The Guardian reviewer thinks Dylan Moran as Touchstone was a weak link but honestly so much of Touchstone is just not funny that I think having Touchstone played like he's still Bernard Black in Black Books was a plus. He made it funny. Well done Dylan Moran.

Everyone was good, especially Harriet Walter, obviously, who managed to do All the World's A Stage while eating an apple, but I want to mention Imogen Elliott as a perky, modern Phebe in her first role I think, because she was great and if she turns into Lesley Manville, I want to remember I saw her here first.

I nearly forgot the music. I liked it all being turned into folk songs and Rosalind getting to play a guitar.

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On her last visit, my aunt brought my mother a CD player and a stack of discs in the full knowledge that operating the thing would probably be impossible for her—she can't tell what she's looking at half the time when she's seen it a hundred times before, so finding tiny black-on-black buttons on an unfamiliar machine, forget about it. But no worries, the place where she lives is full of staff who are always happy to (and whose job includes) assist with that sort of thing.

Yesterday I picked her up for dinner and she said she'd asked someone to help with the CD player one morning this week when they came in to help her get dressed, and they'd said oh, sorry, they didn't actually know anything about how to do that—

—and suddenly in that moment I realized oh my god, it's—what it is, is—the Kids Today, all their music is digital, they just stream it on their phones, asking them to put any type of album in any type of player and press any type of button is completely unknown to them. This would have been the equivalent of someone asking me in the late 1990s to help their elderly mother with her 8-track player. I might as well have used the word phonograph, or victrola. Another staffer came in with a delivery as we were leaving the apartment, and I confirmed that she does know how to work a CD player so she's going to help my mom with it when she can. She's in her 40s and agrees that the young people can't do it for online digital reasons. "Hey, you printed the 'save' icon," I said. "They can't read analog clocks, either," she said. And on the drive to my house my mom and I were talking about how there didn't used to be any such thing as an analog clock or an acoustic guitar or a landline phone, because those were just called clocks and guitars and telephones, but now here we are—a biker is a person who rides a motorcycle, so a person who rides a bicycle has to be called a cyclist.

I remember when I was in high school my parents were pretty bothered that the fall of Saigon was being taught in history class, but now there are people who are grown adults with college degrees and almost old enough to run for federal office who were born after September 11, 2001. Which can't be right because that just happened. Himself pointed out that his date of birth was closer to the Armistice (1919) than to today. It's all very upsetting.

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Richard Dragon: Kung Fu Fighter #17

Writer: Dennis O’Neil

Pencils and inks: Ric Estrada

Now I realise why Doom-Seer looked so familiar. He looks like a rubbish Waluigi. Waluigi would never be seen dead wearing that hat though.

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The Out-of-Touch Adults' Guide to Kids' Culture: What Does 'Let's Get Sendy' Mean?

Posted by Stephen Johnson

https://lifehacker.com/entertainment/what-does-lets-get-sendy-mean?utm_medium=RSS

Back in your day, slang made sense, trends were harmless, and young people didn’t go around painting their faces green and peeing on stuff. But those days are dead (and they never existed in the first place). Today’s kids and teens have a language, a culture, and a set of rituals that makes no sense, but only to you and I, because we’re old and washed-up. This column won’t bring back your youth, but it might help you be less offended if someone tells you to “start digging in your butt, twin.”

What do “sendy” and “let’s get sendy" mean?

The hottest piece of generation alpha slang this week is “sendy.” It’s an adjective that describes a person who does bold and/or exciting things. The phrase "let’s get sendy” means something like “let’s do something big/crazy.”

Or it doesn’t mean anything. Gen Alpha slang is brain-rot, so saying "let’s get sendy” especially when said in a sing-songy way, could be just a way to make your friends laugh/annoy everyone over 15.

“Sendy” originally came from the phrase “send it,” slang that (probably) originated in the rock climbing community of the 1980s or 1990s, as a shortening of “ascend it.” When faced with a particularly difficult section, one climber might yell, “send it!” to encourage their bro/broettes to go for it, or you might say “send it” to announce that you are about to do something sketchy yourself. “Send it” went on to be used in the same way in other action sports like mountain biking, skateboarding, and snowboarding.

