Your Daily Meme - Cinco de Mayo edition

Happy "I want my tequila, NOW!!" day! 

 

Ahhh... the Jose Quervo morning blend! 

 

 

Screw the salt, just give me a straw. 

 

 No taco salad bowls were harmed or exploited in the making of this post.

 

 

 

 

Gone in ...nine seconds.

I enjoy the videos on the YouTube channel, SAMTIME; about the latest round of slop to come out of the tech companies, and he maintains a strong bent against AI.

Fun video; sharp wit.  The perfect viewing for a Monday afternoon.  ...and in reality... completely TRUE!!!  A few videos down on my page; confirmation!  

Nine seconds. An entire corporate database AND the backup deleted.  Anthropic's response "We're just going to charge more for companies to use the system".  

SMH.  Glad to be on this side of this garbage.  I can only imagine having to work x-number more years for a company jonesing over wanting to go AI.  

R 

May I interrupt...

Just a note to my friends and fellow bloggers...

1. It's early May
2. This is Southern New England.
3. I have about... 4 hours... before everything goes from accessible and manageable to overgrown. 

Current project: Building a greenhouse.  

We had an old garden shed in the back BACK corner of the yard.  That shed had a 6x11 cement patio in front of it.  Well, that shed is long gone, but the patio remains.  Found a 6 x 10 greenhouse kit (arrived yesterday).  Over the weekend, I installed a raised foundation for it, and dug a pit that will eventually enable me to run PEX from the garage to have a working faucet at the structure. 

As I mentioned, I have short window to get the greenhouse assembled before the path become overgrown with seasonal shrubs (lilacs, Russian Quince, etc.) that are just beginning to bud out. 

I may not be readily responding to comments or spending time visiting with other blog sites for other than a cursory scan.  Once dawn breaks, I am in work mode.  

Next May projects on the list:

• Build a 2' x 15' raised planter behind the wood shed.
• Move the large tropical plants (several large, potted orange trees, Oleander, etc.) out of the game room, including hanging the 14' dragon fruit from the Granny Smith apple tree.   
• Gutting and cleaning the breezeway (wintered a lot of plants in there). A lot of stuff will go out the the greenhouse. 
• Patching and painting the exterior 1st floor (where insulation was blown in last fall). 
• Opening up the 3-season porch. 
• Preparing for our first house guests in YEARS sometime in late June.  

Onward. 

R 

Ever hear the term "Read the room"?

Let me begin by saying I detest Starbucks. The only thing we ever get from there is a drink called the "Medicine Ball", which is a hot foamed lemonade and herbal tea drink that seems to mitigate a sore throat in short order.  

Other than that, I have never, ever had a good cup of coffee from the franchise, the food is abysmal and like the coffee, grossly overpriced.  And no matter what franchise I go into, there are always insects buzzing around inside the display cases (do they ever clean?).  

Interesting article in "The Beast" about Starbucks CEO Brian Niccoll saying that buying that $9 cup of coffee "is all about the experience".  As gas prices are hitting the $5 mark, and the cost of, like, everything has skyrocketed, glad to hear this dolt feels people still want to shell out almost $10 for a cup of swill.  

Thankfully, the sore throats are far and few between. My rage towards Starbucks, however, seems to be incessant.   

Going to push the "brew" button on my Black & Decker coffee maker and get the day rolling.  My daily pot of coffee runs around $0.42 cents ($19 for a 3lb tub of Maxwell House, I get about 45 days out of one tub, let's do the math). I get 12 cups (okay, that comes to 3 mugs) of coffee from a pot, meaning my mug of coffee runs, HEY!  $0.14 each!    

Yet there is always a line through the parking lot at the local Starbucks franchise.  

And people are whining that everything is so expensive, meanwhile, it has also been reported that Niccoll will not relocate to Seattle (SB home office), instead commutes in via private jet from California.  That tracks.  

 

 

 

Monday - May the 4th Be With You

 

 

 

 

 May the 4th be with you...

 

 

Let's kick back with a classic.

 

Sunday Morning Sip

Happy Sunday!

Yeah!  Coffee! 

 

 

Pizza does that to me, too. 

The best medicine! 

 

Indeed! 

 

Ah-yup. 

 

Seems to be the trend! 

That... looks... about... right... 

That, too! 

 

...and what came out of the Sunday news dump? 

 

GOLDIE!!!!

Fricken cat eats ANYTHING! 

 

Another childhood memory... 

 

 

 

Saturday Morning Sip

Welcome to the first Saturday of May!  

First Saturday of the month.

A reminder (not that I need one) coffee post.

I SOOO look forward to the day

this meme can be deleted. Permanently.  

 

 

No shit. 

And forever!  

And the planet. 

Let's put a pin in this and circle back when the 

US Mint goes to press his coins... 

Let's call it... aspirational. 

Why, yes I do! 

With hurricane season rapidly approaching...

 

I SAVOR my alone time. 

To the point I want more and I don't 

want to share. 

Ah-yup. 

Good luck! 

Thank you, Wiley! 

And then I post about the people!

SCORE!!! 

 

One of the BEST promos for a Mel Brooks movie! 

I remember sitting in the theater when this

came onto the screen.

I just about fell out of my seat!
 

 

 

Morning Coffee Roundup - May 1

Happy May Day, everyone! 

Chuckles found while having my first sip this morning...

 

 

Thank you, Wiley. 

 

 

Happy May, everyone!