Rod AF

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Maritime Canadian in Italy. Politics, IT Security, music, bicycling, not necessarily in that order. Who am I kidding, this will just be a bunch of dad jokes

An odd juxtaposition of Raccoon's post and pic of hanging with Ginger the farm cat right below an Onion article with a photo of a similarly-coloured Donald Trump with the headline "Trump baselessly claims he is viral 40-pound tabby cat named Daddy Cinnamon". The implication being that Ginger and Daddy Cinnamon/Trump are one and the same although probably Ginger has a much nicer demeanor

An advertisement for a "Dementia Test" asking which of the four brown animals are different. "If you can answer 6 to 10 questions, you don't have dementia" except there is a valid argument for each of the four animals and so the premise of the test being able to determine dementia or not is totally invalid. Also it's probably AI slop or if not it's lazy and dumb and also maybe I'm neurodivergent but that's beside the point

Homer Simpson being interviewed on Kent Brockman's show with the quote "Oh Kent, I'd be lying if I said my men weren't committing crimes."

Cheesy neon sign that says "Good Vibes Only" which is apparently the mantra of a lot of people into toxic positivity. It's all very pink and darkly lit with a lot of flowers surrounding the sign. However in the context of vibration coding, good vibes might actually be a good thing so go hard on that Emily

A still from the Simpsons episode Treehouse of Horrors episode "Life's a Glitch Then You Die". The Earth is about to he destroyed and Lisa is chosen as one of the humans who can leave the planet for a new life on Mars. She can only pick one parent to go with her and without hesitation she picks mom. Except I changed the script and the attendant tells her she can only belong to one country and she immediately answers "Denmark". As Ranier Wolfcastle would say, "That's the joke."

Homemade lemon marmelade. I boiled the freaking crap out of it so it's a dark caramel colour, not a bright yellow like you might expect. It's weirdly almosr the same colour as the stained pinebtable they're sitting on. Golden browns upon golden browns. About 1.6 litres of marmelade in total.

Iconic puppets Casey and Finnegan from the long running CBC children's show Mr. Dressup. Casey is a nonbinary child who is comfortable in their own skin, and Finnegan is a happy silent grey puppy who is wise beyond their years. They are outside their treehouse home in Mr. Dressup's back yard

Metric fuckton of lemons fresh from Sicily overflowing the kitchen sink. We are gonna make some shaker lemon pie, homemade limoncello, salted preserves, marmelade, and squeeze whatever is left

Photo of nine or so packages of Cathedral City cheddar cheese, both "mature" (9 month old) and "extra mature" (12 month old). It claims to be "the UK's No. 1 cheddar". It also happens to be Italy's No. 1 cheddar by default. Honestly I've had better but it ain't bad and beggars can't be choosers.

Justin Trudeau lands a punch against Senator Patrick Brazeau in a charity boxing match way the hell back in 2012. Brazeau challenged the member of parliament to the fight thinking it would be an easy victory and the senator has a background in martial arts. Instead JT pulled no punches and went on the offensive the entire match until the ref ended it out of fears for Brazeau's safety. Thirteen years later Trudeau may not be in such peak condition, but he'd probably drop Trump with a single punch just sayin' eh?

A snippet of the lyrics from the song "Walking Through Fire" from the upcoming album "Dreams on Toast" by formerly popular British hard rock band The Darkness. The quoted lyrics are "I'll be honest / I'm under the moon / We're only doing this 'cause it's fun / Don't even think my mum bought the last one".

View of the train bridge crossing the Magra River as seen from the Strada Statale 1 bridge (bridges viewed on bridges! Double points!) just outside of Sarzana in La Spezia province. I did not take the photo because this is not the kind of bridge where you can just pull over on your bicycle during your daily commute. Photo is a Google streetview from October 2023 probably early-mid afternoon so several hours after I had gone by on this particular day.

I added a calendar item to remind myself to have a Negroni on Nov 29, 2024 to celebrate the day Anthony Bourdain-style. The calendar item repeats every year forever, which is the approximate duration of Kissinger's time in hell.

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