Big Top by Rob Harrell for November 01, 2009

So I guess we know the top breakfast entree…

What about adding some Pumpkin Whoopie Pies with cream cheese filling? I have a lot here!

big Yes I turned my clock back, it’s only 12:30 here! :-)

MARG, You can come out now that Halloween is over, and you have to stop scaring the C R A P out of people! :-D

No!! It’s only 10:30 here!!

LOL, DRY!!!

What does FHIG stand for?

Saint (though I GAG as I type the word!) Fri

Hello big, Steve, Fri & Dry - Did everyone have a nice Halloween. I had a great time over at a friends house who actually gets Trick or Treaters. What is it nowadays? There were more high schoolers than little kids.

Marg, Feisty Hot Italian Girl! ROFLMAO!!!!!

Now if I could just really gain an hour…morning all! Here’s some fruit bits & various teas for you to enjoy with Big’s wonderful breakfast spread. See everyone after the sun rises. Or at least those who can be out in the sun.

Morning big G and Steve!

I’ll have the scrambled eggs, please. Got any Dark Milky Ways?

Nice touch, Dry!

dc guys What, the pumpkin whoopie pies?

Of course I will be less holy tomorrow, Marg! It won’t be All Saint’s Day then!! Did I say

Cleo, “FRI AND DRY?” LACMBO! :-D

Dark chocolate Milky Ways over here!! Get ‘em while you can!!!

SAINT ( AND I USE THE WORD LOOSELY) FRI, tomorrow is All Saints Day, bubblehead! Nov. 1st???:-D

I’ll be skipping any thought of breakfast until tomorrow morning. Crepes with seafood in a cheese sauce and deep fried zucchini, tasty dinner, but way heavier than I am used to eating. None of us could eat the pie and whipped cream. Just no stomach space left. We had a great time though and it was neat to see the kids in costume. But, I have noticed, both last year and now this year, the college students are dressing very provocatively. Lots of bare skin. Our friends daughter was dressed in the costume of a Playboy club bunny and her boyfriend was dressed in a loin cloth. Last year on the streets, young ladies were in baby dolls and skimpy dresses. Ah…Halloween. For me, it’s not the candy, it’s the eye candy.

DC guys, I’ll bet those West Coasters don’t know what a Whoopie Pie is! No wonder they don’t want one!

cleokaya, we gave out all our candy this year. Usually we have a bunch left over. I love having the kids come for Trick or Treat.

Now I have to put all my Halloween decorations away, sigh.

JFri - I am all over anything with dark chocolate, but right now I would prefer a Booker’s.

Dry, yes FHIG suits you!

Uhhhhhhhh, Turdette, what is the date on the comic strip above? What day is it where you are right now?

Saint JFri said, 4 minutes ago

Dark chocolate Milky Ways over here!! Get ‘em while you can!!!

I’ll be right over!!!

bookers for the gentleman from Washington!!

Cleo, see Bound and Gagged.

i’ll leave the porch light on, Marg!!

Dry - our friends went through all their candy as well.

Mopar & Terry - You guys might appreciate this. The friends we visited tonight jacked their house off of it’s foundation and it is a big house. Over a year’s time metal joists were added as support and a full, huge auto body shop was added as a basement. My friend likes to race cars at Bonneville Salt Flats and he also likes to restore and rebuild cars. He can have four cars in his shop at one time. He has added a bar with stools plus a pool table and ping pong table, plus a bathroom with a hot tub. It is a paradise for anyone interested in working on cars. He has a work bench that is probably 30 feet long. It is all heated and he has also added a seperate garage for his motorhome. He has two garage doors into his shop and then another door to allow access to his motor home. The space with all of this is not cramped . I don’t know how much he spent on this, but he made it look nice. It doesn’t look like a house jacked up. He added river rock walls on the outside so it looks just like a neighborhood house.

*Dare I call a Saint (SNERK) a TURD? Oh well, *

Thanks JFri.

We had nine kids this year - guess they’re afraid of the flu around here - Vancouver island is a high risk area. Ah well, more for me. We had twelve last year! In honor of my American friends I have chosen a Thanksgiving avatar.

* so how come no one wants one of my Pumpkin Whoopie Pies?*

Wow! Cleo, that’s my husbands dream too!

I’ve got some Mars bars left over if anyone’s interested.

And aren’t Dry fhigs something you take for constipation?

