The Evening Blues - 10-19-21
Submitted by joe shikspack on Tue, 10/19/2021 - 12:35pm
Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue
Submitted by Cant Stop the M... on Tue, 10/19/2021 - 5:31am
Something/Someone Old 
My Something Old this week is the oldest printed recipe for New England clam chowder.
The Evening Blues - 10-18-21
Submitted by joe shikspack on Mon, 10/18/2021 - 2:55pm
10/18 is Multicultural Diversity Day
Submitted by enhydra lutris on Mon, 10/18/2021 - 5:00am
Today is day 291 of the Gregorian Calendar year,
Sweetmorn, Bureaucracy 72, 3187 YOLD
And let us not forget 13.0.8.17.3 mlc (the Mayan Long Count)
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Sweetmorn, Bureaucracy 72, 3187 YOLD
And let us not forget 13.0.8.17.3 mlc (the Mayan Long Count)
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Lion Dance
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IATSE STRIKE SETTLED! Calling on fire with fire
Submitted by NYCVG on Sun, 10/17/2021 - 9:10amThe NY Times has the strike settlement in its print edition but not up online yet.
I want to hear what fire with fire thinks before I start clapping.
The Weekly Watch
Submitted by Lookout on Sun, 10/17/2021 - 6:23am
A Bull in a China Shop:
a person who breaks things or who often makes mistakes or causes damage in situations that require careful thinking or behavior
Creating a China Conflict
Is it WMD deja vu all over again? There is a steady drum beat trying to create a major conflict with China. Some how it is China which is the aggressor, but it is western powers sailing war fleets up and down China's coast. Today we'll hear a number of voices describe this foolish rush to war instead of working cooperatively toward the survival of the species.
The Pancake Trilogy
Submitted by hecate on Sat, 10/16/2021 - 10:35pm
Another bit from the fire book. Salamander. Of how, when you burn in a fire, you can't even make fucking pancakes. Without sizzling back, into. The thing. Itself.
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There are pancakes for breakfast this morning, here in Casa Town Burned Down. Also, orange juice. And never the twain shall meet. Thus, our sermon for today, shall come from these things. In the Lesson Of The Orange-Peel Pancakes.
Saturday night lounge party
Submitted by QMS on Sat, 10/16/2021 - 4:08pmJust a follow-up to a post on some thread this week. Thinking of starting a continuous lounge type thread on Saturday nights. Make up for the hole Mr. Shickspack leaves by taking a well deserved weekend off. Normally, Lookout's Sunday weekly watch thread can last all day and into the night, as there is so much to chew on.
IATSE Strike or Contract
Submitted by fire with fire on Sat, 10/16/2021 - 3:15pmAt 11:19 PM PDT last night (10/15) the Camera Local put out this bulletin:
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Bargaining Resumes Tomorrow
October 15, 2021 - Bargaining has concluded for the night and will resume tomorrow morning.
There will be a virtual town hall meeting tomorrow morning to relate the latest on bargaining and to answer questions from the tens of thousands of people who may or may not go on strike as of midnight tomorrow.
Welcome to Saturday's Potluck
Submitted by studentofearth on Sat, 10/16/2021 - 5:41am
“Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist.”
Pablo Picasso
Several unresolved tensions points exist from the World War II creating undercurrents in today's relationships. Sorting through many of the the twist and turns was author Sterling Seagrave. His work is referenced by many other authors on Asia.
