The President's Really Awesome Week

OK -  not THIS week, but still . . .




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A Goldman-Sachs Analogy

GS bottled toxic waste, labeled as VSOP Cognac. Due to underlying business relationships, and veiled conflict of interest the Appellation d'origine contrôlée certified the labeling. GS then took out life insurance policies on the buyers, and cashed in when they died.

Analogies are always imperect approximations, but this strikes me as being a direct hit on the nail head.

What the Hell?!? Friday, Pt 2 -- Quote of the Day

Re: a McDonald's Happy meal allowed to age on a shelf for one year, and showing no signs of mold or decay.

well at least now we know what to stock up the bunker with when a nulcear war looms., and you get toys to play with during the fallout.
-- zgz

H/T to BT

What the Hell? Friday -- Part 3

(From drought to bonaza. You just never know.)

I do not care about the private life of anyone named Woods!

This is not about "leave him the hell alone."

This is about "leave ME the hell alone."

Thank you very much.

Update:  Tempting, but even THIS (though hilarity ensues) is not enough to change my mind.

The Arsenal

These are the horns I play regularly.  On the left, a Reynolds Contempura dual-trigger bass.  In the middle, my beloved King.  To the right, a Holton TR-161 large bore tenor, with F-attachment - my symphony horn.

Here is a closer view of the bell sections.   Each of them is special, in its own way.   The bass bell is either pure copper, or a very copper-rich alloy.  It is extremely soft and easily wrinkled, as I once learned to my chagrin.  The king bell is sterling silver - heavy, man.  The Holton has a rose brass bell.  This is a higher copper alloy than yellow brass, and is supposed to deliver a dark, rich sound at lower dynamic levels. 

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Shameless Self-promotion

This is, so far as I know, the only time I have ever been mentioned in the text of an entry at a blog where I do not post.

With a link to here, as well.

Life is full of surprizes.

Sometimes, they're even good ones.

Thanx, P6.

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Wing-Nut Tee Shirts

Isn't she cute?  OK.  I appreciate snark more than most people.  And the staunch patriots at thoseshirts.com certainly know their snark, and all other manner of mean-spirited nastiness, as their inventory attests.

Marketing

Remember this old slogan?

THINGS GO BETTER WITH COKE

OK. Maybe I'm dating myself here.

That is the sort of quasi factlike statement that inspires neologisms like "truthiness."

But, whatever might have been truthy of things in general, appears not to be truthy of yak's milk.