Obesity has become a real problem in this country; we all know that. I’ve heard a lot of theories about why that is. Some of them make sense, but I have my own theory that I haven’t heard voiced elsewhere. I believe people began getting fatter in direct proportion to the length of commercial breaks on television. Think about it! We all have to do something to fill the one-third of airtime that is now devoted to advertisements. Makes sense to me.
I didn’t say anything about the passing of Robin Williams yesterday, because it was news to me when I was updating this page. I just didn’t know much. Plus, I knew there’d be a lot said by others, and I was right. There was a third reason, maybe. I didn’t want to make any comment that might be construed as negative at such a time. That comment would have been: I have always thought Robin Williams was best as a dramatic actor. Of course, that isn’t a negative thing to say, but with so many emphasizing his original and frenetic approach to comedy, I just didn’t see going into it. Also, let us remember Betty Bacall, who left us yesterday.
334 responses to “Back after This…”
Jackie and Lilyblack, et al, this talk of the various ailments reminds me of something George Carlin said. Carlin said “First Richard Pryor had a heart attack, then I had a heart attack. Then Richard set himself on fire, so I had another heart attack!”.
thanks mark!
Funny, Mark! I loved Carlin. Actually I like a lot of comics but I think I only understand the old dudes because the young ones speak another language.
Love, Jackie
If you have never clicked on sideburns’ name I invite you to so. Some of you were obviously head of your class in cutting and pasting. Re organ donations, I also have no organs that anyone would be interested in (No Ghost). I can’t even give my blood away. At the appropriate time my brain will go for Parkinson’s research. I was going to say more about that subject , but my hands are cramping too much so bye for now.
Jackie, I like Ron White and Mitch Hedberg a lot better than George Carlin or Richard Prior. The Boy In My Life watch Ron White on YouTube and die laughing! But of the old guys, Bill Cosby is the best!
Mitch Hedberg quotes:
I don’t have a girlfriend. But I do know a woman who’d be mad at me for saying that.
I don’t own a cell phone or a pager. I just hang around everyone I know, all the time. If someone wants to get a hold of me, they just say ‘Mitch,’ and I say ‘what?’ and turn my head slightly.
I haven’t slept for ten days, because that would be too long.
I know a lot about cars. I can look at a car’s headlights and tell you exactly which way it’s coming.
I like rice. Rice is great if you’re hungry and want 2000 of something.
I like to play blackjack. I’m not addicted to gambling, I’m addicted to sitting in a semi-circle.
I wanna hang a map of the world in my house. Then I’m gonna put pins into all the locations that I’ve traveled to. But first, I’m gonna have to travel to the top two corners of the map so it won’t fall down.
The depressing thing about tennis is that no matter how good I get, I’ll never be as good as a wall.
With a stop light, green means ‘go’ and yellow means ‘slow down’. With a banana, however, it is quite the opposite. Yellow means ‘go’, green means ‘whoa, slow down’, and red means ‘where the heck did you get that banana?’
You know, you can’t please all the people all the time… and last night, all those people were at my show.
I like an escalator because an escalator can never break, it can only become stairs. There would never be an escalator temporarily out of order sign, only an escalator temporarily stairs. Sorry for the convenience.
I’m sick of following my dreams. I’m just going to ask them where they’re going and hook up with them later.
And my favorite:
I don’t understand when people show you a photograph and say,”That’s a picture of me when I was younger.” Isn’t every photograph a picture of you when you were younger?
“If you want lemonade, there’s some in the fridge.” [And if you don’t, there isn’t?]
I’ll keep this brief. I’m not that fond of the idea of someone cutting up my brain, but I will make the donation because, in my opinion, it’s the right thing for ME to do. I may have very definite opinions as to what I think that you should do but, for the most part, I should mind my own business and let you make your own personal decision. However, that isn’t always going to happen because when I see someone trying to hurt or kill themselves I’m going to try to help them. Remember years ago in New York when the woman was stabbed and no one called the police? I said then that I would never do that. Without going into details I will say that being a busybody has saved quite a few lives over the years. I still want to talk about depression, but tomorrow is another day.
Tara.
6+ gallon blood donor here. (No, not all at one time.) So if no one wants my organs when I’m done with them…well, I guess I’ve sort of done my part already.
Jerry in FL, and you never know when your opportunity to help will come along. Mine came late one night when I heard a car revving its motor repeatedly near the railroad which ran near the side yard of our house. I knew there was a train due within the next half hour so I went to see what was going on. A car (with 4 intoxicated people in it) had tried to get to the bowling alley on the other side of the tracks by driving over the rails where there was no crossing and got stuck. I tried to help push it off, but the front bumper was hung up on the rail with the back of the car lower than the front. After thinking about it, I had the driver get out his jack and I jacked up the front end till the bumper cleared and he could back off. The train came through about 10 minutes later. So I know I saved at least 4 people that night.
