jb
@jabartlett.bsky.social
Writer (mostly at thjkoc.net), radio jock, beer geek, Badger fan. Tempting the wrath of the whatever from high atop the thing.
In tonight's Barnaby Jones episode, Betty has amnesia and gets hypnotized to learn the truth. Can't believe it took seven seasons
to get to this plot.
I wrote a thing about new bosses who want you to believe that only their brilliance can save you from the crappy job you're doing.
“Where Are You Right Now?”
You might have seen the stories in the last week about the new publisher of the Washington Post, Will Lewis, a veteran of the British newspaper industry, who told an all-hands meeting of the staff tha...
thjkoc.netbluesky says I'm over 1000 posts but i bet I've written and discarded at least that many and should probably have done it with this one too
I don’t get enough credit for all the bad posts I expertly avoid posting.
you need to sit in the corner for a while and think about what you've done here
Decline in # of outlets doesn't help, but we've got two of the top WHKY reporters in the country in the beat down here, Todd Milewski and Nicole Haase. Not saying categorically that they *never* covered it, but if they did I didn't see it.
It's wild that this hasn't been reported here in madison at all as far as I've seen. It's equally wild that her teammates elected her captain for two years despite all this. I honestly don't know what to think.
born too late to explore the world,
born too early to explore the stars,
born just in time to bring you a better variety of today's best music with less talk and more of your favorites
born too late to explore the world,
born too early to explore the stars,
born just in time to endlessly debate the epistemological and historiographical value of terms to describe the era and cultures of ca. 300-800 ce
Wheat whiskey, sweet in the Wisconsin style. Ann is drinking one made with cherry rum and it's very good too.
we are at Doundrins Distillery in Cottage Grove, Wisconsin, drinking Old Fashioneds outside and it is glorious
a true fact about me is that i know every word to all of the songs in The Music Man
THE MUSIC MAN (1962) is on Tubi If you'd like to celebrate Robert Preston's birthday right here in River City.
tubitv.com/movies/10001...
i know exactly nothing about guns but I can tell that neither of these people had ever held a gun before they went outside of their house that night
back
jack
doin' it again
If you'd like to hear some rando playing 70s hits on the radio, I am doing the thing right now. Stream it at magic98.com, please and thank you.
Magic 98 - 80s to Now - MAGIC 98 - 98.1 WMGN - The 80s to NOW!
A radio station serving Madison and south-central Wisconsin.
magic98.comtoday's Barnaby Jones episode, in which Betty goes undercover as an actress, is asking for more suspension of disbelief than I can manage
Looking for something else in my website archive this morning I found a thing I wrote about Dean Martin. A bit later I learned that today is his birthday, so here ya go.
(Be sure to click the link in the first paragraph. You won't be sorry.)
Mid-Century Style
We had a fair amount of Dean Martin slander here recently, inspired by Casey Kasem appearing as Hitler at Martin's 1974 roast of Don Rickles. For those of us growing up in the 60s, Martin was on TV wi...
thjkoc.netHave been to all three. Harper's Ferry is most conducive to a short visit. Lots more ground to cover at the others.
to be clear I am straight and already married but changes can be made
gonna make an effort to use "whoreson" in conversation at work today
A knave, a rascal, an eater of broken meats; a base, proud, shallow, beggarly, three-suited, hundred-pound, filthy worsted-stocking knave; a lily-liver’d, action-taking, whoreson, glass-gazing, superserviceable, finical rogue
i will marry the first person who says they will make these for me
That time l made sugar cookie tapes for a bake sale held to save a venue
the last self review I did (20 yrs ago) kept coming out like a resignation letter even after I tried changing it ... so I quit
No way I'm spending a dime on merch festooned with these ludicrous handles. Come on, man.
The #PWHL has not made many missteps since the league has launched. However, if it sticks with the six trademarked team names that are being considered, it may be stepping into a big pile of dog poop.
Toronto Torch
Montreal Echo
Ottawa Alert
New York Sound
Boston Wicked
Minnesota Superior
PWHL Team Names Unlikely To Change If Utah's NHL Team Is Any Indication
Unless new names emerge in the near future, the PWHL looks as though they'll be sticking with the original six names trademarked back in October 2023. Conversely, the NHL's new Utah franchise provided fans with 20 options.
thehockeynews.comPure Prairie League and Head East on the same bill is as Midwest-1980 as you can get without a disco ball
Since it's once again the 3rd of June, another sleepy dusty Delta day, maybe you would like to read a thing I wrote about that song on its 50th anniversary in 2017:
Fifty Years Have Come and Gone Since We Heard the News ‘Bout Billie Joe
(Pictured: Bobbie Gentry.) Fifty years ago this week, Bobbie Gentry's "Ode to Billie Joe" hit #1 on the Hot 100. I submit to you that it's one of the greatest short stories American literature has eve...
