Oh Yeah

 

This is where I'm going to buy my bitcoin.

Nothing could go wrong here.

Yeah, I'll have a Slurpee, two Snickers and a couple of bitcoins.

"That will be $38,000."

And while we're at it, let's see what that lover loser Sherman is up to today.....

  

More Crypto Fun

When Sherman starts buying Crypto, I'm out!

I Already Knew That

 

That's why I, in addition to putting the seat down like a good guy always does, always put the lid down.

[Just another PSA from the crack Arnotti Thoughts team.]  

Hey, Everybody's Getting Into The Act

 

That Didn't Take Long

 

After saying for weeks that they didn't do anything wrong (they being mop haired Crypto King Sam Bankman-Fried,  his randy Chinese-harem loving now ex-girlfriend Caroline Ellison and FTX cofounder Gary Wang) Ellison and Wang have now pleaded guilty.

Gee....do you think that's because they cut a deal to sing on their former boyfriend/boss?

Sources say Ellison was facing up to 110 years in prison for her role. 

Wow, I guess I'd rat out my boss, too.

As long as my boss was a mop-haired vegan named Sam and not a mob boss named Sammy The Bull. 

This will soon get very real for media darling SBF.  Stay tuned......

Not long ago a merchant found a lot of monkeys that lived near a certain village. One day he came to the village saying he wanted to buy these monkeys. 

He announced that he would buy the monkeys at $100 each.  The villagers thought that this man must be crazy. How can somebody buy stray monkeys at $100 each?  

Still some people caught some monkeys and gave it to this merchant and he gave $100 for each monkey.

This news spread like wildfire and people caught monkeys and sold them to the merchant.

After a few days, the merchant announced that he will buy monkeys at $200 each.

The lazy villagers also ran around to catch the remaining monkeys. They sold the remaining monkeys at $200 each.

The merchant then announced that he will buy monkeys for $500 each.

The villagers start to lose sleep. They caught six or seven monkeys which was all that was left and got $500 each.

The villagers were waiting anxiously for the next announcement.

Then the merchant announced that he is going on holiday for a week, but when he returns, he will buy monkeys at $1000 each! He also said that his employee will be in charge, and would take care of the monkeys he bought pending his return.

The merchant went on holiday.

The villagers were frantic and very sad as there were no more monkeys left for them to sell at $1000 each as was promised by the merchant.

Then the merchant's employee contacted them and told them that he would secretly sell them some monkeys at $700 each.

The news spread like wildfire. As the merchant promised on his return that he would buy monkeys at $1000 each, they would achieve a $300 profit for each monkey. The next day the villagers queued up near the monkey cage.

The employee sold all the monkeys at $700 each. The rich bought monkeys in large lots. The poor borrowed money from money lenders and bought the rest of the monkeys.

The villagers took care of their monkeys and waited for the merchant to return. 

However nobody came! Then they ran to find the employee. And he was not to be found.

The villagers then realized that they had been duped into buying the useless stray monkeys at $700 each, and were now unable to sell them.

This monkey business is now known as Bitcoin!

Stay tuned tomorrow for an even crazier story......

Didn't Need To

 

Was This Man Visiting From Florida?

 

"Have you been drinking, sir?"

So Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were setting up a RIDE check (RIDE = Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere) at midnight yesterday in Caledon, northwest of Toronto.

When all of a sudden a white car smashes into the cruiser.

That's like the fish jumping in the boat.  

That's Going To Leave A Mark

Very Florida Man'ish, though. Well done. 

Kinda Cute

 

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Great Idea!

 

Wasn't sure what to make of these when I first saw them.

But then realized, you just pop them in your mouth! 

So if you ever find you're not near a bar (shudder the thought) just have a bunch of these in your pocket. 

You get 100 for $10.

Brilliant. 

Not Going Down Without A Fight

 

This mighty oak tree - okay, maybe it's a poplar - refuses to be dragged into the stream below.

This picture zooms in on his efforts.

While trees all around and above him have succumbed to nature's relentless pull,  and the ground has collapsed beneath him, he and his roots are determined not to suffer the same fate of so many of his brethren.

And below is the raging stream beneath him.

[Our hero is in the centre at the top]

Okay, this doesn't doesn't look like a raging torrent.  For now.

But in the spring, the melt waters coursing through the river bed wipe out much of what is in their path.

And the ravine trees are not the only ones in potential peril.

You're Next

Expensive mansions line the upper banks of the ravine.

Many with extensive - and expensive - concrete shorings under their foundations.

They, too, aren't gong down without a fight.

Let's see who lasts the longest; our hero, the mansions, or Mother Nature.

I think I know who Vegas is picking......

I Am Going To Kill You - Part Deux

 

...if I can catch you. 

This is a Great Blue Heron flying away with a baby alligator in its mouth.

With Mama gator in hot pursuit.

I think that heron better sleep with one eye open.....

"I Am Going To Kill You"

 

Hey! Branksome Hall Reads My Blog

It was only yesterday that I embarrassed girls' school Branksome Hall with my devastating blog post and today they have already changed their banners, from the "Be Remarkable" challenge to little girls, to.....

"Fiercely Independent".

This girl doesn't look any happier than yesterday's. 

Honey, how are you going to be fiercely independent today?

Mom, I'm going to smoke pot and shack up with my boyfriend.

No Pressure...

 

Honey, how are you going to be remarkable today?

Mom, I just want to play with my friends.

Honey, don't disappoint me, tell me three ways you will be remarkable today.

