And still at the beach! Obviously, these strips were drawn as Gene was about to leave the scene for college. That was nine years ago. Now, he has graduated, married and is struggling to establish himself and his young family. I’d say the strip is moving along in close to real time.
Not surprisingly, there are those among you who know much more about Kickstarter projects than I. I wish I could have sat down and talked to you beforehand! Pursuant to comments yesterday, I do want to say that I will be assisting a non-profit organization in the raising of funds. None of the money will darken my bank account. In fact, the last piece of the puzzle involves waiting for the non-profit’s new credit card to arrive. This being 2016, a Kickstarter account must be associated with a credit card, and this 169-year-old organization does not have one. It should arrive next week; as soon as it does, the project will go live.
I am using the extra time to tweak the rewards and the fun. Thanks for yesterday’s suggestions; I will consider them—except for the one about coming to your place to take you to dinner. No offense. Some of the rewards already in place won’t surprise you. Some of them might. I’m getting excited!
118 responses to “Bums on the Beach”
First again? Woo-eee.
Good morning beach goers or wannabees. I offer luxury accommodations in Port Aransas, Texas at no cost in a beach cottage setting reminiscent of your Spring Break college days complete with girls, beach food and beer, all for the paltry donation of some blood, sweat and tears building a boat for a cancer fund raiser.
How’s that for nonprofit? Jimmy come risk your fingers on saws, planes and sanders. We need to paint it too.
August 21 to 31. Look on Facebook for Saturday Night Special sailboat posts.
Seriously, we had a scare with Tippy last night when he tried to eat one of our pills that we didn’t know that we had dropped. You have to be very careful about that and also plants. He spent the night in the animal emergency clinic and I think that he will be ok. A minor thing compared to some of your problems I know, but he’s one of my family to me.
Will it be safe to wear my A & J shirt when I’m there in October?
No, pets eating pills is very SERIOUS and scary. They are family and we love them. Glad he will be ok.
And chemicals. I lost one to a bottle of household cleaner and I still mourn that one. Had same thing happen to another. Not swallowed but spilled onto their body and absorbed. We saved second cat.
We almost lost Cilla when she was a kitty and she drank some cleaner that had leaked out of a plastic jug. You have to be aware of any change in their behavior or signs that they aren’t well.
There is a 24 hr animal poison control center at 855-764-7661. There is a $49 per incident charge payable by charge card.
You can’t make this stuff up: Headline from Fox News site:
Man named Ronald McDonald shot at North Carolina Sonic Drive-In
At least the shooter wasn’t identified as Jack N. Box.
Or Five Guys
This looks like a winner for pet owners: http://www.aspca.org/pet-care/animal-poison-control/apcc-mobile-app
I would be happy to come down and cook you dinner. I have always wanted to see the amazing machine that peaks through our windows….Or did the NSA steal it?
Thanks Mark.
JJ, since I won’t be there until October I think that I will be too late for Comic Con. Your comment though reminds me of a famous Dear Abby letter regarding a neighbor in his Batman costume. Does anyone else remember the letter?
JJ, please remember that not all Comic Cons are on the East Coast, they’re all across the country, even out here in California, just like your fans. Not all of us out here can afford to travel to Boston or New England for conventions, but would like a chance for a meet-and-greet.
Tevye [sp.?], in ‘If I were a rich man’, dreams of a house with real wooden floors. Peace,
There is one in Oklahoma or so Mark tells me.
emb, I love that song! And that whole show, although I have never taken part in a production. I bet you have — am I right? There is some music we can agree on, even though most of the music the Villagers like here on arloandjanis is unknown to me.
Is there a Fiddler On The Roof movie? It’s so long ago that it came out that I don’t remember. I do own the original Broadway cast recording — vinyl LP of course.
The movie (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067093/) was released in 1971. It won Oscars for Best Cinematography (Oswald Morris), Best Sound (Gordon K. McCallum, David Hildyard), and Best Music, Scoring Adaptation and Original Song Score (John Williams).
Jackie, that one was last weekend. It wasn’t a Comic Con. I think its name was Sooner Con. Comic Con is a sort of trademark for a certain kind of fan convention. Biggest con in the South is Dragon Con, Labor Day weekend.
See here: http://www.dragoncon.org/
Thank you, Trucker Ron. I will check it out. Boy, that WAS a long time ago … sigh.
Good to know, here in fly-over country, that not all the Cons are on the East Coast or the Left Coast. And I do know where Louisville MS is, as well as the fact that its name is not pronounced the same as the one in Kentucky.
My great-grandmamma told me there was a difference between a “dirt floor’ and a “clean dirt floor”.
Jackie, was your household “clothing optional” before your girls were born? Asking for a friend.
Bear (from “yesterday”): Coarsely chopped fresh squash and zucchini and finely chopped sweet onion, sautéed in EVOO, seasoned with salt, fresh ground black pepper, and dried thyme. The side dish of Kings (and Queens).
At one base in the AF, I had a Pat O’Brien’s Hurricane glass (Jackie will know what that is) I would dump my spare change into all month, and then, on the night before payday, traditionally go out for a good meal at a nice place…which was uncrowded, quiet, and relaxing, because all the other GIs were broke.
Trucker: Thank you. BSU graduated a baritone 2-3 yr. ago, sang ‘If I were . . .’ [note the proper use of the subjunctive case there] at a recital several yr. ago, now sings with ‘Cantus’, a professional all-male chorus in the Twin Cities. Name skips my mind, but could probably find him by searching their site [there it is: Matt Goinz].
Charlotte: ‘I love that song! And that whole show, although I have never taken part in a production. I bet you have — am I right?’ No, I have the voice [bass/baritone, I think], but musically untrained, cannot read music, and don’t memorize lines well. Elaine was the actor [very good] and dancer [pretty good], and achieved her greatest goal as Eulalie Makecknie Shinn in Bemidji Community Theatre’s ‘The Music Man.’ Can I post a posthumous acceptance speech here? I’ll try.
Peace,