Marg - I read Bound and Gagged and believe me I have one of my own. LOL

No thanks Dry…

Well it looks like I have hit the end of the late nighters. I have a little energy left any up and atem morning folk or arriving Halloween party folk still about.

Steve I’ll trade you a few Oh Henry’s

Dry - Sorry, I thought earlier that you said that you had a pumpkin whoopie cushion.

*Dawn - Yeah, he gave himself this shop as a retirement present.

Goodnight big G, Steve, St. JFri, Dry, marg, cleo, dc guys and Dawn! Thanks for breakfast, big G! the cinnamon french toast was delicious.

Whoopie Pie History of Whoopie Pie - How To Make Whoopie Pies

History of Whoopie Pies

Whoopie pies are considered a New England phenomenon and a Pennsylvania Amish tradition. They’re one of Maine’s best known and most loved comfort foods. Mainers will even claim that they were weaned on whoopie pies. In Maine, these treats are more like a cake than a pie or a cookie, as they are very generously sized (about hamburger size). they’re so hug that you’ll want to share one with a friend. A big glass of milk is almost mandatory when eating a whoopie pie.

A whoopie pie is like a sandwich, but made with two soft cookies with a fluffy white filling. Traditional whoopies pies are made with vegetable shortening, not butter. The original and most commonly made whoopie pie is chocolate. but cooks like to experiment, and today pumpkin whoopie pies are a favorite seasonal variation.

The recipe for whoopie pies has its origins with the Amish, and in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, it is not uncommon to find roadside farm stands offering these desserts. Amish cooking is about old recipes that have fed families for generations, with no trendy or cross-cultural fusions or mixtures. These cake-like whoopie pies were considered a special treat because they were originally made from leftover batter. According to Amish legend, when children would find these treats in their lunch bags, they would shout “Whoopie!”

The question of how the Amish dessert got to be so popular in New England probably is addressed in a 1930s cookbook called Yummy Book by the Durkee Mower Company, the manufacturer of Marshmallow Fluff. In this New England cookbook, a recipe for Amish Whoopie Pie was featured using Marshmallow Fluff in the filling.

FHIG & I think you’re right about the West Coasters. Good night all y’all!

Now you West Coasters and Canadians know what a Whoopie Pie Is, not Whoopie Cushion, Whoopie Pie! You all thought I was tricking you, didn’t ‘ya?

Good night DC guys!

Well, the morning crew will be arriving soon. I have put out a station for screwdrivers, bloody marys, greyhounds for those who believe that one needs to approach the weird of this world with a buzz.

Dry, not a whoopie cushion? ;’-(

No Dry, I have had several Whoopie Pies in my day. They are okay, but not something that I would go out of my way for. Now for something with the same general shape, I prefer a Klondike Bar. It is the filling that leaves me a little void of interest in a Whoopie Pie. I know that you would never trick us Dry. snerk

Goodnight. Our clocks don’t change here, but now I have to stay up an hour later to watch the comics change.

Whoopee Pies must have been the inspiration

for Oreo Cookies

Marg - YUP, Your job just became more difficult. I personally think that every state should have the same policy. Who needs this time change thing? It worked when it was needed, but now it is just unnecessary.

Well I always hate it getting dark at 5:30, then 4:30 in the bleakest part of winter! It S U C K S!!

And on that note, SOMEONE made me laugh so hard my sides hurt, Marg!

Good night all!

Dry - Good night FHIG

Hmmm, an extra hour of sleep, and I spend it here. Clearly I am addicted!

Good Morning Tribe!

Nice breakfast Big G, Thank you.

Morning, tribe. I just didn’t have the heart to ruin your party last night. My mom passed away about 6:40pm. It is a good thing no trick-or-treaters came to the door. They might have gotten a little more than they bargained for. I’m thankful she’s no longer suffering! The funeral will be on Friday, so that people traveling in from out-of-town won’t have to take as many days off work.

Hello Rmom

I ‘m so very sorry to hear about the passing of your mother. She is in a much more peaceful place now. All my prayers and thoughts go out to you and your family.

(((((((RMom and Family)))))))

Hello to Big G, Marg, DCguys, Steve-the-unusual, Dawn, Cleo, Carmy, Dry, St JFri, Bargrove, Johnny and any others I might have missed.

Thanks, Lonewolf. We can rejoice that she is in a much better place now, no tears, no suffering.

Good Morning Doc!

It is so much easier.

