I haven’t done this in a while, but today’s “comic strip” is a mash-up of panels from daily strips that will appear next week, a preview of cartoons beginning March 6. I know: it makes no sense really, but don’t you hate it when you sit through a three-minute movie preview and feel as if you know exactly what’s going to happen in the two-hour version? And when did “previews” become “trailers?” Have you ever sat in a theater and been invited to view “Trailers of Coming Attractions?” Somehow, I blame Turner Classic Movies for this. I believe TCM introduced me to the Hollywood term “trailer.” Now, the film and video landscape is littered with trailers.
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Trucker Ron:
Great blog entry!
Thanks, Rick. I try for accuracy, from a certain point of view.
Trucker Ron:
I also read your other posts.
You’re a good writer, and that’s a compliment that I give rarely and never lightly.
Thank you, Rick.
Ruth Anne, yes, it was! We are there just about every weekend because Doris makes specials that frequently are her mother’s recipes. Her Beer Gulasch with a soft pretzel is delicious!
And David, their jagerschnitzel with either mushroom gravy or tomato, pepper, and onion gravy is also delicious. Yes, served with your choice of house fries or potato salad and red cabbage. 🙂
Trapper Jean, your mention of potato salad has given me a hankering for it, winter be darned. I just had to make some, although it is not German-style. Anyone have a recipe for the German-style they would care to share?
This is the first Sunday in Lent and frankly the music picks up a bit. I sang some great songs last night. I am also a Lector/Commentator and was scheduled for the 11:00 Mass. The music director saw me in the Narthex and asked “Are you here?” I told him “No this is just a hologram.” Anyway, he did not have anyone to sing, so I got to sing twice this weekend.
Yesterday I walked 50 laps around a local mall, which rounds up to 20 miles. I felt really good and decided to treat myself to one of the first Chick-fil-a in Michigan. There was a 15 minute wait before I got the Dr. Pepper for my orders. I probably drank too much too quickly and had to kneel down as I was getting a little loopy. Unfortunately they lost my order and I had to wait 15+ minutes for my food. I was still a little queasy when I went to church, but taking deep breaths while singing really helped out.
Yes, there are now 101 uses for a dead cat.
Were the turkeys quiet in church?
The Villagers certainly are quiet today. Perhaps they’re having better weather than we are here with the wind gusting over 40 mph before the next rain/snow storm arrives tonight?
Jerry, what was your favorite use for a dead cat?
Has not calved yet, but continues to act uncomfortable, moving legs fore and aft, R & L, w/o going any place. Wonder if this one has born calves before, and also what sort of memory they have. Peace,
http://pix11.com/2017/03/03/april-the-giraffe-changes-some-behaviors-as-she-continues-to-prepare-for-birth-at-new-york-zoo/
Trucker, Jerry. What turkeys? As to dead cats, would not advise eating one unless you were sure it was really fresh and that it had not died of poisoning. Peace,
And that snow started about 30 mins ago. The wind is still gusting above 40 mph. Must leave 15-20 mins earlier than usual in morning to remove ice & snow from car and to spread de-icer on walkways. Hope Monday’s high is as high as forecast so I won’t be shoveling snow when I return from getting kids to school.
And tomorrow is older grandson’s 4th birthday. His was a premature birth (5 weeks) by emergency C-section in a small hospital, followed by a helicopter ride to nearest NICU about 25 miles away.
Sad day.
New and improved comics means each is obliterated by a pop-ad that gets around my pop-up ad blocker.
End of an era.
Larry, is that (part of, or entirely) the site news JJ promised about 2 weeks ago?
emb:
For the turkeys: http://www.ripleys.com/weird-news/turkeys-circle-dead-cat/
Larry:
No pop-ups on mine.
I use Chrome with Ad-Blocker Plus and Ghostery.
I also establish the Chrome settings to block pop-ups.
Melcher hasn’t changed the BlogSpot to match the ‘comic’, so here’s the comic. Wonder who was on hand to describe the ‘trial’? There are different versions in the gospels, all written a generation or more after the execution. Interestingly, Pilate [a known brute from other sources] comes off more and more innocent in the newer versions. Pity.
I make no comment on authenticity, just history, from videos I’ve seen and words read by a prof of NT history. Peace,
http://www.gocomics.com/that-is-priceless/
Ah! So that is what was making Arlo feel guilty. 🙂
Arlo, you can help Janis make up the bed with fresh sheets and save her running from side to side. She will really appreciate that!
I’m only a so-so cook, but I love to bake. I had a hankering for some homemade biscuits. I made up a batch,and they were pretty good. It had been at least a year since I’d made any. I love hot biscuits and honey.
Hot biscuits and honey? Yum!
Cooking fried egg sandwiches on sourdough bread for breakfast. Black forest ham and grapes.
Lost four pounds eating Cajun food on my vacation.
Still the same behavior. Wonder if the raising/lowering of the neck helps initial birth process? That’s quite a lever. Only 7 vertebrate, same as us and most mammals, incl. those w/o neck. Peace,
http://pix11.com/2017/03/03/april-the-giraffe-changes-some-behaviors-as-she-continues-to-prepare-for-birth-at-new-york-zoo/