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Consume. Obey.
Equifax wipes credit score for not using credit.
No problem, Equifax says, you just have to start building credit from scratch.
With a zero score.
From Equifax.
Credit scores always have been, and always will be, an unregulated crock of shit.
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It’s A Bold Strategy
Watching a lot of the Cabinet and other lemmings testify before committees, it’s apparent to me that these folks think because the President can act with impunity that they can as well.
I’m looking forward to the finding-out phase where if there is a shred of justice in the universe, each of them will be assigned new jobs working the third shift at a 7-11 in the places they screwed the worst.
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Question of the Day
A question that is absolutely positively not related to anything that just happened.
You receive a voicemail from a family member you have no desire to talk to, be in the same room with, or deal with ever again. In that voicemail, they sound sad and would really like to talk to you, but then they say something like “Why don’t you pull the stick out of your ass and call me?”
Are you:
A) More Likely to call?
B) Less likely to call?
C) Decide that the Heat Death Of the Fucking Universe will occur before you talk to that person?
Care to guess what answer I chose?
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Today’s Litmus Test
It’s going to be very easy to identify who has lost their last shred of humanity for the next little while.
Take note of who they are.
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LINK: The History of Album Art
The invention of album art can get lost in the story of technological mastery. But among all the factors that contributed to the rise of recorded music, it stands as one of the few that was wholly driven by creators themselves. Album art — first as marketing material, then as pure creative expression — turned an audio-only medium into a multi-sensory experience.
The Fujita covers are old friends; my parents and my grandparents had many albums with that kind of artwork on the cover. Maybe they were all Fujita or inspired by him. I’ve been thinking about buying a turntable and starting a new collection, and it’s only because the convenience of digital media doesn’t afford you the experience of the art and the liner notes. Even the vinyl gives you that experience now. Back in 1981, the Styx album Paradise Theater had the Styx logo cut into the vinyl and at the time, I thought that was pretty awesome. Now they’re making all sorts of color pressings that could be framed on your wall, never mind listening to it. I miss that. In other news, I’m old and my back hurts.
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The Verbs: May 2025
Watching: 1923, Paramount+
I am completely invested in Yellowstone. It doesn’t hurt that Sam Elliott was in 1883, 1923 is just loaded with actors I like, and Yellowstone was one of the best shows on TV at the time, with characters who were both horrible and compelling. Costner made a huge mistake leaving, but Kevin is going to Kevin.
Reading: A Peoples’ History of the United States, by Howard Zinn.
History is usually written by the victors, not the vanquished. As such, there are things you may not know. This book is not a definitive source for the side you aren’t taught in school, but it’s a damn good starting point. A lot of people consider this to be a heretical book, and Zinn to be too leftist and American-hating. I don’t. Your mileage may vary.
Jamming: Pink Floyd, Meddle thru The Final Cut
Deep diving into the Floyd for the period that most people will tell you is the correct era to be listening. I was on a podcast a while back that asked me to select the Rush Tracks I think people should listen to as a jumping off point. This is my return trip. There’s one more I really want to do, that I don’t think they’ve done yet.
Podding: Call Jonathan Pie, S2
If you don’t know Jonathan Pie, you need to correct this. He’s a satirical character who skewers the news, news broadcasters, and politics. More UK driven than anything else, but he lowers the boom at the EU and USA very well.
Working: I’m still having a hell of a time with that video project, I’ve started it and junked it several times over the past two months. I’m still on it, but I’m going to set a goal of having it done by the end of the Summer. So, Labor Day?
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No RTFM Leads To Fugly Formatting, Probably
Last night, I attempted to crosspost “Election Day, Eh?” to Bluesky, and I was shocked to see the formatting of that post. This is probably my fault, so some investigation is probably required. The post on Bluesky showed as the title, followed by as much of the post as it could, followed by an embedded link with exactly the same thing. It looked extremely ugly, and if I were a casual reader I wouldn’t click it. There must be a way to do this so that I can write a sentence in a preview message, and that posts along with the embedded link. I’m sure it’s got to be there, I’m just fulfilling my PEBKAC quota.
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But If You Tell The Truth? We Can’t Have THAT!
The fact that El Naranja doesn’t want Amazon to display the additional cost of an item because of the tariffs should cause all kinds of alarm bells.
It won’t. We never do anything until it’s just past too late.
We’re the children of Reagan’s America, where the money will get down here eventually. Any time now.
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I turned the comments back off on this site. I knew there was a reason I had them off. I have the Jetpack App on my phone, and when the comment spammers found my site, my phone blew the fuck up. I had everything set to be manually approved before they posted, so that is both the good and bad news. Anyway, we’re back to you getting your own site if you want to respond to any of my half-baked, meaningless babble.
We shall never speak of this again.