Arlo and Janis by Jimmy Johnson for February 12, 2013
February 11, 2013
February 13, 2013
Transcript:
When the nation faced a black hole,
He made saving it his singular goal.
Here's hoping Abe gets what he hasn't got yet,
An Oscar for best leading role!
When I watched “Lincoln” I had a fascinating feeling that I was watching Tommy Lee Jones and Hal Holbrook and Sally Fields but actually watching Abraham Lincoln. Daniel Day Lewis deserves the Oscar no matter who they give it to.
Trolls on comic forums looking for attention are a pathetic thing to see. The best thing is to not reply to them, it really ruins their day. Back to enjoyment of Arlo & Janis………..
Abraham Lincoln and George Washington . . . two of the greatest men ever in my book . . . . but then I’m old school, I still admire Christopher Columbus.
AshburnStadium: You would still have W because they would have stayed in Connecticut. No Wilson (VA) nor Eisenhower (TX). But you would still have the most corrupt: Grant, Harding, Nixon, Reagan, and Bush. And the world would have ended its slavery by boycotting the Confederacy, resulting in its collapse and re-conquest by the US, probably before WW-II.
Modern A/C unit – 1902 – Willis Haviland Carrier – Buffalo, NY. The South made more comfortable by Yankee engineering. The day after the funeral, William Faulkner’s widow bought an air conditioner so she wouldn’t have to suffer through the summer heat any more: William refused to buy one.
From Huff Post Books:
Faulkner added central heating in the 1930s but scorned air conditioning, despite summer temperatures that reach the 90s and stifling humidity. In “The Reivers,” a character groused, “there are no seasons at all any more, with interiors artificially contrived at sixty degrees in summer and ninety degrees in winter, so that mossbacked recidivists like me must go outside in summer to escape cold and in winter to escape heat.”
The day after Faulkner died, his wife, Estelle, had a window-unit air conditioner installed in her upstairs bedroom.
Ole Miss bought Rowan Oak in 1972 from the Faulkners’ daughter, Jill. The house was renovated from 2001 to 2003, and central air conditioning was added
Varnes about 11 years ago
And then he put his face on the penny?
Varnes about 11 years ago
A penny earned earned is a penny s’Abed, ?…To coin a phrase…., ..OK, yeah, it’s bed time…….BTW, I’d still love to do Sally Fields….seriously…
Cofyjunky about 11 years ago
Funny!
Tue Elung-Jensen about 11 years ago
Yes… In Vampire hunter :p
Flossie Mud Duck about 11 years ago
Happy Birthday, Abie Baby!
pschearer Premium Member about 11 years ago
When I watched “Lincoln” I had a fascinating feeling that I was watching Tommy Lee Jones and Hal Holbrook and Sally Fields but actually watching Abraham Lincoln. Daniel Day Lewis deserves the Oscar no matter who they give it to.
twj0729 about 11 years ago
@AshburnStadium
doublepaw about 11 years ago
Trolls on comic forums looking for attention are a pathetic thing to see. The best thing is to not reply to them, it really ruins their day. Back to enjoyment of Arlo & Janis………..
finale about 11 years ago
The political backstories behind historical events are fascinating to me. “Lincoln” fit the bill nicely.
madmarge about 11 years ago
It’s Sally Field. Not Fields
1504jarvis about 11 years ago
Abraham Lincoln and George Washington . . . two of the greatest men ever in my book . . . . but then I’m old school, I still admire Christopher Columbus.
fritzoid Premium Member about 11 years ago
“Wonder how WWII would’ve turned out for you all without all the Southern men fighting?”
Can you promise they’d have sat it out, and not joined in on the other side? “Racial Superiority” being their common cause?
Dr Lou Premium Member about 11 years ago
Has my vote…..
hippogriff about 11 years ago
AshburnStadium: You would still have W because they would have stayed in Connecticut. No Wilson (VA) nor Eisenhower (TX). But you would still have the most corrupt: Grant, Harding, Nixon, Reagan, and Bush. And the world would have ended its slavery by boycotting the Confederacy, resulting in its collapse and re-conquest by the US, probably before WW-II.
hippogriff about 11 years ago
Not to mention, the loss of freedom-loving southerners to the US, UK, Canada, etc.
iced tea about 11 years ago
Abraham Lincoln was about the best president we had. He suffered many losses and lost three sons, but he was Christian, honest, and true.
emjaycee about 11 years ago
Modern A/C unit – 1902 – Willis Haviland Carrier – Buffalo, NY. The South made more comfortable by Yankee engineering. The day after the funeral, William Faulkner’s widow bought an air conditioner so she wouldn’t have to suffer through the summer heat any more: William refused to buy one.
From Huff Post Books:
Faulkner added central heating in the 1930s but scorned air conditioning, despite summer temperatures that reach the 90s and stifling humidity. In “The Reivers,” a character groused, “there are no seasons at all any more, with interiors artificially contrived at sixty degrees in summer and ninety degrees in winter, so that mossbacked recidivists like me must go outside in summer to escape cold and in winter to escape heat.”
The day after Faulkner died, his wife, Estelle, had a window-unit air conditioner installed in her upstairs bedroom.
Ole Miss bought Rowan Oak in 1972 from the Faulkners’ daughter, Jill. The house was renovated from 2001 to 2003, and central air conditioning was added
poihths about 11 years ago
Lincoln was not a fiction.