Your Daily Meme - Cinco de Mayo

 Happy Cinco de Mayo! 

 

Please, dear God, no more "Taco bowls from Trump Tower"!

 

 Give me a fucking margarita and no one gets hurt.

 

 

Morning Coffee Roundup

 Things found while enjoying me morning sip...

 

Thank you, Gary Trudeau!  Here, we got deer...

 

 

 

 

And I never met a lot of people!

 

Sunday Morning Sip

 Happy Star Wars Day! 

 

Ah-yup. Whatever.

 

I wonder that... a lot.

Explaining Infrastructure.

 

A new MAGA argument.

 

Uh-huh.  

Favorite.

Now streaming on Disney+!  Hot, dancing Stormtroopers!

Also, on Disney+ and new from Disney Pixar!

Ah-yup!

And on this, Star Wars Day 2025, I leave you with this classic.

 

Saturday Morning Sip

May is upon us!  Pour a cup and let's get started!  

I had this remarkable, wonderful dream last night!!!

...and then I woke up.

 

Realized he was still alive and I needed something stronger...

 

 

 

 Thank you, Wiley!

 

 

 

 

...not like this is going to happen any time soon.

 

 

And apparently,$270M only buys your about 5 months of rampage over the US government.

 

On the plus side, Amazon actually returned the rocket back to the correct coordinates.  

The last time they tried this, the capsule was dropped off on Mars.  

From one of my early, favorite movies... 

The movie was called "Ffolkes" (now "North Sea Hijack").  It was beyond "gay coded" well before I knew what that meant, but I liked it!!  After watching it, I knew I wanted to wear cable-knit sweaters and keep cats!  Moore played a tough leader of all-male underwater special-ops team, and who preferred cats to people.  With James Mason and co-starring THE Anthony Perkins as the baddie.  There was a toss-away line that Moore delivered, that he "preferred the company of my men"when asked about why no women in his compound - the line, in the 1980's, just went right over most everyone's heads.  

 Love the narrator.

The Dork Ats.

Door Cats.  Whatever side of the door they are on, they want to be on the other side.

Dork Ats. 

Your Daily Meme... and Men!

 

 

Fridays do that to me! 

They don't make posters like this anymore...

 Found at Spencer Gifts back in the day (circ. 1983)! You won't see THIS any more!

This was my "Inspiration Poster" to get my ass to the gym. 

It worked - lost 105 pounds (back then)!

I bought those workout shorts from "Undergear"!  Every pair!  

And learned how to mousse my hair!

On another note, I did not come out for another 6 years. 

If only there was a sign... any kind of sign...

 

 

The Big E!

Growing up in Western Pennsylvania, we had our annual Allegheny County Fair; junk food, popped corn, biggest pumpkins, livestock, there was a Westinghouse monorail exhibit that whisked you around a one mile loop on the fairgrounds, free COCA COLA (this was manna to an 8-year old, Iron City brewing had free Iron City beer for dad), and Heinz Pickle pins (this was outside Pittsburgh, home of H.J. Heinz) and I remember the BUNNIES!  A lot of rabbit breeders showing off their broods.  

Those days and that fair ground are long gone, but as a transplant to New England in the mid-80's, I discovered "The Eastern States Exhibition", affectionately known as "The Big E!".  Since I introduced my husband to it in the the early aughts, it has been an annual journey from Rhode Island to West Springfield MA ever since.  

Butter cow! 

The regions biggest pumpkins!  Livestock!  Butter sculptures! Shopping!  And JUNK FOOD!! 

The Fried Cheesecake Stand!

They have New England State pavilions along the Avenue of the States; buildings featuring the best each New England state has to offer.  Salmon and blueberries from Maine.  Maple syrup from Vermont, baked potatoes from New Hampshire.  Seafood from Rhode Island (we always get our Del's Lemonade from the Rhode Island pavilion) and Massachusetts.  Connecticut farm stands! 

 

Look!  It's DEL'S!

It's just a blast to spend the day there.  This year, the Big E! is early - September 12 through the 28 (usually runs a week later).  If you are in the region, it's worth the stop.  Given we have been going annually for 20+ years, we learned that weekdays are best for smaller crowds.  

Just fun!  Got my note today that tickets are now on sale! 

Rade