#not sponsored by home depot

[juniperr-248]

diary of the whimsical: 01

today, the techies and i worked a ton on the set for “The Addams Family” and i’m so excited! I wish the house was black, but the brown will show more definition with the colored stage lights. Tomorrow, i will work on making some fake knives for Wednesday’s “torture board” thing lol. yippee!!

the portraits were done by a friend of mine, she did an amazing job! once they’re all hung i will get some better pictures so you guys can see :) i also found the secret paint room with a relic of a sink… the amount of paint on this sucker was insane

(i could probably sit inside of it cross legged and fit. yes i was having these thoughts as i washed brushes lol)

[lesbianjudasiscariot]

finally a good sponsor 🍎

[mollywog]

A Grow back together story titled ‘It Can Be Good Again’ told in three parts - chapters named: Good, Better, Best

(Inspiration below the cut)

[grunge-mermaid]

Me: what is this feature for?

Google: BUY SHIT NOW! BUY EVERYTHING!!!

Me: but you haven’t answered my question???

google: YOU MUST CONSUME!

[seat-safety-switch]

When I was in high school, I fell in with a bad crowd. It's probably happened to you or someone you love, too. Those government PSA commercials that are supposed to keep you away from the habit just tell you about all the fun the so-called "addicts" are having. At first, you start doing it at parties, to impress the older kids. Before you know it, totally hooked, doing it four or five times a day.

Yeah. I was lumberjacking, and I'm not afraid to admit it. Now, I've been clean for many years. Haven't felled a tree in ages. Got the medallion to prove it. Do I still feel that familiar pang when I walk by the novelty chainsaw aisle in Home Depot? You bet your ass I do. Support makes all the difference, and if you're similarly afflicted and want to get out, we can get you help, too.

Couple of years ago, I went with a few of the other sponsors to a lumber-carving competition. It's sick how these dealers rope otherwise decent people in by calling this perverted addiction "art," as if any right-thinking artist would be up to their eyeballs in wood shavings on a February ski weekend trying to carve a cartoon beaver out of a chunk of elm. Until the government and the cops – who are both in the pockets of Big Lumber, I've seen what built their houses – do something about it, the next best thing is to be there when one of their victims wants to end the cycle.

If you're one of those people, you need to reach out. We're here and we understand exactly why your house is full of weird chisels, and why you hide the fence mallet from your kids out of shame. When you're ready to stop smelling like someone set a gas station pine-tree air freshener on fire with approximately $1700 in flannel clothing, call us. We'll do whatever it takes to get you out from under the foot of the national forestry reserve and their onerous permits.

[coimbrabertone]

Bottlegate and Cola Wars, I Can't Take it Anymore!

A few weeks ago, I wrote a blogpost about the Viceroy rule in NASCAR, and one thing I cut from it was a brief discussion of the Cola Wars in NASCAR. This week, I'm tackling that issue, along with its sports drink offshoot: the bottle wars between Gatorade and Powerade.

So, to review from the Viceroy blog, while NASCAR banned sponsors that clashed with series sponsors, it did not ban competing sponsorships among different teams - in fact, it encouraged it. Thus, Pepsico got involved with Hendrick Motorsports quite famously, initially with a number of Jeff Gordon Pepsi cars, and more recently with Mountain Dew cars from the likes of Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Chase Elliott.

That came to an end after 2020, and come 2023, Chase Elliott would be scooped up by the competition: the Coca-Cola Family of Drivers.

Peaking in the late 90s/early 2000s, the Coke family once consisted of (circa 2003/2004) Steve Park, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Michael Waltrip, Bobby Labonte, Tony Stewart, Bill Elliott, Ricky Rudd, John Andretti, Kyle Petty, Kevin Harvick, Dale Jarrett, Elliott Sadler, Greg Biffle, Kurt Busch, and Jeff Burton.

That's the entire three-car lineup of Dale Earnhardt Inc., both JGR cars, both Petty Enterprises cars, both Yates cars, the Wood Brothers car, Kevin Harvick who succeeded the late Dale Earnhardt at RCR, and 60% of the Roush Racing lineup.

Coke wasn't fucking around.

Unfortunately, Pepsi had Jeff Gordon.

Well, they also sponsored Jeremy Mayfield with Mountain Dew at this time, plus Pepsi/Gatorade had deals with Jeff's Hendrick Motorsports teammates (most prominently Jimmie Johnsons) as well as the other two Roush drivers in the form of Matt Kenseth and Mark Martin, plus Ryan Newman of Penske, but Jeff Gordon is the most relevant one for the first part of this story.

That's because the Cola Wars in NASCAR came to a head at Daytona International Speedway on July 3rd, 2004 for the Pepsi 400.

Coca-Cola was promoting their new Coca-Cola C2 (essentially a soda halfway between Coke and Diet Coke by the sounds of it) brand, and they sponsored an armada of cars in this race:

John Andretti in the DEI #1 Chevy,

Greg Biffle (who won the 2003 Pepsi 400) in the Roush National Guard #16 Ford.

