1/. Everything you need to know about the Coronation of King Charles......
The coronation of Britain’s monarch is “an occasion for pageantry and celebration, but it is also a solemn religious ceremony and has remained essentially the same over a thousand years,” according to the royal website. But let’s be honest: Most of us Americans care about the coronation of King Charles III only because we’re messy ex-Brits who live for drama.
2/. Joe - call him!
3/. Nature is reclaiming a lake in Central California that was drained for farmland.....
Lake Tulare has been reborn.....
CORCORAN, Calif. — It is no secret to locals that the heart of California’s Central Valley was once the largest body of fresh water west of the Mississippi River, dammed and drained into an empire of farms by the mid-20th century.
Still, even longtime residents have been staggered this year by the brute swiftness with which Tulare Lake has resurfaced: In less than three weeks, a parched expanse of 30 square miles has been transformed by furious storms into a vast and rising sea.
4/. This is a damn good question.....
5/. The Times does their really good and graphic interactive stories occasionally, and this one is on Venice and how their
new sea barrier has saved the City for now......
Most interesting, and the bottom line is visit Venice.....soon.....
In the middle of the night, as the tide rose, winds whipped and waves grew, an engineer in a command center on an artificial island on the rim of the Venice lagoon clicked an arrow on his screen reading, “Lift.”
Deep underwater, at the four mouths where the lagoon meets the sea, 78 giant walls fastened to the seafloor with hinges emptied themselves of water, filled with air and rose to the surface, where they held back the swelling sea like a defensive line of floating yellow Legos.
Over the long November night, the city’s high-water forecasters drank coffee in an office by the Rialto Bridge, watching live feeds of 20-foot waves crashing on the other side of the walls. Eventually, the sea level outside the walls reached more than five and a half feet — the third highest in more than a century of records, a level that would normally risk lives, strand Venetians and tourists, and drown the economy.
6/. Tom Tomorrow nails your TV News feed.....
7/. MTG was on "60 Minutes" Sunday, and completely dominated the segment.
Lesley Stahl did a horrible job with this lunatic......complete and total failure at CBS's premier news show....
![‘It’s a failure on CBS’s part to give [Marjorie Taylor Greene] such an unimpeded platform to spread such garbage,’ said one commentator.](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEgmQ_SP7J2MwTf6ITygHRPQIhmajclkohcmnFcNT-FcKYB3axEiUgg8zrRuAQ7C8Efvl-CcK2PV8THJldsJf56VngoQHhx7Nv1kRuN5aiB5T4In1qlfdKOSIrB6sziVzUixQWJTY7XZpDsgLazU04yNudKq70LFs9awQmQCQHaSEpgq6GrEmQF7c0aIQH9XqXxGZbr4VM4JzC0glPji6barccYOcGgWWGtQl9pJYAVHA4vWmKqqtyCEjC_XZT69pw-QbwbvQaIhbllfPQ=s0-d-e1-ft&quality=85&dpr=1&s=none)
Marjorie Taylor Greene. One commentator deplored giving ‘such an unimpeded platform to spread such garbage’. Photograph: Lev Radin/Pacific Press/Rex/Shutterstockpro-Trump congresswoman from Georgia who has espoused conspiracy theories and faced censure for threatening behaviour towards Democrats.
8/. Desi Lydic from the Daily Show - poor sad Conservatives, upset about Trump.....one very good [and amusing] minute....
9/. Jason Garcia with his weekly roundup of Florida news, most of which you have not heard elsewhere.....
How our corrupt State really works.....
About 25 years ago, Florida lawmakers launched a new program that was supposed to bring economic investment to neglected communities struggling with crippling levels of poverty and crime.
It didn’t work.
Instead, the program has become little more than a multimillion-dollar subsidy for one giant business: Universal Orlando, the theme-park resort in central Florida.
10/. Weekend Update #1.....Che tells the audience not to laugh at Colin Jost, who then loses it......funny, and different!
