Coffee always is a source of inspiration early in the morning, either directly or indirectly. My coffee maker is black, incidentally, for exactly the above reason. If you haven’t visited the site since Friday, you’ll notice the subtle link at the top of the page that will enable you to purchase the new A&J T shirts. I want to thank all those who have already bought a shirt. I know you’re wondering: most of the shirts that have been ordered to date will ship tomorrow.
Make Mine Black
By Jimmy Johnson
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80 responses to “Make Mine Black”
Jerry, scroll down to her second or third comment….and she posted the same link I posted, it is green lettering…..but your first have to read the strip….I’ve posted there, I even thought about asking her if she reads Arlos and Janis and mention their cat Ludwig, who is purple….that is if JJ doesn’t mind.
Jerry, left click on the link to bring up the second video…the BCN boys at play
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KM41RvEIpfA
Oops, sorry Jerry, forgot to post link to the strip and the comments
http://www.breakingcatnews.com/comic/puckys-purrfect-christmas-tips-part-one/
Did people have more class in the past? Oh, Lord, yes! That’s a no-brainer, especially considering that few now have any at all. Hat tip, Lady Mindy.
Odd that the real-time series should be about a Christmas tree and tradition just as I am struggling to bring both back into my life. Or perhaps it’s not.
One of the geysers in the background is erupting.
JJ, I *do* have a black coffee pot, but I still clean it with vinegar every once in a while. 😉
c-ex-p and eMb, I read your explanation of why sugar won’t dissolve in cold tea, and while it’s very nice and sciency, I just know no matter how much I stir it, the sugar won’t dissolve. And no, you didn’t spoil my fun; I know my limitations when it comes to science. 🙂
Debbe, bless you, Honey. You’re stronger than I am. And thank you for the link to the BCN boys!
Debbe, hang tight.
As to sugar in ice tea, it never stopped grandpa from stirring 7 teaspoons in his glass. Guess science only works if you believe in it. 😉
For all the moms (and anyone’s who’s been raised by one):
The Mom Song!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxT5NwQUtVM
Mindy
There is a story about someone coming from the past seeing how people dressed
today and thinking that we were so poor and destitute that it was not worth going on.
Decided to measure some of our tee shirts to help decide what size A&J shirts to order. In addition to confirming the suspected inconsistencies among brands, I discovered that I already own a shirt from Gildan. Happy to say that it’s one that I like the way it fits – and that it has held up well. Still wish that we could get them in women’s sizes.
Remember when people dressed up to go on a commercial flight? The deterioration of on-board airline service and amenities seemed to begin about the same time as rampant sloppiness of dress among their passengers. I wonder if there was any causation connected to that correlation…and if so, in which direction.
On the bright side, it’s probably just a matter of time before one of us will see someone on a flight wearing an A&J tee shirt.
Today’s TIP BlogSpot; the other site is still the knitting bit. Haven’t tried to track this down, but am guessing the subject is Wagner, and wondering where in Germany it was and if it survived WWI and WWII.
Haven’t looked at the newer posts above.
Peace, emb
c x-p: Your post was not pompous; maybe just a vocabulary problem.
sand: ‘Guess science only works if you believe in it.’ No, it works exceptionally well to pretty well, depending on scientists’ skills, and on subject matter, but not on popular opinion or misinformation. As noted here before, however, it is always tentative, and never certain.
We know pretty what will happen when a fuel-laden Boeing [?] rams into a skyscraper [and the guys figuring that out weren’t Ph.D.’s]. But we don’t know when the roughly every 500 yr. [on average] Big One will next rip the Cascade Fault. When it does, everyone west of Interstate 5 will probably be toast. The last rip was well over 500 YA. Think I’ll stay here. Besides, winters aren’t as severe as when we came in ’58.
Science happens. The dinosaurs didn’t believe in it but, 65 MYA, it happened. RIP.
Peace, emb
emb, you were right. It is Wagner: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anton_von_Werner#/media/File:1908_v._Werner_Enthuellung_Richard-Wagner-Denkmal_Tiergarten_anagoria.JPG
And it is still there; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Wagner_Monument
While science and scientists do their thing, I will accomplish my tasks. Installing a new printer and monitor in Loon’s office. Moving an existing printer / copier to a new location. Joys of wireless networks : -) Cooking a pot of vegetarian veal bean soup and getting ready to make a round of bread.
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