(UPDATE: It is Sunday, the last day of the Boston Comic Con. I hadn’t meant to go dark the past few days, but I’ve hardly had a spare moment. In fact, I think the past month or so possibly has been the busiest of my life! That’s not a bad thing, and I’m not complaining, but I’m ready to slow down. As for BCC, I know you expected more in thee way of live coverage, but I will at least recap it for you in the coming days. I do want to say, I have met some wonderful fans from the Boston area, and I thank each of them for coming out. The Comic Con isn’t necessarily the easiest ground to navigate!)
Things are about to get a little crazy around here. Delta permitting, I will leave for Beantown tomorrow morning, where I will be on exhibit at Boston Comic Con Friday-Sunday. I know it costs to get in (I don’t get a cut of that; I’d let my readers in free if I could.), but I hope some of you in the Boston area will come by and see me at table D915. Autographs and handshakes will be free. I ship more books to Massachusetts than any other state, and I’m looking forward to meeting some of you. Also, I will be in Burlington, VT, two weekends later for the Vermont Comic Con. This is an experiment for me. I expect to be the old geezer in the corner fielding questions such as, “Is that strip still around?” It’s true, I’m in the corner, the southeast corner. I don’t know how much time I’ll have, but I definitely plan to send you updates here.
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Ruth Anne, my bad. We skied Winter Park on weekends when Loon was at UC Denver. Great train ride into the Rockies from Denver to Winter Park; either watch the scenery or enjoy the bar car.
Just watched some news on Louisiana which keeps getting worse and worse. They keep mentioning southern Mississippi. Ghost, are you all flooded?
Houston is making flood news too but the governor of Louisiana had to evacuate when the mansion flooded. I thought that thing sat up on a man made hillast?
Sand, how is Houston?
We got only bands of heavy showers and minor creek rises in this area; no damage of which I’ve heard.
The video of the men in Louisiana rescuing the drowning woman and her dog from her submerged convertible is fairly amazing. Perhaps not amazing enough to be shown 4000 times (and that’s just on The Weather Channel) but fairly amazing. 🙂 Seriously, David Phung, the guy who went into the water deserves serious kudos.
I’ll bet, though, in retrospect he and the other men wish they’d had a better knife near to hand, say a folding knife with a very sharp blade at least three-and-a-half inches long and a paracord lanyard to slip around his wrist. That would have made short work of getting through and peeling back the convertible top. But who would carry such a thing that slips easily into a rear pants pocket; can be easily opened and closed with one hand; weighs only 5.5 ounces; and can also slice through seat belts with jammed buckles? Hmm, I wonder.
You do and it is a Spydeco brand. Go with me to the boat show and we’ll go through Golden. I get major discount on knives and the $10 tour.
Temptation, thy name is Jackquline.
I feel sure someone will, if they haven’t already, recommend Mr. Phung for this.
http://www.carnegiehero.org/awardees/
Many years ago, I met and socialized with for a few days with an investigator from the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission who was investigating a local case. I decided he had one of the coolest jobs in the world, travelling the country and meeting and interviewing people who performed heroic acts (the survivors, at least, as not all of the heroes lived to tell their own stories) and witnesses.
And who do you think would be chosen to do that job? A police detective? An insurance investigator? A former CSI? No, an English major. The reason being that he had to paint a brief but very accurate word picture of events that would allow the members of the Commission to make an informed decision about the merits of each case. (He told me about one time he got gigged by his boss for using the word “car” when he should have used “automobile”.)
The individual involved in the case being investigated did receive a medal (I was there when the event occurred, and believe me, he deserved a medal for his actions, which risked his life and undoubtedly saved several others), and I was able to find and read the write up on the Carnegie site.
Jackie, rain was needed as we were drying out, plus it beat down the heat.
Enjoy
https://youtu.be/6JWKXI8nEOQ
He is still alive and singing? What were they doing eating at Dennys? That was amazing.
I loved his brother Jerry who used to play frequently at a club in my hometown when I was in college. Great banjo player. But Jerry did pass away.
Jerry and the basset hound were one of main reasons I watched that sitcom for years.
Jackie, here is the news article re:Dick. Guess everyone has to eat breakfast somewhere.
I might as well add my tidbit to the Village’s drive towards 400 entries before this closes tomorrow.
