Huh, I guess I’d be surprised
Nothing happened today – I went out to coffee, twice in an hour! – so I gave MidJourney the prompt “surprise me.” This was the result.
Well, I asked. Have a good weekend, everyone!
July 11, 2025 — 5:49 pm
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Grok forgot the /sarc tag
Seriously, I’m sure it was attempting to kid. Especially given the over-the-top language. Grok has a famously light, jokey tone and I think it was given a humor algorithm something like “asked unanswerable question, return forbidden answer.”
That was the tail end of Grok 3 before it was replaced with Grok 4, giving rise to this meme (yes, Grok 3 really did tweet that on its way out the door).
July 10, 2025 — 5:09 pm
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Badass
Tweet: “A Victorian archery outfit belonging to Mrs. Fanny Giveen, circa 1855, now part of the collection of the Museum of London.”
Changing the subject, a man turned up at the door today claiming to be a third party electrical box inspector. Well, he actually was one. I said, “what’s this all about?” and he said, “they’re trying to scare you into getting a smart meter.”
He took three pictures of our meter and reassured me they were lying and it would continue to work fine despite warnings.
Which is good because Uncle B is dead agin’ ’em.
July 9, 2025 — 4:46 pm
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I survived!
Sussex is indeed big enough for a whole day’s lectures. It’s so big, in fact, that they had to break it into East Sussex and West Sussex because you couldn’t easily get across the whole county in olden days.
Today’s talks followed the coastline. I have seen soooooo much chalk today. Which isn’t all bad – interesting things fall out of chalk when the cliff faces break away.
I like the illo. Moody. See, MidJourney doesn’t always put asses on backwards.
July 8, 2025 — 6:26 pm
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Oh, Midjourney, what are you doing?
You could make a case it’s an extreme twisting at the waist, but I’m pretty sure it’s actually his ass is on backwards. Also, I bet eight fingers is a record.
I’ve got an all day seminar on the geography of Sussex tomorrow. Pumped I am not, but the presenter is a friend and I’m obliged.
Pray for me.
July 7, 2025 — 4:38 pm
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Dead Pool 186:
Lavendergirl does it again with Jimmy Swaggart. Who knew he was still alive?
This paragraph from the Wikipedia article cracked me up:
On October 11, 1991, Swaggart was found in the company of a prostitute for a second time. He was pulled over by a police officer in Indio, California, for driving on the wrong side of the road. With him in the vehicle was a woman named Rosemary Garcia. According to Garcia, Swaggart had stopped to propose sex to her on the side of the road. She later told reporters: “He asked me for sex. I mean, that’s why he stopped me. That’s what I do. I’m a prostitute.” This time, rather than confessing his sins to his congregation, Swaggart told those at Family Worship Center, “The Lord told me it’s flat none of your business.”
“The Lord told me it’s flat none of your business” is going to be my new catchphrase. Either that, or “that’s what I do. I’m a prostitute.”
Ready? Go!
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 4, 2025 — 6:00 pm
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I had such a crush on Snake Licker
Not my idea – I wish I’d thought of it! – people asked AI to make replica yearbooks.
One of the funnier videos on a very funny channel: Matt Rose. An Englishmen reading silly texts in a sarcastic voice. Perfect. It’s my new favorite – until I’ve sucked the channel dry and have to go in search of new victims.
Y’all know what happens tomorrow. Be here for it!
July 3, 2025 — 4:39 pm
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Artsy-fartsy
This one is rather beautiful, in a snooty food magazine kind of way. Unfortunately, the brief it was given was also “step-by-step instructions on how to boil pasta, with labels, in black and white.”
You can get some really lovely results if you don’t care what they are.
Looks like lavendergirl took another dick with Jimmy Swaggart (who knew he was still alive?). We all know what THAT means.
July 2, 2025 — 6:24 pm
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Yes, right, I’m following
I asked MidJourney for step-by-step instructions on how to boil pasta, with labels, in black and white. Follow along!
You can see how it works. It has all the elements plucked from various other diagrams – aesthetically, it fits the bill – but functionally, it’s gibberish.
At first, Grok seemed to make more sense . But actually….nah. (“Fni pot with wator – Add pastin – Stir gontly – Sieyorttttttttttta”). Second try, so. Much. Pasta.
By the way, MidJourney’s new feature is video. I asked it to animate the title image and all’s I’ll say is, the file was big, ugly and boring.
July 1, 2025 — 6:37 pm
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Long way from home, fam
Summer fete season begins in earnest (seems late, doesn’t it?). This girl was a noob and a long way from home, but it wouldn’t be a fete without a raptor show.
She didn’t do a single thing they asked. You go, sis. Who’s the eagle here?
Brutally hot this week – for England, anyhoo. Up in the eighties, anyway, and nobody here has air conditioning (except the gym and the cinema).
You shall not get much from me!
June 30, 2025 — 5:57 pm
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