“This Is Why I Don’t Worry About What You Get Up To When I’m Out Of Town”

By Patrick MurphyPosted on August 20, 2022December 30, 2022Cat Lifestyle, Story TimeTags Ethics, Finn, Me, Morons, Stacie1 Comment

Stacie goes on several business trips a year. She and our partner at RSMDME vend at shows in Minnesota and Wisconsin, and some of them are full weekend trips. This is a Good Thing – she gets out of the house for a while (she’s been on work from home for years now), and I… Read More »

NRA Stupidity

By Patrick MurphyPosted on October 30, 2020January 30, 2021Cat Story TimeTags Morons, Politics, Trumpanzees, Weapons-Grade Stupid, White SupremacistsLeave a comment

So some idiot from the NRA just left a voicemail asking me to take a "very important survey." The only question he asked was "what is the biggest threat to our second amendment rights?" Before and after asking the question, he repeatedly asked "Patrick? Are you there?" These winners can't figure out voicemail and we're… Read More »

“Fat-Free Oil”

By Patrick MurphyPosted on October 30, 2020October 30, 2020Cat Story TimeTags Diabeetus, Morons, Weapons-Grade StupidLeave a comment

So a while back I was involved in a conversation about diabetic-friendly food. The topic wound up shifting to low-fat and fat-free foods, and I made the comment that if you're watching carbs (as a diabetic gorram should) a lot of these foods are terrible for you. Specifically salad dressings because they replace a lot… Read More »

Karen Doesn’t Like People Locking Their Cars

By Patrick MurphyPosted on September 3, 2020September 3, 2020Cat Nerd, ProjectsTags Karen, Morons, TechnologyLeave a comment

Someone shared this earlier. Click for the full-size image. Pull this crap on me and here's my response: Hidden Arduino hooked to a speaker. Do a little program to fire off the car alarm sound at random intervals every few minutes. Then it can go on all night long and it isn't coming from your… Read More »

What Passes For “Philosophy” In Some Satanist Circles

By Patrick MurphyPosted on August 24, 2020August 24, 2020Cat Story TimeTags Conspiracy Stupidity, Losers, Morons, Weapons-Grade StupidLeave a comment

So I used to be in a group dedicated to "Satanic Philosophy and Thought." It was every bit as soul-crushingly idiotic and mind-rottingly pompous as you're thinking, if not more so. Usually painful, but sometimes hilarious in the way only pretentios wannabe woo-heads can be. Have I mentioned I get bored? Then one day some… Read More »

So Here’s Something That’s Just Sad

By Patrick MurphyPosted on July 12, 2020August 5, 2020Cat Story TimeTags CHUDs, Ethics, Gaming, Losers, Morons, White SupremacistsLeave a comment

I was in a Facebook group for tabletop RPGs. It wasn't much of a group, to be honest, just endless "look how creative I am for playing vanilla D&D," "I'm such a nerd for playing D&D now that it's popular," and people spamming the group with their awful "art" or blogs that they've spammed so… Read More »

Qanon Stupidity

By Patrick MurphyPosted on May 17, 2020May 17, 2020Cat UncategorizedTags Conspiracy Stupidity, COVID-19, Morons, Weapons-Grade StupidLeave a comment

So this stupidity happened. Short version: some stripper drinks the Qanon Kool-aid and goes on a road trip to take out Joe Biden because she thinks he's part of some cabal of child molesters. Because she's stupid enough to believe Qanon is credible. It gets dumber. At some point in her stream she said "I'm… Read More »

One Of The Most Toxic Value Systems I Have Ever Encountered

By Patrick MurphyPosted on May 10, 2020May 10, 2020Cat Story TimeTags Ethics, Morons, Philosophy, ReligionLeave a comment

"There is nothing you can say that will change my mind. If you don't stand for something, you will fall for everything. People believe what they believe and nothing can change that; nobody changes what they believe. This isn't close-mindedness, it's principle." Where I come from, that's called proud, deliberate ignorance. He wears it as… Read More »

“Geek Cred”

By Patrick MurphyPosted on May 10, 2020May 10, 2020Cat LifestyleTags Gaming, Geek, Morons, Philosophy, Science Fiction, TVLeave a comment

I'm a geek by nature, not culture. I've noticed something hilarious since geek went mainstream. It's probably the same thing that happens when anything else suddenly becomes popular, but since I've always been out on the fringes this is the first time I've really seen it. That would be geek poseurs. Not geek… Read More »

TV Episodes That Annoy Me

By Patrick MurphyPosted on March 2, 2020Cat LifestyleTags Geek, Glacial Buddhalike Calm, Morons, Philosophy, Politics, Religion, Science Fiction, TV2 Comments

There are a few generic TV episode types that almost never fail to annoy the fark out of me (although there are exceptions to every one of these). Note that these apply to single episodes, not entire series. In no particular order, here they are: The "Acting" Episode: Yes, we get it. You're actors. You like… Read More »