Down here Mimosas are quite popular for mid-mornings on special holydays, such as weddings etc. ... champagne and orange juice

Yep, orange juice makes it ok.

 

Mimosas for the Ladies and Bloody Marys for the gents!

 

Mimosas for the Ladies and Bloody Marys for the gents!

Canned tomato juice is one of the most vile creations. Why would anyone ruin perfectly good vodka by mixing it with Tomato Juice? Don't like tomato juice, just add anything with a powerful taste so you can get the canned tomato juice taste out of your mouth - maybe Worcestershire sauce, black pepper, celery salt and Tabasco. What, you still taste the canned tomato juice? Here, let me add lemon juice. It's like you have to punish yourself to get your morning buzz.

 

Canned tomato juice is one of the most vile creations. Why would anyone ruin perfectly good vodka by mixing it with Tomato Juice? Don't like tomato juice, just add anything with a powerful taste so you can get the canned tomato juice taste out of your mouth - maybe Worcestershire sauce, black pepper, celery salt and Tabasco. What, you still taste the canned tomato juice? Here, let me add lemon juice. It's like you have to punish yourself to get your morning buzz.

Ever tried a Clamato?

 

And it could be one of YOU...​

 

Expectation vs Reality

 

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Focus on the first step but don't forget to pack a lunch.

 

Focus on the first step but don't forget to pack a lunch.

Personally, I suffer a lot of "analysis paralysis" and tend to feel overwhelmed whenever a project is too large or complicated to visualize in a couple of sessions. Inertia weighs heavily on me in that regard. So I've learned to first make sure that what I'm working on is entirely feasible and within my capabilities and economic scope. Then I just take one step at a time and focus on the task at hand ... baby steps first, start running later.

 

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/06/how-san-francisco-became-failed-city/661199/
HOW SAN FRANCISCO BECAME A FAILED CITY

It has become no big deal to see someone stealing in San Francisco. Videos of crimes in process go viral fairly often. One from last year shows a group of people fleeing a Neiman Marcus with goods in broad daylight. Others show people grabbing what they can from drugstores and walking out. When a theft happens in a Walgreens or a CVS, there’s no big chase. The cashiers are blasé about it. Aisle after aisle of deodorant and shampoo are under lock and key. Press a button for the attendant to get your dish soap.
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A 2020 tweet from the Tenderloin police station captured the frustration of the rank and file: “Tonight, for the fifteenth (15th) time in 18 months, and the 3rd time in 20 days, we are booking the same suspect at county jail for felony motor vehicle theft.”

 

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/06/how-san-francisco-became-failed-city/661199/
HOW SAN FRANCISCO BECAME A FAILED CITY
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My favorite quote:

San Francisco became a cruel city. It became so dogmatically progressive that maintaining the purity of the politics required accepting—or at least ignoring—devastating results.

 

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Realism, we have a problem, there may or may not be a solution.

 

My favorite quote:

In February 2021, board members agreed that they would avoid the phrase learning loss to describe what was happening to kids locked out of their classrooms. Instead they would use the words learning change. Schools being shut just meant students were “having different learning experiences than the ones we currently measure,” Gabriela López, a member of the board at the time, said. “They are learning more about their families and their cultures.” Framing this as some kind of “deficit” was wrong, the board argued.

If this wasn't so sad it would be funny.

 

If this wasn't so sad it would be funny.

funny or not, it's definitely absurd ...

 

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Canned tomato juice is one of the most vile creations. Why would anyone ruin perfectly good vodka by mixing it with Tomato Juice? Don't like tomato juice, just add anything with a powerful taste so you can get the canned tomato juice taste out of your mouth - maybe Worcestershire sauce, black pepper, celery salt and Tabasco. What, you still taste the canned tomato juice? Here, let me add lemon juice. It's like you have to punish yourself to get your morning buzz.

My dad is the occasional beer + tomato juice kind of guy. Add a cigarette to that for the ultimate refreshment (apparently).

I prefer something that doesn't taste like an old shoe myself.

 

Today we celebrate Father's day down here where I live:

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