Leliana Adalia Palermo, born to Ariel and Anthony yesterday. Eight pounds, eighteen and a half inches. She has a head of curly hair like her mom.
She is, of course, adorable, although to be fair I’ve only ever seen one ugly baby in all my life.
Here’s the most recent picture of her.
6;30: Holy crap. It started off with Endgame. It’s just downhill from here.
6:39: Spike seltzer. Alcoholic water. Just what the world needs.
M&Ms. Cute.
I’ve really gotta start watching Handmaid’s Tale.
Bumble? What the hëll is Bumble? Guys, at least TELL us what it is you’re selling. The name means nothing.
6:47: Long way to go for Hyundai.
A Turkish airways commercial directed by RIDLEY SCOTT? Jesus. Have the “Aliens” film sequels failed that badly that that’s what he has to do for a living?
So far, nothing especially memorable. No “Oh my God that was brilliant” moment. Then again, we’re only twenty minutes in.
6:52: Okay, funny Olay commercial. Most commercials that spoof horror films are entertaining.
A Doritos commercial with a rap star. Cute.
Not toxic pet dishes? You mean previous bowls were toxic? Jesus. Nothing is safe anymore.
6:56: Short Captain Marvel trailer. Not bad.
A whole commercial about corn syrup? I can feel my blood sugar spiking just watching it. If I drank beer, I’d totally be getting the one that doesn’t have corn syrup in it.
7:03: Hobbs and Shaw. They should have teamed Hobbs up with Calvin.
An ad for another app with another rapper. I feel so old, that I don’t know who any of these guys are.
7:12: Sorry, guys. If I’m at a restaurant and they say “Is Pepsi Okay?” I get water. Coke or nothing.
Home security. Okay. Got ADT so I’m covered.
I feel like this is an ad about a guy who died. Oh! Okay, he almost did. Well done, Audi.
7:17: Bud Light meets Game of Thrones. Best beer commercial possibly ever.
World’s Best. Sounds like a sequel to World’s Finest.
7:24: Okay, THAT was a hilarious Pringles ad. We get insight into Alexa’s lack of inner life. Brilliant. I could write a whole short story with that.
Google translate sucks. Caroline says so and I believe her.
7:33: Wow. I really DO wish I could control the world like that. I’m not gonna buy an Audi but that I could really empathize with.
T-Mobile and Taco Bell? Really? Because those two companies have so much in common.
7:37: Am I the only person who has no idea who Toni Harris is?
A Planters commercial with both A-Rod and Charlie Sheen? Very well done,Planters. I still don’t like peanuts, but a clever commercial.
7:42: God, I loved the cruise we went on for our honeymoon. It was Disney but still.
Holy cow, I heard they were remounting Twilight Zone, but that looked way cooler than I expected. Ðámņ, I hate that Harlan is gone. He would’ve been perfect for that.
7:47: Screw Turbotax. They could make a whole film out of Robochild.
Best cameos of the evening so far in the Stella Artios commercial.
7:57: Holy šhìŧ. A violinist missing an arm? Okay, I’m interested.
You know, I already have auto insurance, but if I were going to change, I’d definitely check out Cure just because of that ad.
SkullShaver.com? Until the end I thought it was an ad for Saturday Night Live.
8:05: I have NO idea what that commercial with all the football players was for, but it was certainly entertaining.
8:09: Someday they’ve gotta have Weird Al as the halftime performer.
8:22:Is there NO famous rock song that can’t be used in commercials? I mean, jeez.
Ah. As I said, I have ADT. They’ve been pretty good, actually.
Looks like Jim Beam was an Amish with the whole building thing.
Jeez, can’t I just work out on a treadmill and watch TV while I’m doing it?
8:32: Good Christ, this Kia commercial is the most depressing car ad I’ve ever seen.
Who the hëll is Michael Bubly?
8:42: No, I’m not with you, and I’m really getting sick of the T-Mobile commercials.
You know, that Ultra commercial would have been way better if it had starred Robot Man from Doom Patrol.
8:48: Jeez, Verizon, first responders are great and all, but please make the printing bigger in the commercials. I couldn’t read a dámņëd thing.
8:54: I didn’t recognize any of those codes. That was a really helpful ad for Google.
