Once upon a time, television viewers would rush to the bathroom or the kitchen during a television commercial, the point being to get back to the boob tube before the entertainment resumed. Ha! Talk about days gone by. Today, it’s possible to build that set of bookshelves you’ve always wanted and still get back for the last of the network promos. All right, all right! Perhaps I exaggerate. It might be necessary to sand and finish your shelves during the next commercial break.
Remember a few weeks ago, I hinted at news from the comic world. I haven’t forgotten. I simply haven’t heard anything yet. I caution you: it’s inside stuff that won’t directly affect you, although it might me. Within a historical context, however, it will be interesting to readers of newspaper comics. I’ll let you know!
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Good for you general.
Good night Villagers….
Dad’s tucked in, catching up here…and tired too. I seem to be more tired now than when I packed eggs…be glad when it warms up and Dad and I can get out in the yard…which really is a pet cemetery…he made every ‘coffin’ for every pet he had and they are buried out in the back…including the albino raccoon.
Dad has started to reminisce about the days he worked at Mitchell, IN….home of Gus Grissom. (We watched the movie ‘Apollo 13 a couple of weeks ago.) Dad worked at the RR depot back then and got to know Mr. Grissom…Gus’ father. He spoke of a seventeen year lapse when he took a road trip back to Mitchell and went to the depot and local pub. Mr. Grissom and a friend heard he was in town and visited with Dad. Dad to this day has solemn memories of that tragic day…..they have a small museum in Gus Grissom’s memory there in Mitchell.
And someone please tell me why the past two nights I have dreamed of Ian being a baby….even to the point of being in a light dream state and questioning if I had a child….strange dreams. I think it’s because I have two ‘children’ here that are dependent on me…oh, well, someone has to do it.
Steve…I’ve noticed our post times are two hours behind….stinking DST.
So glad to be back here…you don’t know how much I had thought of you people and missed you….
Good night my Village….
GR 😉 …there’s always a ‘something’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nolnTeXt8TE
Regarding the DST ‘lapse’ in this forum: I believe that WordPress does its timestamp based on its internal settings… which may predate the current DST rules moving its onset to the second Sunday of March instead of the first Sunday of April. Or maybe JJ’s computer’s operating system is that old?
Debbe 😉 We’re glad you’re back, hon, and we missed you, too.
John Fogery and Rock & Rock…a good combination.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3I5_zOrji9I
GN & GM Debbe
Six Undeniable Facts of Life
1. Don’t educate your children to be rich. Educate them to be happy, so when they grow up they will know the value of things, not the price.
to be continued…
dom, this one is for you. 🙂
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ipI2qnUGuQ
Debbe:
Your mentioning “Apollo 13” brought a memory to mind.
In 1984, I had a promo photograph taken with Senator John Glenn.
I tried to be cool and talk about the issues of the day, but the nine-year-old boy inside was jumping up and down and screaming, “It’s John Glenn the astronaut!”
Good Morning Villagers…..
GM to you Old Bear, love your bits of wisdom…must copy them down.
Rick glad I could stir up a good memory, do you still have that picture? When I was a ‘wittle’ girl, I’d watch the launches…I wanted to grow up and be an astronaut and be the first woman in space. I also was proud that my Dad knew Guss Grissom’s father…a fact I let be known then.
Mark….this Spotify is spoiling me…listening to “Twin Sons of a Different Mother’ by Fogleberg and Weisberg, great flute playing…an album I had and played and played.
gotta go…just heard Dad get up…
later
Debbe it is usually so cloudy up here that it is sometimes hard to figure out when the sun is out! Monday was the first drive to work in the dark and the snow covered up the twilight. The good news is that by the time that I got home, there was enough time to shovel in the light. I’m not sure how good of news that is.
I had a few tests at the Dr. office yesterday. An EKG, x-ray and breathing test. Not really going to spot something underlying, but if there is an issue, it might spot something. I had an issue after walking 20 miles, but I assume that drinking a cola on an empty stomach is why I felt a bit funky. April 1st I am going to walk 26.2 miles, so I plan to be a bit smarter with the food intake.
Let’s see what time this posts. I am at 8:20 AM….
Elephants.
http://explore.org/live-cams/player/african-safari-camera
“comic-time continuum” 🙂 good one!
Good morning, Village!!
It’s 29 degrees here in sunny Dahlonega, and I just had to thaw the ice out of the outside cats’ bowl. There are reports of light snow a bit north of us, but so far none here. While I don’t mind snow I’m just as glad there’s none today because I have to venture forth for my second post-surgery checkup. He’ll most likely say I’m good, and don’t need to see him again. Jackie, when you have your surgery, DO THE PHYSICAL THERAPY!! You’ll need a designated driver for a while, but it’s the best thing you can do for your recovery.