“Sendy” as an adjective seems to have originated with The Nelk Boys, who have been posting mainly prank videos on their YouTube channel for over a decade. The Nelk Boys said/say “send it” a lot, and in this videos from 2023, one of them said, “let’s get sendy”:

This probably isn’t the first time anyone ever said “sendy” (it seems fairly obvious if you say “send it” a lot) but it might be the first time anyone ever said, “let’s get sendy.” If it is, it’s documented proof of the exact moment a piece of slang came into being—catnip for etymologists. Anyway, it took a couple years for “let’s get sendy” to make it from a podcast into every middle school in the country/world, but here we are in 2025, getting sendy.

What does SDIYBT ("start digging in your butt, twin") mean

This acronym and phrase is growing very popular among the kids in Generation Alpha. SDIYBT stands for “start digging in your butt, twin.”

What “start digging in your butt, twin” actually means is debatable. Some have suggested it means something like “dig deep,” or focus and access your inner strength, but it’s more likely that the phrase doesn’t mean anything, because words meaning things is becoming passé.

The origin of SDIYBT as a slang phrase is a meme someone made of SpongeBob Squarepants saying “start digging in yo butt, twin.” (SpongeBob doesn’t say SDIYBT in the original cartoon; that was added by the memer):

Before long, people started lip-syncing the video:

or singing the phrase like this:

and this:

Before long, there were more than 26,000 videos in the SDIYBT hashtag on TikTok.

Summary: SDIYBT doesn’t mean anything; kids say it because it's funny to them and annoying to you.

What does “Dih” mean?

“Dih” is algospeak for “dick.” It’s a way to keep internet content from being removed for using a word that might be flagged by censoring programs.

(For more Gen Z and Gen A slang, check out my post, “'Clanker,' 'Dwerking,' and Other Gen Z and Gen Alpha Slang You Might Need Help Decoding.”)

What is “the great lock in?”

Let us leave the world of annoyingly vague Generation Alpha slang to take a look at Generation Z, many of whom who have outgrown brain-rot and are trying to become better people. “The great lock-in” or “The September lock-in" is a collective, online self-improvement initiative where young people are vowing to devote September through December to achieving one’s personal goals, like eating healthily, exercising regularly, and otherwise building better habits. Think of it as a post-summer reset for bad habits.

It can't be a thing online (particularly a thing that mainly women are doing) without people getting judgy, of course. Some are concerned that the trend could be an unhealthy part of a “major reversal of body positivity,” or evidence of a collapsing society, but I don’t see it. Having spent some time poking around popular videos in the great lock-in hashtag, all I’ve seen are people listing their own goals, offering tips on how to successfully stick to a plan, or just generally trying to motivate. None are focused on, say, starving yourself. As for this being evidence of society collapsing, I'm not seeing that either. Self-improvement/self-help trends in America date back to at least the 1800s, and there are a lot clearer indications that society is collapsing than this.

Hottest college trend: public urination

Gen Z isn’t only about wholesome self-improvement. There are also college students peeing on things in public. College students have always peed on things in public of course, but social media is making it into a trend. TikTok accounts like @brockport.pisser, @thesunycantonpisser, and @buff_state_pisser are getting thousands of views on videos of them letting loose near various landmarks at the schools they presumably attend. A pee-boy at The University of West Florida marked the UWF Welcome sign, and that sign reportedly cost the school over $2 million. Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, and the University of Maine have all been victims of anonymous urinators, and there’s even been an arrest. Nicholls State University cops recently busted a dude who goes by “Nicholls Pisser” for violating an unnamed state law and city ordinance. Given how these videos are shot—a stream of liquid emanating from a source off camera—it seems like a tough case to prove. These videos could easily have been made with a water bottle, a fact that at least one “pisser” points out.

Viral video of the week: TikToker paints face green

It’s a pretty safe assumption that all of the peeing-on-stuff accounts above are operated by dudes. Dudes are cool and all, but they can be a bit much. That’s the story behind today’s viral video.

TikToker Hailey was having a nice life, posting amusing slice of life videos, reactions to books, and lip-syncs to her 14k followers. But one day she posted this:

Whatever demon is in charge of TikTok’s recommend algorithm decided to spread the video, and nearly a million people watched it—but they were the wrong people. According to Bailey, that one video changed the demographics of her viewerships from primarily female to primarily male, and the change was not good. “Now my inbox and comments are littered with disgusting messages,” Bailey reports. But she came up with a unique solution for getting rid of all those creeps/men, as you can see in the below video:

Did Bailey painting her face green work? Sure seems like it. Her comment section is packed with women reporting in, and Bailey’s taken the idea further with a cool red face job too:

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Eight Ways to Make Your Old iPhone Feel New Again

Posted by Jake Peterson

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Okay, I'll admit, the new iPhone Air is really cool. Not to mention, the battery life on the 17 Pro Max is legitimately impressive. And even the base model iPhone 17 is a great deal, offering pro-features and 256GB of storage at that same $799. Once again, Apple is tempting me with new iPhones.

