I’m sorry! It’s been a very busy few days. I have not abandoned you here. In fact, the new Web site of which we spoke earlier this year is going into production finally. We’ll see. I actually have a cookie jar such as the one above. It’s battery operated and plays a recording of a chattering dolphin when opened. I’ve had it for years, and I love it. Unfortunately, I don’t keep many cookies in it anymore. It has occurred to me that much of the furniture in Arlo & Janis is similar to pieces in my own household: the sofa, the orange table with the Queen Anne legs, the simple mannish bedroom furniture, all exist in my real world. I guess that makes sense. The sofa I don’t actually have any longer, but I did have one very similar when I began to draw the strip. It turned out to be such a good comic-strip settee—low, simple, easy to render—that I’ve kept it all these years. It probably could use re-upholstering by now!
Cookie Mobster
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327 responses to “Cookie Mobster”
I want a cookie jar like that. There are several on EBay.
I’ve always wanted a cow that moos cookie jar, but it’s been vetoed by the family. They don’t want me knowing how often they sneak cookies when they shouldn’t. ?
Re-upholstering the sofa? Do I see a new story arc coming towards
us?
Jackie, to answer your question on the previous blog post: I’ve had two genuine chances at a new life. One was given to me by a family member, the other by a young man in Calfornia and his family. The first chance allowed me to see both daughters grow up and to be part of their lives. I don’t know, yet, where the second chance will take me. Looking forward to amazing times!
I’ve always wanted a cow that moos cookie jar, but it’s been vetoed by the family. They don’t want me knowing how often they sneak cookies when they shouldn’t. 😉
Re-upholstering the sofa? Do I see a new story arc coming towards us?
Two thumbs up for the real time strip today. Excellent one, Jimmy!
Nice to be among folks who not only know what it means to have something reupholstered but would actually do it. We’re in the process of trying to find someone to work on a Streit Slumber Chair that belonged to Bob’s grandparents. The guy who did it last time has retired and left the area; his father was the one who recognized it and knew what it should look like. It can be painful if I sit in it too long as it is now.
Naughty TIP BlogSpot = comic. Wonder if its Gargantua as a child.
http://thatispriceless.blogspot.com/
The internet moves so fast that it is hard to keep up. My wife has been trying to update her website but the one she has been using is discontinued so she has to copy everything. She made great progress and then Life happened. She works 40+ hrs per week and writes every night and weekend. That leaves little time for promotion and internet updates.
Steve, almost misread your last sentence; the “up” in updates almost vanished. 😉 still no emoji support 🙁
(^_-)
The sun is trying to peek out.
I awoke at (??) and heard LOUD thunder and lightening cracks, but was too tired to worry about it. Evidently there was lots of rain. Out in the county, the rural roads are flooded. But I have not heard of any wind damage.
Hope everyone else is surviving the varieties of weather… Ghost, are you and your mom OK?
I love today’s retro strip, Jimmy! To have named a boat one hasn’t even seen yet “Cowboy Cookies” and calling her Cookies says something very personal about me and those I love.
Cookies are among the most important things in life.and yes, I reupholster stuff all the time and always have. We had a chair I used to have reupholstered a lot, a Rehms contemporary that began life as black leather and went through lots of changes.
My last good upholsterer was a Catholic who said he had said a special novena that he never see it again. I could never have taken it on Antiques Road Show because I never left it the same.
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Wasn’t it Old Bear who recently told us that the man who fell into the upholstery machine has completely recovered?
Was snowing here earlier – big flakes – no stick.
Jackie
You do know the slower you lose weight the easier it is to keep it off.
Eat healthy and keep the weight going in the right direction.
Wise man Arlo in both strips today.
I’ve learned…. That it’s those small daily happenings that make life so
spectacular. AR
C in NH
Thanks I almost re posted that
Thanks, Old Bear. I couldn’t quite remember the correct wording, could you re-post so I can get it right?
To Old Bear or Charlotte. How badly was the man injured?
Guido Reni’s painting is “Drinking Bacchus”. Looks big enough but underage.
Inch of snow last night but it’s gone now. May get into 70s Sat or Sun. emb
Fluid in/fluid out. Just as it should be.
Jackie: I’m guessing your “red squirrel” is a big orange fox squirrel. Amer. red squirrels are pretty much a N conifer forest sp., + down into the Appalachians. Peace, emb
Sand: re: Internet dates
Although I am not a shy person, I always had a very difficult time asking girls out. I was always afraid what would happen when they said “No”. So I did not ask too many out.
I have found out that is a pretty good characteristic to have after 33 years of marriage.
I did misread one of the headlines in the newspaper. It said: “What to do if you ate hummas” I read it as “ate humans”
Jerry, Muskegon on the west side took a bit of a beating, but no tornados. Power outages, flooding in Royal Oak. The storm lost its power as it headed east, the weather gurus say, because it crossed at night and lost the solar energy component. The winds could have been worse, but the howling was bad enough for me.
MIndy, why are you placing orders for another store?
Jackie, I’m so relieved you recognize how downright dangerous attempting overly-quick weight loss is. No one would attempt a marathon or a polar expedition without conditioning their body, and the changes of extreme weight loss would be comparable, I imagine.
emb, for several years I’ve had a couple of red squirrels here in my suburban, metro Detroit neighborhood. They are competing successfully with fox squirrels and eastern grays. Mostly deciduous locally, with just a few conifers, so maybe enough for a small population. I can’t figure out how they got here, but it will be interesting to see if they can maintain the niche over generations.
Ghost, I pray all is well.
Steve, I hope you’re in a dry part of Royal Oak! 🙂
Loon, the injuried man remark was a joke.
Steve, yes, sometimes our minds race faster than we can process input. Other times, it is just a plain bad expression which trips us; see Loon above. We had a local dentist put a billboard with bad copy. I can only hope someone tried to dissuade him, but failed. He was advertising teeth cleaning under the bold slogan: “GOT DIRTY HAIRY TEETH.” The mental image was not a good one.