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Morning, gang.
I don’t know why, but Mrs. Jones insists on sitting behind my head on the back of the couch to chew my hair. And when I try to shoo her off, she bats my head with her paw. Uppity feline!
LOL!!!!
Good morning. Hope you all have a wonderful day.
I see that Isaac is just about to make another entrance into the Gulf, this time from the North. If it gains tropical storm strength, is it still Isaac? Isaac II?……..Son of Isaac (would that be Jacob or Esau?) This is definitely the storm that keeps on giving. It gave us a torrential rain last evening and knocked out our eldest’s power again.
Dang, Isaac just wants to keep sharing. Go away!
LOL! Mrs. H. Definitely Esau. He was the robust outdoorsey type.
I hope Marshall draws a cartoon about it too.
The Gift That Keeps On Giving: Isaac. He’s starting to sound more like a bad STD. Someone-anyone-throw some antibiotics at it!! (Lame early morning nursing humor-forgive me!)
My flat-faced feline was all up in my face early this morning. When the food isn’t in the bowl of the feeder, he makes a VERY strong MEOW then proceeds to go nose to nose with me; and what a tiny, cute widdle Persian nose it is. Why he doesn’t use a paw to move it is beyond me-and Coco looks at him like he’s an idiot. Cats are funny like that :).
Morning, y’all!
Cute comment about the antibiotics :)
Mawnin’ y’all. Tossed and turned and slept very little last night. Funerals with caskets have that kind of effect on me. (Thank you Viet Nam) It will go away in a few days.
Plan to get out and feed my fire ants today. They have really shown their mounds after the rains.
Pulling for MrsB. Wishing you extra good news soon.
Blues….where are you?
wut?..oh, hey. I’m still workin’. Shut down a couple of days for the storm. It was no big deal here, amazingly. Didn’t even go home. Got about 8-10 more days on this one with 2 more scheduled.
Ahhhhh….busy and prosperous! ;~)
Mornin
Trying to stay focused today. Not working yet.
That didn’t come out right. I’m working the focus part hasn’t kicked in yet.
Me too. I had humming birds on my mind for today but the cloudy weather isn’t conductive to taking pictures of jewels in flight. So tomorrow it will be. Besides, I’ve GOT to finish the bodock booklet.
Okay WARNING! I’m going to post a LONG post next because I promised y’all I’d post my editor’s column since he quoted Marshall. :)
Trying to reason with a hurricane (or football) season
By DAVID HELMS
Pontotoc Progress
OK Sherlock, look at the clues.
The leaves are still green.
The temperature is still hovering in the low to mid 90’s.
A hurricane just smacked the snot out of the Gulf Coast.
The price of a bag of ice went up to $4.69 in Oxford.
Inside Edition is fanning the rumor mill about a national shortage of chicken wings.
The deer between Pontotoc and Oxford are lobbying MDOT for a venison lane.
Doves are flying faster than my old car can motor.
The price of tents just tripled.
Animal print and Rainbow bright designer high heels from Jimmy Choo, Christian Louboutin and Brian Atwood adorn the storefront windows on the square in Oxford.
All the good cowbells have been picked over.
There’s no body paint to be found.
Gas prices keep rising.
The $350 grill you bought three months ago is now on sale for $79.95.
Chick-Fil-A cows are doing dog tricks on TV.
South Carolina Coach Steve Spurrier is longing to come to Oxford.
Pregnant women are marking which weekends their doctor may be in Tuscaloosa, Athens or New Orleans.
Ohhh, it must be college football season!
I’ve been trying to get in touch with my brother-in-law, John, who lives up at Baldwyn to see if he can give me the lowdown on the skunk who almost scored a touchdown a couple of weeks ago at the Baldwyn High School home game against Booneville.
I’ve seen the video of the incident and “Pepe Le Pew” caused quite a stir.
With the game in progress, the skunk suddenly came out of one of the end zones and started running down the middle of the field.