9:04: “Hanna” looks interesting.
Screw Goosebumps. I’m still interested in that one-armed violinist.
9:10: Not a bad little CBS ad, although I’m curious how many people didn’t recognize the things from the 60s and 70s.
MAKE THE ÐÃMNÊÐ PRINTING BIGGER! Jesus!
Scientology? Seriously?
9:18: Very nice Microsoft ad. Video games are for everyone, apparently.
Okay, we get it, Bud Light doesn’t use corn syrup. Enough already.
9:33: Harrison Ford in an Amazon commercial? Good lord, what is this country coming to?
9:41: Very clever, Michelob. When someone whispers you automatically listen very closely to them. Nicely done.
9:53: Christ, I’m really starting to hate T-Mobile.
Wait, wasn’t the woman with an eyepatch in a movie recently?
Y’know, I remember the days when Presidents didn’t do stupid stuff every dámņëd week. I remember when they didn’t dominate every minute of every news cycle with their idiocy. Those were good days. I miss them.
Bill Maher has informed us, both on Twitter and again last night, that comic books are for kids and that fans of them are basically stunted individuals who are unable to accept adulthood.
So let’s talk about fans.
And now the beginning of the end has commenced.
The FAA has halted flights into LaGuardia. A major Eastern seaboard airport has suddenly become inaccessible to outside airlines because of safety concerns over air traffic controllers.
Here’s what it comes down to: a crash is inevitable. Or someone will sneak a bomb on because of depleted security. The bottom line is that Trump’s shutdown will no longer simply have a count of 800,000 workers who aren’t getting paid. It’s going to have a body count.
Does everyone understand that? People are going to die because Trump is holding the country hostage over his useless bid for a wall. People. Will. Die.
Tell me, Donald…how many are worth it?
I found this posting by an Esther Heimberg on Facebook. It was very educational.
January 20 at 5:51 PM ·
I’ve seen a lot of chatter about the disgraceful incident involving students from Covington Catholic High School and an Indigenous American and Veteran in Washington, DC this weekend. This morning, as news of the “full video” began to break, people started hedging, saying that there were “multiple perspectives.” Here’s my perspective.
I served an Episcopal parish in Northern Kentucky, approximately 15 minutes from Covington Catholic High School. It’s a prestigious all-male school with a reputation for strong academics and strong athletics. You can learn that much from the website.
What you won’t learn from the website is that there is a sinister pattern of similar behavior within the Diocese. While the Bishop there concerns himself with bizarre pronouncements (such as admonishing the faithful not to hold hands during the recitation of the Lord’s Prayer) and quashing “unorthodox hymns” that are otherwise approved for use in the Catholic church, he also has created a culture that is not only anti-LGBT, but also actively seeking out teachers and other administrators who might even hold sympathetic views toward people who are LGBT.
As a (retired) soccer referee, I dreaded officiating matches where Covington Catholic was involved. The fans were always among the rudest, most disrespectful, and mean-spirited that I’ve encountered–and I’ve refereed for a long time at almost every level of the game! Student after student has come forward over the years to try and shed light on the abuses that not just LGBT students faced, but students of color. Racial epithets and slurs were commonplace in the halls.
My point is that what we’re seeing on the (many) videos circulating should not come as a shock. It is a continuation of a long and disgusting pattern of toxicity and abuse that has been allowed and even encouraged at all levels of the school and, as far as I can tell, from the diocese.
While we might be concerning ourselves with “who moved first” or “who moved toward whom” in the video, I encourage you to reflect on this: notice the posture and demeanor of the young man. There is a troubling display of xenophobia embedded here. It’s the kind that says that white bodies (read: white, cis, straight, male bodies) can be anywhere they choose at any time, but that non-white bodies (read: non-cis, straight, male bodies) must first seek permission to exist outside of their “place.” This is a window into a perverse system that thrives on toxic, fragile masculinity embedded with xenophobia. And it’s not pretty. Let those who have ears to hear, listen.
Remember when one dìçk on this board kept asserting I was done at Marvel?
Yeah, not so much.
Read about a new Spider-Man limited series here.
Also have several other projects that haven’t been announced yet. Be patient: there’ll be information about them soon.
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