The Funny Pages - Tickle Me Elbow - The Original

[Darn210]

  elye said:

Jyaghnutt! I keep meaning to ask you - - what did you think of The Time Traveller's Wife? Just finished it last night.... ... .....um, there is so much acclaim for this novel, everybody's talking and raving about it.... . . . .except me. Dunno, there is some beautiful writing in there, some interesting plot development... .. . it was just.. . .....confusing.... . .. .? Hard work?.. .. .. .....

I actually really liked it . . . makes you think and I liked how they addressed certain features of time traveling . . . made it more "realistic" so-to-speak. I did really have to keep track of the dates/ages of the characters. We were talking about a "Book Club Field Trip" to go see the movie when it comes out.

We're reading Always Looking Up (Michael J Fox) next. In fact, the club meets in four days and I haven't started it yet . . . but I'm a fast reader . . . should probably get around to getting the book though.

[Jestgar]

I'm driving back from the store, and coming towards me I see a motorcycle with a sidecar - which is unusual enough - and I realize that there's a small person in the sidecar. I'm looking at this as he approaches thinking OMG this guy has his four-year-old in a sidecar!!. As he passes, the passenger turns to me, and it's a little white dog, complete with goggles and a helmet.

[DingoGirl]

  elye said:

It's all about wetness and dark here. It is DANK. A great, apt word. Two days of rain and darkness....like something out of Heironymous Bosch or Milton, or perhaps Dickens at his most depressing.

this sounds absolutely marvelous, dreamy, magical, fantastic. I know, call me crazy....it was 108 when I left on Monday......got back late last night.....I think it's 103 today?

Sills......I am back.....got pages of catching up to do but.......not feeling so well.......

will get around to it.

Love youse guys

Love Skeeter on the horse, Jan-it

(I have read exactly seven posts, I think)

:weaksmile:

back later, sills.

Oh, had the most wondrous time in Carmel. Left my depression on Pacheco Pass, Monday night, whilst driving over there. We felt the horrible-ness of the Valley literally leave us, and squealed with joy and screamed when we came across this ENORMOUS, enveloping fog bank. It was 65 to 70 degrees there, the whole time......can't even explain the bliss.

and the wretched-ness at coming back.

Missed my Kit Kit so much had to come home and take proper care of the poor little guy, who was having people come in and feed him, but he was just too lonely. also am watching the neighbor's house and watering. If not for those things, would have stayed through Sunday.

[psawyer]

Suzie's back!

Better weather here than up Emily's way. But the civic employee strike is in its twelfth day, and the garbage is piling up (and stinking).

[jerseyangel]

Trying this again--had my post all set, hit 'add reply' and my connection failed.

  blueeyedmanda said:

Have a great holiday weekend!!!!

You too, Amanda! Noisy Fourth of July, sillies!!

  Darn210 said:

you'll probably see me a lot today . . .

Sounds good to me Love the pic of the Skeetster and the horse!

  Jestgar said:

I'm driving back from the store, and coming towards me I see a motorcycle with a sidecar - which is unusual enough - and I realize that there's a small person in the sidecar. I'm looking at this as he approaches thinking OMG this guy has his four-year-old in a sidecar!!. As he passes, the passenger turns to me, and it's a little white dog, complete with goggles and a helmet.

So cute!!

  DingoGirl said:

Sills......I am back.....got pages of catching up to do but.......not feeling so well.......

Glad yer back, Soozle Woozle Bet wee Skit Cat is so happy to have his mum back

Oye, the weather.....the weatherman this morning, and I quote....."we'll have lower humidity over the next few days, so the temperatures will only feel like 105 to 107.

I think I may be addicted to CNN

[flourgirl]

Hi all! Just ploppin' in to catch up. Hope everyone has a safe and fun-der-phul phourth! The Park is crazy busy already....can hardly wait for the next coupla days. It's lots of phun when the visitors are courteous and happy to be there. Today was not like that.....must have been a cosmically induced whiney oop, I mean, weather pattern. Unusually cool here...not like summer at all! Great for the gardens, tho.

Not much to say at the moment.....but yous guys cross my mind often (more than I probably should admit) . Maybe I oughta be keeping notes on "things to share". Mind is like a seive these days.....can't hold water. Or thoughts. I have the attention span of a fungus gnat and am not liking it at all. Anyway...where was I ?

[mimommy]

  elye said:

It's all about wetness and dark here.

Well. Must give household instructions to MIL today.....go through the dog schedule, ho'tub instructions, plants... . . . ......must hide all car keys.. . . . .. . . ......