Tony Stewart in the Joe Gibbs Racing Home Depot #20 Chevy.

Ricky Rudd in the Wood Brothers #21 Ford.

Kevin Harvick in the RCR GM Goodwrench #29 Chevy.

Kurt Busch in the Roush Sharpie #97 Ford.

Bill Elliott in his self-owned #98 Dodge.

and Jeff Burton in the Roush #99 Ford.

Coke had eight bullets in the gun to steal the thunder right out from Pepsi's flagship race - in what Pepsico pointed out was a blatant marketing stunt - however, like I said...Pepsi had Jeff Gordon.

John Andretti would crash out, Greg Biffle would end up a lap down, Jeff Burton in twenty-sixth, Bill Elliott eighteenth, Ricky Rudd seventeenth, Kevin Harvick fourteenth, while Tony Stewart in fifth and Kurt Busch in fourth were closest to pulling off Coke's marketing upset.

Unfortunately, none of them could stop Jeff Gordon from winning from pole in his DuPont/Pepsi #24 for Hendrick Motorsports.

It was the biggest moment of the Cola Wars, but 2004 had another Pepsi vs. Coke battle going on at the same time: Bottlegate.

You see, despite the Viceroy rule normally stopping this kind of stuff, in 2004, NASCAR decided to have Gatorade (Pepsi) sponsor victory lane, while Powerade (Coke) bottles would be placed on the roof of the winning cars. How the hell was this allowed to happen? Well, despite the France family running both NASCAR and the International Speedway Corporation, at this time, NASCAR had a deal with Coke and ISC had a deal with Pepsi - the same people in the guise of two different companies signed deals with two rival brands. Of course this was going to cause issues.

Pepsi did not want their drivers in their victory lane photographed with bottles of a Coca-cola owned sports drink.

Thus, Bottlegate began.

Matt Kenseth, Mark Martin, Ryan Newman, Jeff Gordon, and Jimmie Johnson were all sponsored by Pepsi, thus, as soon as they got out of the car in victory lane, they would punch and/or sweep the bottles off the roof, instantly getting Coke products out of the pictures...which pissed off Coca-cola a lot.

They were paying good money just to see drivers knock over their product!

So, after the Pepsi 400, with the aforementioned embarrassment of Coca-cola, NASCAR made a rule banning drivers from punching the bottles off the cars.

Coke drivers won the next two races with Tony Stewart winning at Chicagoland and Kurt Busch winning at New Hampshire.

But then Pepsi's Jimmie Johnson won at Pocono on August 1st.

Well, instead of punching the bottles, Jimmie calmly got out of the car, received a giant cardboard Lowe's sign from someone on his crew, and placed it in front of the Powerade bottles.

I love this stuff, this is generational pettiness over here, the Coke guys and the Pepsi guys each trying to make the other brand look bad, it's great!

Unfortunately, Coke and NASCAR didn't seem to think so, because Jimmie Johnson was fined $10,000 over the sign incident.

So yeah, this was NASCAR in the 2000s, where corporate money was everywhere and there were enough sponsorships going around that the drivers, the tracks, and the series all had separate deals to have to worry about. Hell, three Roush drivers were with Coke and the other two were with Pepsi - compare that to nowadays where the vending machines at RFK Racing are from Fastenal.

How the hell am I supposed to drink a wrench?

[thecryptidbard]

Will I ever, ever in my life have the kind of disposable income to spend $300 on The Skeleton™️? Absolutely, unquestionably not.

However. OTHER people do. And then for FREE I get to wander the earth looking for this man wherever I go, occasionally stumbling upon him and getting to experience one of the truest joys there is on this earth—unexpected Big Boney Guy all dressed up and posed regardless of season.

HE’S BACK!!!!!

[audioexorcisms]

SPONSORED BY HOME DEPOT🔨🔩⚒️

[babyhatesreality]

Daddy stucky x little reader that loves cats and want pat every cat she sees 🐈❤️

Okay, but like for real....this would be a PROBLEM for our Baby...

Because nothing is ever simple with our girl.

You saw Goose in Fury's office and wanted to pet it.

Everyone freaks out because FLERKEN

But Goose absolutely loves you. Rubs all over your hand, follows you around, jumps into your lap and falls asleep.

You love that Goose can make tentacles shoot out of his mouth when he wants to. You think it's hilarious.

Now you are on a mission to pet every cat in the world and see if it will also shoot tentacles out of its mouth.

You chased every stray cat you saw in the street, often getting you in trouble.

You would often ask to borrow Steve or Bucky's tablet to watch cat videos and see if you could identify "Goose's brothers and sisters" in the video

Steve and Bucky took you into a bodega one time with a cat sleeping in the front window. The shop keeper wouldn't let you pet the cat. When you got home you immediately sought out Loki to put a curse on the bodega owner, earning you a Time Out and a long talking-to.