Rmom, I figured the picture was of your mother. I see you have changed it again.

Thanks, Doc.

Rmom

It was a good picture. Why did you remove it dear?

It was just a little too painful for me to handle right now.

Rmom, I understand.

Good morning all.

(((((((((((((((((Rmom)))))))))))))) I am very sorry to hear about your mom. That can be very hard but I’m sure she is in a better place now.

Good Morning all.

Good Morning Serena

Good Morning Cleo

Okay, now I can handle some Cinnamon French Toast with sausages. And also some fruit bits. Docs coffee installed as an IV drip should just about set me up for the morning.

Terry - Ah, nice to talk to you without cringing in terror when gazing upon your avatar.

Thank you, Cleo

It was OK for a while, but I was getting tired of it.

Terry - Ooh, another change. Nice. I howl at the moon to, only it is a different moon. LOL

Doc - Love your kitty. I imagine their are a number of people assuming the same position after the parties last night.

It didn’t seem like the right time to say anything but I just wanted to mention that today is my 34th wedding anniversary. I can’t believe it. Where did all those years go? I worked last night and have to work again tonight so we’ll save our celebration for later.

I’m going to crash now and I’ll try to get back before I leave tonight.

Love and peace to all.

(((((((((((((((((((((RMom)))))))))))))))))))))) So very sorry for your loss.

Congratulations Serena!

Good Morning Dry

Just a quick pop in to say hello and offer my condolences (((((RRAMom)))) And since I haven’t put anything into the tribal bank for a while, a large deposit.

Good Morning Akenta!

Good to see you.

I need to start getting ready to take James to his football game. It’s win or go home. I hope they win. I’ll see you all when we get back.

Carmy, be nice to James in Fant FB! LOL

Doc, left you a message at Bound and Gagged!

Dry & Akenta - Good Morning ladies.

serena - Happy Anniversary. Have fun when you can and may you have many, many more.

Good morning all! My condolences to (((((((((Rmom))))))))) Happy Anniversary to Serena!!!

Morning Mr. johnnyd.

Good Morning Everyone!

Congrats to Serena and hubby!

(((((((Rmom and family)))))))

Lonewolf, you need to ask James too not make me lose too badly, please!

Congrats to ((((((((((Serena)))))))))) & condolences to (((((((((Rmom))))))))))

Good morning Johnny, Carmy, Saint (clearing throat) JFri, Cleo, who else?

By the way, I LOVE that last panel! Tap, tap, tap

Congrats Serena!

Morning, everybody!!!

Morning, Dry, FHIG, Saint JFri, and Doc!

It is a beautiful sunny Sunday, but I think the only opportunity that I will have to enjoy it will be on our bike ride. Still moving furniture and cleaning up. It looks like a hurricane touched down in our house.

cleo, you need to see Bound and Gagged. :)

Dry- I made a small comment at Bound and Gagged.

JFri - Correct. The hurricane is a result of LG and her decision to change the function of three rooms. With her around I am glad you guys visited my neighbor.

Looks like we dodged that bullet, huh, Saint (clearing throat, there must be something stuck in my throat today) JFri!

Gee look how many leaves ended up in the gutter! :-)

NOTHING like written absolution, eh Dry?

You are so right, sir! (Think we can get away with it again?)

The only thing in the gutter around here is my mind.

Each evening I am lulled to sleep by the rhythmic sharpening of my neighbors blade as he ends yet another day of trying to restore his house.

Good Morning MoParMitch.

(Heck, we can sneak back to cleo’s house & demolish it and NO one could pin it on us now!!)

naked corpsa was buried last night surrounded by a bevy of frightful fellow ghouls.

There ain’t no saint in you JFri

Doc, B & G, ‘ya think?

Saint (ggahh, I just can’t lose that frog in my voice today!) JFri, After this afternoon’s game, shall we stop by the paint store?

Terry Bradshaw just did a GREAT interview with Da Man!

cleo, there IS TOO saint in me!! IF you take out the a & the t!!

(At LAST he admits it! Hmm, funny how that frog in my throat just cleared up!)

MoPar, ahem, I would have to agree with you, but after last night, it is fair to say that I am man of great integrity!

I have a sense about these things. I sense a certain Saint-a&t desires a snifter of Booker’s. Snifters are supposed to be filled to the brim. Correct ?!?

