I wonder how many plays on words are attached to the name of hair-styling establishments; they seem particularly vulnerable to attempted cleverness. I thought I might as well play out this string from 1997 and show you the first image of Arlo with his then-new haircut. I hate drawing hair. There is nothing more challenging about cartooning for me than drawing hair. Long or short, I have always thought Arlo’s hair looks ridiculous, but by now he wouldn’t be Arlo without that hair. However, no one has ever complained about Arlo’s hair. But Janis! There are people out there who hate her hair and are always asking stuff like, “Why does she have a pot on her head?” I was giving a talk one time when two women in the audience got into a heated exchange about Janis’ hair. One thought it was terrible, and the other thought it was fine. I’ve always thought it looks all right, for cartoon hair. Better than Arlo’s!
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Does Purple Haze form before or after Purple Rain falls? They didn’t teach that in meteorology class.
Ghost, we did indeed see Janis’ mom on one occasion:
http://www.gocomics.com/arloandjanis/2008/10/10
…and apparently there was quite a bit to see!
Don’t know if Arlo got an eyeful or not. You decide:
http://www.gocomics.com/arloandjanis/2008/10/11
Y’all really have good memories. So, Janis has a mother and father and Arlo has a pair too. Why do they never get together for family occasions?
Well for one thing, I believe Arlo’s parents are deceased. (His father for sure…Arlo was shown visiting his grave site once.)
Yep, I remember those now, Evan. I also remember one where Janis’s dad was berating Teen-Janis for trying to leave the house wearing very little clothing. Apparently there’s a familial connection of some sort there.
Off all topics:
If you have not tried Bing as your search engine, you might be in for a treat.
http://www.bing.com is the home page, and it features a different, usually stunning, photograph each day.
Today’s is one that you really need to see. It’s the Milky Way seen through the North Window Arch in Arches National Park, Utah.
There have been space photos, too.
Most of the daily photos are downloadable for use as wallpaper.
Debbe 😉 Smooth…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwCitgDib-g
Good morning Villagers…
Prince is dead??!! What is happening to the music industry? I’m still trying to get over the death of David Bowie. Took me a long time to get over George Harrison’s death, Rolling Stone ranked him as number 11 top guitarist. Don’t know where Prince falls in that category. Never was a fan of Prince…but you have to admit, he had flair.
When will it stop? The same stinking auger came out again yesterday. I think the feed troughs are so banged up, that the auger cannot run smoothly through.
The Ford Ranger we’re driving sucks gas, and what’s worse the gas gauge does not work. But it’s a set of wheels…need to call Andrew and see when he can start working on my car….since it’s Izuzu, used parts may be hard to come by. Patience.
We have a new mascot at work…it’s squirrel, of course it’s outside. Going to take some crackers and through out in the front parking lot so I can watch him…love the flipping of the tail.
Liked your analogy, Jackie.
Good morning Jerry….feeding the cats?
Thank you for the blessings domaucan1.
…and it’s payday
gotta go
GR 😉 never had heard of her, but good song and voice…the video was different too. Watched a docu on Harrison last night….my new motto:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPTHem2iu0A
🙂 http://cheezburger.com/8768506112
Mark, will keep your mother in my prayers……………..Amen
dang email…..
Yep, early today, got things to do.
Debbe, thank you. And you are in mine. Mom’s foot is healing. Vascular surgeon has told us to keep on the wound care program. Now to work on the other issues.
Finding parts for the Isuzu might not be that hard. They also produced a Honda badged version of the Trooper, so parts for one should fit the other if that’s what you have.
Starting work in a few minutes. Longer than normal day today, instead of being off by 1230 it will be 330pm. Had to shift workdays because of taking mom to Birmingham on Tuesday. Will have to do my half day this weekend. Ugh.
I used to get up from the stylist’s chair, look at the floor, and comment on how the person before me must have had a lot of gray hair. I know she sweeps between each customer, and I know she knows I know.
Funny once, I suppose.
Debbe 😉 I’ve listened to Lana sing that song many times, but I had not previously seen the video. It sort of tickled my weird bone. I do wonder exactly what they were smoking while they made it, though.
Someone mentioned enjoying getting a shampoo from their hair stylist. I don’t think I mentioned that my P&PHS gives mean shampoo…or as I call it, a poor man’s lap dance.
Happy Earth Day 2016.
Hey, I thought every day was Earth Day.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFDeNcu3mnc&feature=youtu.be
Good morning almost home. Trying to return calls or get calls from some of my doctor’s offices. Someone needs to get me into these dang patient portals they are using now. I need a phone and computer coach.
Ghost said it was a poor man’s lap dance, I need a laptop dance.
Pain in right hip and thigh has now escalated into pain in left thigh as well. Had a horrid night last night, pain kept getting worse and worse. Finally resorted to doing some of my leg exercises, albeit not well, but it helped for some readon. Woke up to it again.
Am certain I mentioned my company called Jellies by JAM that made over 150 types of jellies, jams, butters, compotes, etc. Until some mean person turned me in to federal food people to require analytical testing. I mean, it contained fruit and sugar mainly?
Anyway, I relate to Gene and Mary Lou and their efforts. Although selling it wasn’t a problem, making it was. I made every jar personally and I sold thousands and thousands. Retail and wholesale.
Some good guitar work here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oupOlponNjQ
And a food title to go with Jackie’s descriptions of what she’s been eating lately. She had the meal, here’s the dessert: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rBouwqGfa8
Where do you see yourself in four years?
I don’t know, I don’t have 2020 vision…
Awful, Steve; simply awful. 🙂
Well, I see the kids are (somewhat) open for business at the roadside stand, even though it still doesn’t (as far as we know) have a name. Another one of those familial connections, like Janis and her mom not having a problem with being photographed while wearing not much, I suppose…Arlo never (as far as we know) named* the sailboat, either.
I truly hope they have some of Meg’s eggs inside in the cooler to sell. Otherwise, the opening is going to a lot softer than what ML had in mind.
*I have long thought (and even more so since Jimmy’s recent comments) that the sailboat should have been named “The Flying Dutchman”, because if it ever gets to put to sea, it will have to do it on its own.
At least two of our webcam nests have tenants downstairs. Definitely House Sparrows [Passer domesticus] at the Chesapeake osprey nest, and probably same at the Decorah North eagle nest. Often cannot see them at N. Decorah because the webcam is zoomed in on eaglets or an eagle, so we cannot see the edges of the huge nest. MDNR nest may also have tenants. They all have oodles of bird lice and such, parasites. The sparrows are no problem for the eagles except as a source of puzzlement, but the eagles are great for the sparrows: Cooper and Sharp-Shinned Hawks [Accipiter cooperi and A. striatus] are likely to avoid the big raptors, and thus be little danger to the sparrows. Haven’t noticed any at the Savannah G.H. Owl nest. Both bog owlets have now “branched–moved back and forth between nest and branches, so nest is often empty. Mom is still around; she was on the nest a while Thur. Peace,
emb, some neat photos of Peregrines nesting: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/04/22/the-noisy-neighbours-peregrine-falcons-nest-in-chicago-couples-2/