Althouse: At the Unfrozen Café...

December 30, 2019

At the Unfrozen Café...

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... be fluent.

31 comments:

Oso Negro said...: No ice crystals shimmering on Meade tonight I suppose.; 12/30/19, 7:22 PM
traditionalguy said...: Blue sky is better than grey clouds every time. The news now says a winter storm is heading for Wisconsin . take care walking around.; 12/30/19, 7:47 PM
The Bergall said...: Snowing?; 12/30/19, 7:52 PM
cf said...: attempting this image Plein Air would call for every single different tube of Blue, there's a need for so many! Blues are demandingly distinct, so different, this seems to demand them all.
get me Cerulean (what is that guttural gasp that Homer simpson can do when he is in ecstasy?) oh Cerulean!
and where's my Cobalt, the French Ultramarine,
and Prussian Blue, too!
huzzah. blue.; 12/30/19, 7:56 PM
Hagar said...: I think "hate crime" is a way to deflect attention from the crime that occurred and control the narrative with speculation as to what might have been in the perpetrator's mind when he committed it.; 12/30/19, 8:01 PM
Bay Area Guy said...: I went to the Clemson v OSU football game in Phoenix this weekend. Great game. But if you ever start getting down on the decline of the USA, take a look at and mingle with the crowd. The nicest folks ever. Tough, excited, but polite. Lotta veterans. Lotta beer drinkers. Lotta disposable income too, apparently.

I estimate the crowd was 70-30 Trump supporters, and 80-20 against impeachment, although we didn’t talk much politics.Too much high quality football to enjoy.; 12/30/19, 8:13 PM
Char Char Binks, Esq. said...: Meesa fluent!; 12/30/19, 8:21 PM
David Duffy said...: A beautiful blue and white sky above (the type of sky we rarely see in California). Below the sky is a thin strip of black, a pencil line, a division between heaven and earth. In the middle, just below the pencil line is a diffusion of light scattered by rippled water, it's between the heaven and the earth.

In the foreground is the imperfect reflection on the water of the beauty of the sky above.; 12/30/19, 8:26 PM
stevew said...: Spring like photo, yet to be brief I suspect.

Went for a walk this afternoon, experienced several forms of precipitation during my 40 minute stroll: rain, sleet, and snow. The warmth of my house, and melting of the bit of ice that accumulated in my beard was great upon my return. I love this time of year.; 12/30/19, 8:29 PM
Narr said...: Azure. Don't forget azure.

The OSU fight song is the French military march Le Regiment de Sambre-et-Meuse. In WWI the French switched from dark blue coats w/pantalons rouge to "horizon bleu."

Narr
Royal, navy . . .; 12/30/19, 8:43 PM
Narr said...: Azure. Don't forget azure.

The OSU fight song is the French military march Le Regiment de Sambre-et-Meuse. In WWI the French switched from dark blue coats w/pantalons rouge to "horizon bleu."

Narr
Royal, navy . . .; 12/30/19, 8:44 PM
rehajm said...: Let it go. Let it go...; 12/30/19, 8:49 PM
narciso said...: Truth in labeling

https://social.quodverum.com/@Elaines2cents; 12/30/19, 8:51 PM
Seeing Red said...: Via Insty:

EDUCATION IN DEBLASIO’S NEW YORK CITY: Top DOE official arrested for trying to set up sex with underage boy. “A top deputy to city schools Chancellor Richard Carranza was busted in Wisconsin for allegedly trying to arrange sex with an underage boy online, police and sources told The Post. . . . He received his doctorate in education from Harvard University in 2017.”...; 12/30/19, 8:56 PM
narciso said...: So in this alt history i referenced pertina. Successor after commodus was the point of departure, he was killed in a broef interval.; 12/30/19, 8:56 PM
narciso said...: The portland police chief is going over to philadelphia and netflix is sucking eggs.; 12/30/19, 9:14 PM
FullMoon said...: Expect Liz and Burnie to jump aboard the suck up for endorsement train.

via insta: ‘If He’d Take It, Yes’: Biden Open To Nominating Obama For Supreme Court.; 12/30/19, 9:15 PM
Beasts of England said...: Very nice blue!! It was lovely here today with full sun and a high in the sixties. I wore [redacted] to run errands...; 12/30/19, 9:26 PM
Ingachuck'stoothlessARM said...: One hundred thousand years ago, a cavewoman was out hunting in the plains, when she slipped and fell into a crevasse, where she was frozen solid. In 1988, she was discovered by scientists and was thawed out.She then attended law school, and became...The Unfrozen Cavewoman Law Professor!; 12/30/19, 9:31 PM
stephen cooper said...: history, narciso, as you know, does not repeat itself.
God loves us all, and wants us to be at our best ....
which we are when we hope for a better future for everyone we care about.