Innocent, though, not so much…

johnny, I left a note on the smacktalk for you. :)

Oooh, I’ve said too much! And I certainly won’t be telling any of those stories here. Carmy, I like Scheffler, I think that he is a very underrated tight end. It doesn’t matter though, because my midseason pick for champion is Terry, nobody has come close to beating him in weeks!

oh johnny, johnny, johnny! If you don’t tell us, we’ll imagine all sorts of things! I already know what I’m thinking!

Oh lets’s not bring up Scheffler, shall we? And thanks, now I understand your good luck message, in other words, I have a snowballs chance in H e l l of beating him this week!

Doc, slip of the tongue to make a point! :-D

Is FHIG making trouble again?

MoPar ladies, (term used loosely! I resemble that remark!

No worries MoPar! If you read my first statement, you can get idea of what happened. And the ladies here always are in jest, the females that are at Michigan, one could hardly call “ladies.”

Cleo, my good man, MoPar besmerched my good name, what are you going to do about it, huh? :-(

@johnny AH HA! I see said the blind man!

Question for you food wizards. What is the difference

between a whoopee pie and a moon pie. (No mooning

humor now)

What did I wear for Halloween? Well, I taped a dollar

on each lobe and went as a buck-an-ear. Yuck yuck

MoPAr #’s 2 and #5, and #4 for the voice! Does that answer your question, kind sir?

Oh and you may want to add, HOT as in taste in food, ie hot peppers, hot sauce!

Night doc, good day doc, whatever! :-D

cleo, another 6 minutes…….then it will be AFTER noon! And yes, to the brim, please!!

little early in the day, ain’t it, Saint ? JFri

Oops sorry, I put the ? in the wrong place! SNERK!

so what are our name thems? i need to know if im to keep up.

ps i am home and child free.

I am now doing hw that i have “put off” it is due 10:50 am monday morning. it shouldnt take that long to do. once i get it all printed out i can take it outside in the 71 degrees weather and work on it.

We’re baaaaack and …………………………………….

Good Afternoon tribe!!

congrats LoneWolf

Hello Tabby, Dry, St JFri, Cleo, Mopar, Johnny, Bargrove & anyone else I might have missed.

Hello Doc and have a nice rest Doc!

Terry GOOD FOR JAMES! does he go to a playoff now?

Thank You Tabby!!!!

James is very excited. If they win next week, they play in their Super Bowl!

Today was a playoff as is next week, then the Big One.

so Dry, FHIG I must ask, it may have been asked earler but i will ask now.

are you a DRY FHIG? or are you Dry the FHIG? :D

http://baltimoresnacker.blogspot.com/2009/10/moon-pie-vs-whoopie-pie-taste-test.html

bargrove maybe this will help.

JFri - Ready for another?

Tabby DryFHIG, for now, but I’ll probably just become Dry unless we do Thanksgiving.

lol i knew that would get your attention. :D love you

Thanksgiving should only last 2-3 days anyhow, so it won’t be as bad.

brain hurts

Tempus Fugit!

my teacher told us the above it an email what does that mean?

Tabby, It’s latin for “Time Flies”.

Tabby google it, I have no idea and my game is about to start!

Lonewolf thanks i figured it was latin she likes to use latin and confuse us.

Dry i would, but i had other things being googled at that time. hope your team wins.

Clear a path Dry is coming through.

CLEO, LACMAO! You know me well, my friend! I’ll be popping in during commercials, and lord knows they have enough of them.

i like the pic you have up Dry very nice. not quite fitting seeing as its all wet, but cute.

It’s about time the game starts!!

Dry, I take my refusal last night back. May I please have a whoopie pie? Sounds like some of the concoctions I had when I was in Quebec. Not quite as bad as Krispy Kremes but…

Congratulations Serena. Enjoy your celebration when you do get to it!

Dawn, well I suppose, but you’ll have to wait until this next of plays is over!:-D

Hello Dawn!

*Commercials, commercials, commercials! *

Dawn, here’s your whoopie pie! Enjoy!

Oh, Dry, I’m good at waiting! Hi Lonewolf Nice to see people are back to normal! We have beautiful weather here so we’ll be going for a walk soon. Please understand if i just disappear.

Know what you mean about commercials! Thanks,

They are decadent, aren’t they?

Terry!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i am not gonna ask what that pie is.

Hey Dry!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Tabby a Whoopie pie, click to the link on page 1 or here. Very GOOD!!!!

Well, 3 points is better than 7!

