Another Last Supper

[Bryan Simmons]

My son is leaving in the morning, and I made pan seared steak and
French skinny green beans pressure cooked with red potatoes. The
steak was from a 2 pack of porterhouses. I used one of the strip
portions Sunday for carne asada. I made the tenderloins for them,
and cut out most of the other strip to save for tomorrow, and I had
the bones with plenty of meat still on them (my favorite part).

I've really enjoyed having Johnny here for the past week, and he'll be
back in early March for 10-12 days. In our case, absence really does
improve our relationship. He really is out of the nest now. The
transition has been unusual, but it worked.

He's going to train me remotely to do work for his business, and if that
works out I can transition to a desk job, and have happier feet and
knees, while earning far more for less hours. My body is beat up from
many years of tough physical labor.

--Bryan

[Bruce 6]

Don't you work in a bookshop?

[Bruce]

AOC and the self-absorbed left

Feminism has taught too many women that narcissism is desirable

Raise your glass to Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who hypocritically escaped record Covid
cases in her home state of New York to drink cocktails and attend a drag brunch in free Florida. It’s not
uncommon for a politician’s vacation to become the subject of national criticism, but in response, AOC
has managed to deploy the worst communications strategy since “hiking the Appalachian trail” became
code for banging your mistress in Argentina.

After being called out on Twitter for her newly attained snowbird status — and her boyfriend’s gaudy choice
in footwear — AOC declared that her critics are just upset that they don’t get to sleep with her.

“If Republicans are mad they can’t date me they can just say that instead of projecting their sexual frustrations
onto my boyfriend’s feet. Ya creepy weirdos,” she tweeted.

It’s no secret that people who seek political power usually have big egos, but AOC’s level of self-absorption is
truly impressive. She doesn’t believe any criticism of her is legitimate because her detractors are blinded by
her hotness. Critics are either hopelessly in love with her or intensely jealous. She is the Capitol Hill version
of Regina George, who cries “Why are you so obsessed with me?” when presented with evidence that she was
a bad friend to Janice Ian. Really, she is obsessed with herself.

You don’t have to look far to see other leftist female politicos reveling in their selfishness. Randi Weingarten used
the pandemic as a means to rake in extra benefits for teacher’s unions, treating innocent children like incubators
of death so her employees could work from home and collect emergency pay. A doctor recently bragged on Twitter
that she only ordered delivery during the pandemic, failing to acknowledge that she was merely outsourcing her
risk of contracting the virus to working-class Americans who couldn’t afford to stay home. Georgetown University’s
chief public health official shut down indoor events and gyms for students, declaring it “unsafe,” but had no problem
attending an event with her friend at the Kennedy Center.

Narcissism used to be considered a personality flaw. Now, when it is displayed by women, feminists celebrate.
After all, it is modern feminism that encouraged women to be selfish. They should put their careers ahead of
starting a family. They should sleep around, then just get an abortion if they get knocked up. They should always
talk about how great they are, lest anyone forget. Doing any of the above earns women a “yas queen!” and the label “boss bitch.”

But while modern feminism claimed selfishness would empower women, its renunciation of duty and
responsibility to family and community left many women feeling bored, unfulfilled, and desperate for external validation.

The Atlantic recently published “A Divorce Story,” the sad tale of a mother who blows up her family because
she is sick of the Cheerio crumbs on her kitchen floor. She admits that she longed for self-actualization, but
never describes herself as “happy” in the aftermath of her divorce, only “raw.” The piece itself is a request for
permission; she needs others to tell her that it was okay to elevate her desire to try lesbian sex over the
wellbeing of her children because she can’t justify it to herself.

Compare this to Governor Ron DeSantis stepping away from his job to take his wife to cancer treatments. DeSantis
didn’t need to blast this to the press as proof that he’s a good person because devotion to something other than
the self is fulfilling enough.

Popular culture is finally picking at the dark side of vanity. Television and movies for years portrayed “girlboss” women
in trendy oversized blazers and sharp blunt bobs as the peak of success. HBO’s Succession flips this narrative on its
head, casting Shiv Roy as one of the show’s most hated characters as her myopic focus on taking over her father’s
company causes her to brutally mistreat her husband and engage in self-destructive behavior. In season four, her
tale turns tragic as we learn her egoism is likely a result of her own mother treating her as an inconvenience.

AOC’s delusions about the sexual fantasies of her critics are funny, yes. But it is mainly sad to see the real
insecurity wrought by the selfishness promoted by the left.

[Bryan Simmons]

On Tuesday, January 4, 2022 at 7:36:15 PM UTC-6, Bruce 6 wrote:

I work in a department store, where I wrangle 20kg boxes of books, and
have to be on my knees, up and down, over and over. I was a building
custodian for years, and before that, I was foreman of a cleaning crew
where I did the hardest jobs, especially the resilient floor care. I pushed
myself hard in every job. Until a couple of years ago, I used to run at my
job. I joked that, "Hey, I'm old, I'm fat, and I drink too much beer. I have
to keep running because otherwise that shit's gonna catch up to me."
It has caught up to me.

