It might not come as a surprise to you, but I’ve been out a bit myself lately. I’m in the second week of a vacation/work vacation, in the latter portion alas. The strips running in newspapers this week and next, and on GoComics, are “best-of” repeats, chosen and recolored by myself. This week’s strips are from 2012, and next week’s will be from 2008. I hope you enjoy seeing them again.
171 responses to “Time Out”
Charlotte: “I used to read science fiction, but I think before R. Heinlein came along—does that sound probable? Remember I am a lot older than most of you kids.”
I’m 88, began reading Astounding Science Fiction in the ’40s, was pretty much done w/ it in the late ’40s. Think Heinlein was aboard then, also Simak [a Minnesotan, it turns out, spoke at BSU once, nice guy], and Asimov, etc. Got into it again in ’70s or so, mostly Ursula LeGuin, my senior by 3 wks. Best writer of the lot. We [3 team teachers you’ve heard about here before] use a couple of her Hainish novels 2-3 x each in Honors 100. She died just months ago.
I was at BUMC today from before 0900-after 1500. Had communion at 2 services, ate myself silly, learned a lot about 1 thing and another, and made a useful comment or two. Don’t claim all this got me any closer to “Heaven”. Am not worried about the hereafter as such, but think someone might be waiting there. Daughter just called [actually, I called / msgs and emails from her. She’s just engaged, in mid 50s.
Napped 3 hr after I got home, had a minuscule supper, decaf. Peace,
I’m first today, and at 10:13am CST? Wow.
emb and c ex-p, here’s a Herman for you: https://scontent-dfw5-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/28575698_1808664289201245_7448313661893593873_n.jpg?oh=9ec3d2044dbccd2f946a706bdb748109&oe=5B122A48
I hope Jackie’s chemo session goes without problems today. Please let us know, Ghost.
Here is Jackie alive and happy. I was so thrilled to not have seizures especially since hospital had gone on new system with no training
Glad to hear it Jackie. Welcome back.
Getting dark here, and snowing. Still daylight N of Vancouver I. You can move from this quarrelsome, smelly haulout to 4 other Orcalab webcams.
https://explore.org/livecams/orcas/orcalab-steller-sea-lion-haulout
Peace,
As Jackie mentioned above, she did remarkably well with her Taxol infusion today, especially considering the issues she had last time. The technique used this time (steroid pre-medication on Saturday and Sunday, and infusing at a much slower rate on Monday) was obviously a winner.
As she also mentioned, the oncology office went live on a new electronic medical records system on Friday…with no training. They did have vendor reps on site today, but it was obvious there were no happy campers among the office staff. Having suffered through a number of automation/conversion projects over the years, they certainly had my sympathy…especially his RN, who came in just before we left with our appointment card for next week. She felt her ability to render care to her patients was so compromised by the problems they were encountering with then new system that she was on the very verge of bursting out crying and, I’m pretty sure, was having an anxiety attack.
What to do? Well, I quoted her the Emo Phillips joke (“A computer beat me at chess but it was no match for me at kick-boxing.”), wrapped my arms around her and gave her one of my patented Ghost hugs, and told her it would be OK. It calmed her down, and she was at least trying to smile when we left.
My hugs are PD, but I’ve heard no complaints.
Is the pt. of today’s [M 5 Mar.] comic panel 4 that they used to do it most mornings? BTW, the one about tooth marks wouldn’t have passed a few decades back.
Peace,
I think the point was that, in earlier years, such enjoyable activity occurred so often that no single event rated special mention.
Well explained curmugeon. Not when but how often. Normal becoming special.
Oh boy, the famous hickory dickory dock cadtoon!!! Someone explain this one, i seem to not be all here today Ghost says.
Jackie: More likely a different nursery rhyme. That clock is not striking 1, there’s moonlight, and Ludwig is getting out a violin.
Hey Diddle Diddle,
The cat and the fiddle,
The cow jumped over the moon.
The little dog laughed,
To see such sport,
And the dish ran away with the spoon.
Peace,
Which led me to check sites for a def. of diddle. One slang site is naughty.
http://onlineslangdictionary.com/meaning-definition-of/diddle
Good one Jimmy. First the Calico Cat and now this one. Any more nursery rhyme themed strips coming?
http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2018/03/06/farmer-finds-remarkable-egg-within-egg.html
Ouch!
Ghost Sweetie, no, not tango uniform, just tired, and most weekends over with my granddaughter (I do love saying that!) and it ain’t easy making comments from the app on my Kindle. Remember, I’m technologically challenged! 😉
He’s baaack.
Caught up for now.
Last year I joined a support group for procrastinators. We haven’t met yet.
Home again tired out, all of us. Dickens is asleep on my leg under cover and Ghost says he is too tired to come to bed.
We have sales meeting at 8 a.m. when it will be 35 degrees! I need warm clothes!
Yep, staff meeting at 0800…just like old times. Even though we have pretty well completed the purchasing of initial stock, Jackie told me today I could add a few more “skimpy tops” to inventory. Taking her at her word, I acquired about 40 of them…which fit into one bag and weighted approximately 6 pounds total.
Just doing my part to keep Eufaula females skimpily clad.
At 3 a.m. woke up to read today’s A and J. Noticed I had not been using this phone to LIKE IT Gocomics so I sent back to February 16 and clicked loyally.
Ludwig biting Arlo’s nose got 186 likes, the. Ist I have ever seen.
This may not get as many LIKES, but it’s kinda cute.
http://www.gocomics.com/9chickweedlane
Peace,
Warthog. 1st time at one of these Kenya sites.
https://explore.org/livecams/african-wildlife/african-watering-hole-animal-camera
Peace,
Now I’ve got that song stuck in my head, Jimmy. Rawhide!
Good one, Jimmy. ANOTHER good one!
emb- thanks for the chickweed offering. Like it!
How about a birding theme? http://www.gocomics.com/strangebrew
Okay, folks, I need a hug. The last few days have not been easy. A dear friend and belly dance teacher passed away in January and I offered to help with plans for her memorial which will be in a couple of weeks. My job is to go through her dance costumes and make sure they’re clean and mended and ready for friends and family to take if they want the memory. While it is not a hard job physically neither is it easy because it reminds me that I am not going to see her dance again, and that is hard because she danced with such joy!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2H5Ss89BTko
She is the petite blonde in this clip, dancing with her friend and student Fox Gradine, wonderful dancer and photographer extraordinaire. In the bit at the end she is, of course, the one in the middle.