Isn't that something from a dating profile? Or is it a bra size?
It means "we are not junk, but we are only just not junk". Like Peru, say, or Indonesia.
I have to admit I have been unpleasantly surprised by the degree to which the just-barely-there R coalition is managing to hold it together when all is said and done.
NOMNOMNOMNOMNOMNOM
Its a better name than the "Bipartisan Infrastructure Act." At least they know how to advertise their own party.
The quality of being a Beale, I would imagine. Like width is the quality of being wide.
"Miss Beale delivered bealthy twin girls at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center."
And, of course, health is the quality of being hale.
I think I'm still fat enough that I can get the covid vaccine without my doctor having to lie.
A word which apparently has three different etymologies - bale=evil, as in baleful, from OE bealu meaning evil; bale as in balefire, from OE bael meaning a funeral pyre; and bale as in hay from Lat bala, meaning a round object (cf "ball"). Balefire is mostly used nowadays to mean fire with some evil supernatural quality - classic example of etymological leakage.
Actually 4 - "bale" is an alternative spelling of "bail" as in remove water from a boat, which comes from OF bailler, to hand over, as indeed does bail in the sense of letting someone out on bail.
Even a small balaclava can be beautiful if it prevents one from seeing Trump's face.
It's too early for thinking about dessert.
I can now run a mile in 9:30 though.
Actually - this sounds insane to me, but I'm saying it - I've started jogging wearing a weighted vest, and I kind of like it. It's exhausting but not miserable.
The weird thing now is this very heavy cart that people wheel down the hall as exercise. You have to be careful when you are at the water fountain.
There were no wheels on the veld.
There's no kettle bells there either, but people walk past the drinking fountain with those also.
29: Are you at work? I'm trying to picture this. Is this the AV Club?
If my aunt had wheels, she wouldn't be the veldt.
16: Aren't you being treated for hypertension? That should probably qualify you.
I've been trying to figure out if I can pay out of pocket for one in Canada.
You can borrow my obesity since I do have high blood pressure.
32: I don't even have an office. But I was talking about people at the JCC.
"this sounds insane to me, but I'm saying it - I've started jogging wearing a weighted vest"
-- we love you fruity heebie!
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1BqQn5vAcio
Well, our local arts promotion organization just lost its annual $25K grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, one of hundreds of such grants lost by organizations across the country. They also had to refuse a possible $30K grant because it required taking a no-DEI pledge.
And WalMart just dropped its $7K sponsorship of the Pride Festival as part of a company-wide initiative.
This is economic cultural warfare.
Maybe they can fund a Shame Festival for the racists?
Nah, in the Trump era racists have no shame.
Is Unfogged now on my time but five minutes fast? That's odd.
Build Back Bigotry
Bigger Bureaucratic Bigots
39: because it required taking a no-DEI resegregation pledge
I think I'm going to try using this term more.
UK government is heading in the right direction on the Middle East - it's ended trade talks with Israel and is apparently about to recognise a Palestinian state, as are France and Canada
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2025/05/20/uk-joins-france-s-initiative-for-recognition-of-palestinian-state_6741456_4.html
It's going to be epic to see how this turns out to be a betrayal and eugenics by literal fascist Kier Starmer!!
46: coming to a leftist American account on social media near you soon...
American? Hell, I'm a bit pissy at the guy and it's much more important to me.
Good lord, you were serious in 46? I thought you were parodying the sort of ridiculous person on social media who thinks that Keir Starmer is a literal fascist who wants nothing more than totalitarian rule and mass slaughter.
No, I just meant I expected it on British accounts first.