It's normal to want the latest and greatest device, especially when Apple is behind it. But if you're like me, you really don't need a new iPhone. To be honest, had it not meant an accidental untimely end, I'd still be rocking with my pacific blue iPhone 12 Pro Max (RIP). My 15 Pro Max is alive and well, however, though it is looking a bit vintage against Apple's fresh slate of devices.

Rather than shell out a significant amount of money on an iPhone 17 and unnecessarily retire a perfectly working device, I suggest many of us try to breathe some life back into our aging iPhones.

Replace the battery

If your phone is a few years old, you’re likely not getting the same power-on time as you did when you first bought it. A new battery usually costs a fraction the price of even a mid-range phone, but it can do more than just extend your time away from the charger.

Some phones—especially iPhones—slow themselves down automatically when the battery gets too old. (Apple got in some hot water years ago for not disclosing this practice.) The operating system system does this to prevent your phone from shutting down unexpectedly, and while you can turn this feature off, you probably won’t see nearly the same performance you would with a new battery. Even if it did, you run the risk of your iPhone crashing at a moment's notice. A fresh battery can change all that.

To see whether your battery might be due for an upgrade, open Settings > Battery > Battery Health. Here, check your "Maximum Capacity," which is the amount of charge the battery can hold relative to when it was new. When this number reaches 80% or below, it's likely a good idea to replace the battery. Take note of any warnings that your battery has degraded. These are also excellent clues that you probably need a replacement.

Clear up some storage space

Storage management isn’t fun, but it’s essential no matter your device. If you have apps, photos, videos, and more filling your phone to the brim, it’s going to cause problems. That’s because all computers need some extra storage space to function properly. If your phone keeps screaming at you that’s it’s nearly full, believe it.

The good news is, if it's time to clear some storage, you don’t need to clear a whole lot—just at least 5–10% of your total memory. These days, iOS makes it easy to see what’s taking up the most storage on your device. Head to Settings > General > iPhone Storage. Here, iOS will offer tips for deleting large files to free up room. For example, when I head to this page, I see suggestions to "Review Large Attachments" in Messages, which would save me up to 40.55 GB, apparently; and "Offload Unused Apps," which would clear out 16.31 GB. Whittle things down until you see that you have at least a small chunk of free space available.

Clean out your charging port

If you find that charging your phone is impossible, or that it charges slowly or inconsistently, you don’t necessarily need to buy a whole new device. Instead, try cleaning out the charging port. You wouldn’t believe how clogged these things get; lint and debris from your pockets can get trapped and packed down into the port, blocking the charger’s ability to properly connect.

To clean it, use a thin piece of wire (like a SIM tool or an untwisted paperclip) to carefully scoop any obstructions out of the port. The key word here is carefully; this port is fragile, and if you scrape the connections too hard, you could damage them irrevocably.

If your port still won't charge after a good cleaning, all hope isn't lost. If your iPhone supports wireless charging, consider using one of these chargers instead of a wired connection. Even better, use MagSafe, if your iPhone supports it, so you can hold your iPhone while its charging.

Swap out your wallpaper

Every time you look at your phone, you’re probably looking at the same Lock Screen wallpaper. If you’ve gotten bored of it, that sameness could be influencing your desire to upgrade.

It’s a small change, but see if you feel different after replacing the wallpaper, preferably to something totally different from what you had before. Pick something with an opposite color scheme, subject, art style, etc. If you haven't changed your wallpaper in a while, you might be surprised by the amount of customization Apple allows for now. You can choose to match your Home Screen's wallpaper to your Lock Screen, or have a different option altogether.

Change up your app and widget arrangements

Your Home Screen layout is likely getting stale as well. As with the new wallpaper options, Apple has made some significant changes to the way you can customize your Home Screen in recent years. Try adding new widgets that you haven’t used before and mix up the order of the apps you use on a daily basis. You can even put them anywhere you want now, a la Android.

Get a new case

Part of the appeal of a new phone is the new look; instead of buying a new device just for a new color or because your old one is dinged up, trying slapping a new case on your existing phone instead. You’d be surprised how transformative this can be. A leather case can make your device feel a bit more premium, while a colorful silicone one can brighten up its appearance. You can even find one that will replace your wallet.

