I can’t believe it’s been five years since I drew this series; it seems like only yesterday. However, from the summer of 2009, Arlo returns to his roots to make a statement.
Arluddite I
By Jimmy Johnson
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58 responses to “Arluddite I”
Wow five years…I still don’t get it. But I am sure it will be funny once I figure it out!
To think while other people pay to go on ‘Disconnect Retreats’, Arlo just goes cold turkey.
Steve, He is without his e-toys.
Oh, yeah, I remember Arlo Yossarian and the Catch-22 strip! Still love it. From time to time I get the whimsical urge and do the same thing exactly as Captain Yossarian did it. (With the stalking preacher gone it’s now almost safe to do!) Surprisingly, Heller hit on something that does have restorative properties. At least for me. And John doesn’t mind, seems to appreciate the literary value. Last time I did a Yossarian (and now an Arlo) I noticed that even Shelly seems to approve. Oh, my.
Food morning, Debbe, from the four-cornered Triad.
Oh yeah, Symply hanging with Liv, comparing pictures of motorcycles…totally Fargone!
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10203443594923832&set=a.1035203973636.7146.1631560167&type=1&theater
Was supposed to precede above but was stuk in moderation
I Symply try to do this and Fargone fail miserably…..I call it a victory if I can get through a meal without looking at it(I get quite a few victories!)! I wonder at some of the vacations I have had where I had no idea and did not care what the rest of the world was doing and now media is ubiquitous, you can’t get away!
For those interested, Livingston Taylor show Friday was fantastic, his protege’ Chelsea Berry has a voice that is ethereal. No review as the T&G writer was at another event, but what a show. Apparently Liv rides BMWs and we had a talk about motorcycles. Really, really nice guy, I am a bit surprised at all the nice folks in the music industry, from what I had read I expected some really big egos and such and have only run into two examples, most have been stellar folk!
Liv and Chelsea at Mechanics Hall presented by http://www.symplyfargone.com
Fargone and Symply out!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjxX2j70tdw
{{{{Mindy}}}} Good to see back in the Village.
About electronics. This weekend daughter and I had an interesting drive in country, thanks to GPS. Never did get to where we thought we were going but saw lots of new country, which is weird, as I worked throughout this entire part of Oklahoma.
I told her it was the last time I was going in a car with her without a paper map. I have traveled all over U.S. with paper maps including remote places and parts of Oklahoma and Arkansas that were poorly marked.
She had Garmin on dash and a fancy big phone with GPS and we still did not know where we were! I told her that was how people ended up mountains and lost in snowbanks until they died.
Pretty drive, however.
Love, Jackie Monies
The car automatically tells us what direction we’re going and that’s pretty much all we need. Put me in an unfamiliar building, however, and I become directionally challenged.
Symply, that T-shirt is fargone.
Yep, love the shirt! Where did you get it?
Paper maps don’t keep saying “recalculating” when you have to make a detour.
And Meg called Arlo Papa!
After a short nap, I am attempting some cleaning. Could be interesting.
The Symply Fargone shirt at the bottom of the website is also pretty cool. Is there a way to get one other than at a concert? As much as we’d like to attend some of your upcoming events, you’re a little too far away to make that practical 🙂
Lady Mindy, you probably slept through my comment early this morning, and I’m still wondering about the source of all the beer you had to clean up.
Rusty, google the t-shirt. They are all over the InterWebNet. Along with a decidedly scatological version.
Like Mindy, Catch-22 was the first thing to pop into my mind when I saw this the first time
What T-shirt
So much beer..so little time…gonna quite while I’m ahead…Indy Mindy, maybe it’ll take the old wax off the floor.:)
Are our female Villagers as disappointed that Arlo wasn’t actually naked as the male Villagers would have been had it been Janis?
SF..you simply have quite an upcoming marquee up to October…good music and good times…but, dang….Indiana has me in a “”stranglehold” on me….
….and no u tube!
SF..you simply have quite an upcoming marquee up to October…good music and good times…but, dang….Indiana has me in a “”stranglehold” on me….
….and no u tube!
About the story arc,,,just gotta think about if for a….wait….kids are leaving….
later
…and Blinkey,,no.
Saw that “Papa Arlo” from Meg. Our kids called their father “Bud” and still do, after the kid character on the Bill Cosby show. It’s too long to explain. Mostly they called me “Jackie” since we worked together and bellowing Mom didn’t sound professional.
Not sure what Jack is calling his grandfather? We understand the bellowed “Ma!” Which isn’t me.
Meg calls her other grandfather “Pops”, right?
Love, Jackie Monies
Blinky the W W, good to see you back! It’s been a long time. I’ve always enjoyed your comments.
Teenagers in Omaha who went out for ice cream ran into Warren Buffett and Sir Paul McCartney and have the pictures to prove it.