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That Synching Feeling

By Jimmy Johnson

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My friends, I hope things are getting better for you, wherever you are. Spring weather finally has arrived here. I sat on my front porch last night until well past dark, and it gets dark later these days, you know. You can almost see the buds growing on shrubs and trees. The groundhog in the ditch has been receiving, and the birds are going berserk. The window of my office is open as I write this, and it’s going to be very difficult to get much paying work done today. I repeat: I hope things are better for you, too.

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133 responses to “That Synching Feeling”

  1. Ghost Rider 6 Avatar
    Ghost Rider 6

    Must have been a good story if divine intervention had to step in. 😉

  2. Jackie monies Avatar
    Jackie monies

    It was a really good one , I promise involved a dictators son. I always really thought Blanche Devereaux was a composite of every good Southern girls stories the writers ever heard admitted.

  3. Jackie Monies Avatar
    Jackie Monies

    I forgot this one, which you may have heard but it came from an antipodean friend:

    “Can’t sleep tonight? Neither can I. Let’s not sleep together.”

  4. Ghost Rider 6 Avatar
    Ghost Rider 6

    🙂

  5. Ghost Rider 6 Avatar
    Ghost Rider 6

    Jackie, you mentioned the rather casual attitude toward nudity in NZ, which reminded me of this Air New Zealand campaign from a while back. All the employees were played by actual employees.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEsZColk23g

    Of course, what I’d pay good money to see would be the bloopers reel. 😉

    Debbe 😉

  6. Debbe Avatar
    Debbe

    Good morning Villagers….

    Ah, blondes in Mexico. When I lived in Corpus, my mother and two sisters came to visit me. We decided to treat them to Matamoros, just across the river. My one sister’s hair is so blonde, she had a young Mexican boy run up to her and gave HER a peso. My friend, tourist guide, told her that was a compliment and was to suppose to bring good luck to the giver. Now, we’re to give them subsidies….oh, don’t get me started…….

    Running late…..and just like Jimmy promised, there is more undressing. I still prefer black lingerie to the white Janis is wearing today. Wouldn’t jaws drop if Jimmy drew Janis in a thong???

    I’d better go on that one.

    ya’ll have a blessed day…..rain coming in tonight and tomorrow….but at least it’ll be in the sixties.

    GR 😉

  7. Debbe Avatar
    Debbe

    Where is it 3:40 at, my time is 5:40….

  8. Rick in Shermantown, Ohio Avatar
    Rick in Shermantown, Ohio

    Strip of 03.12.15:

    And the first shot across the bow is fired.

    Let slip the dogs of war.

  9. Denise in Michigan Avatar
    Denise in Michigan

    emb, thanks for the blast from the past! My Dad had a ’60 or ’61 in Henry Ford’s favorite car color.

    Jimmy, it’s warming up quickly here in Michigan, so the melting snow and thawing ground mean puddles are everywhere right now. Grass is greening in snowless spots, spinach seeds are waiting patiently in their packet. Soon we will have a morning that smells like earth and rain and worms, and it will be spring.

  10. Jackie monies Avatar
    Jackie monies

    Arlo has gotten too smart to respond

  11. Jackie monies Avatar
    Jackie monies

    But maybe Janis is not . There is no drama when everyone acts rationally. Personally I like calm but we would be without suspense, novels and cartoonists with no irrational characters.

  12. John in Richmond Texas Avatar
    John in Richmond Texas

    Jackie @ 8:58 — oh, I don’t know, I’d say she looks “comfortable” . GR6 @ 8:31 for sure, my wife would always say, she’d save her fat calories for something she likes. Makes me think of a show – The Texas Bucket List, they have the Burger of the Week and it’s often just a place where they pile all the crud on they can think of just to be different and it’s a stupid slop mess bigger than your head

  13. emeritus mn. biologist Avatar
    emeritus mn. biologist

    Denise,

    You’re welcome.

    Today’s A.Word.A.Day is limerick, and Anu Garg gives this example:

    The limerick packs laughs anatomical
    Into space that is quite economical.
    But the good ones I’ve seen
    So seldom are clean
    And the clean ones so seldom are comical.

    Peace, emb

  14. Jackie monies Avatar
    Jackie monies

    I just had a banana and Diet Coke for breakfast and an over ripe one at that Made me think of our late troll and laugh. I slept in the yoga pants but I am not running nine miles. I am wishing for a more wakeful travel companion with better eating habits than daughter and grandson. The old lady could stagger next door for the shrimp or lobster omelet

  15. emeritus mn. biologist Avatar
    emeritus mn. biologist

    TIP BlogSpot and comic are the same: http://thatispriceless.blogspot.com/

    Peace, emb

  16. emeritus mn. biologist Avatar
    emeritus mn. biologist

    Title is simply “In the woods.” emb

  17. Trapper Jean Avatar
    Trapper Jean

    Last week we had ice, snow, and temps in the teens, this week we have rain and mid-50s, and we may yet have another round of ice and snow. It is not unheard of to have an ice storm in April.

    Speaking of food, I saw this the other day. Would I eat one? Not on a dare! I would like just the plain bun, though. 🙂

    http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-big-league-stew/royals-minor-league-affiliate-introduces-krispy-kreme-donut-dog-150921775.html?soc_src=mediacontentstory&soc_trk=fb&fb_ref=Default

  18. Mark in TTown Avatar
    Mark in TTown

    How I feel after the change to DST: http://cheezburger.com/8459213568

  19. sandcastler™ Avatar
    sandcastler™

    Mark, I just refuse to change, staying on GMT. If GMT is good enough for NASA and the airlines then it works for me too.

  20. Ghost Rider 6 Avatar
    Ghost Rider 6

    Some of my favorite limerick humor is not even a limerick…

    http://www.b2e2c2k.com/Orange.gif

  21. emeritus mn. biologist Avatar
    emeritus mn. biologist
  22. Mark in TTown Avatar
    Mark in TTown

    I know this author had a large following, though I haven’t read any of his work personally: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/11468162/Sir-Terry-Pratchett-Discworld-author-dies-after-battle-with-Alzheimers.html

    Chances are someone here is a fan of his.

  23. Jackie monies Avatar
    Jackie monies

    I will just say I have many friends who are fans. They are devoted.

    Got my delicious shrimp omelet with sliced tomatoes and artichokes, met a wonderful Internet friend and his wife and I am so happy I did. I need someone to inspire me like that daily. I am going to get him some sinker cypress in south LA and carry it to Wyoming for him to use for boat building