(Not Quite)
WELCOME TO THE FROGGY BOTTOM PUB & CAFE
Froggy Bottom Pub&Café
“They also serve who stand and wait” John Milton, Paradise Lost
FROGGY BOTTOM PUB & CAFE
IN THE STILL OF THE NIGHT
For night owls, insomniacs, workoholics, the lovelorn and the Europeans… a special edition of the Froggy Bottom Cafe…. In The Still of the Night
Bring in your favorite poem, or your favorite recording… the drinks are on the house, and the coffee is very strong and the books are well-worn and oft-read… in the best FBC tradition of Brother Feldspar… “When I get a little money I buy books; and if any is left I buy food and clothes. – Erasmus”
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“How do I love thee? Let me count the ways…”
How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
I love thee to the depth and breadth and height
My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight
For the ends of Being and ideal Grace.
I love thee to the level of everyday’s
Most quiet need, by sun and candle-light.
I love thee freely, as men strive for Right;
I love thee purely, as they turn from Praise.
I love thee with a passion put to use
In my old griefs, and with my childhood’s faith.
I love thee with a love I seemed to lose
With my lost saints, — I love thee with the breath,
Smiles, tears, of all my life! — and, if God choose,
I shall but love thee better after death.by Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806-1861)
Everyone is welcome, there’s a bit of a sing-song going on in the back. Just make yourself at home and introduce yourself if you are new to the place. You’ll find this is a very friendly place (too friendly, in the case of our Yvonne) & full of fascinating people…
As always there’s good game of billiards going on downstairs. Please remember NO JUMP SHOT ALLOWED UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES I don’t know how long we can keep the pool table, one more broken cue and one more chipped 8 ball and it might be the end…..
It has been brought to management’s attention that there has been a bit of gambling going on.
That’s OK with me, but 50% of your winnings must be pledged to charity.
TONIGHT’S CHARITY IS THE SAVE THE CHILDREN FUND
When Called I Will Serve, but if I should fail to hear you, or am busy drinking with someone else, Serve Yourself:
If you can’t find what you’re looking for, just ask Yvonne.
If you find Yvonne, would you tell her I’m looking for her?
The Night House
by Billy Collins
Every day the body works in the fields of the world
mending a stone wall
or swinging a sickle through the tall grass–
the grass of civics, the grass of money–
and every night the body curls around itself
and listens for the soft bells of sleep.
But the heart is restless and rises
from the body in the middle of the night,
leaves the trapezoidal bedroom
with its thick, pictureless walls
to sit by herself at the kitchen table
and heat some milk in a pan.
And the mind gets up too, puts on a robe
and goes downstairs, lights a cigarette,
and opens a book on engineering.
Even the conscience awakens
and roams from room to room in the dark,
darting away from every mirror like a strange fish.
And the soul is up on the roof
in her nightdress, straddling the ridge,
singing a song about the wildness of the sea. .
Night, all. Sing your songs. Thanks, suskind.
That is lovely, as are you. Sleep well, and see you in the morning.
a nip before tuck-(in):
nightowl
Yo suskind – “you cain’t lose what you ain’t got”…aka love or money…I think Muddy wrote that.
Glad you showed up, now all we need is the pig-man and we can have have a match of snooker…and yes, I will have another pint.
Peace
Here’s one for you and one for the Infidel, flip you for the break.
“Guinness for strength!”
And Hurricane Higgins for Inspiration!
Hey I want in on the billiards/pool game also, my alternate email address is pshark…..which stand for pool shark…
So who wants to play me….
What are you drinking, Diane?
I have only played 9 ball a few times but 8 ball is my game. ‘So do you want to play one handed’..used to be my line when I played mostly one handed…now I rarely do, and I rarely play anymore but I still love the game, have my own stick, etc.
I don’t drink so I will have a classic coke if you have any or did you mean, “what are you drinking!!!!!!!!.”lol
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The woman’s 9 Ball Champion of the World. A beautiful person inside and out. (I met her in 1987 when she was still a raven haired beauty… she signed a 4 ball for me… wonder where it is now?)
In 2004 she was inducted into the Pool Hall of Fame. Wow.
loser pays the tab…
Got-cha!
better late….than never ; )
the “pig-man” is in da house … LOL
BUWWAAAAAAHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAA, (pulls a custom two piece teak wood, custom balanced, hand wrapped stick out of the hardwood case)
sure ; ) (with a gleem in his eye)
U got game? Bring it on… < snort>:{)
flip for the rack?
Got the sticks, wasn’t going to post as they are wide, but since the site is wide now, might as well, mine is the red one…
Game on…..
Hey I am down with the no jump shots, one of my personal bugagoos..
50% geeeeesssshhh….are you Italian????? LMAO
“hey yuse guys, break his knee caps, and fo-ged-a-boud-it”
No, not Italian. There is something Celtic going on and something Mediterranean going on swimming around in the old gene pool.
Why, are YOU Italian???
NICE ssshhhtttiiiiiccckkksss ~@^@~
If we play partners I want Infidel to be mine. I think we could be an unbeatable team…
Who’s racking….
Hi Infi,,,how are you tonight, I was wondering when you would arrive, and now it’s nearly you bedtime, isn’t it, oops I just looked at the time and it’s after 12 there right…
Hope you can stay awhile!!!!!
Please everyone, send some good thoughts and prayers Shirlstars way, she is a little under the weather today and she needs a boost of energy, that only we can send…
Everyone looks lovely tonight….