thjkoc.netI think you nailed it. No area of *pop* culture is universal anymore, not even Taylor Swift or the NFL. 75% of the stuff mentioned elsewhere in this thread misses people over 50 entirely.
tag yourself
i'm stanza 5
Here are some uninspirational quotes with which to begin your week.
here, have another
before June 2, 2024, is over (and good riddance to it), have another June 2 (which I liked better)
June 2, 1976: Love Letter
(Pictured: the Bay City Rollers on The Midnight Special, 1976.) June 2, 1976, is a Wednesday. In yesterday’s presidential primaries, Jimmy Carter won South Dakota and placed second in Rhode Island to ...
onedayinyourlifeblog.wordpress.combefore June 2, 2024, is over (and good riddance to it), have another June 2 (which I liked better)
June 2, 1976: Love Letter
(Pictured: the Bay City Rollers on The Midnight Special, 1976.) June 2, 1976, is a Wednesday. In yesterday’s presidential primaries, Jimmy Carter won South Dakota and placed second in Rhode Island to ...
onedayinyourlifeblog.wordpress.com
Took a wrong turn this AM and came face to face with the Virginia fash, a belligerent cop in tactical gear telling us "this is government property so get out and don't come back."
You're a security guard at a museum, son. And also probably a civilian review board case waiting to happen.
it hasn't come up yet but I am also willing to bet that my state Democratic Party org wouldn't find it beneath its dignity to campaign on the fact that a prominent GOP candidate for a major office is a convicted felon
I blocked a couple of these numbers this weekend. I've been giving monthly to my state Democratic party org for nearly five years because it, unlike the national Democratic party org, is actually capable of organizing and executing a one-car funeral
This summer right here: thjkoc.net/2012/07/31/a...
6/3/1978:
#67 FM - Steely Dan
#69 My Angel Baby - Toby Beau
#70 Love Will Find A Way - Pablo Cruise
#87 Rivers Of Babylon - Boney M
Years ago, on a work trip with my eccentric boss, traveling in Missouri, we visited the Precious Moments Chapel. He insisted we sneak in.
Sam Butcher, the artist whose doe-eyed, pastel-hued porcelain Precious Moments figurines ignited a global collecting frenzy, and whose Christian faith spurred him to build his own version of the Sistine Chapel in Carthage, Missouri, died last month. He was 85.
Sam Butcher, Who Gave the World Precious Moments, Dies at 85
His childlike porcelain characters thrilled and inspired generations of collectors. They also made him a millionaire.
www.nytimes.comOff Broadway (mostly Midwestern jangle pop) seems like a poor fit with UFO
to be clear we are in the Virginia suburbs of DC this weekend and whoever laid out the roads here was fked up on Madeira or gin or laudanum or whatever they abused back then
Congress: /votes to organize Northwest Territory/
Thomas Jefferson: let's survey that bad boy into square townships because here in Virginia you can't get anywhere in a goddamn straight line
Congress: /votes to organize Northwest Territory/
Thomas Jefferson: let's survey that bad boy into square townships because here in Virginia you can't get anywhere in a goddamn straight line
one of my favorite moments in my whole radio career was announcing the Biden win when he took the last state
i kinda regret that I'm on vacation today
have a day
May 30, 1978: In Through the Out Door
May 30, 1978, was a Tuesday. America returns to work after the Memorial Day weekend. President Carter gets his wakeup call at 5AM, then meets with Cabinet officers and greets West German president Hel...
wp.me
PWHL Minnesota did the thing tonight, convincingly. Not bad for a team that backed into the playoffs and were one game away from elimination twice.
Women's hockey: it does not disappoint.
If you like a deciding playoff game, watch a championship deciding playoff game tonight. Don't be surprised if it takes an overtime or two.
PWHL Finals: Minnesota at Boston - Game 5 - May 29, 2024
PWHL Finals: Minnesota at Boston - Game 5 - May 29, 2024The Professional Women’s Hockey League, or PWHL, is a first-of-its-kind women’s hockey league that br...
www.youtube.comI wrote a thing about the chapters in a person's life, the ones that move the story along and the one at the end. Maybe you would like to read it.
Chapters in the Story
(I briefly considered using AI to generate a picture of the dinner party I mention in this post, but nah. Please enjoy Headphone Cat instead.) Fifty years ago, in the spring of 1974---I think it was r...
thjkoc.net
Still thinking about this. It's not just the script, it's nearly every choice made by the actors (and whoever cast them), the director, the production company, and CBS. Wrong every time.
They must not have known it would be the last ep. I can't imagine deliberately choosing to go out that way.
Decided to skip ahead and watch the last episode of Barnaby Jones, and whoever greenlighted this script should be jailed.
Decided to skip ahead and watch the last episode of Barnaby Jones, and whoever greenlighted this script should be jailed.
i have no idea where the kitten room is but I want to go there
The girl kittens from the kitten room, shown here just outside the kitten room.
