Official? My guy, you are set up in front of a tent outside of a 7-Eleven.

Today as we walked the concourse before the game we enjoyed the singular experience of watching Home Sweet Home performed by a nine year old who clearly has never heard the original song before.

This should not be a thing unless they follow it up with a rousing rendition of Dr. Feelgood.

A seriously skanky deck of playing cards.

Y'all are new to this one: Every year I visit my folks for Christmas, and every year I have to give my dad's solitaire cards a proper burial because he won't do it despite a dozen fresh decks locked and loaded in the house. This year is no exception.

These things are like music festivals eye-charts now, where you see how many lines you can make it down and still recognize a band. (I made it to James O'Keefe.) Also, Danica Patrick is a douchecanoe MAGA now? Who knew.

If the fragility of your postseason bowl system is exposed by Notre Dame boycotting it (and two other schools following suit) because they weren't invited to the national playoff, you have too many bowl games. Just bag it already. (Also, ND: join a friggin' conference already, you pussies.)

Everybody is SCREAMING over the #Olympic #hockey ice being 197 feet long instead of 200. Calm down. Up until the mid '90s two of the damn O6 teams (BOS and CHI) played on ice sheets that were nine and FIFTEEN feet short, respectively. THREE FEET. Take a foot off of each zone, you won't even notice.

A collage of the world-famous Fionakitty over all ten of her Gotcha Days.

Today is Fiona's tenth Gotcha Day! This lil' furball has sits in the recliner wif Daddy and watches hockey and wrestling and Jeofurdy and Countdown, and really, that's all you want.

Happy Gotcha Day, lil' Pie. Daddy loves you more than you will ever know. Mostly because I don't speak Cat.

A 3D printed figure next to the poop generated by printing said figure.

Sometimes that new Snapmaker printer with individual print heads per color looks like a pretty good idea. 58g of poop for a 4g figure and a 6 hour print time. But I REALLY wanted this figure.

No foodstuff from Pizza Hut should be served as a "flight."

Your hat size, too. I have a bunch of expensive baseball caps that I swim in now.

There is a lot of good pinball back that way, I understand. I could make an entire road trip out of going to the various arcades and museums and so forth. Plus, cheese curds.

Came for this. I noticed those were all from the fringe, because if they were any closer he would have picked it up.

The one thing that would get me to buy #PGA2K25? Put #TGL in there.

Cruciverbalists, join me over on Camera 2.

It's 2025. If you're still cluing "Some diet sodas" for TABS, put the pencil down, pour yourself a nice tall glass of Dulcolax, and ponder the possibility that maybe, just maybe, the industry has passed you by.

A shooting? In Gilroy? The hell you say. :D

You're screwing with my worldview, man. Next thing you're gonna tell me that the Artichoke Festival in Castroville is no longer a going concern, either. :(

Did they kill it? Was it a COVID casualty?

Which (if you like garlic) is not nearly as nasty as it sounds at first glance. :) It's not gonna beat out peanut butter & chocolate for Best Evar, but you're like "this shouldn't work, and yet it does somehow..."

Yeah, I guess you're right. I was estimating it from the drive I have made many, many times from San Jose to Monterey coming home from Sharks games late at night, which I have not made in quite some time since I live up here in Seattle now. Depends on time of day though, of course.

They also have vegetable canning plants that run in the summer. You know how Reno has that sign that says "Reno: The Biggest Little City In The World?" Gilroy should have one that says "Gilroy: It's Hot And It Smells Bad."

@alisonl.bsky.social Gilroy is about 15 minutes south of San Jose. It is known as "The Garlic Capital Of The World" and has a massive festival celebrating garlic every year, during which you can smell the stuff even with driving through on the freeway.

Sydney now, huh? Why doesn't NCIS open an outpost in Lower Schenectady?

Huh. I didn't think it was possible for the Buffalo Bills to lose four important games in a row.

This taco seasoning wants me to simmer the meat for 10 minutes after adding it. Somehow I don't think that extra five minutes is gonna draw out any more of that authentic Taco Bell flavor.

Present!

It's Christmas Eve and I'm in California visiting the rest of the family, but I miss my kitty.

For reasons obvious, there are a lot of conversations floating around the social medias these days about the (U.S.) Presidential line of succession.

I am both shocked and appalled at how many otherwise rational-thinking people DIDN'T pay attention in civics class.

Omaha, Nebraska: the Otisburg of potential #NHL expansion cities.

A collage of my cat Fiona, from the day she came home to the present day.

I just finished my favorite part of Black Friday.

No, not that.

Today is my kitty's ninth Gotcha Day! Every year I add to her collage.

Happy Gotcha Day, Fiona. You are the best Pie a hooman could ask for.

Thank you for your insights, as always. :)