peacheslatour July 31, 2018 Share July 31, 2018 18 minutes ago, valleycliffe said: thank you peacheslatour.....you have just helped me learn something new today..... *blushes* I went through this phase where I had to know what everything was. It started with foxes. Believe it or not, it never occurred to me that they were canines. Then I moved on to skunks, pandas, koalas and well you get the picture. And this was pre-internet so I dragged a gigantic encyclopedia around with me every where. 1 minute ago, valleycliffe said: so, on the local news today they were talking about a new online phishing scam.. apparently, you will get an email saying you should change your password cause "they" have hacked into your computer and have video of you watching online porn. they will show it to all unless you give them some money in bitcoins...something about the camera on your computer. police said they don't actually have any video of you but you don't know that. anyway, i cut a piece of the sticky end of a post it note and covered up the lens to my laptop computer.. i saw on the view one day that you can actually buy stickies to cover your camera lens...it was one of whoopie's fave things. The first thing I do when I get a computer is put electrical tape over the camera. I don't Skype or Facetime anyway. 6 Link to comment
Capricasix July 31, 2018 Share July 31, 2018 That’s a scam straight outta Black Mirror! (And you don’t need a special sticker to cover your camera lens - my husband put a McCafé sticker over his ?) 8 Link to comment
valleycliffe July 31, 2018 Share July 31, 2018 34 minutes ago, Capricasix said: That’s a scam straight outta Black Mirror! (And you don’t need a special sticker to cover your camera lens - my husband put a McCafé sticker over his ?) sorry for my ignorance, what is black mirror? 1 Link to comment
Capricasix July 31, 2018 Share July 31, 2018 It’s a British sci-fi/dystopian anthology series about the effects of technology (real and imagined) in our lives. And it is creeeeeeepy.... 5 Link to comment
valleycliffe July 31, 2018 Share July 31, 2018 LOL i found clockwork orange creepy and it seems it's coming / is true.. i think all those writers were time travellers. 7 Link to comment
bannana July 31, 2018 Share July 31, 2018 2 hours ago, Capricasix said: That’s a scam straight outta Black Mirror! (And you don’t need a special sticker to cover your camera lens - my husband put a McCafé sticker over his ?) I have a circle bandaid over mine! 6 Link to comment
Cupid Stunt July 31, 2018 Share July 31, 2018 (edited) 8 hours ago, valleycliffe said: so, on the local news today they were talking about a new online phishing scam.. apparently, you will get an email saying you should change your password cause "they" have hacked into your computer and have video of you watching online porn. they will show it to all unless you give them some money in bitcoins...something about the camera on your computer. If they said they had video of me behind the camera filming porn in Las Vegas, then I'd be concerned. Quote police said they don't actually have any video of you but you don't know that. I wonder if they have a video of me trying on shoes at Nordstrom's Half Yearly Sale taken by the shoe fetishist last year? Or maybe the LAPD intersection cameras? How about Homeland Security Theater videos of my going through the airport insecurity lines? Or security videos of me paying for bagels at Canter's? Everywhere we go we're being followed by cameras, our cell phones and IP addresses monitored, WIFI can be phished, pertinent numbers researched and used, the chips in our cars can be read, our banking information and credit card expenditures followed … It's endless and provoking. Quote anyway, i cut a piece of the sticky end of a post it note and covered up the lens to my laptop computer.. I've been doing that for as long as cameras were installed in laptops and monitors. I refused to buy a replacement refrigerator because it was “smart.” It looks like a normal refrigerator with a tablet installed into one of the doors. The tablet plays music, displays the weather, shows a calendar that also functions as a digital whiteboard, and putting together a shopping list. Some other features, like mirroring your TV’s display on your fridge or viewing photos of its contents from your smartphone. It uses WIFI to keep track of the food and notifies you when groceries were needed. Apparently the minute these refrigerators were developed, hackers found a way into the tablet and the camera and your cell phone ap to spy on the owners of the refrigerator. No thanks. Screw your smart appliances that are keeping track of my ice cream and blueberry consumption. "Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they aren't after you." -- Joseph Heller Quote i saw on the view one day that you can actually buy stickies to cover your camera lens...it was one of whoopie's fave things. It's hard to believe Whoopi has a favorite thing beyond cigarettes and poking dissenters with sharp sticks. Edited August 1, 2018 by Cupid Stunt Spelling is good stuff 9 Link to comment