Aaahh no darl’n,, I’m in the Central time zone, but I can almost throw a rock and hit the Eastern Zone : )
I’ll be around for a lil’ while, got to work on dada for a while with this custom stick ; )
and as a mattuh of fact dear Charlotte, Ah’ll be yoh paat-nuh any time ; ) (just had to toss that Rhett thingy in there LOL )
hope your energy fights off the dark spirits, as I know it will Shirl, feel better soon ; )
Oh I see, central time, ok then, we have time for a couple games, is is ‘southern ladylike’ for a female to play pool I wonder, dear Captain, so glad you could make it tonight.
So lets win this game, Captain, suh…..
play all types of games ; )
LOL…glad to be here, and it’s been a wonderful even’n watch’n the moon come over the lake, and roaring fire, and good conversation with son.
Full moon, or close to it here tonight…good karma
Peace
Dada, thanks for the energy,
but you just broke the rules with the size of that pic, lordy, what will we do now with this wide thread you have made….lol
Remember, less than 400 px, and try to post as a new comment if it even slightly big.
I am sure Shirl will appreciate the energy you have sent her way, thanks…
something happened…it was supposed to be 300px…sorry..isp has been squirely all day, either that or mac’s got a bug. My apologies.
yeppers, the moon is a ris’n,..and dayum, is shore is buu-ti-ful heah to night ; )
Great Pic man…KUDOS
As the sun began to set
I watched the shadows grow
The colors fade to grey
Your once clear features
Blended into the darkness
Then you vanished
Leaving me alone to wonder
What went wrong
Wrote that one back in the summer of 1990. Was published the next year in an obscuroid little literary zine called Encephalon.
Can I get you a J&B?
Why thanks! 🙂
Aaahhh, yes, the pig man is here, and I know it is late, but I have been setting by the campfire with my son, discussing life, self, ancestors, and future, so while I’m here,
how about a Stohli’s with 7 and a slice of lime ; )
You grab the bottle and I’ll grab the girl… on the count of three…
The revolution, like this picture will not be televised
Not a very sporting fella huh…??? LMAO
When all hell breaks loose, I want you on my side.
I’ll be there ; )
I want you on my side when all hell breaks loose, that is.
Yamo Be There … ; )
LOL..remember that crazy lil’ tune,,when the hell was that,,,in the 70’s????
Suskind, thanks for the tavern this even’n, and love the set up, and Yvonne…psssst (I think she’s in the park’n lot,,,,in the back of a VW bug!!!) ; )
hmmmm, probably get “bug burns” LMAO
I tried to sack her the other day, but you know how she responded? She accused me of sexual harrassment and threatened me with The Law. If anyone could get me closed down, it’s Yvonne.
So if you see her, be especially nice to her.
She has the manners of a lady, but the taste of a cockroach… I believe she’s got a few friends on the force. So I am, frankly, afraid of her…..
Jesus, you can’t win.
LMAO…I’ll see if we can get her on video, and “use” it against her ; )
I’ll tell her is she gives you any crap, I’ll put her on the internet for $19.95 pr month, ; )
How can I get rid of her without bringing down the wrath of her relatives??? I don’t think she’s on the internet YET, but give her another five years, the way she’s living and she won’t be the fresh young thing she is now… there will be fewer and fewer job openings for her…. oh god, is that what it’s come to?
I’m hoping she’ll get religion, or get married… which is the GRAND PLAN here. We need to get Yvonne married, so she’ll leave the cafe, and her husband will not want her to work in a place that has people like you and me in it…..
Naaahhh…we’ll marry her off to a NeoCon, and then have her divorce him, take the house, SUV, the condo, and then put her welfare, and sign her up with GreenPeace, that’ll drive them both nuts ; )
You lure them in here, and we’ll do the deed. She’s perfect for this type of assignment.
I love Yvonne but she is greedy for the “good life” and all the trappings of “respectability”
An arranged marriage is the business, and a neocon would appeal to her mother and father…. her brothers wouldn’t care as long as she was away from my evil influence…. Hmm…. I should be interviewing for her replacement… clearly I can’t manage things on my own…. will have to start looking around…. I think dada might have a few friends….
The “be there” song, ‘ I’ll be there’ winter, spring, summer and fall,all you gotta do is call and I’ll be there.” is that it, I can hear the song, but can’t get it yet.
nope, that was James Taylor, “You got a Friend” great tune, classic.
the one I was think’n of was some sort of bubble gum thing, crazy lil’ tune….
but hey, I like your choice better …JT..does’nt get any better
for this ol’ fart to get all the beauty sleep I can, cuz I dayumed shor need it ; )
4:30 comes early, and I’ve got a ton of calls tomorrow, so you people take care, and peace be with you and yours always.
Always a pleasure to spend time with wonderful folks ; )
N’nite all, and to all a Very Good Night
see you later infidel pig
When I used to drink it was either wine or sipping shots of VO with coke on the side…
Your time with son sounds like the conversations I have with my kids, great aren’t they Infidel. One of these days I am going to do a diary on genealogy..speaking of that.
abso-fuck’n lutely the best, would’nt trade them for a beach side bar in CanCun ; )
Hey what happened to the last comment.
This diary is a visual mess with all the blanks and the width…Do you want to do another….put a reminder in about pics. and just make a small diary, easier to load. Ok…
Also reminder to all, preview pics. before posting to see the size and if it is even there…..lol,,,,By the way, infidel and I are winning and who cares about Yevone or whatever her name is..
I could close it and open the Early House…. not quite breakfast time… not quite anytime…. The Twilight Zone… hmmm….
It doesn’t look like a visual mess from here… it looks kind of lovely…. but I will insert a caution about picture width….
g’nite
Whispers from the shadows. . . .
I’ll have those, please. . .if I can’t feel good I might as well FEEL good. . . yes, all of those. . .
When I’m done, I’ll go out and howl at the moon. . .
(Thanks for all good wishes everyone)
You are a shining star, Shirl, like the morning star, Venus, that I can see along with the sun and the moon in a magic morning.