Poor Em--you must be getting the system that has been smothering hovering here for days on end.

Have a great trip Be sure to thank yer mum-in-law, too You sound like a mom leaving her teenager behind instead of a trusted elder Just leave her the remote, the wine, and the local take-out numbers. Maybe she'll have a kegger bridge party

  nikki-uk said:

REALLY must try and do something constructive today!!!

WOT?? Isn't posting and FBing constructive?

BTW, thanks to all who talked me into that Avast, I am now a bloodsucking, flair wearing, round passing, food flinging paisono.

_{It's a good thing I quit that job, huh?}

  blueeyedmanda said:

John and I are hoping to head to the beach later today until tomorrow. We are not staying at the beach- we are thinking of Atlantic City.

Have a great holiday weekend!!!!

You have a good weekend, too That sounds like great fun

  Darn210 said:

I actually really liked it .

I definitely like it.

It's been a long time since I read it, but I recall the author pushed social more's by testing the limits of sexual maturity and challenged the reader to see the main character as a whole personality/individual throughout the story. He was a bit of a modern superhero and by the time it was over I felt as if I'd grown up with him. I think it's human nature to see things in little bits of time and function and memory, when an entire lifespan would not tell a person's story to an observer. Like any good author, I felt that as a reader I was brought into the lives of these people much the way my friends bring me into their loved ones lives--kind of empathically and vicariously. The story was plotted as a tapestry, using time as the metaphor for the waft and weave of experience and emotion that make a life.

And I love your av, Janet

  Jestgar said:

I'm driving back from the store, and coming towards me I see a motorcycle with a sidecar - which is unusual enough - and I realize that there's a small person in the sidecar. I'm looking at this as he approaches thinking OMG this guy has his four-year-old in a sidecar!!. As he passes, the passenger turns to me, and it's a little white dog, complete with goggles and a helmet.

OMG what a hilarious sight that must have been Too bad you didn't get a pic.

  DingoGirl said:

Sills......I am back.....got pages of catching up to do but.......not feeling so well.......

Oh, had the most wondrous time in Carmel. Left my depression on Pacheco Pass, Monday night, whilst driving over there. We felt the horrible-ness of the Valley literally leave us, and squealed with joy and screamed when we came across this ENORMOUS, enveloping fog bank. It was 65 to 70 degrees there, the whole time......can't even explain the bliss.

Aw Suze--I know exactly how that feels. I'm not poking fun here--every time I turn into my sub I get a pit in my stomach, especially if we've been away a while.

I'm so glad you got a break. It sounds like you had a nice time, and I'm sure your little kitty missed you terribly (we did ).

  psawyer said:

the garbage is piling up (and stinking).

Tell those civkeb employeees to get backta woirk

  jerseyangel said:

Oye, the weather.....the weatherman this morning, and I quote....."we'll have lower humidity over the next few days, so the temperatures will only feel like 105 to 107.

Uggh, Patti. That sounds AWFUL

[mimommy]

  flourgirl said:

I have the attention span of a fungus gnat and am not liking it at all. Anyway...where was I ?

Happy 4th--don't work too hard

[mimommy]

And as dusk gave way to night, the villagers donned their lighters and explosives and commenced to blowing the neihborhood sky to smithereens

I am not kidding, folks. It sounds like a sound-byte of the fighting in the middle-east out there right now. My dog is nae happy wif de noises and is going cuckoo for cocao puffs fireworks.

The only other time it gets like this is when the Red Wings the cup

[jerseyangel]

  mimommy said:

Avast, I am now a bloodsucking, flair wearing, round passing, food flinging paisono.

:lol:

[Darn210]

  mimommy said:

I definitely like it.

It's been a long time since I read it, but I recall the author pushed social more's by testing the limits of sexual maturity and challenged the reader to see the main character as a whole personality/individual throughout the story. He was a bit of a modern superhero and by the time it was over I felt as if I'd grown up with him. I think it's human nature to see things in little bits of time and function and memory, when an entire lifespan would not tell a person's story to an observer. Like any good author, I felt that as a reader I was brought into the lives of these people much the way my friends bring me into their loved ones lives--kind of empathically and vicariously. The story was plotted as a tapestry, using time as the metaphor for the waft and weave of experience and emotion that make a life.

Ummm . . . yeah . . . that's what I was going to say . . .

Guests have left . . . we too set fire to a bunch of cash blew up some fireworks . . . but nothing like our neighbors down the street. They put on a show . . . like for 20 minutes with a finale and everything . . . it is majorly big-time fireworks. We don't even feel the need to go see fireworks anywhere, we just watch theirs.

