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Friday Fun Link – Andy Serkis Reading Trump Tweets in Gollum’s Voice

Andy Serkis reading Trump's tweets in Gollum's voice is the best thing you'll see on social media today. pic.twitter.com/Ql8SxRO5mT — Vatnik Soup (@P_Kallioniemi) May 12, 2026

¶ Posted 22 May 2026 § FridayFunLink § Humour § Meme § Politics ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: language

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Should I Tip In USD or Local Currency While In Mexico?

I’ve never done this before but my original post from March 2019 is displaying weirdly and I’m too lazy to dig into my blog’s plug-ins and undercarriage to fix it right now. So I’m just going to re-post the entire thing (with the slightly changed title that this really applies for tourists in Mexico in […]

¶ Posted 21 May 2026 § Blog § Politics § ThrowbackThursday § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: allinclusive, economics, holiday, travel

The Butterfly Effect of Trump’s Misadventure in Iran

Just incredible background and context to the butterfly effect of Trump’s egomaniacal disaster in Iran. https://t.co/0WNTcFvv5f — Dean Blundell?? (@ItsDeanBlundell) March 26, 2026

¶ Posted 31 March 2026 § News § Politics § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics

Music Monday – “You say you want a leader/But you can’t seem to make up your mind/I think you better close it/And let me guide you to the purple rain”

“Purple Rain” – Bruce Springsteen (Prince cover)

¶ Posted 30 March 2026 § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: music

Secular Sunday – The American Taliban Is Now Running the Pentagon

…and really the whole US government. <ThisIsFine.jpg> The American Taliban is now running the Pentagon byu/Neptuneblue1 inatheism

¶ Posted 29 March 2026 § News § Politics ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: atheism, education, unitedstates

Friday Fun Link – A $2.5 Billion Robot, Designed To Function on Mars For Two Years, Is Still Working 13 Years Later!

A $2.5 billion robot has been alone on another planet for 13 years and is still doing science. The scale of that sentence gets worse the longer you think about it. Curiosity landed in August 2012. Obama was president. Instagram had 80 million users. The iPhone 5 hadn’t shipped… https://t.co/AzXQenKDnH — Aakash Gupta (@aakashgupta) March […]

¶ Posted 27 March 2026 § FridayFunLink § Internet § MemoryLane § News § Technology § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cool, economics, education, science

Secular Sunday – Because They’re All The Same?

I recently talked to someone who could not believe that Shea and I have never taken our kids to church or introduced them to religion in any way. Obviously, not all religions are extreme as the two below. But that’s a big clue why we don’t feel we need religious influence or guidance in our […]