Ballard Street by Jerry Van Amerongen for May 15, 2017

Well, no wonder. He’s missing four pens, a pencil, and a stylist(? Russel doesn’t even have tablet).

It gets this way when you can’t remember what your burdens are or used to be.

That’s unnatural. Feeling unburdened on Monday morning?

Welcome to retirement, Russell.

No apparent reason, indeed. To really feel unburdened he would have to drop trou.

Right before the bottom falls out!

I hope he turned the fan on.

Russell has been to the Ballard Hypnosis and Hydroponics Center for Highstrung Humans .Pets are welcome too.

It’s the laxatives he ate. They unburdened him.

What’s happening down there?

The meds kicked in.

Prunes’ll do that for ya !

swallowed a whole bottle of antidepressants….

Keep the wind at your back, Russell…

(Way back!)

Everyone is right, from the size of that gut, Russell unburdened himself the “other” way!

there is a sale on Febreze at Ballard Fine Food and Blacksmithing for Everyone.

Most of the guys on Ballard Street seem to have that unburdened look, which is why the wives have a look you don’t want to see.

I feel just like that as our state legislature wraps it up in Austin….one step forward then they run back jumping off the cliff!!

russell looks like the acid just kicked in…