I’m running a little late this morning. I have some things I’m doing and some things I should be doing, but I’ve been on a bit of a roll lately, with two consecutive posts. So, I thought I’d drop by another old A&J strip from 10 years ago. By the way, over at the Universal Uclick Web site Gocomics, A&J just surpassed 60,000 subscribers. That’s not bad! Thanks to all.
320 responses to ““What gives me away?””
I’m guessing that genetically determined eye color and any correlation with birth month are coincidental. Peace,
I have green eyes but am an end of April Taurus. Ghost, the Law Dog story was FUNNY. For us to read, not for him at the time. I loved the title too—“Well, that was festive.” My kind of humor.
Hazel eyes and a late May birthday, which makes me a Gemini. And the two different personalities seem to fit..
Thanks, Nancy…my kind of humor, as well. If I can find it, I’ll link to a post from some time back about his dachshunds.
Green eyes, Jackie. Scorpio. (Everything you’ve heard about Scorpios is probably true.)
Jackie
I think you have found a few men that answer your description –
They are here in the Village – unfortunately they are taken.
back Monday
I watched the Pixar movie “Inside Out” last night and liked it. But if you are emotional like Domaucan1, keep the tissues handy.
Nancy Kirk, about humor. Ever read James Thurber’s “The night the bed fell on father”? I read that when I was under 12 and still think it’s one of the funniest stories ever.
Aren’t modern electronics wonderful?: https://www.yahoo.com/style/meteorologist-saved-from-wardrobe-malfunction-212235580.html
EMB & Mark,
My favorite Far Side cartoon, as a pathologist, is the one where there is a buzzard flying around yelling, “Anthrax! Anthrax! Dead cows laying in the hot sun!” Louisiana had one of the three largest Anthrax outbreaks in US history in 1971. We had a lot of work then and almost 1000 dead cows and other animals.
God bless us every one.
GR,
I really liked the Law Dog story. I know the feeling. I once had a 15 foot alligator after me at Rockefeller Refuge during feeding time and was headed for a tree myself. A colleague took a picture and I have it framed. Side light: In alligators, the distance from the nostrils in inches is equal to the gator’s length in feet. This was discovered at Rockefeller.
Thanks to everyone about my emotional nature. I’m really not ashamed of it.
God bless us every one.
A couple of days ago, one of the conversation threads was about the English language here in the States.
To back a few centuries and hear the language pretty much as it was spoken then, I suggest seeing “The Witch.”
We saw it this afternoon – great movie.
I liked both the language and the historical depictions.
The law dog story brought back memories too, like having a pickup truck battered and tossed at midnight down in swamps below Lafayette, truck smashed and escaping back to plantation house being chased and nearly gored in what I had worn to a dance. The dress ended in shreds and my shoes in the mud. We were climbing barbed wire and posts and small trees that were too small.
Doumaican will understand, these were brahmas being raised as rodeo stock and fierce and wilder than you want to think about. They totalled my date’s truck and his grandparents were nicer than they had to be, given fact we shouldn’t have been back there at any hour. I think alcohol was behind idea to go see these monsters. And Cajun veterinary major in ag school.
Yes, Jackie, I’ve had a couple of scrapes with bulls and horses too. They can be unpredictable at times. I guess that’s why I wound in pathology. My patients were dead. Of course, field necropsies can be a little hard on the smeller, especially in the Summer in Louisiana, but that eventually goes away. I did have to chase alligators away a few times in the field. (Ah, the good old days!)
God bless us every one.
I’m sure most folks can climb a tree faster than a gator, maybe, but then again…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_20BmjhNVsg
Debbe 😉 Southwest meets Southeast. Even more vocal goodness ensues.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IclLiDSk7sU
Bird in the foreground, only upper body visible, bloody beak. Looks to be tearing pieces off of prey. Peace,
http://www.chesapeakeconservancy.org/peregrine-falcon-webcam
Pays to check the TIP BlogSpot on weekends. No time to search web for context; Adult Forum at BUMC before today’s service. Peace,
http://thatispriceless.blogspot.com/
“Execution of Jose Maria De Torrijos Y Uriarte [& colleagues], liberals I believe. Peace,
“General José María de Torrijos y Uriarte, 19th century Spanish Liberal politician.” What will happen to some of us if … wins. Peace,
Wait, the Oscar’s are tonight? I vaguely thought they were in April.
Jackie, you’re probably thinking of one of the multitude of other fêtes the entertainment industry holds to honor itself.
Dave’s Laws: “The importance of a profession to society is inversely related to the number of award shows it throws for itself.” – David Burge
Rock paper scissors…..time- honoured decision making. 🙂
RE: various above topics, I guess, for a guy, I get pretty emotional sometimes. I’m 14 months out from my wife’s cancer death and I get all blubbery when I listen to Ed Ames “My Cup Runneth Over”. I’m never going to grow old with her. I have green eyes and am Aries (birthday is income tax day) I don’t know how much of a natural born leader I am, like an Aries is supposed to be, but when I lead the 4th graders around the science museum Hall of Texas Wildlife, they sometimes tell me “I’m funny”. Sometimes I wonder if my wife would like the women I go with, not trying to be weird, just something that can’t help but cross my mind, I suppose that as they weren’t born here but “got to Texas as soon as they could” and they are conservative or “right” enough for me, she’d be happy.
John, my worst question I keep asking myself is would Mike have liked me now if he were alive? Probably not or I’d have gone back to who I am now sooner. Your questions are more normal. I have a friend whose late wife made a list for him of her friends to date before she died. He married one.
You all are proving just what I suspected. We are high percentage of green eyed people here in the Village. Only 2% of the population have green eyes and look how many of us have responded as green already. We are supposed to be “special” in many ways according to whomever studies these things. I suspect we are.
Not saying I am interested in dating you John but I have felt great empathy for you throughout the loss of your wife. I always wished I could meet you and tell you so. I think you are handling things very well and if your wife felt otherwise, she’d let you know.
Love, Jackie Monies