Tabby you have to go back a page to see the recipe Dry posted.

k im going there then i will be off soon

Hello Tabby & Dawn. Yes Dawn the weather is wonderful. You got to love the NW. Where else can a weatherman make a prediction of wind and rain for Halloween, be totally wrong and still pull in big bucks. After all the gray, rainy days I am really appreciating these sunny days.

Cleo, I do agree! We sat at the window this morning and watched a varied thrush and northern flicker dance around in the maple leaves. Guess they were finding bugs, but it was sure fun to watch.

that does sound good guys. ill take a small one.

okay i have to go need to get this done. peace and love tribe.

cleo, MORE BOOKERS, please?? Just got back from the dog park on this GORGEOUS day!!!

Sure is THIRSTY around these parts, cleo!!!

@Rmom, sympathy for you and your family. May your mother find lasting peace and joy now.

CLEO please PLEASE SLIP SOME HEMLOCK IN THAT BOOKERS!

@tabby, did you notice this one (the one after the one you posted yesterday)? http://www.gocomics.com/stonesoup/1999/12/02/

johnnydoc5 said, 1 question ago

“Whoa! When did today become yesterday?”

Tomorrow, of course…

As Cleo said earlier, “Clear a path, Dry is comin’ thru!” I’m lookin’ for real tall guy who’s going to get kicked in the shins! Those I can reach!!

Hello Bmonk

Hello St JFri

Terry what do you think so far?

Dry, About what I expected. But not what the Bears NEED!

Brett needs to get me more points on my one fantasy team!

Lesssee, what should I do for an avatar? Favorite saint?

Well you know where I stand. LIke the Bears, love Brett! ROFLMAO!! Bears did good today though!

Hello, ♠Lonewolf♠, Saint JFri, Dry FHIG! And all the rest, too!

Clearly, Terry, you must be referring to another team, because your BT team is dominating!

bmonk, favorite saint? Saint JFri????? Hello. Lonewolf

Nope, sorry, JFri, you didn’t make the cut–my avatar is female and playing a keyboard, you may note.

Hey, it was worth a SHOT!!!

johnny Terry’s killing me, huh?

Yes, Johnny, it is another team.

Say, I’m just wondering here. When do people who live in places that don’t have the Daylight Savings time change twice a year change the batteries in their smoke alarms?

hi bmonk commercial over, bbl!

Lambeau got quiet!

Now that’s what I mean by more points!

Do you recognize my favorite Saint, Bmonk?

Of course Lambeau gets quiet after there guys are running into each other. LOL

It’s getting dark already! This is depressing!

@♠Lonewolf♠, sure looks like St. Christopher…

Right you are Señor Bmonk!

Hello MoparMitch

Good to see you, Bro’!

Last year I picked the Phillies. This year I am for the Yankees.

bmonk, Terry, JFri where’d you your avatars? I’ll put my favorite saint up, though I have 2.

Google your favorite saint. ie, Saint Christopher.

Not really a fan, but I want them to win. bmonk, smoke alarms have batteries?

Terry I did, I couldn’ t find avatars.

MoPar TOOO LONG!*

Dry

Just use a regular picture, it will work the same.

@Jdoc, maybe that’s why your alarm never goes off??

Who is it, Terry, JFri, bmonk?

Dry, browse for images, save one you like to your computer, and then upload it.

And I thought I’d become good at not burning bacon…

Has no one looked at my avatar, for heaven sake! You guys have been going on and on, while I had it up! ROFLMAO!!!

Johnny, at 21 I was taking the battery out so it didn’t go off when I burned the food! ROFLMTO

Dry, I am not that good at guessing saints.

The Saint I have for an avatar I have worn almost everyday of my life. It started out as a family thing and I never stopped as I got older. I don’t wear jewelry as a rule(maybe a ring)but that I do.

Saint DryFHIG??

Boy, this game is getting to be FUN!!!!!

Saint JFri,You probably bit it the first time you said GO PACKERS!! I feel no sympathy!

It is a good game!

Terry, YES IT IS!! My nerves can’t take it!!!

Terry HIGH FIVE, MY MAN!!!

and GB is out of time outs!

Dry, High Five back atcha!

TED THOMPSON AND COMPANY, KISS BRETT’S FOOTBALL SHOES!!!! ON SECOND THOUGHT KISS HIS ROYAL A @ @!!

