Ballard Street by Jerry Van Amerongen for October 06, 2012

Carl lives pretty much the way I do. I love the bachelor life.

If Carl truly pwned that space he wouldn’t be wearing pants.

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Looks like me right now except I got a computer in my lap.And a beer.Missed the Tiki call tonight.I was looking towards the wemen and yak steaks.A MANS HOME IS HIS CASTLEDrives my wife nuts when I do that.Put on some pants. AWWWWW Your no fun. Join me. Dance the Dance of Life.She just goes into the other room shaking her head.I go, hey, thats her loss.But I do remember to get my own beer. She is libel to shake it before handing it to me.She has done that before. Laughs and laughs.Life is good.

Did anyone notice the metal on his heels?I remember that as a kid.About 40 years ago.Metal taps. Gosh is he a dancing fool too?

Carl need to rethink the " drinking from an upside down cup through a straw process".

He’ds not a bachelor, his wife is out. He only gets to do this about once a year

I, for one, am very happy that Carl has his pants on, for two reasons:

1. I really didn’t want to see Carl in his skivvies.

and,

2. I think Jerry Van Amerongen did a spectacular job of drawing the pants! I always admire his artwork with all the quirky characters, but the lines in these pants are amazing…even mesmerizing! It’s hard to tear my eyes away! His (JVA’s) attention to detail is remarkable. Like Veteran mentioned regarding the metal “taps” on Carl’s heels, the almost-collapsing lampshade, or the strewn-about chips/cheese curls on the couch…it all underscores just who Carl is. Very well done!

(and given JAV’s attention to all of the smallest of details…… I REALLY didn’t want to see Carl in his skivvies!

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Don’t ever invite Carl to a party. He likes to do this thing with A coat hanger, a can of cheese whiz and a ceiling fan. Whoa! I’m off to the Tiki!

Those taps were great walking down halls in Jr. High all "click, click, click, then stop and just swing the heel back and forth quickly. Drove the teachers nuts. Was worse on the janitor. All those scratches and scrapes on the linoleum. Can still hear him grumbling. Damn Kids.To stelbelDon’t worry about Lorenzo. When ready. He will as put by Alex the Lion “Emerge”Just be at the hospital or natal clinic. I in my career had to help two into the world on the side of the road.No choice. Momma said in a booming voice “I am going to have this baby NOW!”No choice. As put by Bill Cosby I had to become Johnny Bench and catch it. Slippery little buggars.Both no problems. I have a Stork pin they use to hand out to us Troops that did that.

@StelBel – you are something else! I wouldn’t want to see Carl in his skivvies either but didn’t notice his pants until you wrote about them. Yes, it does take some talent to get get the lines meshed just right. But, please, take your eyes off Carl’s pants – kinda creepy.

BTW – I will take over a couch like this with my crafts stuff.

More like Carl tries to own as much space as he can get himself and his stuff into.And what Alphaanddelta said.Veteran, if by dancing fool, you meant tap dancer, probably not. Tap shoes have bigger metal plates at both toe and heel.

My cousin wanted to be a tap dancer but she tapped like an elephant. The sad irony was that she ended up in a wheel chair with MS.

If you can’t bein the space you own …Own the space you’re in!

I got a few chores done today (Sat), I deserve a scotch.

I can’t quite make it out, but it looks like a Bic lighter on the end table so he can ignite his “wind”.

Wow… I just missed everybody!

I guess you’re on the East Coast too, Red?

What’s a girl gotta do to get a drink or a song this time of night?

Monkeeee! Are you still up?

I took the last Saturday night bus…. let me off a mile from the downtown district, cos of the Sunday street closing…

That’s a little better than the ones that run tomorrow…they don’t even get THAT close.

I pass the Tiki on the walk to the salon…. I think there must be a bartender cos at some ends of Ballard St, it’s not two AM yet.

But I don’t want to drink alone, and I’m awfully tired…. probably should just head to the salon and go to sleep.

Lots to do tomorrow…. but I can’t stay away from here for 48 hours!

Couple of quick things, in case I’m too busy to post at all tomorrow…Can’t remember everything cos I’m getting dozy myself…

Thanks Stel and Storm from …. whenever that was….gonna have to check out that software, though I have to say Firefox is usually pretty good anyway.

Bev….naked ladies…. the flowers you guys….grow wild around here…masses of them out in what we call the West County….along the Russian River, and in the redwood forested towns out there… But a few pop up even in my yard.They’re also called amaryllis, and sometimes belladonna lily…. but they’re unrelated to actual belladonna, which is deadly nightshade.

And finally…. almost actually about the comic …sorta…We used to get those heel taps when I was a kid…even on brand new shoes…. to “save” them.They were metal then, and we danced around pretending they were tap shoes…I remember being a bit shocked when I saw how huge real taps were…No wonder I didn’t sound like Gene Kelly…in spite of my mad tap skilllz…cough…

Those taps resulted in quite a post. And yes I know Tap dancer shoes have large metal plates attached very precisly.I did not say he was that good.

10:45 MDT. I finally got my lazy self out of bed. Coffee’s made, I think I’ll make French toast. I make mine with thick slabs of French bread.

22:20 MDT. I guess I have the Tiki all to myself. I’m in a mood for an Anchor Steam.

I guess I’ll slip over to Comics Kingdom for a while.Got some time to kill before the switchover.

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