Marko Ramius
@kraznyoktyabr.bsky.social
Retired Vilnius schoolmaster
Being a pop culture illiterate - who are these people?
December 5, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Being a pop culture illiterate - who are these people?
Fuck those fucking fuckers.
December 5, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Fuck those fucking fuckers.
I did enjoy figuring out the references.
December 5, 2025 at 5:29 PM
I did enjoy figuring out the references.
The squirrels are SO. FAT. right now. And they're still stashing late acorns.
December 5, 2025 at 5:26 PM
The squirrels are SO. FAT. right now. And they're still stashing late acorns.
They're so good! Everyone should buy them so Cherie can write more.
December 5, 2025 at 5:19 PM
They're so good! Everyone should buy them so Cherie can write more.
Ugh, I hadn't even considered that. I was just thinking about Loony Tunes.
December 5, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Ugh, I hadn't even considered that. I was just thinking about Loony Tunes.
That lowest plan is pretty much what I already pay, plus it has more free data.
December 5, 2025 at 5:15 PM
That lowest plan is pretty much what I already pay, plus it has more free data.
Point is, they weren't super-expensive, and easily within reach of a child if they saved up their pocket money.
November 30, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Point is, they weren't super-expensive, and easily within reach of a child if they saved up their pocket money.
The first edition of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz cost a quarter in 1900. By 1914 the new Oz books were going for 75 cents but due to Baum having lost the publishing rights to the first book, it was still available for 50 cents. (The first book had a different publisher from the sequels.)
November 30, 2025 at 10:42 PM
The first edition of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz cost a quarter in 1900. By 1914 the new Oz books were going for 75 cents but due to Baum having lost the publishing rights to the first book, it was still available for 50 cents. (The first book had a different publisher from the sequels.)
Argh, math? 8-3 from 1950-1984, so the Niners have actually beaten the Browns more since 1984 than they did in the previous 34 years.
November 30, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Argh, math? 8-3 from 1950-1984, so the Niners have actually beaten the Browns more since 1984 than they did in the previous 34 years.
To be fair, the 49ers only played the Browns in Cleveland five times over that stretch. They beat the Browns four times at home in the same period. (Cleveland does live rent-free in the Niners' heads, though - their lifetime stats are 13-9 against the Niners. From 1950-1984 their record was 10-3)
November 30, 2025 at 10:12 PM
To be fair, the 49ers only played the Browns in Cleveland five times over that stretch. They beat the Browns four times at home in the same period. (Cleveland does live rent-free in the Niners' heads, though - their lifetime stats are 13-9 against the Niners. From 1950-1984 their record was 10-3)
I mean, Snidely Whiplash is right there in the preview graphic...
November 27, 2025 at 7:03 PM
I mean, Snidely Whiplash is right there in the preview graphic...
"Fantasia" lost so much money on its initial release (mostly due to having to install sound systems that could handle the six-channel soundtrack in the theaters showing it) that Disney was on the brink of bankruptcy. But that was dedication to innovation right there.
November 27, 2025 at 6:56 PM
"Fantasia" lost so much money on its initial release (mostly due to having to install sound systems that could handle the six-channel soundtrack in the theaters showing it) that Disney was on the brink of bankruptcy. But that was dedication to innovation right there.
It's also a Polish surname. Pronounced more like Hurin than people are assuming.
And the first name is pronounced Ivana, of course.
(Also people are assuming she's a Trumpie when it seems she's been at DHS since at least 2015, in the same position.)
And the first name is pronounced Ivana, of course.
(Also people are assuming she's a Trumpie when it seems she's been at DHS since at least 2015, in the same position.)
November 26, 2025 at 9:06 PM
It's also a Polish surname. Pronounced more like Hurin than people are assuming.
And the first name is pronounced Ivana, of course.
(Also people are assuming she's a Trumpie when it seems she's been at DHS since at least 2015, in the same position.)
And the first name is pronounced Ivana, of course.
(Also people are assuming she's a Trumpie when it seems she's been at DHS since at least 2015, in the same position.)
...I have questions.
November 26, 2025 at 8:58 PM
...I have questions.
Well, you know, munchies...
November 26, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Well, you know, munchies...
My grandparents had a Tonka tanker truck from the 1950s that was so sturdy that my sister and I used to ride on it when we were little.
November 21, 2025 at 12:55 AM
My grandparents had a Tonka tanker truck from the 1950s that was so sturdy that my sister and I used to ride on it when we were little.
We sometimes get three layers of corvid yelling in our yard - there will be a raven in the top of the neighbor's redwood croaking away, the crows yelling at the raven, and the scrub jays yelling at everyone.
November 19, 2025 at 5:19 PM
We sometimes get three layers of corvid yelling in our yard - there will be a raven in the top of the neighbor's redwood croaking away, the crows yelling at the raven, and the scrub jays yelling at everyone.
40 years later, I still have a scar on my left hand from when I was cleaning one of our rabbits' cage and he decided to take a chunk out of me. English lop, that one.
November 19, 2025 at 5:15 PM
40 years later, I still have a scar on my left hand from when I was cleaning one of our rabbits' cage and he decided to take a chunk out of me. English lop, that one.
I stole a quilt and slept in the bathtub once in an Only One Bed situation. Bathtubs actually quite comfortable...
November 15, 2025 at 7:46 PM
I stole a quilt and slept in the bathtub once in an Only One Bed situation. Bathtubs actually quite comfortable...