Or, if you're feeling daring, try going caseless for a bit. You'll put your iPhone at risk of damage, sure, but it's nice to be reminded of how these devices really look and feel from time to time.

Replace your screen or screen protector

Stop living with that beat-up screen protector. A good one can be a bit pricey, but a cracked and scratched piece of plastic or glass is likely taking its toll on your perception of your phone. Similarly, if your phone’s display has taken a beating, think about getting it fixed, too. Depending on the phone, that can get really expensive (for newer devices, Apple charges up to $379 for the favor), but if it’s between that or a $1,000 iPhone 17 Pro, there’s a clear winner for your wallet. (It’s also worth noting that you typically can’t trade in a phone with a broken screen.)

Upgrade to iOS 26

iOS 26 is just about to drop, and it marks arguably the biggest design change for iPhones since iOS 7. That's in large part due to the new Liquid Glass design, and while it may not be for everyone, I think a lot of people are going to find it refreshing. You can even choose to see your apps and widgets in clear mode, going back to Home Screen customization.

The thing about iOS 26 is, it doesn't require a new iPhone to run. In fact, it works with iPhones as old as the iPhone 11, which dropped back in 2019. While you need an iPhone 15 Pro or newer to run Apple Intelligence features, I'd wager most of us don't need these. Instead, the visual refresh of iOS 26, coupled with the new features that everyone gets, should make even an iPhone 11 feel a bit newer.

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September 15th, 2025: So earlier T-Rex suggested a new alphabet replacement, and I got an email from Michael L, who wrote:

I took the liberty of finding you the first 26 Garfield comics with no text in them (barring bookkeeping text like dates and signatures ofc) so you don't have to worry about recursively putting Garfield comics inside Garfield comics in order to make them parseable.

I thought this was both amazing AND PRACTICAL, and so with permission I now share this list here with you!!

1978 (Strip #68): The tail ratchet.
1978 (Strip #78): Preparing for the bath.
1978 (Strip #79): The dandelion drying.
1980 (Strip #4): The pin-up posters.
1980 (Strip #48): The tail adjustment. (Sunday)
1980 (Strip #172): Odie ties himself in a knot.
1980 (Strip #180): The door/window prank. (Sunday)
1980 (Strip #198): Sucking the teddy bear's paw.
1980 (Strip #332): Teeth grow into the table.
1981 (Strip #125): The instant rainstorm.
1981 (Strip #147): Fur blown back in the car.
1981 (Strip #175): Paws stuck in the collar.
1981 (Strip #308): Stretching Odie's ear.
1981 (Strip #313): Stuck in the kitty sweater.
1981 (Strip #328): Neck stretches in the window shade.
1982 (Strip #32): Juggling apple cores.
1982 (Strip #39): Slingshot stuck on face.
1982 (Strip #62): Ambushing the hat ornament.
1982 (Strip #64): Devouring the popcorn.
1982 (Strip #73): Swing breaks on head.
1982 (Strip #150): Fishing hook snags tail.
1982 (Strip #151): Garfield becomes Odie's tail.
1982 (Strip #152): Sandwich fillings squish out.
1982 (Strip #167): Cat door hits him in the rear.
1982 (Strip #197): Scale arrow peaks + Garfield's reaction.
1982 (Strip #244): Napkin cape leaves him dangling.

– Ryan

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Satori

As the Charlie Kirk thing took over the headlines, the Republican-led Senate voted on whether or not to set aside the budget amendment that would have compelled the Department of Justice to release Epstein files.

They voted 51-49 to set it aside.

The suspense, right? Who woulda guessed it?

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When I'm Remunerating, I park myself in front of my computer, and when I get bored, I delve into social media in quick spurts as a—ha, ha, ha—palate cleanser.

Except it really is a palate defiler, something calculated to leave a really bad taste in your mouth, because man, the people on both sides are fuckin' insane.

The right wing is trying to make a dam-breaking moment out of Kirk's death. Spinning a left-wing narrative out of what is essentially an age-old story: 22-year-old punk lashing out against a restrictive (in his case Mormon Republican) upbringing.

The left wing is slithering like a snake with its head cut off.

I'm tempted to check out of activism altogether except I don't want to lack conviction while the worst are filling up with tasty passionate intensity.

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I watched Mel Brooks' The Producers last night. It remains one of the most hilarious films I've ever seen, though I daresay very few progressive leftists would agree.