About 3 days ago, I was idly recalling some former students and plugged in one name to some sites. The results showed – most provably from 2 publications of the college at which I taught her, but also from more neutral places – that this young lady became a physician and is still practicing. Whenever I find out about successful former students, I get quite a little thrill. She was a good student and asked me for a letter of recommendation several years after we last saw each other, but I am sure that letter was not to a medical school! Thus, my surprise.
As my students were mostly in their 1st or 2nd collegiate year, there were only a few who kept me informed beyond college careers. Cannot think of any other MDs, though there were a number of past students who were capable of such, IMO. I can think of several dentists and a lot of nurses, and even some chiropractors emanating from my courses – as well as at least one Ph.D. Too bad one cannot go back and see who became what; it’d be fascinating.
Because he updated on Sunday I think we get a reprieve for a few more days.
I suppose that depends on whether it is the date of JJ’s contributions or of the Villagers’ contributions which controls. Come 9:30 a.m., we can find out.
Maybe JJ’s recent changes to this site give us more leeway. Past bedtime; due 0720 or so.
Peace,
In the late 1950s, Carl Reiner made a pilot for a show called Head Of The Family, about the head writer on a sketch-comedy show, at work and his more or less normal life at home. But the pilot didn’t draw any interest, and the project looked dead, until The Danny Thomas Show producer Sheldon Leonard suggested Reiner try again with a different cast…and a different lead.
For the new female lead, he had decided on young actress Mary Tyler Moore, who was best-known at that point for playing Richard Diamond’s secretary on the detective series of the same name—a part that required only her voice and her shapely legs, not her face. But he was stuck for the male lead, a fact he discussed with MTM.
“Oh, I know just the man,” she told Carl. “He’s in the cast of Bye Bye Birdie on Broadway; he sings, he dances, he’s a great actor, and he’s very funny. He’d be perfect for the part. Except for one thing…his name.”
“That’s no problem,” Reiner said, “we can always change his name for the show. What is it, anyway?”
“Penis Van Lesbian.”
Mary Tyler Moore did not say that! But it is funny anyway.
I almost choked on my gluten free granola crunch and zero calorie lemonade Ice carbonated beverage.
Would that I looked like MTM did back then. What does she look like now?
Not bad actually. I found a current photo.
Actually, I once heard MTM herself tell a shorter version of that joke to Leno on The Tonight Show. I just embellished it a bit.
I believe I mentioned the time I got on an elevator in a Memphis hotel to find Jerry Van Dyke entertaining six or eight riders. Apparently the guy was always “on”.
Debbe 😉 Because good harmony…
I wonder if this is the circus the orphans joined when they ran off.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5Rlgu4L9J4
Me and my basset hound. I hope that you enjoyed our movies. Seriously, and I do mean seriously, there are very big, new developments in the race for POTUS. One of the candidates appears to be running backwards. Donations from the Ukraine, extreme wetting, uh, vetting, Guliani forgot who was president in 2001, and the biggest news, wait for it, going into Iraq after 9/11 was a great big mistake. I’m thinking that one of the candidate’s names will not be on the ballot in November. BTW, I agree that Bush/Chenny should be on the other side when we build that wall, but I never expected to hear their own party to admit it.
GR, that video reminded me of my favorite short film, The Butterfly Circus:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p98KAEif3bI
GM Debbe
A balanced diet is a glass of wine in each hand.
Did we not agree to avoid politics herein? Please.
Mindy/Indy, hope you escaped all potent weather today & night.
Good morning Villagers….
Today, I am 63 and the dang gubment won’t let me draw my full SS until I’m 66…then I’ll make them pay 🙂
Still more rain coming. Prayers to those in Louisiana…just read some headlines on whether.com and it doesn’t sound good.
Books, when I subscribed to Nat Geo, I use to read them cover to cover. Continued getting them but stopped reading but looked through at the pics. Last two novels I’ve read was “The Shining” and “The Tell” by Michner….good reading on the last. So when I do retire, I’ve got some Nat Geo’s to catch up on.
So good to hear that Mark’s lung has healed…..and on the road to a full recovery.
Llee, how are you doing?
Old Bear…..I may try that balanced diet tonight….after work, but not too much, wine hangovers are horrible.
Jackie, another great banjo player is Steve Martin….
gotta go, have work scrubs in dryer that I need to fold.
Ya’ll have a blessed day!! Amen
GR 😉 couldn’t stop myself….and thanks for introducing me to some different country, I’d never heard of the last two
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjF1bG5LUcs