This odd little series ran back in 2004. It introduces Gene’s female friend “Sondra,” and the point of it all is, exactly what kind of “friend” is Sondra? Apparently she wasn’t a serious friend. After this week of introduction, she never appears again. I’m getting a bit of a late start this week; it’s a busy summer. However, over the next few days I will try to stick with the Sondra series to its conclusion.
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Having a second pair of eyes review your work can help you avoid bloopers like these:
http://thomrainer.com/2011/04/the_best_of_church_bulletin_bloopers/
TruckerRon, or the relatively small mistake of confusing Eugene with Joseph, Democrat for Republican, Minnesota for Wisconsin. I kept thinking you would update that item. I have read somewhere that Gene Day is named for Eugene McCarthy. One of the good guys. I’ve often wondered how things would be if the former Senator from Minnesota had been put forward in ’76 rather than the Governor from Georgia.
Sorry to hear of your sky party, growing up in the leeward shadow of the Cascades meant weekend plans up there often changed last minute. Mountains make their own weather. Backup plan was to settle in and enjoy nature anyway, or drive on to the big city on the other side. It was simpler when fun did not require advance reservations.
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True, very true.
Oh, my mistake. I thought digging up moldy old items from months ago with no purpose was the game we were playing this Father’s Day weekend for entertainment.
That or helping friends see where they had made an error, so they would be better informed. Perhaps I’ve become confused.
I did not realize I had interjected into an argument. I must have misread the situation, I apologize. Carry on.
TruckerRon, or mistakes like these:http://www.welikeviral.com/newspapers-gone-horribly-wrong-bloopers-worthy-headlines.html
I don’t know what formula FB uses to determine ad placement, but it needs some work. I was reading a post about a person who had to euthanize a pet chicken. The very next thing after that was an ad for a restaurant with a coupon for free chicken tenders.
Today’s strip is great, Jimmy!
Who the heck is second angel? Ghost says LBJ.
Family Circus Grandpa, see him on the far left of the quartet:
https://childhoodrelived.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/family_circus_death.gif
Thanks David. I would never gotten that joke nor would Ghost.
He says that joke was a little too inside baseball if you didn’t follow Family Circus. Neither of us ever have, I find the children and family cloying and saccharine.
Ghost says the children are a bunch of little $#!+s who couldn’t walk a straight line. Billy?
Ghost and I just finished breakfast of sliced home grown tomatoes on whole wheat bread with mayo, salt and pepper. He added ham to his and tortilla chips, I added almonds and dried pineapple. Iced tea, he Coke.
We are sharing this highly addictive gourmet nut trail mix called Power Up Mega Omega trail mix.
Woke up at 8.15 a.m. by violent lightening and thunderstorm over house. Couldn’t go back to sleep so stayed in bed all morning and just had breakfast.
Ghost says this should be called Crack Brand trail mix for its addictive qualities.
Jackie, yes it was Billy. Doing his innocent version of a Bloomsday stagger through the adventures of an elementary aged boy’s life. It was one of the things my son would trace with his finger and enjoy, before learning to read the caption. Thanks for the tip-off David. It brings the joke home.
I also no longer relate to the comic, but went to look it up now, after reading David. ‘Jeffy’ has drawn Billy taking over for Dad on this Father’s Day. http://familycircus.com/comics/june-18-2017/ I may have to put it back in rotation.
That trail mix is supposed to refuel your efforts during exercise. Oh, right. Enjoy!
Happy Father’s Day to all the Village Dads. And Happy Nice Guys Day to all the Village Not-Dads. (Soliciting input: there should be an apostrophe in “Guys,” shouldn’t there?”
Three options that I see Smigz.
Is it a day about all the Nice Guys out there: no apostraphe
A day that belongs to that one Nice Guy in your life: before the s
A day that belongs to all the Nice Guys everywhere: after the s
I’ve actually witnessed on argument over Father’s, and, or Mother’s Day. Which I thought kind of missed the point. If you write the bill you get to decide the Official Spelling For All to Abide Forevermore, and Stop Asking About It. [that’s supposed to be funny, YMMV]
Circled back to write, if you’ve ever been curious how Leo Bloom spent his day on the 16th if June, A.D. 1904 in the fair city of Dublin, allow me to save you some time. Drunk and badly. Plus 265,000 more words.
I wish good things for all the Irish, but I cannot get back the time I spent with James Joyce’s hero reading Ulysses. If you count among your feathers Crime and Punishment, War and Peace, and Moby-Dick — and further want to explore the development of author’s voice in fiction — go for it. This reader ended up feeling dirty and exhausted. Very likely exactly what Mr. Joyce intended.
The highly vaunted dirty humor that had it banned for some time before clearing our Supreme Court is at the level of maybe an eleven year old in my time. Youths today would probably find it tame by third grade.
Went out and weeded, cleaned out beds on my private garden patio off kitchen. Tomorrow I replant some shrubs, more iris, more day lilies out there. Replant hanging baskets. Add rose Moss or portulaca to beds that edge patio.
This was last project I gave prior help before they were let go. It is a mess of course.
Ghost is trying to help me put all this behind me and move on. He is so supportive.