LOVE IT TERRY HOW CUTE,, AND I DON’T EVEN CARE IF YOU BEAT MY TEAM IN FF!!!!!*

Haven’t even looked at FFB yet.

Guess how happy I am:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWlJV03Vi-Q

I have been hard at work making Nova Scotia cod cakes and chow chow. Lots of chopping, but I think that they are going to be great.

If I was going to use a Saint it would be St. Francis, because I am heavy into feeding the birds. We have St. Francis as part of our yard art.

Am I right Dry, you have a mild interest in Brett Favre? snerk.

Cleokaya; Thank you very much for the link on whooee

and moon pies. It was very interesting.

Is there something in the air that makes everything

seem earlier this evening?

Another snifter of Booker’s for the tallest St. in the Tribe (as far as I know).

Bargrove - I am not sure what you meant by “earlier this evening”, but today has seemed to go on much longer for me. Usually days just speed along, but I have gotten lots done today.

Cleo what about me? I have something to celebrate here! Yes I have been a Brett Favre fan since he came on board at Green Bay, and I’m still a Packer fan, long story, won’t bore you, but I have ranted enough over these months that you should know. Nothing against the Packer team, just the PACKER MANAGEMENT, i.e. Ted Thompson, Mark Murphy and *coach Mike McCarthy the puppet! *

NOW WHERE IS MY BOOKERS, SIR??!!

Howdy Doc.

One large snifter of Booker’s for the exuberant Dry. May your end zone dance be wild and funky.

Doc - Maybe it has something to do with turning the clocks back.

Hello Cleo

**Wolfangil’s favorite saint is Saint Francis of Assisi. She loves the animals.

Bargrove - Ah yes, I am indeed dense. I now know what your were talking about.

Hello Doc

I actually catch you before you skedaddle for the night!

I knew that I would like Wolfangil. :-)

Terry - How did your teams do today?

Cleo–Da Bears won, the Steelers had a bye, Penn State & Illinois won yesterday.

Cleo, at first I thought you were talking about my fantasy teams.

Doc, the only mess up for me with the time change is it getting dark too early!

Terry - It could have gone either way, but I was more interested in the teams you usually root for. I give up on the Seahawks, Huskies and Cougars.

Cleo, after telling Wolfangil about your yard art with Saint Francis, she says your up in the top of her list too. LOL

Yeah it was dark here at 5:30 and the sun was out and the sky was blue! In a couple weeks I’ll be leaving work at 4:30 and it will be dark out! I HATE WINTER!!!

Anytime that I can be up in the top of a young ladies list I am happy. It doesn’t matter what kind of list just as long as it isn’t the sh*t list. LOL I end up on that list more often than I care to admit.

I have got to go and start frying cod cakes. Hopefully BL.

Dinner sounds good about now!

Well Doc, only strange weird people like winter! SNERK BACK AT ‘YA!

Doc, You can be that for one day on the first day of winter, how about that? That will be Dec. 21!

And I will still just call you Doc.

Me too Johnny!

Party poopers! Hey doc wanted that name! HE LOVES WINTER YOU KNOW!!!

I might consider calling him, “The Snowman.”

Imagine that, Doc!

Johnny, PERFECT, THE SNOWMAN!

Yeah, that’ll work! It’s shorter!

Doc, how about the Ice Man Cometh?

Have fun at work Doc!

Hope you have a good night at work, Doc.

See you in the AM.

I think that it is time that I headed off to bed. Early start to the week… like every week. Good night all, and peace and love.

I too like the winter solstice. Usually a party involved with artist and actor friends and musicians, so a very interesting evening mixed with local old timers and just a community of diverse individuals. Love it.

Man, those cod cakes and that chow chow were excellent. Lots of chopping, but such wonderful flavors. Oh…how I love food.

Good night johnnyd and true to form Doc disappears a bit before my arrival. Talk about being on two different time schedules.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKviYiZhtZY&feature=player_embedded#

Great teachers can make learning fun.

Good Night Johnny

bmonk yes i saw that one and it cracked me up. i am going from the first one on here till the last one. love seeing how they have changed.

well i am about to go to bed i DID NOT CATCH UP AND WILL NOT BE DOING SO AT THIS RATE IM GOING.

if anything important happened that i missed you know how to tell me. :D post right after i do tomorrow when u know im there.

Cleo, sounds like a great time with the winter solstice party and activities.

Good Night (((((Tabby!)))))