The crowd saw the skunk first and the place went crazy.
When the skunk neared the players on the field, the players scattered toward the sidelines.
Around mid-field the skunk did a Forest Gump, turning ninety degrees right toward the Baldwyn sidelines.
“STOP SKUNK STOP!”
The players and cheerleaders took to the hills as the critter ran through the bench area, under the fence, and right under the bleachers.
Panic ensued as the crowd boiled out of the stands like fire ants late for supper.
It seems several players were embarrassed as fifty and sixty-something year olds out raced them off the field.
Fear is the supreme motivator.
“JUST DO IT!”
I was tempted to call Ole Miss Coach Hugh Freeze and see if he was interested in determining whether the skunk had any college eligibility remaining.
A strategically timed sideline visit from “Pepe Le Pew” just might cool off an opposing quarterback who got caught by a “perfume pass.”
The Rebels might want to take “Pepe” to Tuscaloosa on September 29.
I’ve seen a whole cooler of Gatorade run off Coach Nick Saban’s hair like it was coated with RainX.
I’m not sure if even “Pepe” could get Saban’s hair to frizz (or make him smile).
For you younger generation folks who may not have watched “Pepe Le Pew” cartoons, “Pepe” was a skunk who fell in love with a black cat, who inadvertently got a white stripe painted down her back.
“Pepe” had some great quotes.
“I am ze locksmith of love, no?”
“You know, it is possible to be too attractive.”
“I have over stoked the furnace of love!”
“Why is it whenever a man is captured by a woman, all he wish to do is get away?”
In one episode “Pepe” was swimming underwater without a scuba tank.
Pepe replied,” When you are a skunk, you learn to hold your breath for a long time.”
And my favorite:
“You are ze corned beef to me, and I am ze cabbage to you!”
“Come back! Ze corned beef does not run away from ze cabbage.”
Maybe “Pepe” could cause some hair to grow on the bald heads of Today Show meteorologist Al Roker and the Weather Channel’s Jim Cantore.
I appreciate their reporting efforts during hurricane Isaac last week.
But sometimes they’re not too smart.
During one segment, when the wind was gusting over 70 mph, the bareheaded Cantore got Roker to remove his baseball cap and see how badly the rain hurt his bald head.
“Oh yeah, yeah, wow, that really stings,” Roker commented.
And as “Pepe” might say, “Ze garbage can lid might smart too, no?”
The best line I read last week came from cartoonist Marshall Ramsey who blogged about a hurricane survival kit.
“Food of course. If you only have an electric can opener, don’t buy 1,000 cans of tuna. The cat will start to look delicious after three days.”
Pew.
Cute, Card :) I would LOVE to see the football footage with the skunk!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzdfsyB-kVI&feature=youtube_gdata_player
LOL
This Clucky for finding it. Hilarious.
Thanks
That’s funny!
morning.. been out putting out resumes this morning and doing ones on line. have a bunch more to do online.
just hope i find something quickly.
thanks for all the well wishes.
Hang in there, msblondie. I really do know how you feel.
Good job by your editor, cardinal. Thanks for sharing.
Word from bullyduck is that the hawg cookin’ on Flag Island went very well this past weekend. The crowd was a little smaller than previous years but didn’t take away from the quality of the experience at all. Some “old timers” that hadn’t attended in several years showed up so that was nice. One couple of original “river rats” renewed their wedding vows on their 40th anniversary. Report is a good time was had by all.
Awesome update Blues. CLady better watch out you may get the entertainment section next week for the paper.
