Catching up on the new season of Hacks and ngl I had no idea who Jesse McCartney is. Somehow missed out on this dude. He must never have played the Peach Pit.

2 tape dispensers, one labeled KIKI and one labeled BOUBA.

"Which of these seems sticky, and which seems sticky with slightly different properties?"

Melania is 55 years old. While it is not impossible that she requires birth control, its highly unlikely.

Karaoke singer who somewhat resembles Judee Sill.

I watched the Judee Sill documentary because of a review by @kcfennessy.bsky.social, and now when I see people who look like Judee Sill, like this Karaoke singer, I wonder if they know they look like her.

"I'll have what she's having"...

Obviously not cool when going to places that burn trash in open fields because they don't have landfills or incinerators or remote islands. But fine for Belgium.

My travel hack when going to 1st world places with good infrastructure: bring worn undies with holes, wear one last time, discard. More room for souvenirs on the way back.

A mannequin that is only hips and legs in a black skirt, with a woman's head on top with no torso. The woman also has a long beard the same color as her hair.

This thrift store mannequin is still haunting me weeks after first seeing it.

Harold the Lloyd (dress like 1920s college man, hang precariously from exterior signage if clock unavailable)

Parody of Chicago's signs warning residents that rat poison has been placed nearby. The Parody sign says "feed the rats. Rats are very sweet so you should love them and feed them and be their friend"

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Both Seattle and pdx mayors are Mayor Wilson and neither have the nickname "the Dragon" which now that I think of it is a missed opportunity

GenX demands that one of the replacement buildings be named the Lloyd Dobbler Center, where you won't need to buy, sell, or process anything. Bonus points if someone opens a kickboxing studio there.

screencap of a tweet with a photo at the bottom of JD Vance giving a talk, gesturing smugly with his hands Eric Daugherty • @EricLDaugh • 1h • JD VANCE RESPONDS TO POPE LEO: "When the Pope says that God is never on the side of those who wield the sword - there is more than a THOUSAND year tradition of Just war Theory." "In the same way that it's important for the vice president of the United States to be careful when I talk about matters of public policy, I think it's very, very important for the pope to be careful when he talks about matters of theology." "And I think that one of these issues here is that there has been - if you're going to opine on matters of theology, you've got to be careful, you've got to make sure it's anchored in the truth, and that's one of the things that I try to do, and it's certainly something I would expect from the clergy, whether they're Catholic or Protestant."

I’ve given this a great deal of thought, trying to come up with the perfect joke for this moment, and this is what I have so far -

POPE LEO: our religion teaches that this war is bad

VANCE: wow, who died and made YOU head of the Catholic Church??

POPE LEO: well, you should know, you were there

Tom waits is Banksy. Pass it on.

True, I guess if your mom marries your father 6 months before you are born, you are a child of divorce, you have a half sibling, a mom with a phd, an unusual first name that no one in your school has, all that's pretty GenX coded rather than Boomer.

Vance (God forbid) b. 1984 is a millennial, so even if that happens, we still dont get our milestone.

Is that what's actually behind all the Gavin Newsom stanning ? He was born 1967, so he would fit the gen x cohort box. Oh god our latchkey kid issues are coming home to roost....

A 38 year old pdx blueskyer says she doesn't think she personally knows any Gen Xers, and it got me thinking that we have 4 GenX supreme ct justices (Gorsuch was b. 1967) but we may never have a GenX president (Obama b 1961 just missed it). Even if Kamala won, 1964 misses the trad. 1965 cut-off.

I'm your gen x neighbor! We're sorta the "baby bust" and invisible. Still havent had a genx president.

I keep seeing all this media about trumpy genXers and I have no idea who those folks are. So many of us are aging punks or goths that vote lefty/ hippie while still hating the Dead's music.

Texted you pic and measurements.

Ok. Have hollow metal pole that might work. Need to measure. Obligations until 5pm Sunday but should have answer that evening.

I think I might, how straight and load bearing does it need to be? What is the intended use? Other than dick jokes I mean.

Cherry blossom tree finally in full bloom.

Cherry blossom tree 5 days before, beginning to bud but still way behind every other tree in the city.

FINALLY. What a difference 5 days makes. My cherry blossom tree has finally decided to join the party. Picture on the right is what it looked like on April 5th, left photo is April 10th. Everywhere else in Portland has had blooms for like 4 to 6 weeks.

Like a prayer

The joke is we used to have 5 quarters, now we have 6, so you can't really call them quarters anymore even though many people do.

No good. Can we get a Connor Storrie type, or if you insist on filming in pdx/Salem, a young Elliott Smith type with better tattoos and fewer addictions?

I am a producer at Nedfliz and am ready to greenlight "80s flophouse for depressed homosexuals", what actor is attached?

Does it come with 4 dozen throw pillows or is that just a staging professional who really loves pillows?

Am told the jerk cockatoo that terrorizes dogs is likely an AI video. I removed the repost. I wanted to believe.

Sure, but what type of advice do you most want? Vegan pizza joints? Used bookstores? Fancy Cocktails? Trivia nights? Swiss-themed diner restaurant in Gresham with cabbage rolls, fondue, excellent pie and incomprehensible grandma-ish gift shop? (And yes, that last one exists. Taking guest there Sun.)

I cannot find my P-touch labelmaker anywhere in the house. O Brother, where art thou?