“I’m figuratively dyin’ here!”

by Jimmy Johnson


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I limp to the end of this week with a rather generic offering from 1993. However, I’m beginning a project which should have an indirect affect on what we do here. “The Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum” at the Ohio State University has accepted my donation of several dozen original Arlo & Janis comic strips, going back to when the strip began. In the next few weeks, I’ll be rooting through pretty much everything I’ve drawn since 1985. I’m going to pick out a couple of strips from each year to give to the folks in Columbus, but I’ll keep an eye out for anything that might interest us here, as well. Who knows what lurks? I certainly don’t remember. Now, somebody please explain what Boxing Day is.

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158 responses to ““I’m figuratively dyin’ here!””

  1. Ghost Rider 6 Avatar
    Ghost Rider 6

    Most celebrity splits seem to follow a pattern…amiable separation, online sniping, public displays of anger, bitter divorce. And of course, somewhere along the way there is often the “leak” of a sex tape. We shall see.

  2. sandcastler™ Avatar
    sandcastler™

    GR6, how dare you even imply Giada has done sweaty, hot sex tapes. 😉

  3. Denise in Michigan Avatar
    Denise in Michigan

    Jackie, your Mom’s clothes hunger explains a lot about my Mom and her stuffed drawers and closets. I used to tell her that she had enough clothes for six women, and because of that, five other women were running around naked.

    Debbe, good to know the Dell is back up and running, and that no augers were involved.

    Meryl A, what a treasure-trove your post is! Thank you!

  4. Jackie Monies Avatar
    Jackie Monies

    Loved the cats, especially the stairs one. That nailed the troll!

    Watched a video yesterday/t.v. show on alcoholic woman drinking hand disinfectant while having my nails and pedicure. I am not much of a t.v. watcher, as you know, so the fact people do this does not surprise me, just that they’d go on Dr. Phil with live footage.

    Told daughter sitting next to me that she did not have to worry about me doing anything like that in grief. She said if I did I wouldn’t last long with my pancreas and liver. We had to laugh, as I managed to get hepatitis of all the alphabet multiple times and cirrhosis and pancreatic disease as part of my autoimmune destruction. Nonmedical personnel think you were once an alcoholic.

    I am avoiding packing, so I suppose I tend to have avoidance tendencies. You all have given me a wonderful way to spend time I do not consider wasted.

    Love, Jackie

  5. Trapper Jean Avatar
    Trapper Jean

    The thing I love about “Bless your heart” is that it can have several meanings depending on the situation and the speakers’ tone of voice. It can be as simple as “I’m so sorry things aren’t going well for you”, but then again it can mean “Lord, child, you’re dumber than moose poop!”

    I have also heard “I swan”, but not recently. That one seems to be dying out somewhat.

  6. TruckerRon Avatar

    Here’s the hidden melody in pi:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWbKwOrnB-E

    The caption, in English, reads:
    Musician David Macdonald recorded sounds like PI down to 122 decimal places.

  7. sandcastler™ Avatar
    sandcastler™

    TR, thanks for sharing the pi.