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Character Flaw

By Jimmy Johnson


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I intended to be here yesterday, and I would have but for technical issues. I still prefer a desktop computer for my work. It seems to me much more suited to the graphic manipulation that is much of my effort. However, the old Dell I’d been using was about 150 years old in computer years. Loading modern Web sites was excruciatingly slow and increasingly futile, and it simply was not powerful enough to run updated versions of some of the software upon which I rely. Worst of all, I couldn’t stream HD movies to run in the background while I worked! So, I purchased a new computer, the latest incarnation of the first computer I purchased back in 1994. I love it. However, the migration has not been easy, particularly getting my scanner to work properly. That’s what I was working on yesterday about this time. For now, it’s working, but it was working once before—perfectly—then my scanner vanished from my new computer’s “friends” list. So we shall see. For now, here’s Vince. We’ll talk more about him and the cartoons next time.

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307 responses to “Character Flaw”

  1. emeritus minnesota biologist Avatar
    emeritus minnesota biologist

    And at least not supposedly being carried to bed drunk. Me neither. As a grad school colleague used to say, “Nightie bunch!” emb

  2. Ghost Rider 6 Avatar
    Ghost Rider 6

    If I took three Benadryl tabs, I’d hibernate like a bear.

  3. Mark in TTown Avatar
    Mark in TTown

    Jackie, they were on about the same time period, but Yogi was from Hanna-Barbera and Rocky was from Jay Ward.

    http://www.toonopedia.com/yogi.htm

  4. Jackie Monies Avatar
    Jackie Monies

    No lectures on addiction to Benadryl but I take a lot of it! But only twice a day, when I get up and before I go to bed. For some reason my allergies are often worse in morning and I can’t get them to stop for anything. But I don’t keep taking it, take it just before bed to try to control overnight.

    I was born with horrible allergies and Benadryl was first thing I began taking back in mid 1950’s. And here it is 60 years later and I am still taking! A lot of allergy meds have stuff in them I cannot take, so Benadryl is fairly innocuous.

    No one will carry me to bed drunk, that is for sure! Haven’t had a drink of any kind for so long. Did I ever tell the story of my faithful assistant manager and I getting drunk on the Jack Daniels cake?

    Back in mid 80’s these were expensive cakes, an alternative to a customized fruit cake in price. Large size was about $40 and they were sold in gourmet shops, expensive candy shops. Large size had a pint of Jack Daniels poured into if I remember right after it was baked. We sold a lot of them, our best seller.

    So midnight Christmas Eve and she and I are closing down. There is one cake left. She was Baptist and I am dry by choice but we decide we are going to eat that last cake, we were exhausted and starved and we DESERVED to eat it!

    And got totally giggling drunk on the cake. Mike called to find out if I was coming home in time for Christmas and I was so hilariously drunk he was coming after us. He read the contents and asked if either of us had thought to see how much alcohol we were getting eating a cake? No.

    Love, Jackie

  5. NK in AZ Avatar
    NK in AZ

    Thanks, Evan, for straightening me out on the bears. Now I remember too.

  6. Ghost Rider 6 Avatar
    Ghost Rider 6

    I make a mean rum cake (about the only baking I do, other than the occasional skillet of corn bread or loaf of beer bread) but I’m pretty sure all of the alcohol cooks out of the cake during the baking. Well, maybe not so much out of the butter-rum glaze that tops it. 🙂

  7. Mark in TTown Avatar
    Mark in TTown

    By the way, here’s the original for Jessica Rabbit, I think.

    http://fan.tcm.com/video/red-hot-riding-hood-1943

  8. TruckerRon Avatar

    That cartoon certainly had several elements in common with “Who Framed Roger Rabbit,” especially the parts with the Wolf and Granny.

  9. Evan Avatar
    Evan

    Honest, I only had one slice of GR6’s rum cake… Is there an officer, problem?

  10. curmudgeonly ex-professor Avatar
    curmudgeonly ex-professor

    HB, eMb! Have as many more as suits you….

  11. Debbe Avatar
    Debbe

    Good morning Villagers….

    Thank you Jerry, if there was a way, I’d ship ya a few flats of eggs 😉 (There’s 30 to a flat)

    I can’t stand reality shows….

    Not much time…enjoyed reading all above…and that was a good one Evan.

    HAPPY DAY LATE BIRTHDAY EMB!!!!!!

    Manson is 80…and they make that news…..and the impending nuptials too.

    GR 😉 AccuWeather is supposed to have its own channel sometime….must check into it.

    Jean…always loved Animaniacs….always thought it was above my little son’s head, as I was the only one who laughed.

    Ya’ll have a blessedly warm day…

    =^..^=

  12. Debbe Avatar
    Debbe

    Important List

    21. The most powerful channel of communication. Prayer

  13. Debbe Avatar
    Debbe

    GR ….. this is all I could find on AccuWeather channel

    http://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/accuweather-announces-the-laun/22055195

    …and the 3rd quarter has come and gone….Maybe Mark can dig something up…..

  14. Granny Carol Avatar
    Granny Carol

    Another belated happy birthday to you, emb! I have a BIL that also turned 85 in May. Hope the coming year is filled with many blessings!

  15. sandcastlerâ„¢ Avatar
    sandcastlerâ„¢

    #$%@&**$# backhoe operator sliced the fiber cable just when the blog was getting hot last night. Having to camp out at the coffeeshop.

  16. Jerry in Fl Avatar
    Jerry in Fl

    Hello officer. I’ll take $2.00 of regular and clean the windshield please.
    He’s 80, she’s 26. Couldn’t that be dangerous? If she dies, she dies. A joke that came over with Eric the Red.

  17. Dorien Avatar

    Queen Bee (Janis and Damian) Typical selfish backstabbing slut-faced hoe-bag (Janis describing Regina to Cady) Scum-sucking road whore (by Janis to Cady) Bitch (Jason and Janis) Fatass (Emma Gerber)

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