--Bryan

[Mike Duffy]

On Tue, 04 Jan 2022 18:21:06 -0800, Bryan Simmons wrote:

> [...] I'm old, I'm fat, and I drink too much beer.
> [...] It has caught up to me.

And you've already taken the first step of being self-truthful.

So now you have the choice of either losing weight, or seriously cutting
back on the beer instead of just watering it down.

And I think you are aware that cutting out the beer will drop some weight.

So it's not a choice of what to do, it's more when to do it.

And since your life is changing anyway, your body might not 'notice' it
as much and the physical withdrawal might be easier.

So it could really be a case of now or never. I advise you as well to use
the disruption this provides your mental state with an opportunity to
simultaneously rid yourself of a few other bugaboos.

I'm not suggesting you find Jesus, just think about the three segments of
the 'Prayer of Serenity'.

Good Luck, and I mean that with all the sincerity possible for someone
who doesn't believe in any of that stuff.

[Bruce 6]

On Wed, 5 Jan 2022 03:06:24 -0000 (UTC), Mike Duffy <mxd...@bell.net>
wrote:

Signed: Mike Duffy, Motivational Speaker

[Sqwertz]

On Tue, 4 Jan 2022 18:21:06 -0800 (PST), Bryan Simmons wrote:

> I work in a department store, where I wrangle 20kg boxes of books, and
> have to be on my knees, up and down, over and over.

I thought you still worked at the church. What department store
carries any significant amount of books. Walmart and Target only
have piddly section and they wouldn't devote anywhere near a full
tie employee for just that (8 hours a week tops). devote a whole
full time employee to that.

I used to do all the receiving, unpacking, logging, data entry,
tagging and put them on carts for somebody else to shelve on the
retail floor itself (the easiest part). Plus I was the backlist
buyer, too. We sold about 900 books a day at that first store, so
on average I was receiving a little more than that a day and
ordering maybe 700 or so (but that was all desk work).

And these weren't mass market paperbacks. These are almost all
glossy pages, and 50% are hardbacks of textbook quality (not that
light paper stock they use for fiction). Ingram and B&T boxes
weren't more than 35 pounds that I recall. Heck, I was slinging
100+ 35 boxes 2-3 days a week at the food bank up until a year or so
ago.

Department store that carries books - I'm at a loss there (other
than they have a guy physically carrying books). Even B&N and
Borders couldn't survive the Retail Book Wars without one of them
going under. Heck, B&N bought our bookstores in 2000 just so they
could shut us down. We would have survived against B&N and Amazon
today. And OUR books were the most expensive! :-)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_Literacy_Bookshops

-sw

[Bruce 6]

On Wed, 5 Jan 2022 03:06:24 -0000 (UTC), Mike Duffy <mxd...@bell.net>
wrote:

Uhm, Ghe Ghe Ghe. This is my frogger. Yes. Ghe Ghe Ghe :)))))))))))

[Bruce 6]

On Tue, 4 Jan 2022 17:31:52 -0800 (PST), Bryan Simmons
<bryang...@gmail.com> wrote:

[bruce bowser]

She got elected to office. And she stays there. Did you ever try_
(ze werd verkozen tot ambt ' en ze blijft daar ' kun je?)

[Bruce 7]

On Wed, 5 Jan 2022 09:04:32 -0800 (PST), bruce bowser
<bruce2...@gmail.com> wrote:

>She got elected to office. And she stays there. Did you ever try_
>(ze werd verkozen tot ambt ' en ze blijft daar ' kun je?)

You're talking Dutch to me frogga!

[Bruce 7]

On Thu, 06 Jan 2022 05:22:26 +1100, Bruce 7 <br...@notreal.invalid>
wrote:

Ghe Ghe Ghe

This is my frogger.

[Dave Smith]

On Tue, 4 Jan 2022 17:31:52 -0800 (PST), Bryan Simmons
<bryang...@gmail.com> wrote:

Yes. Ghe Ghe Ghe :)))))))))))

--
This is NOT a post by Dave Smith

[bruce bowser]

Mijn verontschuldigingen.

[Dave Smith]

On Wed, 5 Jan 2022 00:25:46 -0600, Sqwertz <sqwe...@gmail.invalid>
wrote:

Uhm, Ghe Ghe Ghe. This is NOT my frogger. Yes. Ghe Ghe Ghe

[Dave Smith]

On Tue, 4 Jan 2022 18:21:06 -0800 (PST), Bryan Simmons

Ghe? Can you go into more detail? I don't get it

[Bruce]

On Wed, 5 Jan 2022 09:04:32 -0800 (PST), bruce bowser