peacheslatour August 1, 2018 Share August 1, 2018 1 hour ago, Cupid Stunt said: If they said they had video of me behind the camera filming porn in Las Vegas, then I'd be concerned. I wonder if they have a video of me trying on shoes at Nordstrom's Half Yearly Sale taken by the shoe fetishist last year? Or maybe the LAPD intersection cameras? How about Homeland Security Theater videos of my going through the airport insecurity lines? Or security videos of me paying for bagels at Canter's? Everywhere we go we're being followed by cameras, our cell phones and IP addresses monitored, WIFI can be phished, pertinent numbers researched and used, the chips in our cars can be read, our banking information and credit card expenditures followed … It's endless and provoking. I've been doing that for as long as cameras were installed in laptops and monitors. I refused to buy a replacement refrigerator because it was “smart.” It looks like a normal refrigerator with a tablet installed into one of the doors. The tablet plays music, displays the weather, shows a calendar that also functions as a digital whiteboard, and putting together a shopping list. Some other features, like mirroring your TV’s display on your fridge or viewing photos of its contents from your smartphone. It uses WIFI to keep track of the food and notifies you when groceries were needed. Apparently the minute these refrigerators were developed, hackers found a way into the tablet and the camera and your cell phone ap to spy on the owners of the refrigerator. No thanks. Screw your smart appliances that are keeping track of my ice cream and blueberry consumption. "Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they aren't after you." -- Joseph Heller It's hard to believe Whoopi has a favorite thing beyond cigarettes and poking decenters with sharp sticks. What are decenters? 1 Link to comment
Cupid Stunt August 1, 2018 Share August 1, 2018 (edited) <eye roll> I meant dissenters. Edited August 1, 2018 by Cupid Stunt 4 Link to comment
Cupid Stunt August 1, 2018 Share August 1, 2018 Pictures for the month of July 2018 6 Link to comment
peacheslatour August 1, 2018 Share August 1, 2018 Fantastic pictures! Thanks Cupid (may I call you by your first name?) 6 Link to comment
peacheslatour August 1, 2018 Share August 1, 2018 Scary stuff. I've always been afraid of angels for the same reason. 4 Link to comment
Cupid Stunt August 1, 2018 Share August 1, 2018 (edited) 15 minutes ago, peacheslatour said: Scary stuff. I've always been afraid of angels for the same reason. You know it! It doesn't matter what religious or cultural context angels are used, they're peculiar as a post-modern supernatural concept. Edited August 1, 2018 by Cupid Stunt 5 Link to comment
peacheslatour August 1, 2018 Share August 1, 2018 3 minutes ago, Cupid Stunt said: You know it! It doesn't matter what religious or cultural context angels are used, they're peculiar as a post-modern supernatural concept. Yeah, I've been baffled by people who think when you die you go to Heaven and become an angel. Angels are a thing unto themselves, you don't get to "become" one. 5 Link to comment
Cupid Stunt August 1, 2018 Share August 1, 2018 (edited) <shakes head> After Phyllis read Hilary's final message to her loved ones at the reception; the idea that someone that never showed an inkling of Christian religious interest would be in heaven cuddling an embryo makes me exhausted. The Fundagelical apologists have their work cut out for themselves explaining this crap. Edited August 1, 2018 by Cupid Stunt 6 Link to comment
boes August 1, 2018 Share August 1, 2018 1 hour ago, peacheslatour said: Yeah, I've been baffled by people who think when you die you go to Heaven and become an angel. Angels are a thing unto themselves, you don't get to "become" one. I wanna be a cowboy. 9 Link to comment
peacheslatour August 1, 2018 Share August 1, 2018 19 minutes ago, boes said: I wanna be a cowboy. I wanna be a pirate. 7 Link to comment
Capricasix August 1, 2018 Share August 1, 2018 1 hour ago, boes said: I wanna be a cowboy. And you can be my cowgirl ? 7 Link to comment
