I had a different old cartoon picked out to show you and to discuss today, but I decided for once to finish something I’d started. Here are the final two episodes of “Rearranged Marriage,” completing the entire sequence that first appeared for one week in 2005. You might recall that not long ago I reprised this idea in a rather colorful Sunday. Did I deliberately sneak back and crib from the older comic strip? Not really. Not consciously. What usually happens in these situations is that I’ll get started on an idea and in creeps the nagging question: Have I drawn this one before? The answer in this case was, Yes.
Rearranged Marriage, fini
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170 responses to “Rearranged Marriage, fini”
Had the world’s smallest fajita diet frozen dinner tonight and then a glass of orange juice to raise my blood sugars. And now we have to talk about “hand pies” which is what they seem to be called in New Zealand. I say NZ because I was reading a menu over there on net. Their pies seemed to be called something often different from ours. I want to go see the land of the Hobbits, elves, fairies and assorted humans of Tolkein’s “Lord of the Rings” trilogy, one of my favorite books when I was a teenager.Hence my interest in their foods. Humans, not Hobbits.
If you’re partial to meat wrapped in dough, emb, you should try the Italian calzone and the Mexican empanada.
Venezuela had great empanadas which I learned to make but we always had them at parties when I was a young teen.
I actually met Matt Helm before I became acquainted with Travis McGee.
Coincidentally, I just read on Roberta X’s blog that Geoffrey Boothroyd, a British firearms expert, wrote to Ian Fleming in the 1950’s, telling him that the Beretta .25 auto that he had James Bond using was “A lady’s gun…and not a really nice lady, at that”, and ultimately convinced Fleming to equip 007 with a Walther PPK. (Not a huge improvement, in my opinion, but then no one read all those novels because of Bond’s proficiency with his weapon…or did they?)
Mr. Ghost, I have to ask. Do you dislike my writing? I value your opinion despite fact I am getting great response from others.
In the movies M wanted Bond to use heavier fire power and 007 kept sneaking
the PPK
Good morning Villagers…..
It is a good day when one wakes up to good news….David’s post and recuperating (yeah, the kidney awakens), and Miss Charlotte is getting the attention she needs on her ankle. Miss Charlotte, I’ve heard and experienced that sprains are more painful…keep that foot propped and stay off it…
“Ding dong, GR’s back, GR’s back, ding dong The Pokiemon is back” And to think all it took was a trip to your beautician and the word ‘pasties’ 🙂 Isn’t life wonderful….at times.
Snow coming, not much….but Sunday is bothering me…snow and rain with a high of only 37…I hate ice.
Also GR, I love the add on to the winter storm “ReamUs” to “Wrecked ’em” ….clever 🙂
Oh, and Happy Belated Birthday, Miss Charlotte 🙂
Jackie…glad you’ve delayed your journey. Ian, in his Senior year, had to accumulate 50 points of reading material. Each book had a different point value. “The Lord of The Rings, Trilogy” had a 50 point bonus, which he read….and then he took a test…and got his 50 points.
Ian just purchased “Lord of the Rings, Trilogy” video game. I think he is addicted to gaming. You would not believe the quality of these games….they are almost life like. And to think it all started with Super Mario Brothers!
I hope Jimmy gets back to the neighbor story arc soon…..
Ya’ll have a wonderfully, blessed day…
and Emb, I didn’t mean to gross you out with that old ‘metaphor’ 🙂
🙂 http://cheezburger.com/8452787712
love the markings on this cat…I can’t think of the breed….anyone?
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David, that’s wonderful news! Prayers for you continuing.
emb, cooked pasties freeze and reheat well. Perhaps during her visit, she could make some and freeze them for you.
Debbe, actually it started with Pong and Asteroids. I think that cat is a domestic shorthair, pattern is a variation on tabby but I can’t think of the name of it.
According to these folks, that is a classic tabby.
http://www.catster.com/cats-101/tabby-cat
My favorite tabby pattern but don’t see many. I usually end up with mackerels.
I am afraid to look at weather, am still trying to get out of here for Florida. Deputy is so quiet I wouldn’t know he was here except minion makes sure she keeps an “eye” on him. He is most attractive, if you like huge, athletic guys in uniforms that drive big pickup trucks and carry guns.
Oh, that’s right, I do but I am being a good “hostess” to my guest and not even sticking my nose outside. I like him and want him to stay around. It is giving me much peace of mind.
Love keeps flowing my way for my return to full time writing, so I guess I had better head for Everglades the long way round and earn my keep. Oh, that’s right, pay is small but the love makes up for that deficit so it ends up being a positive balance for me.
Better look at weather going south. Not a good choice of words, that is only way it seems to be going!
Love, Jackie
Jackie,
You probably realize that my hobby is copy-editing; I’ll be down to church about 10 to do this Sunday’s bulletin]. Also taught an expository writing for biologists course for some 25 years. Except for occasional typos, which are not really poor writing, just poor proofing, and which most of us have done here, your writing is fine, better than much that gets published in magazines. Newspapers also, but we need to be charitable there; those people worked with less than an hour deadlines. My newspaper columns have been gone over many times [hard to count when word-processing] and still things get by. Miss my copy editor; she presumably has E.B. White if she needs one.
Peace, emb
Debbe:
Was I grossed out? Slick as owl poop? No, becoming inured to gross-out is part of a mammalogist’s job. Remember my stint as a Bronx Zoo asst. mammal keeper?
Peace, emb
Case in point: “those people work with less than an hour deadlines.” How did worked get in there? emb
Enough here move to tomorrow.
I guess that’s today;)
I fell in love with NZ about a decade before the LOTR movies. NZ is where all scenes of “Hercules: The Legendary Journeys”, “Xena: Warrior Princess”, and “Young Hercules” were shot. Our whole family sat enthralled by the action and humor during those shows.
emb
“Worked” is probably more correct than “work” these days.
Not more time but less paper.