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!
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327 responses to “Cookie Mobster”
I’ll probably regret this, but…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYGbesckhxk
Of course, that one can’t touch this one for weird…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nn8YubD01sk
But this one can…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTymtAbaG08
GR…could not bring up your jpg….got a 104 error message…maybe I have my security settings too ‘high’….’cause there’s strange ‘cookies’ that I check over every morning 🙂
And no, there’s no regretting here…I just hit ‘pause’ 🙂
But Sean Connery is a looker in those kilts posted the other day.
GR6, first link above is giving back a “403 Forbidden” error.
Ghost, I not only saw Paint Your Wagon when it came out as new, but have never seen it since. Harve Presnell could not only sing but was also gorgeous to boot with legs that went on forever, as you probably say. I have seen the original stage production and went to see movie, I guess Clint was so beautiful then it didn’t much matter.
And since I was not much into Disney movies with the exception of my children and my Stepford Wife period I did not ever see the Darby O’gill movie I suppose. Sean was beautiful back then but aged extremely well in my opinion. Had no idea he could sing. The year 1959 for me would not have been a period of watching a Walt Disney movie!
No, first link doesn’t work for me either.
And now I am getting pop up ads from bra companies that specialize in well endowed women’s lingerie except even they have trouble with my size. I made it into a 40DDD this morning, so there is hope, everything seems to be going down. Well, not a good term, since I have never wanted to have breast surgery done. And yes, I am actually buying more attractive stuff to wear.
Good morning, Sand. Hope you didn’t laugh while drinking your morning coffee and spill it.
Jackie, I put in 40ddd on Google for you and got this site: http://www.herroom.com/40ddd,bras,40ddd,001,14.html
Happy hunting!
One does not spill $3 a cup espresso; one savors it rich, full bodied taste. 😉 ?
Mark, that one wouldn’t link either! No one actually wants to sell us or support us, I think.
Should not tell you guys this, since there is remote chance my daughter might actually find me over here, but she is not quite 5 foot tall and even more endowed than her mother. When she worked as cocktail waitress at casino, her costume cost a fortune to manufacture and custom fit. When she got assigned to the VIP she got to wear a bartender’s uniform. I asked what in the world they did with it since it was custom fitted? No one else could have worn it. She said she didn’t care what they did with it.
Daughter has an MBA now from prestigious grad school and is a stay at home mom. I doubt she admits to the costume but might?
Never thought of myself as coffee before. Don’t make it or drink it.
Nice Guess, Jackie, but no. The first thing Forrey did with any book was turn to the last page and read the last word in the book. Thus, he could say that he’d read every last word in every book he owned.
I’ll try this with a different photo…
(Jackie) “It was probably a good thing your kids were girls.”
http://www.bellazon.com/main/uploads/monthly_06_2008/post-5603-1213136444.jpg
(The first photo was actually more demure.)
Do pictures of the cocktail waitress outfit exist, Jackie?
One can never tell until one asks…one member of my all-female staff once mentioned she was on her college “dance team” for two years, and described their costumes. “I do hope you have pictures of that,” I said, jokingly.
“Yes, I do,” she replied, seriously. The next day, she brought them. Her costume consisted mostly of white Western hat and boots. It made the Dallas Cowboy cheerleader outfit look like a burka. And she wore it well. Very well. 😉
It was a lovely beachside wedding. The bride looked radiant and wore a large diamond ring.
Jackie, that costume probably made more money for the casino than they spent tailoring it for your daughter. And you say the link I posted wouldn’t work? I tried it again from my post and it went right to the site. If you still can’t get there just type in everything through.com and hit enter. That should get you to the main site.
Sandcastler….you don’t know how close you have come to hitting “home” base.
Back when my mom owned and I worked with her for 14 miserable, I hate customer service, years……a bridal shop. The local papers would print the wedding picture and a description of the dress…guess who got stuck with describing the dress???
The bride wore a Sweetheart gown of Alanson lace with a dropped waistline. The fitted bodice was adorned with pearls of swine 🙂 gosh I could go on….but I’m not.
Silly women….once I asked how business was…..I replied: “Repeat Business Is Good!!”
Had a bride that was going the full throttle in her third marriage……………………..
Some of the nicest people don’t get it right the first few times.
I took a nap, and somehow awoke with this tune in my head…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38H_-c5Kgnk
is there a commercial out there that is using Mr. Vee’s talent…ok, back in the late 60’s he had a singing talent for the bowl headed, flipped under, slight curl to the cheek, haircut women.
Aw…Jerry, you’re too nice. I said “I DO” at 45….and I’m going down with the drummer boy. One must do their homework…and I didn’t.
Debbe 😉 The line from a wedding news article that always made my imagination run wild is “As the bride walked down the aisle, a nervous titter ran through the chapel.”
One Shade of Gray for My New Eyes
Just going through my miscellaneous drawer and found a pair of Foster Grant Classic sunglasses, mint condition, never worn and with the tag still attached to them. Must have had them for 10 or 15 years. They will do until my Ray-ban-aviator-like-I-wore-in-the-Air-Force ones get here.
But for today, the answer to the question “Isn’t that Ghost behind those Foster Grants?” is “Why, yes. Yes, it is.”
Did something unusual, drove to downtown Eufaula to walk, tired of fighting foot deep potholes and ruts in my street outside. I have lived here for 20 years and never once have I walked on the main street. No one is there on Sunday morning so I had street to myself except for volunteers who were planting flower beds and weeding.
Can’t believe no merchants will not help keep streets or sidewalks clean. Well, I can. See the 20 years above. Made me feel guilty, so I told them I’d toss a moon hoe in my van and come help them get weeds out of the cracks and sidewalks.
Got my walk in, then went and picked up two bags of healthy Chinese stir fries of various meat, shrimp, veggies. I don’t do rice or fried, they are good friends and custom cook for me all the time. I try to spend money with them, they need the business. Now if I can teach them to dry stir fry and leave off the sauces which I don’t eat anyway. Actually there is a tofu in there also along with boiled shrimp, vegetables and fresh fruit.
This worked out pretty well, so think I will switch walking to main street mostly. Dog is asleep in his arm chair by desk.
Why, GR 😉 in going thru my misc file of U tubes…..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38H_-c5Kg
“…take a new picture..”
Oh, BS, it does too
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-FOedJswHY