I went to a queer film festival and there was a film debunking the oft quoted biblical verse used to condemn my tribe. My thought was who gives a shit what the Bible says about us. It's all made up.
CSB/ A couple years ago I did a walking tour in Medellin of the Comuna 13 neighborhood. Leo Woodall and two of his mates were in the small tour group. Seemed like nice chaps, but they dressed like cockney street thugs. I had no idea who he was until the end of the tour when the other people on the tour asked for photos with him. /CSB
I'm sure this has been posted many times, but every goddamn website asking me if I want their push notifications. What kind of freak wants a bunch of push notifications on their screen.
We bitch a lot about blown leads on this thread, but according to (https://champsorchumps.us/records/most-nba-blown-leads-in-2026) we have among the lowest number of blown leads in the league.
Perfect Days (2023). It's a Japanese film on Netflix about a guy that cleans Tokyo's public toilets. He's a stoic guys that finds contentment in a simple life. There's not much dialogue or a discernible plot. I really enjoyed it and what I took to be the subtext of rejecting materialism and status.
Should we not sanction bad actors like Iran who do destabilizing acts across the middle east and world? I've heard convincing arguments against sanctions for some relatively harmless countries like Cuba, but Iran is a major league all star terrorist state. Not directed at you scramblyn, just something I've wondered about.
Some more photos within TDP NP, some of the drive there and back from Puerto Natales, and the more lush green shots are from the southernmost tip of mainland Chile south of Punta Arenas, the main population hub of Chilean Patagonia.
Camping in Torres del Paine NP the last couple nights. Sleeping in the back of a rental Subaru. Not a bad campsite view. I had to abort a hike when the wind gusts got up to 50+ mph. This morning I'm driving to the southern most tip of Chile. The literal end of the road.
In San Antonio for Christmas. Sweet mother of mercy I'd forgotten how god awful the drivers are here. Completely oblivious. Sitting at 4 way stops like there's a red light. Waiting 5 seconds to accelerate on greens. Everyone on their phone.
I got into pull-ups 6 months ago. They suck starting out, but you get the hang of them pretty quick. I use the weight assisted pull up machine at the gym, but one can attach one of those heavy duty work out rubber bands to a home pull-up bar to get the same assistance.
I've noticed a fair amount of upper body definition improvement since I started. My 2026 goal is to steadily reduce the weight assistance to zero. Pull ups seem to be high on the list of the most effective exercises touted by all the youtube workout guys. I do 3 sets of 10 every other day. So about 5,000 a year. I also do the same number of dips when I have gym access.