Me, I am thrilled to be out weeding and working in flower garden. I am one month post op on knee replacement and I thought I would be very disabled far longer and more severely.
Jackquline Monies:
I need to add some information about Charleston.
It hasn’t gone the way of Gatlinburg/Pigeon Forge in regard to rides and large attractions.
It does resemble G/PF in that King Street and a good deal of the historic downtown is now one bar, restaurant, and hotel after another and in that the streets and sidewalks are fairly crowded.
However, there is a bright side to this.
The urban blight that has struck so many old downtowns (as it has here in Shermantown) due to shopping centers, malls, and the Internet is being reversed in Charleston thanks to increased tourism.
The increased tourism for the restaurants also means that some of them also go to the historic mansions and sites such as the USS Yorktown, Fort Sumter, and Fort Moultrie. Fortunately, that means that more money for preservation and restoration.
So, even though it is losing some of the true historic charm and feel, I am grateful that it is not dying and is beginning to reverse the decay.
Jackie, your progress notes have been uplifting and impressive. While you very likely would have done well anyway, I believe you have had wonderful help both medical and domestic. It has been so nice to read here.
Really looking forward to Phase II, August I think you offered once. Make you feel like an even keel again. At this rate, the new year is looking very good.
August had me think of the eclipse again. Plans for nearby you, or further off? Thought you might be hosting some of that young family for the event.
Thanks for the note about Charleston. I spent a week or more there about 20 years ago doing a floral show and stayed in waterfront hotel. I had sprained ankle, torn ligament so all I saw was hotel and a close by Greek restaurant.
I was afraid it had gone to all fudge shops, tacky gift shops, tour rides on Ducks, that sort of thing. I have been there many times, kind of driving through or stopping for night or to eat a meal but not for so many days as during show. Everyone else went sightseeing and to fantastic restaurants while I designed and worked.
I went to look, and realize my mistake. A line of Nebraska, Missouri, Tennessee, South Carolina is closer to the mark. My error.
The thought gave me reason to look though, so thanks.
Jackquline:
There are indeed many stores that fill formerly empty spaces, and quite a few of the new stores are gift shops and a couple are ice cream/fudge shops.
However, they are more trendy and expensive instead of tacky and cheap.
Jackquline:
I forgot to mention that I am still the most bothered by the paucity of speakers with true Southern accents.
It seems that Charleston is seeing an influx of Northerners relocating there, especially Ohioans.
Worse, though, is that even many native-born Charleston persons have no accent whatsoever.
Thank you, Morphy, for your thoughtful answer to my dilemna. My mind counseled the third choice for guys…but then it always does that for dads and moms, too.
Jackie, your garden activities are making me smile! I’ve been working on an old shrub border and a old perennial border, and I’m eating aspirin like M&Ms. Wrong time of year for perennial moves, I know, but as the admired gardener Janet Macunovich says, “The best time to do something is when you have the time.” (She also said, “You never know a plant until you’ve killed it.”) Keep on diggin’, girl!
Wonder if today’s 9CL is going somewhere? Don’t remember seeing this character before.
http://www.gocomics.com/9chickweedlane
Pib limps along, sometimes doesn’t change for weeks.
Peace,
Smigz, thanks for the note. I thought Nice Guys’ Day was your goal, that’s why I eliminated towards it. A day to give to all those Nice Guys we meet in the world, for them to have in celebration. Sorry the joke was flat. I guess I attempted a small satire on language development, and attempted dry humor in line with Douglas Adams, or the group Monty Python. At risk of being tedious, I’ll elaborate.
While English is strange to most Western styles coming from Europe, its German roots have shamelessly borrowed, broken, twisted and stolen from every language it meets. And it met a lot of them because of the English Navy, largely an uneducated bunch in the graceful letters. USAmericans have been exceptionally creative. I firmly respect Tradition, and note Rick’s observations. I too, have a very strong sense of nostalgia. [1 of 2]
[2 of 2] I also admire the French, for many reasons, particularly how their language allowed them to form, discuss, and develop new, finer ideals in Liberty, and directing our revolutions. I find a large irony, from a USAmerican viewpoint, that the French have a very special Académie française, complete with forty Immortals, that frown very sternly on new developments to that language no matter how it is used by the youth on the street. Strong contrast to the now respected, no-longer-young men of N.W.A., a vocal group whose full name is as unprintable here as on their album covers.
What I mean is, here full creative power is vested in the author to use or create any combination of glyphs that still clearly communicates their message, without submitting for approval. Consumers have the freedom to be confused and not be fans of the offered work. But there is a long distance between right and wrong, a glorious grey area most of us revel in. Some reveal and others revile. De gustibus(…), I’ve seen here lately.
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In these short paragraphs, I did not find a place to put the acknowledgement that most (per capita (by head (number of speaking blow-holes[more misplaced humor]))) Western languages are Latin in root. Creating the structural difference that cause so many to complain how hard English is to learn. But these are only two of the ancient roots in the world. I had to tack it on before any thought I lacked that note. N.W.A. was chosen as an example of creative type, rebellious in general, not a comment on race. Could have used a Wide Variety of ’60s counter-culture, but that would have struck too close to home for some. Best to illustrate by pointing at someone else.