Anyone who works for a living knows this well, but after two years of wonderfully working from home and then a year of unworried unemployment, I’d forgotten one of the huge hells of working:
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| CRANKY OLD FART #292 leftovers |
Five days on, then two days off, and the first day I’m so exhausted it’s hard to even write this paragraph. All I can do is breakfast with the family, then surf the net, eat sardines, maybe masturbate and take a nap.How anyone who works for a living can muster any creativity in their lives is a mystery, and it must be simply impossible for someone in a more difficult position than mine — someone raising children, someone with health issues, or outside obligations, or a social life, or someone whose house or car needs repairs…As for me, 20 pages of handwritten notes want to be written, and a few of those shreds have the potential to be worth reading. It’s not happening today, though. My first ‘day off’ is a complete wash, and probably will be, every week until I die — same as anyone else who works for a living.
News you need,
whether you know it or not• The value American capitalism places on workers’ lives: BP fined $156,250 for the deaths of two refinery operators in Ohio • The Internet Archive has lost its first fight to scan and lend e-books like a library • ‘Bucket Man’ honored with a memorial parade in downtown Frisco • “Castro in Exile” flees with Grease to the Roxie
• New Jersey sues Dow, others over widespread possible cancer-causing chemical in drinking water • Flesh-eating bacteria cases could increase and occur in more places due to climate change, study finds • At least three found dead after vehicles swept away by Arizona floodwaters • “My city is gone”: ‘supercell’ tornado annihilates Mississippi town and kills 23
• Lawsuit: NYPD routinely delays requests for public records • Police sue rapper Afroman for using footage of home raid in his music videos • Officers in Cop City raid shot pepperball gun into activist’s tent first • Missouri sheriff, 2 deputies charged in plot to kidnap a child • Sheriff’s daughter might be arrested, so county stops posting mugshots online • Lawsuit claims Pasco deputies engaging in predictive policing
• Utah passes laws requiring parental permission for teens to use social media • Every horrible bill proposed by DeSantis’s Florida Republicans this year • Republican Rep suggests replacing libraries with “church-owned” alternatives • Woman’s toes grew back because of prayer, Missouri pastor says. Website wants proof. • Trump warns of “potential death & destruction” if he’s charged in hush-money case
Mystery links
There’s no knowing where you’re going• Click • Click • Click • Click • Click
My browser history
without the porn• Remembering AltaVista, the first real search engine • SETI@home is in hibernation • Why journalism schools won’t quit Fox News • Allan Ginsberg jams with Paul McCartney • The story behind the Byrds’ psychedelic masterpiece Eight Miles High • Museum of the Streets, by Abbie Hoffman • This is what happens when your phone is spying on you. • When the New York Times lost its period. • Timber trestles: incredible vintage photos of timber railroad bridges, 1850s-1900s
♫♬ It don’t mean a thing ♫
if it don’t have that swing• All the Strange, Strange Creatures — Murray Gold • Baba O’Riley — The Who • Disney Girls — Art Garfunkel • Jerry’s Breakdown — Chet Atkins and Jerry Reed • The World is a Beautiful Place — Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Eventually, everyone
leaves the building• Darcelle XV • Joe Giella • Traute Lafrenz • Gordon Moore • Peter Werner
3/25/2023 Cranky Old Fart is annoyed and complains and very occasionally offers a
kindness, along with anything off the internet that’s made me smile or
snarl. All opinions fresh from my ass. Top illustration by Jeff Meyer. Click any image to enlarge. Comments & conversations invited. Tip ‘o the hat to ye olde AVA, BoingBoing, Breakfast at Ralf’s, CaptCreate’s Log, Katameme, Looking for My Perfect Sandwich, One Finger Medical, Two Finger Magical, Miss Miriam’s Mirror, Nebulously Burnished, RanPrieur.com, Voenix Rising, and anywhere else I’ve stolen links, illustrations, or inspiration. Special thanks to Linden Arden, Becky Jo, Wynn Bruce, Joey Jo Jo, John the Basket, Dave S, Name Withheld, and always extra special thanks to my lovely late Stephanie, who gave me 21 years and proved that the world isn’t always shitty.
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