Karl

if bless your heart had a twitter

[Karl @RedSparkPaper]

@F_ingMemphis Lots of local artists playing pretty regularly. But you’ve got to know where to look bc they’re not all playing the same places and sometimes weird times. I mean, the blues society does their blues nights on a Tuesday at rock house live

[Karl @RedSparkPaper]

@F_ingMemphis Not exactly. Hernando’s hideaway is on a tear with great bands but a lot are country/honkytonk. Lamplighter and Java cabana do really good small, local shows-mostly punk and rock. Neil’s music room still has regular shows.

[Karl @RedSparkPaper]

@Stephen19718352 Like the lamacoid lady. We needed 3000 lamacoid labels at $3 a pop and that was the best option bc she had a machine she’d bring to us

[Karl @RedSparkPaper]

@pantry_bandit @BarnsWallisMD I had an 89 bronco that someone had painted over the forest service green. But could still see it under the hood. I was so sad when I finally figured out what it was

[Karl @RedSparkPaper]

@methadvocate @LouisWordGenius @CSandbatch It’s the option of last resort. I means you don’t have a cousin or uncle or some sort of family ties to get you at least a liveable job. Plus, at least in my family, there was still stigma of serving in the “Yankee” army outside of wartime

[Karl @RedSparkPaper]

@gorgeousbrains Really similar to one by me in Tennessee. Old Boy Scout camp

[Karl @RedSparkPaper]

@herosnvrdie69 @1791_mike Bring back the WPA

[Karl @RedSparkPaper]

Oh that car crash in Mexico was actually CIA

[Toby Harnden @tobyharnden]

There are now 141 stars on the CIA's Memorial Wall. The latest star was unveiled at the annual Agency memorial ceremony at CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia, yesterday. The identity of the Agency officer it commemorates remains undisclosed. Family members of the fallen officer and hundreds of relatives of others honored on the Wall were in attendance. It was the first new star to be unveiled since the 140th in 2023.

Each star measures 2¼ inches tall by 2¼ inches wide and half an inch deep; all the stars are six inches apart from each other, as are all the rows. The stars are carved Alabama marble, in the entrance hall of CIA headquarters, opposite the statue of William "Wild Bill" Donovan, director of the OSS, forerunner to the CIA. Beneath the stars is the Book of Honor, in which 108 names are inscribed; 33 of the stars officially remain anonymous, though 20 of those have been identified publicly.

The Memorial Wall, created in 1974 with an original 31 stars, is revered within the Agency; officers who are retiring often linger as they pass by it for the final time, touching the stars. Outside the CIA, the Wall has attained iconic status, featured in documentaries, movies, and television series. The Wall has been featured in the movies The Recruit (2003) and 13 Hours (2016), as well as the episode 36—“The Star” of the TV series Homeland (2013).

Johnny Micheal Spann, the CIA's and America's first casualty on the battlefield after 9/11, was commemorated by the 79th star.

[Karl @RedSparkPaper]

@Kozmo_if @herschel0063574 If he’s union then there’s an employer paid pension fund and annuity. Or he’ll just work till he drops and hope he’s got enough left in the tank to cover burial costs.

[Karl @RedSparkPaper]

@Liltall_Liltall I just switched my payment over to another card, then cancelled the card. They’re not going to send it to collections so whatever

[the man formerly known as indeed @punishedindeed]

imagine smoking baby yoda like a brisket and covering him in sauces and seasonings

[Karl @RedSparkPaper]

@escapefrommelos I met a few early 20s South African guys in clarksdale Mississippi a few years ago. They were on a work exchange, working on a farm. They were thriving.

[Karl @RedSparkPaper]

@atlanticesque https://t.co/kSQveknY0l

This really changed how I felt about the projects, and I think 2 would be the best option

[Karl @RedSparkPaper]

@Xaniken I had a old cop car as a teen that still had the PA system, and I was a shithead. It’s all fun as games until a very large man gets out of a bmw bc you asked thru the pa if he was too poor to afford blinkers

[Karl @RedSparkPaper]

@chriman_ Or the Peabody, or really anywhere else

[Karl @RedSparkPaper]

@GfedGoCrazy Go to Alex’s tavern if you have the time

[Karl @RedSparkPaper]

@svd_mosin Secret 4th option, paint

[Karl @RedSparkPaper]

@craig_fielder You gotta come to Alex’s tavern

[Karl @RedSparkPaper]

@ol_scarbrain Had a table walk in 5 to close once. Host didn’t tell the kitchen and it had been a slow night. By the time the table ordered the kitchen guys had already left. That was a fun one to explain to the table