Joimiaroxeu August 2, 2018 Share August 2, 2018 I've never thought it a good idea to measure other people's religion or their religious beliefs and how they chose to observe them. Perhaps some people aren't trying to be Pharisees and put their piety on display for all to see. The only issue I have is when people use their religion as a weapon against others. I'm hardly a fundamentalist but the notion of Hilary--perhaps in her final breath--finding peace in some higher power doesn't offend me at all. Neither does the notion of the friends and family she left behind taking comfort in that possibility. It is however fascinating to me how so many still want to demonize her while her corpse is barely cold. In the pantheon of GC evildoers, AFAIC Hilary barely rates an honorable mention compared to people like Victor. But that's just me, I guess. 1 Link to comment
Cupid Stunt August 2, 2018 Share August 2, 2018 Is this an invitation to have an epistemological discussion on the commercial reinterpretation and misapplication of quasi-Judeo-Christian doctrine in a Soap Opera? This is a banner day. 7 Link to comment
crowsworks August 2, 2018 Share August 2, 2018 On 7/31/2018 at 4:00 PM, peacheslatour said: *blushes* I went through this phase where I had to know what everything was. It started with foxes. Believe it or not, it never occurred to me that they were canines. Then I moved on to skunks, pandas, koalas and well you get the picture. And this was pre-internet so I dragged a gigantic encyclopedia around with me every where. The first thing I do when I get a computer is put electrical tape over the camera. I don't Skype or Facetime anyway. I don't skipe but I saw a Criminal Minds where the killer was turning on computers (Dawson?) so I found a use for those worthless round band-aid dots = cover completely but the gauze dot won't mess up your lens. Hack My Life would be proud 5 Link to comment
radishcake August 2, 2018 Author Share August 2, 2018 Guys normally I’d say keep it to the shows and not each other’s epistemological opinion. BUT this is small talk which is non show chat so keep it out of here please. 4 Link to comment
pearlite August 2, 2018 Share August 2, 2018 19 hours ago, peacheslatour said: Yeah, I've been baffled by people who think when you die you go to Heaven and become an angel. Angels are a thing unto themselves, you don't get to "become" one. Okay, no epistemology here--no ontology either. PearliteLite has been working on some doctoral research stuff about the views on angels in various eras. They're not cute, and there's no option for turning into one. 4 Link to comment
peacheslatour August 2, 2018 Share August 2, 2018 45 minutes ago, Capricasix said: Don’t blink! That has to be one of the best episodes of all time. 5 Link to comment
ByTor August 2, 2018 Share August 2, 2018 19 hours ago, Capricasix said: 20 hours ago, boes said: I wanna be a cowboy. And you can be my cowgirl ? awww, ya beat me to it! 5 Link to comment
Cupid Stunt August 3, 2018 Share August 3, 2018 Everyone wants to be a cowboy or ride one. 4 Link to comment
Cupid Stunt August 3, 2018 Share August 3, 2018 How the Ultimate Shark Photo Went Viral 6 Link to comment
Cupid Stunt August 4, 2018 Share August 4, 2018 'Gilligan's Island crew' of puppies rescued from uninhabited northern Manitoba island A terrible act that came to a good end. Norway House Aminal Rescue Fb page 5 Link to comment
valleycliffe August 4, 2018 Share August 4, 2018 shit....turned on the food network and who is front and centre hosting? cam mat... way to ruin my viewing enjoyment... 6 Link to comment
boes August 4, 2018 Share August 4, 2018 2 hours ago, valleycliffe said: shit....turned on the food network and who is front and centre hosting? cam mat... way to ruin my viewing enjoyment... And my appetite if I'd seen it! 6 Link to comment
valleycliffe August 5, 2018 Share August 5, 2018 yeah, the show he hosts is called "clash of the grandma's" or something like that.... why can't he stick to d grade movies on the hallmark channel. 3 Link to comment
Cupid Stunt August 5, 2018 Share August 5, 2018 1 hour ago, valleycliffe said: yeah, the show he hosts is called "clash of the grandma's" or something like that.... Who's so terrible that they would humiliate their grandmother to the obsequious smirking of Cam Mat? Quote why can't he stick to d grade movies on the hallmark channel. Because he's an aging Soap Actor/Entertainment Reporter who's atrocious at schmoopy romantic dramadies? Speaking goats ... Who let the goats out? Runaway herd invades Idaho neighborhood And there's more! Ethiopian migrant brings the Italian hills alive with the sound of goats 5 Link to comment
valleycliffe August 5, 2018 Share August 5, 2018 my sister and her wife are downsizing so i am now the proud owner of a grandfather clock built by my husbands grandfather.. not sure why it doesn't work right now, but, i don't care. i love it anyway....and besides, we can always have it fixed. we are also getting their loveseat sofa bed that will go down in our family room... now, all we need is a tv down there... 9 Link to comment