Finally, to try to curb your hyper fixation a bit, Steve and Bucky took you to a Cat Depot to get all the cuddles and pets out.

It worked enough. You were perfectly happy and content to play with kittens for a couple hours each week and you stopped running away to go pet any feral strays in the park.

It worked...until you started pestering them for a kitty of your own......

(It's not letting me link it but now go read We-sponsor-bilwittie from my masterlist :D)

[meandmybigmouth]

AMERICA! THEREPUBLICAN "DIY" REMODEL PROJECT BY MORON'S WHO DON'T KNOW WHAT THE F**K THEY ARE DOING! REALITY BITE'S! SPONSORED BY HOME DEPOT, HOBBY LOBBY AND CHICK FILET!

[gh0stgirl000]

I’ve got something in the works 😉😉

and by in the works i mean i started it a week ago, have not touched it because i fear it’s already too long, and now i’m reeling with the need to accomplish something 🎉

It’s about Charlie (i might have a little itty bitty 🤏thing for him) and it’s fluffy smut, but considering i just started out writing on here its probably going to be thousands of words worth of burnt garbage! But it will certainly be something! I’m hopefully going to have it out this weekend because i am NOT doing my schoolwork on a Saturday. I don’t care if i’m behind in french Tiffany, you can Suce cette putain de bite.

Random side note, i have a habit of thinking home depot adds are posts on here and getting very confused before i check the poster and it says sponsored. Anyway

[dirty-droid]

I only make memes in minutes on my phone, sponsored by the Home Depot

[plethoraworldatlas]

The presidential field is basically set, but before the Trump vs. Biden rematch begins in earnest, there are still a bunch of highly contentious primaries for the House and Senate left to be decided. On the Democratic side, none will draw more attention and money than the campaign to knock the Squad—the famed young, progressive legislators of color—out of Congress. And now, thanks to the most recent round of fundraising reports filed to the Federal Election Commission, we know exactly who’s funding that campaign.

Surprise! It’s Republican billionaires and megadonors.

Let’s back up: During the 2022 midterms, one of the super PACs affiliated with the American Israel Public Affairs Committee lobbying group—called the United Democracy Project—spent more than any other outside group during the Democratic primaries. Yes, it was spending on Democrats. But it boosted only conservative Democrats who were in races against progressive legislators, in part because progressives are, as a whole, willing to criticize Israel, and sometimes even question unconditional military aid to Benjamin Netanyahu’s government.

AIPAC’s most successful sally in 2022 was kicking Andy Levin—not only one of the most prominent Jewish members of the House, but also a former synagogue president—out of his House seat in Michigan, in favor of a more conservative, non-Jewish representative in Haley Stevens. (Levin had dared to indicate support for a two-state solution, introducing a bill that would have prevented U.S. aid from being used to fund Israeli settlements in the West Bank and that recognized East Jerusalem as “occupied territory,” among other provisions.)

AIPAC’s most successful sally in 2022 was kicking Andy Levin—not only one of the most prominent Jewish members of the House, but also a former synagogue president—out of his House seat in Michigan, in favor of a more conservative, non-Jewish representative in Haley Stevens. (Levin had dared to indicate support for a two-state solution, introducing a bill that would have prevented U.S. aid from being used to fund Israeli settlements in the West Bank and that recognized East Jerusalem as “occupied territory,” among other provisions.)

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And all of that was before Israel’s devastating war in Gaza began.

Now, AIPAC has made it a clear goal to defeat every progressive Democrat it can in 2024. At the end of January, Federal Election Commission filings revealed that the United Democracy Project super PAC already had $40 million on hand by the end of 2023, nearly double the $26 million it spent on the 2022 midterms. Those numbers will likely skyrocket further.

Massive though it is, the dollar figure is actually less notable than who donated it. Of the top 10 biggest donors to the Democrats-only super PAC during the past six months, boosters of Donald Trump abound. GOP megadonor Bernie Marcus, former CEO of the Home Depot, kicked in $1 million. An LLC affiliated with Bob Kraft, owner of the New England Patriots (who gave $1 million to Trump’s inauguration) chipped in $500,000. Paul Singer, another billionaire financier—and Nikki Haley megadonor, and Rudy Giuliani fundraiser—also kicked in $1 million. (Singer is perhaps best known as the luxury vacation sponsor of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito.)

[tammyfeabakker]

The Home Depot Beat using DIY items from The Home Depot!

[lavalantula]

i played stardew valley in real life today (planted a plant) (sunflower sprouts) (i will keep u all updated as they grow)

attached is a picture of a plant i got from the home depot today (not sponsored!!!) . this fiddle leaf fig was only 20 dollars. well a few years ago i got one much smaller from walmart for 15 dollars . they get bigger and bigger every year but the price stays the same. i wonder if they have trouble selling them because they are not as trendy as they were. however mine died so i needed a new one.

[aerendil]

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