Hooray! It seems the EarthLink servers are up and running, again. I was getting worried after two days of “This Page Cannot Be Displayed” error messages. I will say, I have been with EarthLink since I launched my first Web site back in the 90s, and the reliability has been outstanding—with only the occasional hiccup. Today, I have another Sunday A&J from 1994. This is a mild example of the insecurity that characterized Janis in the early years. Janis since has mellowed and enjoys life and marriage much more these days. In reality, the waiter or waitress who hovers constantly around me and pesters me with ceaseless questions and attention is not ingratiating himself. But reality is what insecurity is all about, is?
Gratuitous Gratuity
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257 responses to “Gratuitous Gratuity”
Ursen- yep! We are blessed….
Sand- you’re back!
sandcastler is back! Where is Loon?
OF due NOW-1430 CST. emb
http://www.nps.gov/features/yell/webcam/oldFaithfulStreaming.html
We are both online; wifi was a tad spotty for awhile.
Debbe, where have your helpers been lately?
http://consumerist.com/2015/03/06/police-cant-crack-mysterious-case-of-more-than-100-egging-attacks-on-cleveland-home/
Mark, is that article going to egg ’em on?
Due to the reported accuracy of the egg bombardments, I suspect this may be involved…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sr6vCwVr3ys
When egg cannons are outlawed, only outlaws will have egg cannons.
OF due 1656-1716 CST. emb
http://www.nps.gov/features/yell/webcam/oldFaithfulStreaming.html
Finnish Angry Birds have been found on six continents. Article doesn’t mention of victims are a family egg stealing pigs, usually AB’s chief target.
I thought “Finnish Angry Birds” was the name of the Finnish Air Force’s Aerial Demonstration Team.
Gal- “Scotoma” was new to me, as well. This place can be edifying!
Gives a whole new meaning to “shelling” a target doesn’t it? The poor homeowner hasn’t managed to scramble his defenses either. I don’t know if Ghost’s egg cannon is doing it. The article said the offenders were launching 5-6 eggs at once. Maybe they have an egg-firing version of a Stalin organ.
“Abugida”…now there is an obscure word. It’s not even in Dictionary.com.
Mark, this is the MELS (Multiple Egg Launch System) I suspect is the delivery method being used by the bad eggs in Cleveland.
http://www.combatindex.com/hardware/images/land/datapageimages/mlrs_wide.jpg
If I recall, “abugida” was coined about 25 years ago, so doesn’t go back too far. I heard/read of it in one of my “The Great Courses” purchases.
Harrison Ford crashes his airplane on a SoCal golf course on a beautiful afternoon, and there just happen to be physicians nearby to rush to his aid. Gosh, what are the odds of that?
Apparently his third crash, not counting the one with Ann Heche, and who would want to? Tom, yes, anything our esteemed Gov. Scott says is the rule. I wonder. Is there a certain prison that former governors are sent to? Anyone from Louisiana or Alabama know?
So, emergency landing lesson 1 for small plane pilots, Land on a golf course, not the highway. The quality of medical care is better.
But wait till he gets the bill from the course for repair work to the greens! Although the course can put up a sign: “Harrison Ford crashed here.”
BTW, does anyone know whatever happened to the Rosetta spacecraft after its five year voyage to explore the universe?
How could I have left out Illinois? It seems to be a tradition there. Other states to have sent former governors to prison: Virginia, Rhode Island, W. Virginia, Connecticut, S. Dakota and Arizona. Other states had governors who entered pleas and did not go to prison.
Does Harrison Ford score his landing as a birdie or a bogey? Does the FAA give mulligans?
Jerry, the Federal Prison Camp located at Auxiliary Field Six, Elgin AFB, FL (aka Club Fed) has had some distinguished alumni.
Debbe 😉 You’ve probably noticed I haven’t sent you any music links lately, but that’s because you commented your computer’s sound card had malf’d. Has your son come up with a work-around for that yet?
sand, Ford was lucky his landing didn’t get carded as a “hole in one”. Like a thirty foot long T-28 trainer I know of that fit into a ten foot deep hole in the ground, student, instructor pilot and all. The only thing good you could say about that was it really simplified things for the recovery crew. They didn’t have to hunt all over the countryside for the wreckage.
Loon is back, too!