It’s three-fer Thursday! Here is part of a little series that ran 10 years ago this month. I recall it was easy to produce; the jokes about meditation wrote themselves. I do not recall exactly what was going on around me at the time, but I can tell by looking at this old artwork that I was drawing very fast. My favorite gag is the first one. It is this type of strip that earns my humor descriptions such as “subtle,” and “intelligent” and “not very funny.”
195 responses to “Natural-Born Chiller”
Ghost, I think that happened during the period when JJ was having troubles with the site. I seem to recall he said when the problems were resolved that all the old comments were no longer available. Too bad, but we still have the archives of his work. If I had to make a choice between permanently losing the old comments and losing his back strips, the strips win.
That didn’t come out the way I meant it! I mean I would rather keep the strips and lose the old comments. Where’s that edit button?
The WayBackMachine Internet Archive has some of the old posts. I just looked, at random, at October 2008 and found the series of posts Jimmy did about Arlo and Janis swapping fantasies in bed. I mean, in bed swapping fantasies.
Jackie, since I never got a reply to the email I sent to your public address some while ago, perhaps I’ll try sending one to the address you made public in error.
The photo of me I attached probably got it pitched into the spam bucket with all the “adult product” ads. 😀
Just kidding. I was going to wait until the third email to attach a photo.
(The following is in reference to the Vince strips/blog discussions and a couple of posts about the changing culture and history. A little late, but who cares?)
Time doesn’t march on.
It grinds, very finely and very finally, until the past is obliterated.
Jackie, here’s your rusty/rustic porcine aviator: https://img1.etsystatic.com/036/0/5900325/il_570xN.506048855_a0yr.jpg
Thank you Mark, that is a good one. I think Tony can cut those if I Make a pattern or buy one and let him copy it. He isn’t a certified welder, just does some welding and cutting. Today it was making a part missing on the purple Martin house he was putting up with the bird towers, the posts with feeders from top to middle.
I am calling it the serve yourself salad bar on the all you can eat kitty never ending buffet.
Seriously, we are mountin them on tall 4 by 4s on metal hangers and chains. No cats or squirrels will make it up there.
I went back but if it went into spam it is hopeless, Ghost.
The private one is now public too, courtesy of Hal. It is jackie.monies2324@gmail.
Looked and there were two notes from Mark and a photo of his cat Bama which totally confused me. You can send me the photo so I will not keep accusing Mark of having two identities, plus sending me another cat!
I’m assuming that most of the regulars here are aware that this is the centennial year of the National Park Service. There are lots of events being held in recognition of this, of course, but my favorite so far is going on now – a guy is running the entire length of the Blue Ridge Parkway! You can read his blog at relaywithray.com
Ghost, does your email have anything to do with the Delta blues YouTube channel t hat appeared? My, there are a lot of familiar names and songs on there.
That is only odd thing that appeared and since I had left a smartphone for my house sitter I assumed she had done that. Listened to song on link and taking whole thing to bed and listen more.
By the way, my new orthopedic surgeon is conservative and we hit it off great. Tomorrow I begin my first month of moderate exercise at my wellness center in lieu of physical therapy and injected steroids. I do have pinched nerve. Neither of us wants surgery.
Doctor said I made his day. He has never known a patient my age lose weight by choice and exercise and not illness. The amount blew him away and he asked how old I was when I did that? I said 71, last year, while fighting depression and anorexia. He looked at my chart shocker, had no idea my age. This is getting fun. I said I wasn’t always overweight, had periods of extreme low weight, turns out he always wanted to meet a bunny, even a senior citizen. So, we got good laugh and I got a good surgeon.
Jackie, in my book, you are steadily closing in on a rating I (honestly) consider one of the best…”Salty Broad”. (And you may well have already reached it; I just wouldn’t want to say without actually meeting you.)
Just the other day, I got another honest estimate of my age that was 10 years below the actual mark. The best part of that is thinking of the girls in high school who wouldn’t give me a second look back then who are probably now routinely mistaken for 10 or more years *greater* than their actual age.
As someone said, living well is the best revenge.
Debbe 😉 Thanks a lot, Super Sexy Chicken Lady…now I won’t be able to fantasize about you being topless under your hazmat suit.
Oh, wait…now I can fantasize about you in a wet t-shirt. So it’s all good. 🙂
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKrcvol1NsM
You’re welcome, Jackie. That is just 3 pieces of metal and the ground spike. Ought to be able to draw out the basic pattern, cut it and then weld it together. I picked that one to make it easy for him to do and to satisfy your cravings for rusty metal. Need more iron in your diet?
Just yes or no, Ghost. Someone subscribed to the blues youtube channel and picked a song. Was it you or someone else? I realized that came in on May 29 and I didn’t hit that personal email address until today.
The lyrics to song could be from someone else.
Sorry, Jackie, I didn’t understand the original question. I have never subscribed to any YouTube channel, so it was not me. Must have been one of your many other admirers.
Yes. I think I know who. I have been listening to the lyrics of selected songs. Until today only a handful of people had that address.
So where DID you send your note Ghost? I got Mark’s with the cat photo but not yours. We’re you just teasing? Or you can resend it. The music is making me cry.
The yahoo.com address shown on your boating site. Weeks, if not months, ago. Message has exceeded its “best by date”.
Is your code name Ghost there?
Re 6-3-16 cartoon: I shined my Lady XXX on, but it appears Arlo got his.
If it was the invitation to the lodge for concealed weapons instruction you should have signed your name Ghost.
Nice camp. Not roughing it at all. Funny, I was in that town recently. If that wasn’t you I have another person thinking I should be carrying?
Good morning Villagers…..
Late start here…..JJ, I love the meditation strips, eggpecially the third one 🙂
….and it’s PAYDAY…..
ya’ll have a blessed day
GR 😉 a smelly wet T shirt at that, think musk 🙂
my signature song of long ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PF2J45GApA
Ruth Anne:
I think that you might like this Old Faithful cam:
https://www.nps.gov/features/yell/webcam/oldFaithfulStreaming.html
speaking of FB,
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Mark, that was one cute, black kitten…..
Jimmy:
Is there any way to unlock the comments from your earlier posts? We mentioned it on some posts yesterday. Also, did the new website fall through? We appreciate being able to interact here at A&J.com, so I’m not complaining. I think.