Ahh, ham and eggs (five of them)! Plus a butterfly, a mason jar, a preachy popinjay, and a miscellany of boardgame letter-pieces! The meaning is clear; indeed, it’s alimentary, Watson!
Those “How To Survive” books are blatantly sexist. Why do they assume boys are likely to experience one disaster after another, while only girls can handle such advanced skills as mind-reading, friendly persuasion and cat-training? And why is it that the only common skill on both lists is “How To Survive A Zombie Attack”? How hard is it to escape one of the living dead?
re blog, women at work:something about the quality of the photo and the “wristlet” that the woman sharpening the axe is wearing makes me think this might be a re-enactment. i’m curious as to the source.
I feel very fortunate to have farm fresh eggs each morning. This also brings back memories of passing through Mesquite, Nevada and seeing a casino sign advertising ham and eggs for $1.75. I stopped amd ordered them and was surprised when the order came on two big plates. One held the eggs and hash browns. The other held this huge slice of country ham and toast. Washing it down with a beer, I was in my own little corner of heaven.
The video of how music can bring such animation and pleasure was beautiful to witness. I am going to send it to my wife. She is a nurse and goes into adult family homes each daynto work with seniors.
My wife told me that she has a patientt that will be 101 this summer. She is blind and has dementia. They place headphones on and she sings all day long as she listens to the music.
@BillThompsonthanks for the info. btw wristlets were a popular fad with women in the early 1900’s, men still clung to their pocket watches till ww1 when they found them too cumbersome for military use.i stand corrected and teresa i apologize for questioning your veracity (looks over shoulder for vlad).
In 1917 the US Army had about four hundred nurses; a year later they had 12,000 nurses in uniform. The only way to recruit all the nurses the military needed was to take professionals. It would have been impossible to leave civilian hospitals understaffed, so the Student Nurse Reserve was established to recruit students who would take their place.
The letter’s writer, Stella Barbee, didn’t exagerrate when she said professional nurses served at the front. None of them were involved in front-line combat, but several American nurses were wounded during German bombing raids.
Thanks for adding that poster to the blog, Teresa. Yesterday I’d never heard about the Student Nurse Reserve.
When I read the comments on Orville the Helicopter Cat’s video, someone suggested that Bart Jansen be helicopterized as just punishment. I thought this to be a great idea and thus I changed my last will and testament:
“My final wish is that I not be buried or burned. Take my corpse to the taxidermist and mount me up as a helicopter. Take me out and fly me every Halloween, or more often if you think it would be funny or scary.”
Re: John Meintz. He wasn’t the only victim of anti-German sentiment during WW I. There was Robert Prager, a German-born coal miner who was lynched in 1918. The mob’s objections to him were that he was German, they didn’t think he was loyal enough, and they thought he was a Socialist (all of which ran together in the “thinking” of the times; the war gave big business elements the perfect excuse to clamp down on socialists and union organizers).
Anti-German sentiment reached insane levels during the war. Some dachshunds were killed for the crime of having a German breed name. Survivors were renamed “Liberty pups.” German shepherds, better-able to defend themselves, were renamed Alsatians. Sauerkraut became “Liberty cabbage” and German measles became “Liberty measles.” It was quite a silly time. Pass the Freedom fries, please.
margueritem almost 12 years ago
It’s sheer heck to stand around holding your food for lack of a table, or even a tray.
judyparka almost 12 years ago
Yum. Butterfly seasoning. No breakfast is complete without it.
Sisyphos almost 12 years ago
Ahh, ham and eggs (five of them)! Plus a butterfly, a mason jar, a preachy popinjay, and a miscellany of boardgame letter-pieces! The meaning is clear; indeed, it’s alimentary, Watson!
x_Tech almost 12 years ago
Fontana Dam and Reservoir, located on the Little Tennessee River and operated by Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA).
Bill Thompson almost 12 years ago
Those “How To Survive” books are blatantly sexist. Why do they assume boys are likely to experience one disaster after another, while only girls can handle such advanced skills as mind-reading, friendly persuasion and cat-training? And why is it that the only common skill on both lists is “How To Survive A Zombie Attack”? How hard is it to escape one of the living dead?
pcolli almost 12 years ago
Re blog: is that woman trying to disembowel that mannequin?
Mad-ge Dish Soap almost 12 years ago
Keep your emotions in check.Don’t over think.
V-Beast almost 12 years ago
Is that Raymond Burrd?
SwimsWithSharks almost 12 years ago
I admire your lack of focus.
J Short almost 12 years ago
Proves what happens when you only workout the upper body.
Linguist almost 12 years ago
I’ve been under the table a time or two when my emotions weren’t in check.
