The Afternoon Cafe Is Open!
(and will someone please pass the Lexapro?)
(and will someone please pass the Lexapro?)
Got your Random 10s ready?
Friday Afternoon at the Froggy Bottom cafe
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Got your Random 10s ready?
I’m really glad the week is almost over. How about you?
I enjoyed my walk to the grocery store in the pouring rain. Very nice. And I have no idea where either of my umbrellas are due to being a testosterone-based life-form.
Hmmm…did you leave it in some estrogen-based life-form’s car or something?
Could be. But in order to know for sure I would need an estrogen infusion.
since maryb isn’t around i’ll do it for her
[groan]
My favorite is a picture of a penguin waddling across a snowscape with the caption, “Until you spread your wings you’ll never know just how far you can walk.”
That despair.com website always cheers me up. 🙂
This cafe came up just at the right time!
Got myself some coffee (with a little brandy in it!), sat down, refreshed the browser AND POOF…
There was a cafe opened just as I was about to surf a few more diaries over there>>>
TGIF 🙂
The voice inside my head told me to tell you all:
“SPORK!”
and forking at the same time? Must be Friday in the cafe 😉
Hola amigo, good to see you back around these parts
Just glad to have the time to get back to my favorite hobby (blogs) in my favorite pond community.
Yes, CM1.
Good to see you posting again.
My voice is whispering “Vodka:30″…
It’s ginger peach tea weather here. How have you been? Did you have a good summer?
In some ways it was the best summer I have had in years, in other ways it was the worst of my life.
Sigh… Oh well!
Still smiling! 🙂
Who are you? Charles Dickens?
If I were Charles Dickens would I be writing diaries like that one (way down and) over there?>>>
Hell no!
I’d be a front pager…
(At the BooTrib, of course.)
lol 🙂
You know you really need a cup of tea when you pour water from the kettle into the mug, turn around and stagger a few steps, and then realize you have no idea what you are looking for. Then, when it finally occures to you that you went to get a tea bag, you find you are nowhere near them.
Busy day today in the household — spouse and I both had medical appointments. His for general follow-up, mine to get “squooshed” as Rosie O’Donnell might put it. (It is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, after all!) Had to do one “lady” twice, as the first film didn’t come out clear enough, so I’m a bit sore, even though I’m not a member of the ITBC. 🙂
Oakland A’s well on the way to sweeping the Minnesota Twins in 3 games…that goes a long way toward getting rid of assorted demons of chokedom from years past. And my Sharks won their first game last night — though it looked touch and go for a bit.
If the Happy Hour thread gets posted in the near future, I’ll have my Random 10 all set… 🙂
Not that I expect it, but I would hoot like a siamang if the Twins were to come back and win this one. Nothing personal, you understand. I just spent several years on a baseball blog where the A’s fans were always sneering down at the Mariners and posting things like a picture of an empty cabinet with a sign reading SEATTLE MARINERS WORLD SERIES TROPHY CASE, so it was with a great deal of schadenfreude that I would watch them go out to a 2-0 lead in the ALDS, only to barf up the last three games.
What do they eat? The “Siamangs”, & what the hell is a Siamang?
A siamang (Symphalangus syndactylus) is a large gibbon, or lesser ape. You might have heard of it as a “howler monkey.” Their hooting and calling can be heard miles away. I believe this, since we have a pair at our zoo and I can hear them all over the zoo when they are feeling chatty.
Looks like I won’t be doing any hooting tonight, at least not unless the Tigers beat the Yankees.
How did we get to “TIGERS” or did you mean “Ligers”.
What is a billion???
The next time you hear a politician use the word “billion” in a casual manner, think about whether you want the politicians” spending your tax money.
A billion is a difficult number to comprehend, but one advertising agency did a good job of putting that figure into some perspective in one of its releases.
a. A billion seconds ago it was 1959.
b. A billion minutes ago Jesus was alive.
c. A billion hours ago our ancestors were living in the Stone Age.
d. A billion days ago no-one walked on the earth on two bare feet.
e. A billion dollars ago was only 8 hours and 20 minutes, at the rate our government is spending it.
While this thought is still fresh in our brain, let’s take a look at New Orleans. It’s amazing what you can learn with some simple division
Louisiana Senator, Mary Landrieu (D), is presently asking the Congress for $250 BILLION to rebuild New Orleans. Interesting number, what does it mean?
a. Well, if you are one of 484,674 residents of New Orleans (every man, woman, child), you each get $516,528.
b. Or, if you have one of the 188,251 homes in New Orleans, your home gets $1 ,329,787.
c. Or, if you are a family of four, your family gets $2,066,012.
Washington, DC … HELLO!!! … Are all your calculators broken??
The following is too true to be very funny
Tax his land,
Tax his wage,
Tax his bed in which he lays.
Tax his tractor,
Tax his mule,
Teach him taxes is the rule.
Tax his cow,
Tax his goat,
Tax his pants,
Tax his coat.
Tax his ties,
Tax his shirts,
Tax his work,
Tax his dirt.
Tax his tobacco,
Tax his drink,
Tax him if he tries to think.
Tax his booze,
Tax his beers,
If he cries,
Tax his tears.
Tax his bills,
Tax his gas,
Tax his notes,
Tax his cash.
Tax him good and let him know That after taxes, he has no dough.