Mark, you sure did a fine thing. Good for you — it must have been nerve wracking wondering if the train would come while you worked on the car. What a relief to get them all safe and alive! Hate to think what could have happened. Fast thinking on your part.
Have any of you considered donating your brain for a transplant? (I’m sure there are a few SF novels/movies where that’s part of the story!)
Here’s some SF for the cat people among the Villagers.
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/29614/29614-h/29614-h.htm
I dozed off in my chair and now the Man IN My Life is putting me to bed. Nighty-night. Shhhh
Jerry in FL – Part of my job is to listen. It is amazing (to me at least) what information people will give me, even if I don’t know their names. I am someone they see daily, and after a while, they just talk. I believe you weren’t so much being a busybody as you were being a good listener. In this modern “ME-centric” climate, listeners ARE heroes because they paid attention before trouble arose. I often wonder how much of today’s violence could have been prevented if just one person took some interest in a troubled soul. Not that it would eliminate it all – we humans are dedisposed to violence. I think it has something to do with being an apex predator.
I get my keys to the new place Monday. I really need to buckle down and pack some more. I blame you guys for being so well-rounded, interesting, and welcoming. 🙂
Good morning Villagers…
Today is another yearly milestone…I turned 61 at 12:10 am….and my body lies over the ocean, no wait, that’s My Bonnie lies over the ocean……..and IU med center will get it when I’m done with it.
Happy Caterday https://i.chzbgr.com/maxW500/8286775040/h2AB6120E/
..and Mark…thanks for the Pink Floyd, and I do remember that Carlin line very well.
GR 😉 I’m sure you do ;0
…and just where has Sandcastler and Loon been lately??
Jimmy, the way you’ve got Arlo draped over the couch….and the expressions on his face and body language ….. Wonderful! 🙂
Debbe! Happy happy birthday, happy happy birthday, happy happy birthDAY! (Imagine a conga line of chickens going down the hall) 🙂 Hope it is a wonderful year for you!
Happy Birthday to you,
Happy Birthday to you,
Happy Birthday, Dear Debbe,
Happy Birthday to you.
And many happy returns.
On the day my Dad would reach his, say, 61st birthday, he would, with great dignity, proclaim, “I am now in my 62nd year.” Welcome to your 62nd year. 🙂
Mark: Thanks. I decided not to read the story [De gustibus . . .] but I’m a drawing freak and the illustration took me back to my teens, when I was an SF fan for a few days. Among the disillusionments were a lot of crummy fiction and J.R. Campbell’s falling for ******ics.
“days”? years, of course. What would Sigmund say / that?
Well, along with giving up (at least for now) television viewing, I’ve given up on watching the “The Last Ship” basic-cable series. A couple of weeks ago, the Captain left the ship AGAIN on an away team, I mean, a reconnaissance party, even though he seems to have a number of perfectly competent officers that could have commanded that mission. And this time, he managed to get himself captured by the Romulans, I mean, the Russians. The ones from the other “last ship”.
This captain is lucky the entire Navy command structure is apparently dead from the plague; else, it seems to me, he’d have already been relieved from command of his DDG. Perhaps his XO will swoop in on a shuttle craft, I mean, a RIB boat and rescue him. But alas, I’ll never know, as my policy is, to paraphrase the current administration, “Don’t watch stupid [stuff].”
Good morning, I am off to buy as much dog and cat supplies as I can push out of Dollar General and then come cook mom her breakfast.
The jokes were funny, Lily, I did laugh. I learned a LONG time ago to read humor, watch humor and listen to humor. It is therapeutic but Mike says it gets hard to find a movie or television program to watch jointly with me!
After first round of hepatitis they quit taking my blood as a donor, which is a good thing. They weren’t screening so good back then but doctors said to stop. One of my hepatitis infections may have been from a later transfusion? Who knows?
That is why Mike jokes no one will want any of my organs for a transfer, they will all be condemned by then.
A long time ago one of my rheumatologists said that all of us were research subjects, meaning autoimmune and diseases like Jerry’s are so little known they just keep testing and trying things out on us. My current rheumatologist is a research center and I guess I do help out for those coming along later.
Stay strong and keep laughing, it is better than alternatives.
Love, Jackie Monies
🙂 My brother once told me of a lecture he attended as an officer (ok I could have that part wrong) where Star trek was referenced. “Don’t be Captain Kirk, always going off ship and doing things. That is not your job. We want Captain Picards, sending able teams out to do the job while he keeps an eye on the big picture.”