Are Arlo and Janis retired? Technically, no. Although home undeniably has become the focus of the strip lately, they still have comic-strip jobs, traditional jobs where they go to a brick-and-mortar office, put in a day of routine work and collect a regular paycheck. In other words, jobs that hardly exist anymore outside comic strips. Perhaps I’ll explore this area in 2016. I’ve thought a lot about it. Heaven knows, their resume needs updating.
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220 responses to “Office Favorite”
The current plot is familiar to me as we also said many times that we would move to a smaller house at some point. Instead we decided to build a bigger house on a larger property. We also bought rental property as if we had time or the inclination to worry about such. Oh well, FYI, my mother is in the hospital and she seems to be willing herself to die, as she is 90 but has no particular health problem. I will be out of touch for at least the next few days.
Bless you Jerry for being there for your mother. She probably is. I do not know what zone will be like at 90 but my mom lived until the last module which I hope to do. Your mom may be depressed and wanting to die. Believe it or not I understand.
Bless you and your mother too Jerry.
And may Hal go where bad computers go because I didn’t type any of those odd words in there!
Let’s see if this works. If it does, it’s the Hagar that appeared in the Sat. 16 Jan. Pioneer today, and looks to be a simplistic take on Chris Browne’s usual technique. Gotta post it to be able to click on it. emb
http://hagarthehorrible.com/comics/january-16-2016/
That worked, but now I cannot get the normally drawn strip [not the same one drawn better] that first came up when used Metacrawler to get today’s comic. I wrote the site a comment/question, and they posted it as of tomorrow, 17 Jan., 0142 hrs. Strange.
Peace, emb
I that case Jackie, I look forward to meeting the both of you. 🙂
GR6, I hard a hard time looking for “hokies”. I was drowning in those oh so blue eyes.
Spectacular, aren’t they? Great eyes, too. 😉
The “sex” tag that curmudgeonly ex-professor mentioned seems to have been removed from the comic. You can got to http://dustincomics.com/comic_tag/sex/ to see the comic he was referring to.
Oh, and the “modern-thinking man” come-on? It does work. 🙂
This sophisticated and refined woman has been on line ordering camping equipmentioned from that bastion of good taste REI sporting goods. Let’s see, the cot tent arrived yesterday, I got a one woman version. Tonight I got a self inflating camp pad, a windburner stove, a space blanket, mosquito netting for boat cockpit, a compression pillow, a sun and rain shelter to fit over a picnic table called a screen room, a folding picnic table with benches attached, a pop tent small instant and a second one that is bigger and three season with a screen vestibule, a camp kicked setup that folds into a carrying bag to hold a Coleman two burner stove.
Monday I put newest minions to looking for some stuff I know I own and see what condition it is in and if I need to replace it. There are a couple different types of camping involved here but right now I am preparing for Florida and some sleeping on my tint sailboat which is open cockpit camping, some beach camping which is normally not improved campsites but more what we call stealth camping and third is camping in authorized park facilities.
There is always my numerous memberships in a lot of motel chains to take baths and sleep in a kingsiced bed. I have all aspects of this trip sold as magazine articles from the beginning which is now. I solicited opinions about gear from some really experienced boaters so I will be hauling and packing and getting together even more gear. This has nothing to do with economy but having an adventure at my age and alone. Not planning on being alone, I am wanting to con net wit people. I am not looking for Walden but I am searching for some remnants of the old Florida before they paved it over, white sand beaches, some isolation along Mississippi and Alabama, Florida panhandle
Here’s one of the pics Jackie mentioned: https://scontent-atl3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xaf1/v/t1.0-9/12439542_1551219471856455_3046333729658867472_n.jpg?oh=f079281a712b1c48d2de0177eae5e915&oe=56FDAAED
I like this t-shirt: https://scontent-atl3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xat1/v/t1.0-9/1916414_1547376045574131_7300644991520875972_n.jpg?oh=35c29ec77b1cd279612f5fd78f457e05&oe=5736E13D
Jackie must have this one, as she posted it.
