OK, this one is a bit out of sequence. It first ran in 2003, immediately following the strip I showed you two posts back. I like this particular strip, however, and I’m returning to it regardless. The original of this A&J hangs in the home of a friend, who experienced his own share of hallucinations back in the day. It hangs in his bathroom, actually. I have noticed that often is where my originals end up.
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Lil Ghost is in kitchen learning to be a house cat. He got some chicken for dinner and is being petted and spoiled. He is so adorable and chubby. He has white whiskers and a white mustache and Bible. He is purring and chirping.
Dickens is dubious that he wants an adorable competitor for affection.
Not a religious cat, he does not have a Bible. He has a white bibb as he is a tuxedo cat, black and white.
Hal changed it.
I thought we were done. It was obviously a mistake to post Rheta’s column. It won’t happen again.
The post, two above, if nobody sneaks in, ignores an obvious major difference between McCain and Romney on the one hand and the ’16 nominee on the other. The former two did not have the proper mentality or whatever it takes to ‘poison the well’ in case they lost [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poisoning_the_well]. The one who won the Electoral College vote [and I accept that, as it’s in the Constitution] seemed to want an uprising to occur if he didn’t win. The nominees’ behavior in ’08 and ’12 was almost totally unlike the ’16 nominee’s behavior.
As to ‘Which side has assaulted people on the other side?’, some on the winning side have done so since the election, either physically as in ripping off a hijab, or verbally, both orally and in graffiti. Bye.
I don’t believe Jackie ‘sneaks’ at all. Though she may be temporarily incognito as anon, from time to time.
For the rest, I believe it has been adequately answered.
and don’t blame Rheta
This is how I remember John Glenn,
http://dailycaller.com/2016/12/08/john-glenn-was-once-accused-of-never-holding-a-job-his-response-should-make-everyone-love-america/
GR6, my personal experienced low temp was -40° below. Occurred during a refueling, we had to exit plane without any arctic clothing. Highest temp I am aware of was 121° F.
Surely some people with originals keep put them in a place of honor. (Although, maybe the bathroom fits the bill?)
My kitchen is place of honor. Jimmy is going up with a George Rodrigue original, good company. I haven’t decided on who or what else qualifies as favored art. I spend more time there than in bed.
Llee our Villager made it to my bedroom walls. I look at her work every time I wake up.
Lynn,
I can’t speak for others, our A&J originals are framed and hung in places for viewing by all who visit. They blend beautifully with our other original and limited addition works.
No comment except: God bless us every one. God bless the USA.
All that talk of meat balls, I can’t decide whether to make stuffed colored peppers tomorrow or meatballs to use that pound of ground round. It’s one or t’uther. And zucchini.
The zucchini are taking up too much room in fridge.
Have run out of velvet hangers again. I bought a new pack of 25 and can’t find where I put them! Time to stop clothes sorting and shifting.
Jackie, the zucchini would probably be okay out of the refrigerator for a few days; that’s my experience. The larger ones anyway; if teensy, better off in fridge, but take up small space.
Here is a Christmas song for Ghost and all our other males, Dolly Parton and the girls of the Chicken Ranch singing Hard Candy Christmas. All this talk of oversized mammaries made this come up on my youtube feed.
https://youtu.be/ivLpzyTA9ik
Dear emb, maybe I’m sneaking in — I wrote Jackie about zucchini but I don’t know where it is now. I had not read Rheta Johnson’s column you sent a link to earlier, so I just went back and found it after you alluded to it. Wow! I agree with her completely but lots of people don’t — no wonder it drew some comments (that I didn’t quite understand).
We had really better make a resolution not to get on the subject of politics and related stuff here. The Village can be a calm and friendly place to go when we need solace. Many of us need to get away from the outside world for a bit.
Jackie, I’m only being semi-facetious when I say that if you ever decide to have one, I’ll bet it will be one hell of a yard sale.
Here’s Dolly by herself which is more than enough doing Hard Candy. Talk about pokies.
https://youtu.be/bvK1F6bUrzU
I will have only part time gardener wearing Ann Klein and Chico. I am trying to get her to learn to dress well and leave the grunge look behind. I hated grunge back in the 80s. She is nice kid, loves snow boarding. Not much chance for that in Oklahoma.
She’s going with me to museum Saturday.
I figure my kids may hold garage sales or not.
Steve fRO
John Glenn, Arnold Palmer and Gordie Howe. Three men who showed determination and class. Sometimes the good don’t die young.
People with determination and class – even at 95 is too young.
My original, which is a bedroom one, is nicely framed and prominent in my bedroom. And now I have my Kickstarter reward next to it, bathrooms are for weird things that don’t fit anywhere else. ………. I’m happy to leave all my Trump loving on my facebook
John Glenn is mentioned as being on Name That Tune 1957
But I remember him as being on You Bet Your Life also. That
I have not found yet. Mark?
My kitchen bath has my decoy and duck art, I bought a lovely new piece when I visited Lee and where she shows. My back apartment bath is nautical. I’d describe mine as floral more or less with a huge contemporary floral over toilet.
We spend too much time in bathrooms to blow them off.
Jackie
A balances Diet is a glass of wine in each hand.
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GM Debbe
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Coldest actual was minus 56* actual. 12 years later–
Coldest wind chill was minus 75* reported but that was
closer to metro area.
We had to feed cows and pick eggs (it was a toasty +48* in with the
chickens)
Charlotte, at this time in particular, I agree. No more political discussions. This round has left too many people with a bad taste in their mouths on both sides. It’s over for the next 4 years, so no matter which person you dislike most, let it go and ride it out.
Waited for a lull. Drafted off-line for convenience.
Apologies to the village at large, for my terse addendum earlier. I was rushed by local needs.
More completely, I can say that Rheta Grimsley Johnson is a professional writer, whom I have never had the pleasure to meet, nor would I profess to speak for her. If I may humbly share my understanding, and be so bold as to use the familiar as is done in the village, Rheta is an opinion columnist. Or rather the modern hybrid, regional lifestyle, travelogue, opinion author that permits her a wider readership than the simple editorial. But I would defer to her own job description if I knew it better.
I may or may not agree with Rheta on any given subject. I doubt it would be 100% in either direction. But she didn’t post here.
You, emb, have opinions, good ones too. Dearly held. But you choose to post articles you did not write, ‘without comment’. Purposefully oblivious to the fact that posting such IS offering an opinion. But in someone else’s voice.
When called out on it -apologies, responded to- you claim pious innocence. Or, here, hide behind the idea that posting a link was the only point of contention.
Claim your opinions as your own. Present facts to support. To the extent you’ve done that, I thank you. And respectfully disagree on several points of opinion.
Rheta does not require my support or defense. It was your words, emb, that caused me to bristle.
Happy Holidays, and the Merriest of Christmases.