One of the (many) things I dislike about the progressive left is its utter humorlessness. Maybe that's a good thing? You have to be a bit of a hypocrite to get humor because you have to understand about duality. That's probably why on the whole, hypocritical right-wingers are funnier than left-wingers.

Yes, you should make jokes about racism, sexism, every societal injustice.

Because getting a joke is akin to the concept of satori in Japanese Buddhism when for one brief moment, you see the absurdity and you see the profundity fused like yin & yang.

And in the spirit of that moment, I bring you Springtime for Hitler:

Watch on YouTube

HR tells employee not to cover for two coworkers to avoid giving him leverage for another raise, emp

Posted by Ben Weiss

https://cheezburger.com/42383365/hr-tells-employee-not-to-cover-for-two-coworkers-to-avoid-giving-him-leverage-for-another-raise

Employees should always be careful not to take on too many responsibilities, but employers should also be careful when they restrict employees from taking on extra work. For the employee, you don't want to be known as being too good at your job. Otherwise, you might end up with more tasks and duties than you had initially bargained for without a proper pay raise or promotion. As for the employer, when you restrict your employees from taking on extra work, you might find yourself in a pickle down the road if said employee is doing a good job at protecting himself or herself in the workplace.

In this case, the author of this tale became the only person capable enough of substituting for two other coworkers if they were out sick or busy with other tasks. Of course, those other coworkers weren't able to do the reverse. Still, the employee was happy to cover for his coworkers if the company was in a pinch. Now, as several members of the online community pointed out, the employee should not feel the pressure to take that work on unless they were going to be properly compensated for that extra work. The author did manage to negotiate a well-deserved pay raise because of their capabilities, but that's when HR decided to restrict him from stepping in for these other coworkers moving forward. It seemed that they were concerned that the employee would continue to use their privileged position to their advantage during the next contract negotiation.

Well, the day came when both of those coworkers were unable to come to work, and the employee was tasked with stepping in at the last minute. Thankfully, the employee decided to do exactly what HR requested five years ago, which was absolutely nothing.

https://cheezburger.com/42383365/hr-tells-employee-not-to-cover-for-two-coworkers-to-avoid-giving-him-leverage-for-another-raise

Current Mood: tired

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what i watched

What I Watched September 8 - 14

New (to me) TV:

Only Murders in the Building 1x01 - 1x03

Re-watched TV:
a few episodes of each of the following:

Leverage
Leverage: Redemption
Community

*no movies again this week*

17-year-old girl calls out her wealthy best friend for making privileged jokes about money, after sh

Posted by Emma Saven

https://cheezburger.com/42373893/17-year-old-girl-calls-out-her-wealthy-best-friend-for-making-privileged-jokes-about-money-after-she

They say we attract friendships with those most similar to us, and maybe that's for good reason. It's debatable that opposites attract, and yet it is very present in the relationships around us. But does having a similar lifestyle, morals, and, in this case, standard of living, correspond to a more successful relationship in the long run? With different perspectives and priorities, a gap opens up for disagreements.

Cue…this friendship! A prime example of how different standards of living could cause an uncomfortable wedge between two friends. When this 'well-off' friend, named Emma (great name btw,) is on a call with her father about the application process for her new private school, they begin discussing proof of funds to be sent off to the school. This banterous conversation leads to a joke about 'all the houses in her area costing three million dollars.' This harmless joke seemed to rub her less-privileged friend the wrong way, which is understandable. However, her response was slightly uncalled for and mimicked a spark of jealousy. Despite these differences, they are best friends, so it would be truly unfortunate to let a 'disagreement of humor', especially surrounding money, come between them.

https://cheezburger.com/42373893/17-year-old-girl-calls-out-her-wealthy-best-friend-for-making-privileged-jokes-about-money-after-she

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One Punch, Man: JUSTICE LEAGUE #5 (JLI 5/?)

Like many great comics moments, the "one punch" almost didn't happen.

( WHAT IF...it had been one GROIN KICK instead? )

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type: promo

Guardian drawings for Sunflower Auction

(I can't believe I've never shared this here! I still have one spot left, and I only just realized that tumblr is not the only place where I can promote it. :D)

There are about exactly 12 hours left to bid in

sunflower_auction for Ukraine (countdown), where I'm offering 3 Guardian drawings!

Drama, novel, RPF - any of them, not one drawing for each fandom. :) Weilan derivatives tentatively included (Luo Fei/Luo Fusheng included very enthusiastically). :D In addition to just drawing some regular fanart, I'd be super interested in illustrating your fic (or other people's fics, as long as they gave permission).