Weekend Update #2... they've done better.....
11/. Charleston SC is basically doomed, but local leaders have no clue what to do......
An American flag flies over the historic buildings of King Street in Charleston, South Carolina. Cross-currents of denialism, boosterism, broken governance systems and deep-seated racism will meet with rapidly accelerating sea level rise
redictions about how much water is coming vary greatly. Some scientists say we should be planning on three feet of rise by 2050, six feet by 2070 and 10 feet by 2100. Someday, not too long from now, the stories of many current coastal and riverside cities across the US will include sudden plot twists as well as new beginnings, as edges that had seemed solid liquify and become indistinguishable from the seas around them.
12/. Making Trump normal - mainstream media 101.....
13/. This looks interesting - a YouTube channel called "Hot Ones"....
We just watched the episode with Gordon Ramsay.....pretty good!
15/. A contemplative Bob Lefsetz, thinking about health and avoiding dying.....some good advice in here.....
We were the generation that thought we were going to live forever.
Everything they say is true, it goes by in the blink of an eye. However I can’t say that either my high school or college days were the best of my life. I never want to go back to school. I like not being anxious on Sunday nights. I like not worrying about grades. And I especially like the lack of competition over meaningless data. Like grade-grubbing in college. I mean what difference does it make? Oh, high grades might get you into a better graduate school. Meanwhile, everybody who seems to change the world dropped out of college. Or certainly didn’t go to graduate school. Of course there are exceptions, but being good at school is like being a professional athlete. Your career is time-stamped, and when it’s over, you’ve still got a lot of living to do.
16/. Anyone game for this?
The 400-cabin MV Gemini, billed as ‘a way of living as opposed to travel’. Photograph: Life at Sea CruisesA cabin on the round-the-world MV Gemini costs £75,000. It could be a cost of living escape hatch for the middle classes
Here's some more information on the ship, launched in 1992 as the Crown Jewel, but it's
only 19,000 tons with 400 cabins [800 passengers]....
17/. "Kill Bookson".....a Korean thriller.....
Revered by colleagues and rivals alike … Jeon Do-yeon in Kill Boksoon. Photograph: No Ju-han/Netflix
18/. It's been 40 years since Monty Python's "The Meaning Of Life" was made, and as this Guardian story says it has
aged well, as all of the themes in the movie are timeless.....on Netflix.....
Terry Jones in Monty Python's The Meaning Of Life. Photograph: Universal Pictures/AllstarThese are the first lines – not counting the unofficial “short feature presentation” – in Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life, and a much more accurate reflection of the title than the hilariously tossed-off conclusion that ends the film, which advises to be nice to people, avoid eating fat and “read a good book every now and then”. The lines are exchanged by fish with human faces, swimming in circles around a tank at a restaurant, waiting for the day when they, too, are snatched up by God’s aquarium net like Howard. In the meantime, they splash around this limited space, exchanging pleasantries and trying not to think too much about what their mundane, meaningless, dread-filled lives are all about.
Trailer - MP Meaning Of Life
19/. Oh goody - a new Wes Anderson movie is in the works - "Asteroid City".....one of the features of his
movies is perfect framing, i.e. every shot in the film is framed centrally.
It's quite unusual and very stylish, and BTW his movies are amusing too.....remember "The Grand Budapest Hotel"?
Stellar cast … Jason Schwartzman and Tom Hanks in Asteroid City. Photograph: Courtesy of Pop. 87 Productions/Focus Features
Asteroid City trailer....
20/. "Beef" - looks really good, The Guardian loves it....
