Is he…buggering a wolf?
I guess he’s supposed to be riding it, but the position is all wrong.
Nothing happened to me today, so I gave MidJourney the prompt “completely and utterly out of ideas.”
The other three images were: a mysterious but ultimately boring one about boats.
Something about trees and seashells. This image looked a lot better when I let P’shop automatically make some adjustments, but I decided to give it to you as is. The piss yellow sky is a thing.
And this bizarre sea filled with strange white animals.
These are all actual size and color, so they’re bigger images than I usually run. I ain’t guarantee they’re worth clicking on.
July 31, 2025 — 5:33 pm
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Hay!
They were harvesting this morning. Seems early in the year. It is upon us!
Farmers around here have largely switched to dwarf varieties of wheat. This makes sense, as the wheat expends less effort making long stalks, but it’s a real problem for our painfully quaint thatched roof house industry. They can’t get the thatch.
Our roof is super steep, but it’s not thatched. I’m relieved, honestly. They look cool, but they’re mighty expensive to maintain and I think the idea of being wrapped in a yard of damp hay would creep me out.
July 30, 2025 — 5:16 pm
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Not no mo’
Funny, I turned to Uncle B last week and said, “Is Tom Lehrer still with us?” And he was. Then.
Interesting guy. You’ll likely see all sorts of tributes online – mathematics professor turned musician and back into a mathematics professor. He didn’t like performing. What I didn’t know was that he invented the Jell-o shot.
The article makes that claim and then doesn’t back it up. Huh.
He’s well worth a YouTube search. And he put all his music and lyrics into the public domain, so you can steal at will. As he said, “If, after hearing my songs, just one human being is inspired to say something nasty to a friend, or perhaps to strike a loved one, it will all have been worth the while.”
p.s. Uncle B had to shoot a rabbit with myxomatosis in the garden a while ago. Nice for him.
July 29, 2025 — 4:00 pm
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But what was the category?
Spotted at a flower show over the weekend. First prize in what, though? I didn’t see any other hideously deformed vegetables.
July 28, 2025 — 5:51 pm
Comments: 6
Dead Pool round 188: Thick and fast!
Chuck Mangione. Hulk Hogan. Malcolm-Jamal Warner. Gromulin takes it with Ozzy Osborne.
Weird. Ozzy had a FaceBook page. That just doesn’t seem right, does it?
Are we ready?
0. Rule Zero (AKA Steve’s Rule): your pick has to be living when picked. Also, nobody whose execution date is circled on the calendar. Also, please don’t kill anybody. Plus (Pupster’s Rule) no picking someone who’s only famous for being the oldest person alive.
1. Pick a celebrity. Any celebrity — though I reserve the right to nix picks I never heard of (I don’t generally follow the Dead Pool threads carefully, so if you’re unsure of your pick, call it to my attention).
2. We start from scratch every time. No matter who you had last time, or who you may have called between rounds, you have to turn up on this very thread and stake your claim.
3. Poaching and other dirty tricks positively encouraged.
4. Your first choice sticks. Don’t just blurt something out, m’kay? Also, make sure you have a correct spelling of your choice somewhere in your comment. These threads get longish and I use search to figure out if we have a winner.
5. It’s up to you to search the thread and make sure your choice is unique. I’m waayyyy too lazy to catch the dupes. Popular picks go fast.
6. The pool stays open until somebody on the list dies. Feel free to jump in any time. Noobs, strangers, drive-bys and one-comment-wonders — all are welcome.
7. If you want your fabulous prize, you have to entrust me with a mailing address. If you’ve won before, send me your address again. I don’t keep good records.
8. The new DeadPool will begin 6pm WBT (Weasel’s Blog Time) the Friday after the last round is concluded.
The winner, if the winner chooses to entrust me with a mailing address, will receive an Official Certificate of Dick Winning and a small original drawing on paper suffused with elephant shit particles. Because I’m fresh out of fairy shit particles.
Note: I am woefully behind on dick deliveries. If I owe you one, you’ll know how long. I ain’t gived up, but I haven’t drawn much since lockdown. Some day, your heirs might hear from my heirs.
July 25, 2025 — 6:00 pm
Comments: 61
Thursday?
I was so sure today was Friday and I didn’t need to post. Eh.
Yes, I somehow busted the spout of our cafetière. About the third one we’ve gone through at my hands. This came with the new one. We had fun role-playing hot water and scolding each other, though.
Ozzy, Hulk Hogan AND Chuck Mangione. SMH.
Okay, YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO TOMORROW.