peacheslatour August 5, 2018 Share August 5, 2018 31 minutes ago, valleycliffe said: my sister and her wife are downsizing so i am now the proud owner of a grandfather clock built by my husbands grandfather.. not sure why it doesn't work right now, but, i don't care. i love it anyway....and besides, we can always have it fixed. we are also getting their loveseat sofa bed that will go down in our family room... now, all we need is a tv down there... Nice! 7 Link to comment
Cupid Stunt August 6, 2018 Share August 6, 2018 It's lovely she passed a family heirloom to you, Valley. To the person that added Led Zeppelin to this old viral bird video, thank you. Original video 7 Link to comment
bannana August 6, 2018 Share August 6, 2018 17 hours ago, Cupid Stunt said: Who's so terrible that they would humiliate their grandmother to the obsequious smirking of Cam Mat? Because he's an aging Soap Actor/Entertainment Reporter who's atrocious at schmoopy romantic dramadies? Speaking goats ... Who let the goats out? Runaway herd invades Idaho neighborhood And there's more! Ethiopian migrant brings the Italian hills alive with the sound of goats And speaking of goats... https://calgaryherald.com/news/local-news/goats-back-in-calgary-to-remove-weeds-invasive-species 7 Link to comment
Capricasix August 6, 2018 Share August 6, 2018 10 hours ago, Cupid Stunt said: It's lovely she passed a family heirloom to you, Valley. To the person that added Led Zeppelin to this old viral bird video, thank you. Original video I will never not think of Thor: Ragnarök whenever I hear Immigrant Song now ? 6 Link to comment
Cupid Stunt August 6, 2018 Share August 6, 2018 9 hours ago, bannana said: And speaking of goats... https://calgaryherald.com/news/local-news/goats-back-in-calgary-to-remove-weeds-invasive-species They are very efficient weed and grass controllers, with the added benefit of leather, meat, wool and milk production. Bea uses a herd of Capestrinas and Istrianas from a neighboring farm to keep her orchards clear and the they sell the cheese and milk products in-season. Goat Kid Pajama Party from Sunflower Farm Creamery The Stunts are really looking forward to flying back to California today. A few world records were being broken. <Le Sigh> 8 Link to comment
HamsterOfDoom August 6, 2018 Share August 6, 2018 (edited) GT as Phyllis, my poorly-rendered version... Note that there are details that didn't make it across because I'm not much of an artist. She's wearing a dress. A Charlie-Brown-themed long dress... that doesn't quite reach her navel, so her frilly underwear is on display for all to see. And she's wearing boots with that dress... strapped over the claws on her feet. And yes, I know, she has six fingers on each hand. And she's saying "cawl me Red," despite her famous reddish tresses having, like, no red whatsoever any more. Now we gotta see if I can get the visuals of MS as Phyllis into some semblance of comprehensibility... Edited August 6, 2018 by HamsterOfDoom 14 Link to comment
peacheslatour August 6, 2018 Share August 6, 2018 By George, you've captured her essence. Truly, you are a gifted artist. 10 Link to comment
HamsterOfDoom August 6, 2018 Share August 6, 2018 (edited) Another rather sad rendering, this one suffers from my tools as well as my inability to draw well. She's SUPPOSED to be screaming "XINU PROTECT ME!" and other such screeches, and I thought of ways to include lots and lots of scenery with various toothmarks, but... I'm sorry, I can't get it from my brain to the drawing surface. I ain't no artist. Oh yeah, I forgot: guess who THIS is supposed to be. AND for all you people with dirty minds, that's SALIVA bouncing off of her tongue! Get your minds out of the gutter, even if she'd be unlikely to do the same. Edited August 6, 2018 by HamsterOfDoom 14 Link to comment
boes August 6, 2018 Share August 6, 2018 Hahaha! WellDONE, HamsterOfDoom! That's our Phyllass to a T. 7 Link to comment
OhioSongbird August 6, 2018 Share August 6, 2018 Hee-hee...ya done good, kid.... Tanx... 6 Link to comment
peacheslatour August 6, 2018 Share August 6, 2018 What are those noodly appendages? Her tennis ball filled gym socks? 9 Link to comment
Tippi August 6, 2018 Share August 6, 2018 Love your drawings, Hamster of Doom! I got a real laugh out of them. 8 Link to comment
Capricasix August 7, 2018 Share August 7, 2018 The fuck is that first one - a Phyllis-gorgon? Worse than the Demogorgon ??? 4 Link to comment
SweePea59 August 7, 2018 Share August 7, 2018 13 hours ago, Capricasix said: I will never not think of Thor: Ragnarök whenever I hear Immigrant Song now ? All I can ever think of is the Viking Kitties. Are they still alive and well on the web somewhere? 6 Link to comment
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