Of all the Roman Emperors, there were a few were fun to be around. Most deserved utter contempt, but there were a few were all right in their sad little way, as the years ticked on .....
Of the Judean Kings, and the Israelite kings, there was that dichotomy which is important to understand .... Asa was all right .....
but none of the kings in one of the directions, north or south, were GOOD and a few of the kings in the other direction, north or south, were good ....
Chronicles and The Book of Kings are quite clear on that, I guess.

perhaps the worst people we meet are mere chimeras, put into our life by a God who wants us to have a little practice in confronting bad people before that day where God relies on us to face people who are real , not chimeras, and who are not all that nice, and to either do what is kind and Godly and pray for what is good or to just say "where are the potato chips" and "I am gonna relax on the couch for a while and watch TV and munch on the potato chips and drink Coke from the bottle" ..... well, i am in a good mood tonight, as i am every night, and I am sure there is a chance that those you love are pleasing to God while they sit on the couch and vegetate in front of the TV while somewhere in their soul praying for what is good .... but for God's sake I wold be happier if fewer food people vegetated on couches .... (you see I remember the poor Roman Empire and its vulnerability to laziness .... just saying ....)

people are complicated.
as are rats, which is why I WAS SO DISAPPOINTED WHEN MY FAVORITE DRAWER OF RATS without an explanation
stopped drawing rats. SAD!; 12/30/19, 9:34 PM
Kathryn51 said...: If there is one thing I can't stand, it is female sttorneys - some of the most privileged on this planet - play the victim card.

I give you Lisa Page:

"Plus one big difference: I am not just an FBI target of the President, but a female one. So his followers understand that I'm therefore different, and "deserving" of a special kind of hatred, a vile reduction of my whole existence into body parts and sex acts."

Lisa PageTweet; 12/30/19, 10:44 PM
Ingachuck'stoothlessARM said...: Sad Lisa, (species gingivus maximus) The Supine Spook Page moans
... that her "whole existence reduced into body parts and sex acts"...

while her luvah, Peetah Hissss-choke, feels that his privacy was violated.

In documents filed, Strzok claims that the FBI and Justice Department violated his rights of free speech and privacy by firing him for text messages that criticized President Trump.

Why hasn't he sued his wife for turning over the contents of the phone to the government?

Here's the thread by the inimitable Roscoe B. Davis
and docket log for those interested:
https://twitter.com/RoscoeBDavis1/status/1211821681938964481; 12/30/19, 10:57 PM
eddie willers said...: I went to the Clemson v OSU football game in Phoenix this weekend. Great game.

A fabulous game. I will toss what I think is a munificent bone to Ohio State. OSU is the only team outside of the South that could compete in the SEC. That is high praise.; 12/30/19, 11:37 PM
Seeing Red said...: Via Rantburg:

Hunter Biden's bank account records reveal a $156 million counterfeiting scheme involving Ukrainian gas firm Burisma and the cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike, according to a new legal filing in an Arkansas paternity case. The document, filed Friday by the Florida-based private-eye firm D&A Investigations, intends to notify the court of "felonies including Fraud and Counterfeiting." The document names Burisma, the gas company that hired Biden to the board while his father, then-Vice President Joe Biden, was the Obama administration point person on Ukraine, and CrowdStrike, which investigated the hacking of DNC emails in 2016....; 12/31/19, 12:08 AM
Crazy World said...: Lovely picture.; 12/31/19, 2:10 AM
washpark said...: Brief glimpse at a clearing sky about to unleash cold wind. Eerie beauty. Dark Winter's freezer blast. Winds blowing hard from north. Dress warm. A sturdy long coat, gloves, good boots, and face protection

For face protection, a "neck warmer - neck gaiter - balaclava without the hat" works well and look good in the sometimes windy Rocky Mountains alpine villages. No need to take them off inside; they look like scarf or turtle neck when not deployed as the protector of your neck and face. They warm your neck constantly or just keep out the cold drafts. When pulled up over your nose and ears, they protect most of your face from arctic cold wind. A good winter hat on top of it with some glasses and no cold wind will bother your head and neck.

If it is a or night not fit for the abominable snow monster, belay parkas can keep your core warm if you just want to chill outside and feel the weather. Boots and pants become crucial in that weather. I trust Upper Midwesterners know their snow pants and boots.

Alpine weather is coming. Enjoy the vibrant blues, whites and yellows (with the sun). Wisconsin has epic alpine days, when it is clear and crisp. with only occasional gusts of cold wind. Great winter outside weather is on its way. Great hang outside weather. The wind may be a little strong for an all-day outside adventure tomorrow, but make sure embrace the lulls in the wind. The wind creates beautiful sculptures. Perfect for photography. And then welcome in two great weather days for the new year. Lucky.

Spring is coming.

Happy New Year,; 12/31/19, 3:03 AM
Clyde said...: I have a cousin born at the end of the '60s named Azure Skye (his parents were hippies). He goes by Skye.; 12/31/19, 4:20 AM
Clyde said...: On January 25th, when the Lunar New Year arrives, it will be the Year of the Rat. On the sexagenary cycle where the twelve Chinese zodiac signs are paired with one of the five Elements, it will be the Year of the Metal Rat. I was born during the last Year of the Metal Rat, so I suppose you could say that I will be in my element.; 12/31/19, 4:36 AM
Tommy Duncan said...: There are some sort of marker posts in the lower left corner of the picture. Do they mark a boating hazard? Or possibly mark a rowing course for crew?; 12/31/19, 6:00 AM
Curious George said...: "The OSU fight song is the French military march Le Regiment de Sambre-et-Meuse."

Incorrect. It's Buckeye Battle Cry and Across the Field. Le Regiment is played when the band performs Script Ohio

You can here the former two before the latter above.; 12/31/19, 8:05 AM
Narr said...: Damn! I hate it when that happens. But I'll take my lumps from CG.

Narr
Cotton Bowl fizzle; 12/31/19, 10:17 AM