Pariah

"Dear Diary: Nothing happened today, which means that nothing bad happened. Which is good." 

To be fair, Trump has been more of a golden calf than a messiah.

Sometimes you have to hug the people you hate to know how big to dig the hole in the backyard.

So Mr. P, never a doubt, right?
 
 
 
for those who didn't watch...
 
 

Those are actually pretty sweet.

If that happens with my team, better start keeping an eye out for Armageddons.

Yes, but more reflective and garish.

You mean like this?
 

These are actually pretty nice.  My biggest suggestion would be replacing the dark navy with more of a royal blue, as in the throwbacks.

All I remember of the dream is this:
 
There is a woman in the city, a large, powerful woman with golden hair and green eyes. To everyone she meets, she says the same thing.
 
"There is a man in the city with a tattoo on his face that says 'There is a spider in my mouth.' Have you seen him?"

I've seen a lot of opinion pieces on social media about how the Broncos may be or should be trading up to take JJ.
 
To every one of these, without fail, I remind folks that the last two quarterbacks the Broncos traded up to get were Paxton Lynch and Tim Tebow.
 
I have precisely zero faith in the Donkeys fixing their quarterback situation through the draft. As I have commented before, the best quarterback the Broncos have ever drafted is probably Jay Cutler.
 
If the Broncos can pick up Michael Pratt or Spencer Rattler in the third round, that's probably the best situation. They can spend their first round pick on an area of greater need. And yes, there are areas of greater need for the Broncos right now than quarterback, strange as it sounds.

Not quite a joke but still funny. 
 
Rickrolling has taught us to be wary of random links more than any cyber security course ever has.

After Thanksgiving, when the turkey pieces-parts are on sale, I get a bunch of legs so I can make turkey tamales for Thanksgaming.   I sub out the lard for coconut oil since the hubby refuses to do red meat in any form...including lard. 😕
 
Lucky to live near a VERY good Latin market for corn husks et al...

Idiotically easy (if rather on the gringo side in terms of heat) enchiladas:
mild Italian sausage (a package of 5)* OR one boneless skinless chicken breast* OR two or three boneless skinless chicken thighs.  You will need the meat already thawed.  NOTE that if you are doing chicken, slice it into pieces the size of pickle chips but twice as thick, and you'll need to season the saute strongly with onion, garlic, oregano, basil, cumin, minced chiles or chili powder, etc., to your taste 505 Brand roasted Hatch chiles, in a jar* (A single 24-ounce jar will provide enough for a batch) 10-inch soft flour tortillas; this recipe uses 8 or 9 of them* shredded Jack cheese*** El Pato canned green enchilada sauce (one 28-ounce can) anti-stick spray* (Things marked with * are Costco items)
 
(***If you have someone with a diary intolerance, you can use canned black beans* in place of the cheese in the enchiladas, and foregoing the cheese sprinkle late in the bake)
 
(Preparation will take 60-90 minutes from start to finish)
 
Preheat oven to 350 F.
 
Cut the casings off the sausage, mash up, saute until fully cooked.  You can add some additional seasonings in with the sausage if you like.  Let cool a bit (you're going to be using your fingers on this); keep the pan tipped while cooling, and blot off the extra grease (chicken won't have excess grease).
 
Spray a 9-by-12 rectangular cake pan with the nonstick.
 
Lay a tortilla out flat, distribute a couple tablespoons each of the sausage, shredded cheese, and Hatch chile in a line the tortilla, about 1/3 of the way from an edge to the center.  Of the three, the Hatch chile is the most important; don't skimp on that.  Roll the tortilla up.  Put the roll in the pan.
 
Repeat until the pan is full of rolls.  This will take eight or nine of them.
 
Open the enchilada sauce and pour evenly over the rolls.  This won't cover the rolls, but make sure the tops are wet.
 
Bake for 25 minutes.  Pull the pan out, put more shredded cheese over the enchiladas.  Return to oven, bake another 5 minutes.
 
I find it easiest to cut the enchiladas in half while still hot in the pan, and put three halves on a plate for each serving.  A wok shovel is the best tool I've found for extracting half-rolls from the pan and putting them on plates.  Makes 6 servings or so.
 
If I was preparing this for a crowd who likes more fire, I would get two or three serrano peppers, shop those up fine, and include those in the saute of the sausage.  And wash my hands twice in hot water with lots of soap after doing the mincing, or use gloves while doing the chopping.
 
(I assume you could make this vegan by doubling or tripling the beans and foregoing the meat, but I've never done that myself.)

LA lawmakers vote to remove lunch breaks for child workers | Louisiana Politics | nola.com
 
Now, too be fair this was just a committee vote and it's not become law just yet.  But it's still kinda evil. 

This is an article by Kevin D. Williamson of The Dispatch.   It was behind a paywall so I'm reposting it without permission.  Makes an excellent point, I think.

 
 

It's only in the darkest night that you can truly see the stars.

Promptly asphyxiate in the atmosphere with far too much CO2 and not enough O2 in a biosphere that died a hundred years prior.
 
NT: Subtle signs that you bought tickets to the wrong movie to share with a parent.

Dance on the graves of Putin, Boris Johnson and Trump