You can bid here! ♡

(I'm the only Guardian creator this year.)

Examples: drama | novel | RPF
To only view art without any fics, select "Fanart" under "Additional Tags" in the sidebar. I'm not pre-filtering because the general themes of my fics are also relevant to what I draw, so you may get a better feel this way.
(My icon is an example too. :D)

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because it's a library!

I can frequently be found talking to my coworkers about how much I enjoy the Libby and hoopla apps (thanks, local library!!!), and last week one of my coworkers said that they'd tried Libby, but found that a lot of things had long wait times. And I was like 'yes, that's true,' but I wasn't able to gather my thoughts coherently enough in the moment to explain why that doesn't bother me.

But now I've had time to think about it, and I can say with some confidence that it's because I like that part! I put a book on hold and Libby tells me 'there are ten people ahead of you in line' and I'm like 'my people!' I return a book and Libby says 'there are five people waiting' and I'm like 'my gift to you, next person in line, here you go!'

Holds and wait time make Libby feel like a community space to me. And it's often the perfect amount of community for me (aka tiny) -- like, there's a sense that many people are existing in the same space and doing similar things, but I don't actually have to interact with them. When I walk in the woods, I love seeing other people's footprints on the trail, even though I don't particularly want to see the people themselves. That's Libby, for me. I know people are there, and they like books too, and that's great.

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Onde (2022)

This unusual game depends on a unique movement mechanic that's a little hard to describe, but I'll try. You play as a creature that can only survive on the surface of a bubble. There are little helper creatures that you can direct to create new bubbles that you can grab onto when they intersect with yours. If you mess up the timing and get stranded without a bubble, you die and go back to the last checkpoint.

Watch on YouTube

Though it sounds weird when you try to put it into words, it's actually easy to intuit how it works when you're doing it, and it quickly felt natural and fun to do. There's no text in the game in part because you don't need it. The best fit genre is probably puzzle platformer, as you're leveraging the environment and your abilities to navigate past obstacles.

The game is visually stunning, with fractal-inspired kaleidoscopic imagery that is suggestive of coral reefs and cosmic nebulae. It's a matter of interpretation what the setting actually is and what the characters are. Are you a jellyfish? An alien? A bacterium? A fundamental particle? I have no idea!

In general I was okay with the abstract nature of the game, but at times it can make your goals unclear. Since you don't really know what you're doing or why, it's hard to gauge where you are in the story arc or if you're near the end. I did enjoy it, though, even if I couldn't really give you a synopsis what happened in it. It took me 3.5 hours to finish the game without going back for achievements.

Accessibility note: The blurb calls it a "sound-surfing platformer" which implies sound is part of the gameplay, but that's not the case. The music is nice but it's only aesthetic, and the game can be played perfectly well without hearing.

Onde is on Steam and GOG for $13.99 USD. I got it on sale for two bucks and was satisfied with my purchase. Steam also has a free demo that should make it clear whether it's for you.

Entitled road rage Jeep driver accosts someone on the highway, causing instant karma when the cops p

Posted by Ben Weiss

https://cheezburger.com/42399749/entitled-road-rage-jeep-driver-accosts-someone-on-the-highway-causing-instant-karma-when-the-cops

There is nothing more unnecessary than an aggressive driver on the road. Choosing to drive dangerously just because you're late to work is simply not worth the energy or the risk. In fact, there is no better excuse for being late to work than acknowledging traffic on the road. Everyone should get it. It's out of your control. If they don't get it, then they're not worth working for.

But what happens when you're the innocent driver dealing with a reckless person on the road. Any driving instructor will tell you that the best course of action is to avoid and disengage. If you feel the need to pull over or take a different turn if you're able to just to avoid their wrath, it's always worth it. However, sometimes there's no escaping these maniacs. In this case, you just have to do the best you can to stay out of conflict as much as you can and just hope that everyone stays safe. In this instance, thankfully, no one was hurt, but this author was especially taken off guard by this entitled couple's aggressive driving in their already aggressive Jeep.

In this rare instance of karma actually rearing its head when it needed to, the couple ended up being spotted by police pretty much instantly after they almost caused an accident. Not only was no one hurt, but this couple ended up having to answer for their own recklessness. Kudos to this driver for staying out of the fray and letting karma do all the work!

https://cheezburger.com/42399749/entitled-road-rage-jeep-driver-accosts-someone-on-the-highway-causing-instant-karma-when-the-cops