By the way good to see your smiling face back :)
CLady I’m with Clucky would live to see a play by play of pepe le pew
Clucky, you will appreciate this. Did you know that being in the drumline is like participating in a full contact sport? At some point in their show, Em and the other 3 bass drums have to march quickly backwards. Not easy to do with something that weighs almost as much as you do strapped to your front. BassDrum 4 (the biggest) is carried by the largest of the bass drummers, a guy. He is leading the line, marching backwards. Next, BD3, is a young lady whose steps are not as long as his, nor as long as Em’s (BD2). Em, marching backwards and unaware of the fact that BD3 is not moving as fast as expected, steps on the foot of BD3, causing both of them to go down. Em’s head slams into the ground and she has now become a speed bump in the path of BD1. BD1 hears the commotion behind her but has no time to make a course correction. So instead of landing on top of Em, she tries to break her fall with her hand. BD3 has a sore foot. BD2 (Em) has a knot on her head, but no concussion, thankfully. And BD1 now has a broken wrist.
I’m sorry…I know that was not funny, but the way you described it had me LOL!!
Oh. No!! That is VERY believable!! I remember Thing 1 playing BD1 (yes, they were tiny!) and Thing 2 playing cymbals. Thing 1 is now playing tenors (and they are almost as big as he is; he’s captain this year by virtue of being the only tenor player that can read/write music.
home again, thank you very much!
Evenin
It’s been a tough day. I’d like to ask for prayers for my family. We have had another death in the family as a result of long term “issues”. I don’t want to elaborate. Just say a prayer that my Aunt and Uncle can make it through this one.
Thanks to MrsH for giving me a much-needed laugh. I know it’s not funny that the drumline imploded, but her description of what happened was pretty darn funny.
Prayers for your family!
Prayers coop. We know they work.
I’m sorry, Coop! You are in my prayers.
Dear Lord, Please surround Coop and her Aunt and Uncle as they deal with the death of another loved one. I pray that You will give wisdom and love and understanding as they grapple with hard truths. May Your holy angels surround them with their ministering spirits and may YOUR lasting peace settle in their hearts. Draw them to your great heart through this difficult time. May Your church be your hands reaching to them in comfort. WE love you and will be careful to give You the praise and honor and glory You deserve. In Jesus Holy, most precious name we humbly ask and pray. Amen.
Amen, sister. Amen!
Evening folks! I’ve been busy and didn’t check in. Looks like bad weather is about to hit again!
I saw the lightnin dance as I left the funeral home while ago AW. Keep your head down.
Prayers Coop. AW I hope all is well with you.
The birthday boy decided he wanted Jerry’s catfish, so off we went. That’s the first time we’ve ever been down there and didn’t have to wait in line. One of the men at the table next to ours was celebrating his 87th birthday and they sent BE two pieces of birthday cake.
Incidentally, Mrs. H, before I go home because I see storms headed my way too and I need to shut the chickens up … the gulf storm is called the Son of Isaac. LOL!
the proper name is Invest 90, but Dr. Masters also referred to it as the aforementioned Son of Isaac. HOW FUNNY!!
Our oldest female “Queen Mother” cat, who was born just before K hit the Coast, is now on her way out :'( She has feline panleukopenia, and was way beyond treatment by the time we realized she was ill. She has been Thing 1’s cat, and is a very sweet girl. (Her brother, Rummy the Former ManCat but now a mere Consultant, is very healthy.) If she makes it through the night, I’ll be taking her to the vet to be euthanized. After that’s done, I’ll be taking the 2 inside cats to be tested. I’m afraid the Persian already has it; if so, it’s very early and treatable. Coco is healthy, but will be tested as well-it can be latent for a very long time.
Y’all sleep well. Coop, you’ve been on my mind all day. I ‘ll send up a word for you and your family.
Love y’all.
Afternoon. PQ & I ate at Cazadores Mexican restaurant on Hwy 51 in Ridgeland. Very reasonable prices, lots of well prepared, tasty food. A pleasant place to eat.
Been looking at motorcycles…Yamaha’s. Found a neat sounding one on Craigs List in Pontotoc…a 2012 model. Went to Got Gear and told the salesman about it and he suggested they might be able to closely match the price on one in stock. Going to Pontotoc tomorrow morning for a test ride.