Judging from the appearance of this simple Sunday cartoon from May, 2007, I was in a hurry when I drew it. Believe it or not, it happens. Its saving grace is the joke, though; I like it. It’s humorous and—I like to think—original. That’s what you shoot for. Many times over my career, I’ve had conversations with people who ask a variation of the question, “So, you could, like, draw six months ahead and take six months off?!” Technically, the answer is, Yes. The question almost always is asked with the breath of incredulity, and I know they’re wishing they could work that way. Perhaps they could. I can’t. I can’t get so much as a week ahead, and I do try. For 30 years, I have tried. At least I am reconciled to the fact that’s the way it is. I’m just lucky to have this gig at all.
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Charlotte in NH
I had to fill in at inspection table occasionally one place I worked – the women talk outrageously
just to see me blush. And I was a Army Vetran.
emb
thanks for the Trib. Pics
“Did you watch Nova tonight?” I rarely watch TV. –
@Most of Broadcast TV is forgettable , PBS is OK
“The Bible’s Buried Secrets” If they are in the Bible, are they buried?
@The Buried Secrets are the analogical finds that coo berate biblical time lines and stories.
The KJV translators mistranslated the Hebrew word for ‘young woman’ as ‘virgin’. There is a perfectly good Hebrew word for virgin, used in the Bible often. What’s so great about being born of one? If an unfertilized egg somehow had two sets of chromosomes, it would be XX, and therefore female.
@Because of the XX someone theorized Jesus was a woman – but that was a little far fetched.
The bible can be ,by some, interpreted as the direct word of YHWH but it was written by men,
compiled by men and edited by men. Sometimes for their own ends.
“Strong arguments linking Bible dates and Egyptian dates.” If true, good. That should be a help to real scholars.
@ that was the gist of the program – scholarly research.
“Finally found archeological proofs.” Of what? Why should a person of faith need proofs?
@ I did leave that hanging – kind of deliberately. Rather than enumerate the conclusions
presented. We should have Faith but not blind faith. Blind faith leads to drinking kool aid.
You can watch the program on line about 2 hours long
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/ancient/bibles-buried-secrets.html
Please do not take offense – I try to present this as a scholarly discussion.
Good morning Villagers….
Thank you GR 😉 for correcting me, and you are right. I always confused the two diagnosis.
And Miss Charlotte, that was a lot of fluid…she was ordering breakfast and said she wanted two slices of bacon…the nurse said she could no longer have bacon nor salt….”what” she said. I told mom…”that’s what put you in here, Mom!” She’s a feisty German. What upsets me is the nursing home didn’t catch on to this swelling.
Work clothes in dryer, and its PAYDAY.
Worked with the older lady from house #1 yesterday. She has been with this family owned business for twenty years. She liked the hours when her children were young. She’s 67. She too had a family emergency yesterday. Both my mother and her brother were in the emergency room at the same time. They buried her brother’s wife the day before. And he’s not doing well, and wants to go home to his wife. So sad.
gotta go……
and you know what, when someone does notice positive changes and acknowledges it, does make on perk up…..good for you GR…..uh, you’re not driving are you?
ya’ll have a blessed day
glad Ginger has a fur ever home….
http://cheezburger.com/8468365056
emb….that poor cat with the black nose is probably the best lap cat there is.
Car’s warming up…..
Indy Mindy, went back and reread your story on ‘factory work’….thanks, girl, for the grin.
Heh, if you’re not doing anything next week, you can come down and help out at the hen house, it’s high school spring break, temps in the upper 60’s, and young screensavers to watch 🙂
Mindy from Indy, that’s the best screensaver story I’ve ever heard. Much more enjoyable than flying toasters!
Debbe, prayers for your Mom. You’re right—the nursing home should have caught that. One way to do it is to weigh her daily. The increase due to fluid will be apparent. Prayers for your coworker’s brother, too, for the best possible outcome there, whatever it may be.
Meg helping Gene brings back good memories of my Dad and me. Thank you, Jimmy!
Good morning all. This is weirdest hotel room yet. Even weirder than the one in Lafayette. Why is America traveling? Stimulate economy?
It is 39 here today. I brought in wrong suitcase. Think I left winter wardrobe out on mama’s carport a week ago.
Need to go back to sleep until spring comes back.
Debbe 😉 The only thing I’ve driven in the past 36 hours is my recliner, hon. 🙂 My BIL is my driver. Post-op office visit is early this PM.
Didn’t want to stir the pot, but I wondered about the nursing home not catching that degree of edema, especially if your Mom is little like you. Also, are they not weighing her regularly? That fluid weighs something (1 gal water = 8 lbs) and the scale would register it.
Oops. Denise’s great mind and Ghost’s great mind are running in the same paths again.
You know, you are all sweet, like the tea, except for me. But I am just natural, not saccharine . Just drinking water now of course
Skin looked better but still need a face lift
Forgot to say I was dazzled by the wood paneling and teak deaks, bright work and Sunbrella coverings. My marine consultants had more pertinent questions! So, I need to send some emails, Good thing I was told not to buy it. You know what women are like,
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I almost said, “A smile lifts part of your face,” but that struck me as too saccharine for something for Ghost to say, so I didn’t.
Debbe’s egging on.
Jackie has been found.
GR6, is reclining and plotting.
Denise is.
Village in mention.
Have a great day one and all.
Nice Haiku, Sand.
Ghost, I have a lot of laugh lines too.
the beauty of a
haiku is that it can be
about anything
Also raiku. Love that.
You know you are I south when there are grits on breakfast buffet. I count those as whole grains even if not stone ground. And Coke products exclusively in every cooler
Johnny Carson said about his time the South during WWII that if you went to a clothing store and bought a new suit, you’d find grits in the pockets.
And famous grits plot in My Cousin Vinny.
re: Old Bear 11:50PM that’s why I like to watch John Ankerberg sometimes, he gets into the real language translation and stuff, like the manger in the inn wasn’t a Motel 6, but the family home, and how the Genesis week didn’t really need to mean seven 24 hour days … .. ..and speaking of noticing weight loss – I’ve always been socially unsure about that, when does “you’ve lost some weight” become “wow, you used to be really fat?”
Just laugh and smile at them. Unless it is you making remark.
Entering the door of my financial institution the other day, I obeyed the sign and removed my cap.* As I stopped to hold the door for a nice-looking younger lady who was leaving, I as usual unconsciously brushed my hair into place with my hand. “Don’t worry,” the lady said in her best sexy voice, “your hair looks fine.” With an accent on “fine”. Leading me to wonder if she would have flirted with me like that if my figure were less trim. In other words, I don’t think anyone would be offended by “you’ve lost some weight”, no matter how much they’ve lost or no matter how you express it. 🙂
*Apparently, if one walks in wearing a hat and/or sunglasses, one will be subject to being wrestled to the ground. I’m not sure what would happen to an Orthodox Jew who had just come from his ophthalmologist with his eyes dilated.
Jackie, I went back and checked, and I am now below my last official weight-in at Weight Watchers. So I will be resuming meeting attendance next week. I know you’ve been busy and on the road, but I still encourage you to join WW. I very much believe you are the type person who would do very well on the plan, whether you attend meetings or just use the online resources.
Something that just played on my Pandora: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPWPP2oNk_o
Today’s TIP BlogSpot [same as TIP comic] illustrates emb’s succinct IMO: ‘More than a handful …’ Only reason he knows bride did not pose for this is it was done in 1893 or whatever. Also, she was a fair-skinned redhead and had better legs. Peace, emb
http://thatispriceless.blogspot.com/