Terry - It is. I have some very gifted friends and a good time is guaranteed. Usually a group of us will get together and sing old maritime songs.

Cleo Do you do this every year?

Terry - I wish that you could see the workshop that I was talking about last night. My friend, who is a recently retired dentist, has created this work space for restoring cars and also having fun. He has a pool table and ping pong all down under his house which he had lifted. If you didn’t see my post last night, it is pretty cool. He is now, in his retirement, living his dream. He is presently restoring a very limited edition Lincoln.

Cleo, I saw the post last night and yes, that is a dream come true for many.

I have two Lincolns………a 1983 Mark VI and a 1970 Mark III.

Terry - I have nothing to do with it, other than showing up. I have two friends, a couple, who are both artists. He is involved with plays, movies and sculpting and she is involved with social work and batique art. They are both active in the community so they have friends in all spectrums, from artists to farmers and everyone is invited. Their parties are magical because they transform over the course of an evening. First to arrive are the farmers, because they have to get up early for chores, then other locals will arrive, who work in 9 to 5 jobs. Later the actors and musicians will arrive. They tend to work late because their jobs are night oriented. So over the course of an evening the mood will change many times, from subdued to wild and crazy. It is great because everyone is being themself.

Cleo, Those are the types of parties that are most enjoyable. Where you can be yourself and the events are ever changing. Keeps boredom at a minimum.

Man, I have an hour to kill before I have to take my shower, since the comics won’t flip until 11:00 now.

Good Evening Dear Marge!

Dry, I see that you’re a saint now, too! St. Joseph?

And Terry’s a saint, wow this might rub off on me!

Terry - It is also interesting meeting people from totally different backgrounds from your own.

Thanks everyone for all the hugs, etc. It has been a busy day for me, and to make matters worse, our internet was down for several hours. This whole week will be extra busy, so I’ll be on the scarce side.

Marg–That be Saint Christopher.

Cleo–I was more or less thinking that when mentioning the events changing through the “party”.

Sorry to hear about you loss, RRAMom.

Marg–I am NOT a Saint. Just displaying my favorite. I am crouching from any stray lightening! LOL

Congratulations, Serena, on your 34 years! We will be married 40 years next march, and are trying to think of something momentous to do. Any ideas? I’m Las Vegased out, if that helps any.

Rmom–I hope you don’t stress yourself too much through this. That never helps. Stop by when you have the time, if just to say “hello”.

*Terry * - gotcha. And you are correct.

Rmom - Good luck with your days ahead. It is never easy.

Terry, St. Christopher, the patron Saint of travelers, correct?

I think I’ll take my shower now anyway, so BB in time for the flip.

BBL!

Marg, Yes ma’am that is correct.

Marg - For your anniversary consider the west coast of Vancouver Island between Tofino and Eucuelet. There are some wonderful oceanfront lodges and places to eat and rugged coastline. I love it there.

I stood on a cliff above Wreck Bay on Vancover Island and looked down on a jellyfish that had a top area that was about the size of a round dinner platter and tentacles that were at very least 10’ long. I was so glad that I wasn’t in the water.

Marg Yes Saint Joseph, but I changed back in case I missed midnight, the end of All Saints Day, and not to break any “rules”.

Comments at Green Bay Press Gazette ARE QUITE INTERESTING! Left that comment forum after Brett went to the Jets, came back tonite to see what was up, I was still able to log in to my surprise! Interesting, VERY interesting!

AAAAAAARRRRRRRRRR! Hello to Marg and DryFHIG!! Avast, ye fair maidens!!

comicaddict how goes the sailing in the big ocean blue, arrgh?

Well hello Comicaddict.

Cleo, I like that suggestion a lot! My sister loves Vancouver. How would the weather be up there in March?

AAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRR, she be a long voyage, fer sure! Lots of clear blue sky an’ white sandy beaches wi’ rum at every port! Ahoy, thar, Lonewolf.

Very good!

My sister just sent me the info on the ideal cruise!

Dry, what was the chat concerning Bret?

Do we now need a passport to go to Canada? We didn’t need one in the past.

Marg–Yes from what I have heard and read.

bleeep terrorists!

Tell me about it. I used to drive across the border for vacations. No problems back then!

Yeah, the days of crossing the border with just your driver’s license are long gone! I agree, bleep terrorists! Do they have a travel program for them, too? Maybe we could “microchip” ‘em???