{"id":10637,"date":"2022-07-07T12:02:28","date_gmt":"2022-07-07T17:02:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ericsiegmund.com\/fireant\/?p=10637"},"modified":"2022-10-01T16:05:27","modified_gmt":"2022-10-01T21:05:27","slug":"random-thursday-the-memeish-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ericsiegmund.com\/fireant\/2022\/07\/07\/random-thursday-the-memeish-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"Random Thursday: The Memeish Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/ericsiegmund.com\/fireant\/2022\/07\/03\/catching-up\/\">my previous post<\/a> I alluded to some health challenges that accompanied my entry into septuagenarianism. I was deliberately coy about the nature of those situations, mainly because I fully intended to use them as an excuse for this precise moment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But, in the interests of full transparency, I doubled down on a urinary tract infection accompanied by four (!) kidney stones by then developing a case of pneumonia, because if one antibiotic is good, then three should be even better. I&#8217;m feeling much better now, but I&#8217;m still going to use the excuse that my physical ailments are to blame for the absence of creativity in what follows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"108\" height=\"15\" src=\"https:\/\/ericsiegmund.com\/fireant\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/divider.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10399\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I count myself fortunate to have an audience that&#8217;s apparently easily entertained, judging by the response to <a href=\"https:\/\/ericsiegmund.com\/fireant\/2022\/04\/07\/random-thursday-the-meme-edition\/\">previous<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/ericsiegmund.com\/fireant\/2022\/04\/08\/again-with-the-memes\/\">posts<\/a> that featured <s>stolen<\/s> borrowed memes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I had planned to at least have a unifying theme today, but all I can come up with is that &#8220;random&#8221; is a theme, so work with me here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Perhaps the 2nd edition corrected this shortcoming<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ericsiegmund.com\/fireant\/images\/misc\/memes\/makingduckspay.jpg\" alt=\"Meme: Review of book about ducks\" style=\"border: 1px solid #ccc;\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">When will our national nightmare of no wide-angle setting for selfies ever end?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ericsiegmund.com\/fireant\/images\/misc\/memes\/trexselfie.jpg\" alt=\"Meme: T-Rex selfie\" style=\"border: 1px solid #ccc;\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">I don&#8217;t know; I&#8217;ve had a few dinosaurs as managers in my career.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ericsiegmund.com\/fireant\/images\/misc\/memes\/admindinosaurs.jpg\" alt=\"Meme: Dinosaurs make lousy administrators\" style=\"border: 1px solid #ccc;\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What about hijinks? Can we continue with hijinks?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ericsiegmund.com\/fireant\/images\/misc\/memes\/fedupvase.jpg\" alt=\"Meme: Fed up vase\" style=\"border: 1px solid #ccc;\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Just pray they leave Uranus alone.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ericsiegmund.com\/fireant\/images\/misc\/memes\/nasatakessundown.jpg\" alt=\"Meme: NASA trucking sun away for maintenance\" style=\"border: 1px solid #ccc;\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Once_in_a_Lifetime_(Talking_Heads_song)\">David Byrne<\/a> finds inspiration in the strangest places.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ericsiegmund.com\/fireant\/images\/misc\/memes\/sameasiteverwas.jpg\" alt=\"Meme: Same as it ever was\" style=\"border: 1px solid #ccc;\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hey, let&#8217;s do some dog memes, how about?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">PSA: Don&#8217;t drink and chase African wildlife.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ericsiegmund.com\/fireant\/images\/misc\/memes\/dogchasingrhino.jpg\" alt=\"Meme: Dog chasing rhino\" style=\"border: 1px solid #ccc;\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&#8220;I&#8217;d rather be chasing rhinos!&#8221;<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ericsiegmund.com\/fireant\/images\/misc\/memes\/emotionalsupportdog.jpg\" alt=\"Meme: Overwhelmed emotional support dog\" style=\"border: 1px solid #ccc;\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Reason #314 not to leave your dog unattended in a car<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ericsiegmund.com\/fireant\/images\/misc\/memes\/bluetongueddog.jpg\" alt=\"Meme: Dog with blue tongue\" style=\"border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 8px;\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">So, which had you rather have, a spreadsheet or a panini? Hmm?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ericsiegmund.com\/fireant\/images\/misc\/memes\/wafflelaptop.jpg\" alt=\"Meme: Panini maker mistaken for a laptop\" style=\"border: 1px solid #ccc;\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Adventures in Signage #9,128 (yes, we keep track of these things)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ericsiegmund.com\/fireant\/images\/misc\/memes\/eatingcustomers.jpg\" alt=\"Meme: Sign about eating customers\" style=\"border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 8px;\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">It&#8217;s summer in Texas, after all.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ericsiegmund.com\/fireant\/images\/misc\/memes\/texasweather.jpg\" alt=\"Meme: Texas summertime weather is quite hot\" style=\"border: 1px solid #ccc;\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And, last but certainly not least&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The same goes for telling people you&#8217;re a blogger.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ericsiegmund.com\/fireant\/images\/misc\/memes\/tuckedpantlegs.jpg\" alt=\"Meme: Tucked pant legs and lowered expectations\" style=\"border: 1px solid #ccc;\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s a meme-filled edition of Random Thursday, which is surely an improvement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10636,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[87,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10637","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-memes","category-random-thursday","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/ericsiegmund.com\/fireant\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/mutantantsheadline.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ericsiegmund.com\/fireant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10637","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ericsiegmund.com\/fireant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ericsiegmund.com\/fireant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ericsiegmund.com\/fireant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ericsiegmund.com\/fireant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10637"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/ericsiegmund.com\/fireant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10637\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11005,"href":"https:\/\/ericsiegmund.com\/fireant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10637\/revisions\/11005"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ericsiegmund.com\/fireant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10636"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ericsiegmund.com\/fireant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10637"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ericsiegmund.com\/fireant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10637"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ericsiegmund.com\/fireant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}