Mark I will put up other two and you can forward here. I am tired, not good to buy camp gear tired.
Jackie, this afternoon I ordered 100 feet of 550 paracord and some spare CR123A batteries for my Bug Out Bag. I think you won. 🙂
Debbe 😉 More Motown in memory of my sister…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuCBXTfoVq8
Actually, when I made up the Motown list this song was supposed be “Heat Wave”, but I was afraid you’d put some terrible S IN curse on me if I did that with snow and single digit temps predicted there. Think of me and stay warm, hon. 😉
Mark, I put a couple more of my favorite insolent woman mantras up on Facebook. You know don’t have to go camping when I come to alabama, there are lots of interesting things in and around Tuscraloosa. My spelling worsens.
Ghost whatever are you doing with that? I bought all sorts of bug screens and protection should you want to bug out of course.
From Jackie: https://scontent-atl3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpt1/v/t1.0-9/12509015_1552616698383399_1117319060231573424_n.jpg?oh=3e6fea5dd3399285dfa598acf6f6d40a&oe=57488DAB
And this, also: https://scontent-atl3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xal1/v/t1.0-9/12508884_1552619361716466_4824326389580535809_n.jpg?oh=7b9b4d2ad6176022bddfcd04282b2cbe&oe=57085559
Good night, all. Or good morning, however you look at it. I will soon be doing my best Darth Vader imitation with my CPAP.
Good morning Villagers…..
Unfortunately, S IN has become the top news on MSN.com……more turkey farms have been culled. My hen house is border line Martin County and Dubois County. We are definitely on quarantine. When Jonathan came out to let me cross the bridge (barricaded with official signs), I pulled forward, and then he disinfected my car and had to do the same when I left. We had a teen come to work outside to clean all the fan louvres and pick up feathers and trash. The little $hit breached the hen house twice. He was told twice not to enter the hen house. I’m not used to locking the door from the inside. Jonathan told him to not to come back in. I had just walked in from the hen house into the packing room to see him darting into the cooler, phone was ringing so I had to answer it. Hung up, looked into packing room, and what he did was come in through the outside cooler door where the truck backs up to load eggs. I told Jonathan we had another breach….he doesn’t know what to do, whether to tell the Boss or not. He text Evan and said “don’t come back”….I feel the Boss should know. Stupid idgets…they just don’t get it.
The Corp. in Dubois is dead serious about this…they are giving the Boss $100 for each hen house employee to buy new shoes to be worn only in the hen houses….got mine yesterday. Unfortunately, I had already started wearing my ‘good’ tennis shoes from the Hampton days. So, they were $75 pm sale for $49.99 🙂 , I’ve even lost weight in my feet so I’ll be able to put in my ‘gelling’ insoles…….maybe I can find a shoe sale buy one and get one for half price.
Re: Faith….Hebrews Chapter 11.1, my husband calls Hebrews Chapter 11 “The Hall of Faith”.
Ya’ll have a blessed Lord’s Day….
GR 😉 and yes, I have danced in the streets, and yes, we could use a “Heat Wave”. What stood out in the links on the right side with all the Motown ‘oldies’ was this song…..gotta play it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIXV0cir4-E
This is one funny song, Jonathan played it for me yesterday on his smart phone. Everyone will get a laugh out of this one.
It’s call “Ghost Chickens in the Sky”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pkdci55adqk
I’m still laughing…..
Jerry, when I read your post, it brought back the memory of my Mom. I sat with her on Wednesday….Saturday, she died. She held my hand that Wednesday, all the while asking “Why hasn’t God taken me home. I am so tired of this, I just want to go” and she did three days later. Prayers will be with you…..
9CL is kinda cute today. Not realistic, ’cause he gets into her pants regularly, but still cute.
http://www.gocomics.com/9chickweedlane
‘. . . snow and single digit temps predicted there.’ I presume that’s above 0 F. I’ll go back to the w. channel to give you something to be thankful for. emb