Linguist almost 12 years ago
Re Blog: Lizzie Bordan took an ax,And gave her Father forty wacks.When the evil deed was done,She gave her Mother forty-one.
Happy, happy, happy!!! almost 12 years ago
…my emotions are killing me right now…
Happy, happy, happy!!! almost 12 years ago
the picture of Donna crying struck me. I got kinda misty…
dbld almost 12 years ago
re blog, women at work:something about the quality of the photo and the “wristlet” that the woman sharpening the axe is wearing makes me think this might be a re-enactment. i’m curious as to the source.
cleokaya almost 12 years ago
I feel very fortunate to have farm fresh eggs each morning. This also brings back memories of passing through Mesquite, Nevada and seeing a casino sign advertising ham and eggs for $1.75. I stopped amd ordered them and was surprised when the order came on two big plates. One held the eggs and hash browns. The other held this huge slice of country ham and toast. Washing it down with a beer, I was in my own little corner of heaven.
cleokaya almost 12 years ago
The video of how music can bring such animation and pleasure was beautiful to witness. I am going to send it to my wife. She is a nurse and goes into adult family homes each daynto work with seniors.
cleokaya almost 12 years ago
My wife told me that she has a patientt that will be 101 this summer. She is blind and has dementia. They place headphones on and she sings all day long as she listens to the music.
dbld almost 12 years ago
@BillThompsonthanks for the info. btw wristlets were a popular fad with women in the early 1900’s, men still clung to their pocket watches till ww1 when they found them too cumbersome for military use.i stand corrected and teresa i apologize for questioning your veracity (looks over shoulder for vlad).
Andrew Capp almost 12 years ago
@Teresa.Your blog is a masterpiece!Click here!
x_Tech almost 12 years ago
Re: Surviving a Zombie AttackReminds me of the CDC’s Preparedness 101: Zombie Apocalypse
RonBerg13 Premium Member almost 12 years ago
Say what!?!?!?!?
oranaiche almost 12 years ago
Nights that Frog Applause is late, Pibgorn tends to be as well … is someone trying to tell us something? (If so, what?)
Bill Thompson almost 12 years ago
The most I could find about the US Student Nurse Reserve was a letter:
http://docsouth.unc.edu/wwi/bickettnurse/bickett.html
In 1917 the US Army had about four hundred nurses; a year later they had 12,000 nurses in uniform. The only way to recruit all the nurses the military needed was to take professionals. It would have been impossible to leave civilian hospitals understaffed, so the Student Nurse Reserve was established to recruit students who would take their place.
The letter’s writer, Stella Barbee, didn’t exagerrate when she said professional nurses served at the front. None of them were involved in front-line combat, but several American nurses were wounded during German bombing raids.
Thanks for adding that poster to the blog, Teresa. Yesterday I’d never heard about the Student Nurse Reserve.
Larry Miller Premium Member almost 12 years ago
IKE’S STORYSame tooth as Alfred E Newman of course.
Larry Miller Premium Member almost 12 years ago
LAURA BULLIONI thought, gee, she even looks a bit like Katherine Ross. So I gave her Katherine’s hair in a quick and dirty Photoshop.
hablano almost 12 years ago
When I read the comments on Orville the Helicopter Cat’s video, someone suggested that Bart Jansen be helicopterized as just punishment. I thought this to be a great idea and thus I changed my last will and testament:
“My final wish is that I not be buried or burned. Take my corpse to the taxidermist and mount me up as a helicopter. Take me out and fly me every Halloween, or more often if you think it would be funny or scary.”
Nicholas Taylor almost 12 years ago
yet another day without FA!
Happy, happy, happy!!! almost 12 years ago
where are you?
Happy, happy, happy!!! almost 12 years ago
the wife of a friend of mine told me her vibrators name was “B.O.B.”. battery operated boyfriend.
Bill Thompson almost 12 years ago
Re: John Meintz. He wasn’t the only victim of anti-German sentiment during WW I. There was Robert Prager, a German-born coal miner who was lynched in 1918. The mob’s objections to him were that he was German, they didn’t think he was loyal enough, and they thought he was a Socialist (all of which ran together in the “thinking” of the times; the war gave big business elements the perfect excuse to clamp down on socialists and union organizers).
Anti-German sentiment reached insane levels during the war. Some dachshunds were killed for the crime of having a German breed name. Survivors were renamed “Liberty pups.” German shepherds, better-able to defend themselves, were renamed Alsatians. Sauerkraut became “Liberty cabbage” and German measles became “Liberty measles.” It was quite a silly time. Pass the Freedom fries, please.