‘Beef isn’t afraid to go to dark, weird places’ … Ali Wong as Amy. Photograph: Netflixhere’s a lot to love about Beef, the new A24/Netflix show (out Thursday) you’re going to spend the next few weeks hearing about, but one of my favourites is how clearly and surely it looks LA in the eye. We all know the facts: there are only three cities in the world, and those are LA, London and New York. I have never heard of another city in my entire life. And in recent years, TV shows that set themselves in these places (so: 95% of all TV shows) have been knowingly shy about it, as if they are an Oxford undergraduate refusing to admit their dad is rich: yes, these shows say, yes we are in London. But look! We’re not in the posh or obvious bits, alright! Look, here’s Victoria Park! Here’s Larry’s in Peckham! Didn’t expect that, did you?https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/apr/01/beef-ali-wong-steven-yeun-netflix-review-joel-golby
Beef trailer.....
Today's video
One of the most original and smartest ads for a beer we've yet seen ...
Today's rude British jokes
I was devastated to find out my wife was having an affair but, by turning to religion,
I was soon able to come to terms with the whole thing.
I converted to Islam, and we're stoning her in the morning.
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The wife suggested I get myself one of those penis enlargers … so I did.
She's 21, and her name is Lucy.
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Went to the pub with my girlfriend last night.
Locals were shouting "pedophile" and other names at me, just because my girlfriend is 21 & I'm 50.
It completely spoiled our 10th anniversary
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The thing I love most about this hot weather is the short skirts & low cut tops ...
Although they do make me look a bit gay.
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Following the tragic death of the Human Cannonball at the Kent Show, a spokesman said,
"We'll struggle to get another man of the same caliber."
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My son was thrown out of school today for letting a girl in his class give him a hand-job..
I said "Son, that's 3 schools this year. You'd better stop before you're banned from teaching altogether."
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Q: What's the difference between a blonde & a brick?
A: The brick doesn't follow you home after you lay it.
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Remember the 7 qualities for the perfect girlfriend ...
Beautiful, Intelligent, Gentle, Thoughtful, Innocent, Trustworthy, Sensible.
Or, in other words … B.I.G.T.I.T.S.
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Just been to the gym. They've got a new machine in.
Only used it for half an hour, as I started to feel sick. It's great though.
It does everything … Kit Kats, Mars Bars, Snickers, Potato Crisps, the lot."
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Question - Are there too many immigrants in Britain?
17% said ‘yes’ & 11% said ‘no’.
The remaining 72% said "I am not understanding the question, please."
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On my Census form there is a question "Do you have any dependants?"
Apparently putting "Hundreds of Africans, Pakistanis, Somalians, single mums, Romanians, loafers, smack heads
& non-English speaking people" isn't the right answer.
They've sent my form back.
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The cost of living has now gotten so bad that my wife is having sex w/me because she can't afford batteries.
Today's church joke
A crusty old man walks into the local Catholic church and says to the secretary, "I would like to join this damn church."
The astonished woman replies, "I beg your pardon, Sir. I must have misunderstood you. What did you say?"
"Listen up, damn it. I said I want to join this damn church!"
"I'm very sorry sir, but that kind of language is not tolerated in This church."
The secretary leaves her desk and goes into the priest's study to inform him of her situation.
The priest agrees that the secretary does not have to listen to that foul language.
They both return to her office and the priest asks the old geezer, "Sir, what seems to be the problem here?"
"There is no damn problem," the man says. "I just won 20 million dollars in the damn lottery and I want to join this damn church to get rid of some of this damn money."
"I see," said the priest. "And is this bitch giving you a hard time?
And another religious joke
When everybody on earth was dead and waiting to enter Paradise, God appeared and said, "I want the men to form two lines.
One line for the men who were true heads of their household, and the other line for the men who were dominated by their women.
I want all the women to report to St. Peter."
Soon, the women were gone, and there were two lines of men.
The line of the men who were dominated by their wives was 100 miles long, and in the line of men who truly were heads of their household, there was only one man.
God said to the long line, "You men should be ashamed of yourselves; I created you to be the head of your household!
You have been disobedient and have not fulfilled your purpose!
Of all of you, only one obeyed. Learn from him."
God turned to the one man, "How did you manage to be the only one in this line?"
The man replied, "My wife told me to stand here."
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