If he hollers,
Tax him more,
Tax him until he’s good and sore.
Tax his coffin,
Tax his grave,
Tax the sod in which he lays.
Put these words upon his tomb,
“Taxes drove me to my doom!”
And when he’s gone,
We won’t relax,
We’ll still be after the inheritance TAX!!
Accounts Receivable Tax
Building Permit Tax
CDL License Tax
Cigarette Tax
Corporate Income Tax
Dog License T ax
Federal Income Tax
Federal Unemployment Tax (FUTA)
Fishing License Tax
Food License Tax
Fuel Permit Tax
Gasoline Tax
Hunting License Tax
Inheritance Tax
Inventory Tax
IRS Interest Charges (tax on top of tax),
IRS Penalties (tax on top of tax),
Liquor Tax,
Luxury Tax,
Marriage License Tax,
Medicare Tax,
Property Tax,
Real Estate Tax,
Service charge taxes,
Social Security Tax,
Road Usage Tax (Truckers),
Sales Taxes,
Recreational Vehicle Tax,
School Tax,
State Income Tax,
State Unemployment Tax (SUTA),
Telephone Federal Excise Tax,
Telephone Federal Universal Service Fee Tax,
Telephone Federal, State and Local Surcharge Tax,
Telephone Minimum Usage Surcharge Tax,
Telephone Recurring and Non-recurring Charges Tax,
Telephone State and Local Tax,
Telephone Usage Charge Tax,
Utility Tax,
Vehicle License Registration Tax,
Vehicle Sales Tax,
Watercraft Registration Tax,
Well Permit Tax,
Workers Compensation Tax.
COMMENTS: Not one of these taxes existed 100 years ago
and there was prosperity, absolutely no national debt,
the largest middle class in the world and Mom stayed
home to raise the kids.
What the hell happened?????
=
since I saw you lurking out there — Scott Burnside is picking Sharks over Senators for the Cup this year… 😉
(complete ESPN predictions here)
Now that would be fun … 🙂
I think my team will get their 25th Stanley Cup this year!
Go Habs Go!
🙂
Quiet afternoon at the ranch. This is a test.
Looks like you’re rolling now! 🙂
Is that the big cactus that you had T stand beside?
No, Olivia remember that was an Agava. This is in my courtyard with the road going down to the entry at the mailbox. Ya, thanks to you I don`t even have to refer to the highlighted pix of imageshack pix anymore.
More tests later, but I`m almost there.
because I’m going out to dinner and I won’t be here if a new cafe gets posted.
Ain’t Misbehavin’ – Fats Waller
Lonesome Valley – Fairfield Four
Time Changes Everything – Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys
Older – They Might Be Giants
Calling America – Electric Light Orchestra
Rollin’ In My Sweet Baby’s Arms – Flatt & Scruggs
Told You So – Barenaked Ladies
The Greenslade Story – The Goon Show
Come On Down To My Boat – Every Mother’s Son
If You Want Me To Stay – Sly and the Family Stone
and a Random 10 bonus:
The Ballad of John and Groucho – Omir the Storyteller
Enjoy your dinner out … 🙂
since I’m going to get to bed relatively early — hoping to have a productive day tomorrow:
Pick Up The Pieces — Kenny G
Wisemen — James Blunt
Sonata in A: Andante Sostenuto (comp. Diabelli) — Julian Bream
Mighty Mighty — Earth, Wind & Fire
We Will Rock You/We Are the Champions — Queen
Mountains — Lonestar
Funeral For a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding — Elton John
Family Affair — Sly & The Family Stone
Like A Virgin — Madonna
Someday We’ll Be Together — Diana Ross & The Supremes
Down with Disease – Phish
Lost Unto This World – Emmylou Harris
Cornflake Girl – Tori Amos
Falling Into You – Kasey Chambers
The Party Song – Blink-182
New Minglewood Blues – Grateful Dead
Maria La O – Ry Cooder and Manuel Galban
Boogie on Reggae Woman – Dillard Hartford Dillard
Car Carrier Blues – Leo Kottke and Mike Gordon
Big Sur – The Thrills
I have a love/hate relationship with Kasey Chambers. I don’t want to like her little baby voice, but I do.
I love the Barricades and Brickwalls album…especially “On A Bad Day”:
Everytime my tears
Have ever fallen
I keep ’em in my pocket
For a rainy day
So when it’s pouring
I take them outside
I let the rain start washin’
My tears away
But on a bad day
When hearts are breaking
There’s not enough rain to carry
All the tears away
Everytime I’m blue
I take my feeling
I hold it tighter
And I don’t let go
When the sky gets whiter
And the air is colder
I throw my feeling
To the falling snow
Everytime my heart
My heart starts breaking
I take this pain
And I hold it down
And I wait for the wailing
When the wind is comin’
And my pain is blowin’
Through another town
How’s the Nature Boy this evening? and Mr Nature and the youngest Nature Boy?
(I’m afraid to ask what HJ’s been up to…)
And where are those Chicago-bound folks? 🙂
The Fs just got there and maryb is there already.
Colin is recovering and eating a liquid diet.
I have no idea about what HJ is up to and to tell you the truth, the break is great!
Hopefully we’ll be back home early next week.
Nice (semi-) random 10, Omir. Hope you have (had?) a nice dinner!