Branksome Hall, if you haven't already guessed, is a high end girls' university-preparatory "World School".  Whatever that is.

Poor little things.....

That's all the info I could get on it as I'm now not allowed within 50 yards of the place.  They were just photos for a blog post I told them.....  [Ed. note:  😏 ]

Good On Them

Wandering the streets of Toronto this week you'd be forgiven if you had no idea Remembrance Day was coming up. 

Including me, the total number of people I saw wearing a poppy was one.  Me.

However, I was pleased to see that Manulife had turned their headquarters into a tribute to our fallen solders.

Hundreds of Canadian flags blanketed their front lawn.

And bookending their main entrance was another tribute....

...lest we forget.

Forget what?

The ultimate sacrifice made by thousands of military personnel to fight for and win the freedoms we enjoy today. 

Nothing better captures that thought than the famous World War I poem, In Flanders Fields.  Written by Canadian Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae in 1915.

So many people today take for granted these freedoms and the sacrifices made to keep these freedoms.

On a personal note, this has always been a favourite poem of mine, as it was also one of my mother's favourites.

Why?

She was born in 1915 and went to the same Guelph high school as John McCrae, where by that time he was a treasured alumni.  

He served in World War I as solder, surgeon and poet and died in 1918.

Read that poem again....lest we forget.

I Didn't See That Coming

 

From a guy who was out of shape and embarrassing to watch at third base in 2020 to a Gold Glove winner at first base in 2022.  A Gold Glove is awarded to the best defensive player at each position. 

75% of the Gold Glove vote comes from baseball managers (you can't vote for your own guy) and the remaining 25% is based on advanced sabermetrics (defensive runs saved, ultimate zone rating).  

Quite the turnaround.

Well done, Vladdy.

Hey! A Good News Story

Probably everyone knows about the Toronto Sun's daily "Sunshine Girl" feature.

Every day they feature a young and lovely gal on Page 3.

But once in a while they have a Sunshine Boy.

And 30 years ago they featured a fellow named Ken , who had just turned 60.

Good looking dude, rocking the bomber jacket.

Well, 30 years later look who turning 90 and is a repeat Sunshine Boy.

Still looking good, rocking a Corona t-shirt and enjoying what is likely a breakfast Caesar.  

What's his secret?

According to his partner, it's having a positive attitude and staying busy;

• He mows eight to ten lawns each week.  Which is down from his usual 15.  Not because he's tired, but because a lot of his customers ("old folks") have passed away.
• He goes to his pub three times a week.
• Shovels about six driveways each season - without a snow-blower, of course.
• Plays pool and cards.
• And she says he is an eternal optimist and always lives in the moment.

So rock on, Ken.

Ah, The Good Old Days

 

Of course Joe Martin, aka Mr. Boffo but in this case Porterfield, has his own take on this....

Me Neither

 

Me, Too.

 

And so did every other pet owner......

Mmmmm....Medication Room

 

Bet this beats the Hell out of most man caves.

Although, I think a bunch of my friends might come close.....

American Ingenuity

 

Say No More...

 

Pardon My Planet...

Chasing History

So the American League home run record is now in the crosshairs of New York Yankee phenom, and all 'round good guy, Aaron Judge.

A 6'7", 275 pound giant that never gets too worked up.  Never shows anybody up.  No bat flips.

Anyway, he's about to break Roger Maris' 1961 record of 61 home runs.  Judge is currently sitting on 60. 

I don't want him doing it this week as the Evil Empire are playing the Blue Jays in Toronto.

But at 60 dingers he has tied the previous record holder.

Who dat?

George Herman Ruth.  The Babe.

Who hit is first professional home run in Toronto.  in 1914.

And how did I first know that (before looking at this website)?

Well, I was going through my late Dad's stuff and came across a souvenir.

A souvenir Toronto baseball programme - from 100 years ago! 

Yes, from 1922!

And in it they talk about Ruth's first professional (but minor league) home run was hit in Toronto's Island Stadium.

Pretty swank for being out on the Toronto Islands.  And for being 1922!

But the most interesting part of the programme was a page on the origin of baseball.

Click on this and take your time looking at all the rule changes over the years

well, at least the rule changes up to 1922 anyway!

And if you ever needed more proof that baseball evolved from cricket, this is it.

In the programme they were reminiscing about some of the older; now gone rules.

One rule in 1845 was the the batter could call for the type of pitch we wanted.

They said, can you imagine if the Babe was playing back then.  They'd never get him out!

More on the programme later....

Ouch!

 

As one sportscaster just said, with the retirement of Zdeno Chara, there are no active NHL players who have ever lost a playoff series to the Toronto Maple Leafs.

That's hard to believe.  But not really.  Or Rielly.....

More Beauty Of Nature

 ...as advertised.....

A stork couple celebrating their first egg together.

I guess that's only fair, as they deliver so many to others....

A beautiful day in Hobbit Land?

No, a sunny day in Iceland.

Helmcken Falls in Canada. 

Which is actually about 100 miles north of Kamloops

Photographer trying to take picture of Meerkats. 

"Hey, what'ca shooting?

This is a Harpy Eagle, the largest eagle in the world and what are you looking at?

I thought this was a hawk flying over a church 

But really it's the eruption on Mount Etna which creates a view which looks like a Phoenix

Touching North America and Europe at the same time

Kodiak bear either waving or saying, that's close enough......

And as Porky The Pig used to say, That's All Folks!