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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No jokes today, just a video someone else made of the craziest piece of road I’ve ever driven:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8I0nVKyNVRs
The video just gives you a mild idea what it’s like to drive UT-12 over the Hogback Ridge with a canyon on either side and (wow!) a 14% grade. I’m glad I didn’t have to do it in a rig where it’s easier to see just how far DOWN you could fall. And do note the absence of guardrails..
If you take US 101 North from LA, you reach the Conejo Grade just as you’re entering Camarillo, where I live. It’s “only” a 7% grade, but it’s 2.75 miles long making an elevation change of 1000 feet. And, as it’s on the side of a mountain with a steep drop-off right beside the down hill side of the freeway, there’s no place for an escape ramp. There’s a weighing station right at the top with a mandatory brake check for good reason. Once you reach the bottom the freeway has a nice broad shoulder and it’s not uncommon late at night to see trucks parked well off the road, probably for a rest break. I’ve gotten very familiar with that section of road because I live two offramps north of that weigh station.
Good morning Villagers….
Jackie, sorry to hear you’re in so much pain. Between my left hip and the muscle I pulled in my lower back yesterday, I’ll be moving much slower today.
My one nephew-in-law is going to check on a used radiator for me today. This is all so overwhelming….sigh!!!
Sunny and hot today.
Ya’ll have a blessed Monday….
GR 😉 I should do it more often
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPItPf4yU8Y
me …….
http://cheezburger.com/8772129280
Human. I read these earlier but where’s my comment about how tough Debbie is?
sideburns, I know that stretch of US-101 well, having driven mostly the western states once I had enough seniority to get the gig. With my company’s rigs, a stretch like that is a piece of cake. Going over the Donner Pass on I-80 was more of a challenge… one that some can’t handle:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tx0jXI2VyJ8
Note: This involves a fatal wreck and was filmed from another truck’s dash cam.
Thought the orphans were standing outside the gates. Obviously a lot may have been adopted or placed in foster homes.
Shame I have no where to be loved. Could use a bit now but I have Dickens. Paid the national debt at feed store for compost and mulch. Thinking I will join Meg with some biddies for back yard.
One old biddie is kind of lonely.
Maybe a couple pea fowls? They cackle.
“How do you like your new hearing aids?”
“About 3:30”.
I don’t know if you ever noticed, TruckerRon, but if you look off to the left on the way down (preferably if somebody else is driving) on a clear day, you can not only see the ocean, you can see the northernmost of the Channel Islands of California. (For those of you not familiar with the area, the best known of the group is Catalina, 26 miles or 43 kilometers off shore.)
Sideburns, I can’t say I ever tried to look that far from the road while driving. 😉 And I never teamed. Perhaps the wife and I can get over there someday…
The Channel Islands have their own species of Gray Fox, Urocyon littoralis.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Island_fox#Taxonomy_and_evolution Our mainland sp. is U. cinereoargenteus [If the latter sp. is misspelled, I’ll be back.] Peace,
For the record, today made the “Monday-iest Monday of all time” list. The cart is ahead of the horse, the wheels have fallen off the wagon, the big cheese has gone moldy, and there is a freshly opened can of worms to go with the heaping side of poppycock.
(At least I still have my sense of humor, right?)
Oh, and my boss lost her paddles in the middle of a Schidt creek hurricane. BUT. I have tomorrow off, and will be deep in hiding all day. 🙂 You guys haven’t heard from me in weeks. Shhhh. 😀
Mark and I were talking about me sending some of the Village a copy of this remarkable little book I bought last week, 150 ways to elevate your mood. It is 150 pages, each page has a brief composition and suggestion of something that will raise your spirit and warm your cockles along with an appropriate quote from a great writer.
I say Mindy needs a copy too. I read a page randomly. Then try to find a way to do it.
Today I bought lunch for a Vietnam vet and a WWI I vet and their wives. The younger one shook hands, thanked the older and saluted. What else could I do? I loved what he did, wished I could do more. So I did and they have no idea how it helped me.
Is Arlo’s barber the hostess of the soiree that Arlo and Janis were “fashionably late” to?
Whaddya think?
http://www.gocomics.com/arloandjanis/2003/12/18
Dearest Mindy from Indy, the orphans are all worried because we haven’t heard from you in a long time. Glad you are back among us, and with your sense of humor battered, but still flying the flag. Sounds like you are tempest-tossed!
Jackie, you seem to be a bit down, and no wonder with all the pain and aggravation you’ve suffered. You are doing so well though, you are a fighter. The little book must be helping. I’ve got to say that today I have been very cheerful, everything I did turned out well and even my computer is helpful and cooperative — that’s unusual! I will wish every Villager and orphan the same kind of day tomorrow. Especially Debbe!
Yes, Miss Charlotte, for me zi am down. I hate reminders of age, failing body and ruined plans. I had an amazing spring, summer and fall planned. So, lousy bones hurting and haunting.
If you knew some of things those terrible pussel gut miscreants have did you’d not blame me for wishing them ill. But, no more hiring people, no matter who asks me. Money, damage, aggravation, stress and having to lick the calf over.
There, two great Southernisms in one paragraph.
Actual quote from a (female) fellow-manager in a group email: “I wish I had some warm cockles.”
Debbe 😉 Songs from an R&R playlist (interlude)…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y43NeRH2x3A
Good morning Villagers….
I was getting concerned about you Miss Charlotte. Had not seen you post in awhile. It’s good that life is going positive for you…thank you for your warm well wishes.
The Corp comes in today to weigh and ‘candlelight’ the eggs. We like to tease one another, I told him I about had a heart attack over something that had happened in the hen house…know what he said “thought you had to have a heart to have that!” 🙂
Mindy, you made my morning….still grinning over your post. We need to keep our sense of humor, don’t we?
No news on radiator.
gotta go…..
…a blessed Tuesday
Where’s Mark???
GR 😉 warning, opening contains commercial….but wait…the photography is beautiful and it’s a good song for today
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Uxc9eFcZyM
http://cheezburger.com/8592123392/gif-of-kitten-in-tissue-box
Jerry 🙂
Debbe, I’m here. Just not much to say. Yesterday was not so good for me either, but not so bad as for Mindy. My internet provider went offline about 130 pm when I still had 3 hours to work. They did not come back up until about the time I should be clocking out, so I will have to work extra to make up the lost time.
May everybody have a great Tuesday. Smile at somebody, it’ll make them wonder what you’ve been doing!