Twenty Thousand Thorns

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Magic: The Gathering card "One with Nothing."
JJ Hickson being dunked on while looking away from the basket AND the player with the ball, a somewhat stupid expression on his face. Photo by Bruce Ely.
Aerial photo of The Marco Polo condominium in Honolulu, HI.
Tom Dundon, whose facial expression suggests he's imagining getting LeBron on the cheap.
Motorola Talkabout Two-Way Pager
Photo of the "Munition" T-shirt printed and sold by Joel Furr in the 90s as a reaction to the State Department classifying the RSA encryption algorithm as a "munition."
A comic panel from Portland comic artist Callahan. A roughly drawn pair of images. On the left, a man in a print shirt next to a palm tree says "Have a nice day!" but has a thought balloon saying "Drop dead!". A caption beneath says "L.A." On the right, a man in a heavy coat with tall buildings in the background says "Drop dead!" but also has a thought balloon saying "have a nice day". The caption below says "N.Y."
Photo of Neil Olshey drinking from water bottle during press conference.
(Maybe….???) The last thing I say about this series… our guys should and must learn from this. The talent gap isn’t NEARLY this large. Mental resiliency and smarts have to go up several notches.
Photo of a very young (and small) CJ McCollum mid-crossover, surrounded by much larger players including future NBA player Kosta Kufos
Screengrab of CJ McCollum's infographic from the linked article. "He's still trying, Jennifer."
A screenshot of Ken Jennings and Jamelle Bouie posting almost the same thing at the same time.
XKCD "Purity of Sciences" comic strip.
"Damn, that's a cold ass honkey!" meme image from Macklemore's 'Thrift Shop'.
Iolani Palace. Honolulu, HI
Rainbow City Orchestra at Benaroya Hall in Seattle before they take the stage.
My eyes on this weather as seen from my front door.
Prince Colwyn, holding his "glaive" from the 80s fantasy film Krull.
Screenshot of uBlock Origin+ Firefox plugin control panel, w/ mouse pointer hovering over the JavaScript disablement button.
Illustration of Marvel Comics Spider-Man and Daredevil together.
I was this many years old when I learned that Kim Richards (pictured here looking over her shoulder while perched on roller skates) spent half of the last decade on Real Housewives Of Beverley Hills and is Paris Hilton's aunt.
Madonna, in her "Material Girl" music video, surrounded by fawning men in tuxedos.
Magic: The Gathering card, "The Rack". Original print from Antiquities.
4-panel progression of woman looking confused, surrounded by math symbols.
Image of the post being quoted by the person I'm quoting. Click through for the original.
Maebo's One-Ton Chips (deep fried strips of wonton wrappers).
Brad Pitt as a couch-locked stoner from the film True Romance.
@pdxtimmay.bsky.social says "It's almost as if the new, more restrictive NBA CBA has made teams tighten their belts and quickly realize that players like Trae Young, CJ McCollum, and Anfernee Simons aren't actually that valuable. (Someone's gonna yell at me for this.)"
Happy Christmahanakwanzika!
A photo of Noam Chomsky and Jeffrey Epstein riding in Epstein's private jet, in reply to a picture comment of a Noam Chomsky quote about the evils of billionaires.
With this announcement, 20 games will now be available on KSTW (over-the-air Channel 11, Cable Channels 111 and 1011) broadcast in full HD, with the previously scheduled 18 games still available on CW KUNS-1, also in HD – bringing at least 38 total HD broadcasts for fans in the region. Additional games available in the market are currently being evaluated for HD delivery. Games will be accessible via an over-the-air antenna, local cable or satellite providers and digital platforms, such as Fubo and Hulu, that carry KSTW and KUNS.
Thrall, Orc Warchief in the city of Ogrimmar from World of Warcraft.
Screenshot of two Blazersedge.com posts making variations of the "Chris Paul" meme/joke in the article announcing Chris Paul's retirement. That said, the post didn't have a lot of comments and the top post was actually lamenting that the joke was over. So this is actually a really poor counterpoint, but I rarely miss an opportunity for a bit of snark.
A snow covered road in winter. The green road sign next to it, with icicles hanging from it, says "Hell" with an arrow pointing left.
A screenshot of Smart Features section of Gmail's settings.
Sam later explained to ESPN that he was taunting Draymond by chanting Reese’s name because the four-time NBA champion pulled down several rebounds earlier in the game off his own missed shots. A major knock on Chicago Sky star Reese, 23, is that her historic rebound numbers as a rookie came about largely from her doing the same thing. Critics called them “mebounds,” a term Reese has since trademarked. “It was a good joke at first, but you can’t keep calling me a woman,” Draymond added. “I got four kids, one on the way. You can’t keep calling me a woman.”
Photo of two CostCo Mocha Freeze cups. The people who make and serve these have some of the highest wages in the retail grocery industry.