July 24, 2025 — 5:14 pm
Comments: 7
I did my due diligence
Uncle B sent me this. I hate running uncredited artwork, but the full size image just said imgflip.com – which is a repository, like Imgur. So I searched Tineye for the oldest version of this image and found a 2013 link to naolitoart.com. Dead domain. So I asked Grok if it knew anything about an artist working under the name naolito art. Yup.
Yes, the artist who works under the name Naolito is Nacho Díaz Arjona, a Spanish illustrator and animator based in Algeciras, Spain. He has been active as a professional artist since 2009, known for his humorous and minimalist digital illustrations, often featuring pop culture references, food, animals, and quirky “before and after” concepts. His work primarily focuses on graphic t-shirt designs but also includes animations, posters, and digital paintings. Naolito has collaborated with major brands like Netflix, PlayStation, and Nestlé, and his art is available on platforms like his website (naolito.com), DeviantArt, Threadless, and iCanvas. He has a significant social media following, with over a million combined followers across platforms like Instagram, where his witty and relatable illustrations have gained popularity.
My job here is done! You want more, you can look it up yourself.
It was inevitable someone had Ozzy. That was a short one, but not the shortest one ever. YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO!
July 23, 2025 — 5:59 pm
Comments: 12
AI has no sense of humor
I tried to get MidJourney to recreate my Barackoli image. This was the prompt:
a portrait of barack obama except his head is a broccoli floret
And got a response that the AI wasn’t sure it was an allowed image. Presumably, it wasn’t sure if this was a disrespectful image of a public figure (not allowed). I reported it to the devs as a miss, and then used the prompt:
a portrait of barack obama except his head is a broccoli floret – barackoli obama, get it?
And that went through. I particularly like the giant shadow Michelle in the corner.
Mine’s better, tho.
July 22, 2025 — 6:04 pm
Comments: 7
Okay, I liked this one!
I’ve been going back through my media library to check out some of my old Obama images. I’ll be gobsmacked if he actually gets in trouble, but some of those old images might come in handy in interesting times.
Can I just say how wild it is to have seventeen years worth of old images to sift through? I’ve uploaded 5,469 media files to my library so far and every one could be a diary entry.
Man, I used to do a lot of political stuff, huh? But this is my favorite kind – pure silly. I’m not much of a polemacist at heart.
July 21, 2025 — 6:11 pm
Comments: 4
Dead Pool 187: NOT born on the 4th of July
How on earth was the last Dead Pool launched on the 4th of July and I didn’t mention it in the title?
Anyhooo, MrsMGunz wins with Connie Francis. Once again, I had no idea Connie Francis was still alive. Born Concetta Rosa Maria Franconero, she was Italian-American, but grew up in an Italian and Jewish neighborhood and spoke Yiddish fluently. She released several albums of ethnic favorites, including one in Yiddish and Hebrew.
Her original act included an accordian. Now you know.
Let us begin.
0. Rule Zero (AKA Steve’s Rule): your pick has to be living when picked. Also, nobody whose execution date is circled on the calendar. Also, please don’t kill anybody. Plus (Pupster’s Rule) no picking someone who’s only famous for being the oldest person alive.
1. Pick a celebrity. Any celebrity — though I reserve the right to nix picks I never heard of (I don’t generally follow the Dead Pool threads carefully, so if you’re unsure of your pick, call it to my attention).
2. We start from scratch every time. No matter who you had last time, or who you may have called between rounds, you have to turn up on this very thread and stake your claim.
3. Poaching and other dirty tricks positively encouraged.
4. Your first choice sticks. Don’t just blurt something out, m’kay? Also, make sure you have a correct spelling of your choice somewhere in your comment. These threads get longish and I use search to figure out if we have a winner.
5. It’s up to you to search the thread and make sure your choice is unique. I’m waayyyy too lazy to catch the dupes. Popular picks go fast.
6. The pool stays open until somebody on the list dies. Feel free to jump in any time. Noobs, strangers, drive-bys and one-comment-wonders — all are welcome.
7. If you want your fabulous prize, you have to entrust me with a mailing address. If you’ve won before, send me your address again. I don’t keep good records.
8. The new DeadPool will begin 6pm WBT (Weasel’s Blog Time) the Friday after the last round is concluded.
The winner, if the winner chooses to entrust me with a mailing address, will receive an Official Certificate of Dick Winning and a small original drawing on paper suffused with elephant shit particles. Because I’m fresh out of fairy shit particles.
Note: I am woefully behind on dick deliveries. If I owe you one, you’ll know how long. I ain’t gived up, but I haven’t drawn much since lockdown. Some day, your heirs might hear from my heirs.
July 18, 2025 — 6:00 pm
Comments: 51