[Jestgar]

Happy Independence Day, Americans!

And, of course, my condolences to the Brits for losing your colony.

[Judyin Philly]

HAPPY 4TH EVERYONE ONE !

JUDY

[jerseyangel]

Happy Birthday, PeOter Whatcha got planned? Ya outta come down here--a hell of a par-tay goin on today

Happy 4th all !!!! Of course, in my usual dolt-ness, I said that yesterday......

[psawyer]

No major events planned here today. Jacquie is at the store all day. We are going out for dinner this evening.

Happy Fourth to all!

[elye]

WOW......TWO BIG THINGS TO CELEBRATE TODAY!!!!!!!!

HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY.........

HAPPY BOIFDAY, POETER!!!!!

I am not in simply a forumless abyss, but an entire phone line abyss. Our phones are dead at home. Just called the Infamous Bell Canada, and who knows when they will have a technician out? Hopefully Monday. However, we will be flying to the west coast

by then, so MIL will have to deal with this on her own.

I believe it is Harriet's Law: When one is on the threshold of a lengthy trip to distant lands, large problems will occur. . . . . . .. ....... .

  mimommy said:

The story was plotted as a tapestry, using time as the metaphor for the waft and weave of experience and emotion that make a life.

Indeed, this is very like the unfolding of my own life. .. ......a large, detailed tapestry, every third or fourth embroidered square suddenly depicting the face of my MIL.. . .. ...there she is.. . .....whoop, there's her visage again.... . . ....hey! And again... . . ..

Crap, dunno when I'll be on again. I sit at the library, racing through my emails and, of course, The Psills. Glad to have you back, Soooooze!

Jess's Harley Davidson Dawg

Beooootiful av, Jyaghnutt. .......Skeeter looks so at home on Fog! (Is that the name of the horse? Am not certain.......cannot go back to check.......Fog, or Storm, or Grey... . . .. ...

[Jestgar]

  elye said:

I am not in simply a forumless abyss, but an entire phone line abyss. Our phones are dead at home. Just called the Infamous Bell Canada, ......

:unsure: how???

[Darn210]

  Jestgar said:

:unsure: how???

That paper cup with the string thingy??

The horse is Fog . . . that's actually the neighbor's horse and the picture is from April or May. Tis a HUGE horse . . . but what a sweetheart!! She takes lessons on a little black pony named BlackJack . . . no pics of that yet.

[mimommy]

  Jestgar said:

:unsure: how???

Pfft!

  Darn210 said:

That paper cup with the string thingy??

Hee

Happy boifday Peter!

Have a safe trip Emily!

Happy 4th to everyone stateside--have a great day all

[Jestgar]

Headin' off to be in the parade. If any of y'all are ever in Seattle around the fourth, you ought to consider coming to BI for the parade. We have the scout troops, and the biggest tow truck on the peninsula, and last year the brand new garbage trucks were in it.

Can't wait to see what makes its debut this year....the boot that kicked the mayor out?

A staged death scene by all the art groups that had their funding cut 70%?

Cat cavalcade?

[Judyin Philly]

Happy birthday Peter

Have a fun dinner out with Jacquie

Judy

[Darn210]

  Jestgar said:

Headin' off to be in the parade. If any of y'all are ever in Seattle around the fourth, you ought to consider coming to BI for the parade. We have the scout troops, and the biggest tow truck on the peninsula, and last year the brand new garbage trucks were in it.

Can't wait to see what makes its debut this year....the boot that kicked the mayor out?

A staged death scene by all the art groups that had their funding cut 70%?

Cat cavalcade?

Any Care Bear Floats???

Happy 4th everyone . . . it's raining here, that's probably not good for the fireworks, eh?? . . . but we sooooo need the rain.

Happy Birthday Peter . . . Have a lovely evening out with Jacquie.

[jerseyangel]

  Jestgar said:

:unsure: how???

Opened up the winder and yelled??

[Jestgar]

Parade was fun. Saw a giant Open Original Shared Link being pulled by the Open Original Shared Link car.

I have a new favorite drink chocolate martinis :ph34r:

2 parts chocolate vodka, one part godiva chocolate liqueur. Shake over ice.

[jerseyangel]

Sillies--

We just came in from watching the fireworks. We watched a Clay Walker convert live on TV from Downtown Houston, then walked over to the park across the street and watched the display. It's still 94 degrees, but there was a nice breeze.

I love fireworks.....so sparkly