And I have to stop by the vet and pick up meds for my 17 year old cat. She is not doing well, and the doctor says she is anemic. I will have to give her a pill twice a day. This should be fun.
lLee: Today’s ‘Shoe’ is also a good one:
http://www.gocomics.com/shoe
as is today’s 9 Chickweed Lane. For it, you have to know that the bride [pictured] and both bridesmaids [Edda and an airline hostess (non-pc)] are also commando.
Peace,
Also, Happy St. Urho’s Day! Now, what am I missing / today’s TIP BlogSpot?
http://thatispriceless.blogspot.com/
All I know is communion wafers stick to the roof of your mouth. [We Methodists dip real bread into grape juice (Welch’s was actually invented for that purpose back in the 19th c.), and we ‘know’ it is just bread.] Whoops! Religion.
Pax,
Just watched the Baltimore peregrine site from 0906-0923. When I arr., a bird was incubating and the other was in the ‘doorway’. Bird in doorway shifted position a bit, incubator +/- motionless. Hard to judge relative size bcs webcam is so wide angle. Finally, 0915 or later [?] doorway bird hopped in, picked gravel for minute or more, incubator got up and flew off. Remaining bird settled on the TWO eggs, shifting position often, settled in. Am guessing it is the larger of the two. If so, it is the falcon and the bird that left is the tercel.
http://chesapeakeconservancy.org/explore/wildlife-webcams/peregrine-falcon/
Peace,
Debbe, I think you’re right about the reason for the dreams. The light, watchful sleep you’re getting now is probably similar to that you had when Ian was a baby.
Good beginning, Old Bear.
Ghost, I hope your under the weather feeling isn’t due to a resurgence of the creeping crud you had forever.
GOOD MORNING, TRAPPER JEAN! So nice to hear you’re doing well and the PT has been valuable. Jackie, what Jean said. I have seen it make a huge difference in both function and comfort for several people.
The Villagers and their companion animals are in my nightly prayers.
emb, Polly wants a cracker…the classic parrot line.
Smigz: Hope your prayers include my various raptors. Peace,
Hi, Jean dear! Good to hear you’re still kicking. You can still kick, can’t you?
Thanks for your concern, Li’l Smigz. All better now. What I had was obviously just a shade of the Martian Flu-like illness I had late last year.
Ghostly Definition of the Day – Middle Age: That point in life when work becomes a lot less fun and fun becomes a lot more work.
Ghost,
A belated “thanks!” for the “TootToot”. That was my mother-in-law’s favorite tune and the crawfish looked good too.
God bless us every one. God bless the USA.
Here is a version of Mustang Sally by Wilson Pickett with a variety of sexy women for Ghost. I don’t object is the rest of you drool over them too. The cars guys, not the women.
https://youtu.be/h1FRrZD2y9Y
And I know that baseball season must be approaching soon or at least spring training.
This has always been a favorite of mine forever, Centerfield, and the period video is awesome, worth watching for that alone.
https://youtu.be/04KQydlJ-qc
We always called this “Put Me in Coach”.
And here is a John Mellencamp video from when we were all young and beautiful, one of my favorites of course. For the droolers among us there is quite a Chick dancing in black underwear and a garter belt.
https://youtu.be/4dOsbsuhYGQ
Reminds me of a teen friend of mine, male, who stripped off naked and everyone ignored him so he put a rose in his teeth and picked up a guitar.
Saw a photo of him recently, bald and obese. Think about it.
Smigz, you have a very good point there. No one really slept well during the night, I gave in and gave Dad his ‘sleeping’ pill. No more….I told him this morning we’ll just have to go to sleep the old fashion way….close your eyes 🙂 Dad does understand, it’s the remembering that’s creeping away, short term memory loss.
Steve, pray you get good results on your test…take ‘baby’ tests when ‘gearing’ up for your next marathon…I admire your determination.
Hello Jean…good advice you are giving Jackie. My Mom was a slacker when she had her knee surgery, and she paid the price for it until she left us.
Emb, you triggered a memory there when you mentioned the wafers that are used in communion. I went to an all Catholic elementary school complete with uniforms and daily masses. We would volunteer to clean the church’s alter area and the two back rooms that adjoined the alter area. We found those wafers….the ones that had not been blessed yet. And it was “I bet you can’t eat just one” frenzy 🙂
And it’s March Madness time….need to find the channel, CBS I believe, have my bracket saved in my bookmarks, and Butler plays at 1:30. Dad played basketball when he was in high school. Would love to see Duke (remember, it’s the team everyone loves to hate) go down in the first round, but that’s not going to happen. Purdue plays tonight, Vermont, at 7:30. I’d have to google to see when the last time IU was in the tourney.
Jackie, I remember dancing at high school sock hops to that song.
…and GR 😉 , bookmarked that Fogerty tune..love the lyrics too.
later……
today’s grin 🙂
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