The fight for diverse and conscious voices

I have committed baked baking and made a cake that is partly for Thing 1's birthday, which today was, and partly because I felt like it. The cake is very sugary and totally bad for everyone. Also, yummy.

We have gone back for seconds.
Pygment: You thinking about having more?
Me: I'm absolutely having more.
Pygment: But you just told me not to have more!
Me (has to think about it for a moment): More for me!

Pygment makes the frowny face of disapproval and I start giggling, at which point:

Thing 1: He has a point.
Me: See?
Thing 1: It's not a good point, but it's a point.

I may try to do one of my more traditional posts celebrating this holiday, but Pygment found this item and I just had to share:

Rabbi Jon-Jay Tilsen of Beth El-Keser Israel said in an email, “Any food purchased by crossing a picket line or from scab workers is not kosher for Passover.” He said it is “a matter of well-established Jewish law.”

from https://www.nhregister.com/news/article/Jews-face-having-to-find-Passover-foods-without-13763250.php

Not only do I love that this is the decision, but I _adore_ that this is a question that is already a matter of long-settled law. Because of course it should be.

If you ever feel like you've been making poor life choices lately, feel free to (re)read this summary, from the opening of a recent Supreme Court case:

Cuero, on parole, driving under the influence of methamphetamine and without a license, while carrying a gun, drove his car into and seriously injured a pedestrian.

Keeps it in perspective, sort of.

Original by Late Night with Seth Meyers used entirely without permission of NBC.



Because if we forget how to laugh it's going to be an even longer four years.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSoXEtFPTfI

(via Boingboing)

There's this guy who pranks scam emailers for fun and for material he puts on YouTube. There's a whole series of them but this one had me actually laughing out loud.

I still play Warcraft from time to time. Pygment has mostly gafiated from it and I'm playing a lot less than I did. But there are moments and I still enjoy a couple hours of raiding now and then.

It helps to understand this story if you know that when a group attacks a monster there's often a countdown to synchronize everyone's initial actions. Prior to that, the raid leader usually does a "ready check" where people can click yes/no if they're ready to begin. For reasons of sheer luck I happen to run in raids that are led by women.

Last raid I had to click "no" on a readycheck because I mostly couldn't breathe for laughing. It went something like this:

Raid leader: Everyone ready?
Raider: Give me five seconds... well, ten max.
Other raider: I bet you say that to all the women.
Other other raider: Yeah, and they find the countdown really annoying, too.

(I actually have no idea if non-gamers or maybe just those without an inner 12-year-old will find this funny so please do tell me what you think.)

I have returned from having (YET ANOTHER, sheesh) tire replaced on the car. I explain to the children: "I have a contradiction!"
"What is that?" they ask.
Me: My car is working again, but it has been re-tired.

Thing 1 groans loudly at me. I protest - what was wrong with that?
Thing 1: C'mon, dad, that pun was groan-worthy.
Me: Oh, so it's an adult?
Thing 1: What?
Me: It's groan up!

He bopped me on the head with the plastic lid, then went to tell his brother about it.

for weegoddess particularly but others may enjoy.

My (elderly) stepmother is visiting this weekend. On our way out to the car she was paused in the basement grimacing at something.

I asked what was wrong.

Her: Ow. If it's not one joint it's another.
Me: So what's a classy dame like you doing with joints like these?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YA1J-raGinQ

This guy's a bit of an asshole but I can't stop laughing at this video. It's like photo-bombing but for cellphones.