Ballard Street by Jerry Van Amerongen for November 20, 2013

It looks like he’s wearing an ankle monitor.My caption would have been, “Fly Kitty has slipped the surly bonds of earth…. …And the surly bonds of house arrest.”

I can’t tell if that cat is pleased or not…

No real cats were harmed in the making of Ballard Street.

looks to like to me they got one of them thar new "self cleaning kittylitter box’s. look slike its workin really good too.

Would have been funnier without having it spelt out quite so obviously, ‘catapult’ didn’t need the capitalization. Quite liked it otherwise.

FREE DRY NOWpaid for by the Ballard Association for the Liberation of Dry. (BALD)

Good Morning STEL, DRY and SUSAN.

I’ll be at my CHALET if there’s any news on DRY.

Maybe Garfield’s sending him to Abu Dhabi.

Good of the Swansen’s to furnish a helmet.

Good morning back to you, Shika.

And to the rest of you, including Dry….

Sorry I haven’t been around much. Still in the throes of computer angst… hope to have it sorted out soon.

Was getting a little long-distance help tonight with navigating the joys … er… wonders …um … pitfalls of Windows 8.

As for the Cat-A-Pult….hey, I think Tiger likes it….

it makes every morning a spring morning!

The Swansens took advantage of the engineering skillls of my galleon ,The Irish Rover, watch cat ,El Gato, who showed them the correct way to build a Cat-A-Pult. El Gato ( aside from having the disposition of a rattlesnake with a hernia ) is an extremely talented designer of machinery. He takes after his ancestor Felinardo de Vinci ( not to be confused with his cousin, Leonardo de Catrio).It is rumored that El Gato was the designer of Wolverine’s talons.The Swansens have launched their kitty into a whole new career. Ringling Bros. just called them from Sarasota, Fla. about using Cat-A-Pult Kitty as a new act for the circus.

Question for all you regular Ballardeers … Does anyone really know the reason that Dry got 86’d ? Maybe someone printed the reason and I missed it but I’d really like to know why this arbitrary ban on someone, who, to the best of my knowledge, never did anything to offend anyone.FREE DRY

Good morning Dry.

You all must watch this INTERACTIVE video of Bob Dylan’s Like A Rolling Stone !! You can “change channels” during the video to see different TV shows with people singing the song by using your Up and Down Arrow keys on your commputer keyboard. Very well done!!!

LIKE A ROLLING STONE interactive video

Someone please get Fergus a box of tissue.

how come there are no hula dancers at the tiki?

I think the cat’s wearing an altimeter ! ?

That’s not an ankle monitor, it’s a knee pad. Yee-haw!

From Dry this morning:

“LOVE today’s Fergus. Thank you. Please tell everyone at CD hello for me. And also at BS. Thank you.”

Teebuchet mechanics…isn’t that a Fireside Girls acheivment patch?

Monkey?How much is a wash, then?

@2old I think the hula dancers are quite lovely and I think they would add a nice quality to the Tiki myself. just sayin’, Munky………..+++++++++++++++++capidal ideer bEV…!!you can skreen em (uh, teh applicants fer teh job that is..)jus post up sum pikshurs…ahl givem teh thums up…:())(ore thums down)tehn you kin send em over to teh shriffs holden sell, ahl let em audishun fer teh vailable posishuns…. (an thats problee gonna be a lots… ahem)reddy wen yew are…!!!!

That is news to me, RED. And I think CAPNDUNZZL said that to gue in cheek.

Bev…. You had your phone last night….

I saw you using it.

Maybe that guy who thought you shouldn’t be talking on it in front of other people followed you around and flagged it so the mods would notice?

Or maybe they just noticed it on their own, and don’t like that address posted?

I should check the notes about it that I pinned up, and see if they’ve been taken down as well.

Be careful BALLARDEERS. Don’t get yourself flagged.

MonkeyWrench…. The Tiki Bar belongs to the Sheriff….so of course he gets to approve the entertainment, whether that turns out to be a good idea or not.

(No, Monkey, I’m really not going to bring up Gertie the Gyrating Gorilla again….I know, I know,,,you already apologised a dozen times…..and I believe you about the… well, YOU know…I mean… I know you didn’t know she would thr…. well, I mean…. not at ME anyway,)Anyway, it’s a wonderful place… with fresh yak ribs almost always in the smoker, breakfast lunch and dinner 24/7…It’s quite the local hangout.

As night shift supervisor and appointed 2nd-in-command Giant-Grinder-Operator, I feel confident in declaring our banana daiquiris the best in Ballard county… maybe the country…. and the Tiki ambiance unparalleled.

As far as I know, you don’t have a liquor license, and to get one, you know through whose desk the approval process must pass.

OTOH, we have a few dozen very small but industrious monkey employees, some who work very few hours, and are always looking for extra jobs.

So here’s a deal for you… (if my boss, the Monkey, says OK) ….We won’t have them do car washes at the Tiki, if you won’t try to sell or give away booze at the car wash.

Fried bananas sound good….

An Arnold Palmer and a dozen Snickerdoodles please.

RIBS UP!!!!

now… ware that lid fer teh grinder…

Monkey….

Yup, nuff said about….Gerti…I mean….I don’t know WHAT you’re referring to…;)

But what DO people do with that grinder lid….I mean… in snowy weather I’ve caught the little monkeys sledding on it…. but I don’t think they’d do THAT again….

It’s big enough to be a bed for a St. Bernard….

Fenton!? Are you here yet?No… it’s too early….

Right….

Note to Fenton

Hi Fenton... Hey... you haven't seen any homeless St. Bernards or Great Danes in the back yard, have you?

Don't worry.I did see you yesterday, but it's not about those yak bones... it's OK.... there are plenty, so if you want to share, that's fine.

But the Big Guy is looking for the grinder lid again..... and I thought maybe somebody was sleeping in it.. That's not sanitary.

See you later!

Mmmmm… ribs!

Ribs? Yum!Mind if I join you HAPPY and SUSAN? Ribs followed by Snickerdoodles sounds good.

I hope you find that lid MUNKY. If you turn on the blender without it, you’ll have banana purée all over the Tiki.

SUSAN. You still here? What is wrong with your computer?

Looks like everyone has gone.

I have to do my dishes and clean up a bit. See you later.

I may go to bed early myself.I’m bummed.I thought Dry would be back by now.

STEL and BEV: check out OB. I think you have founded a new station- the NEW BALLARD CHANNEL. Look for the NBC TURKEY.

Good Night Ballard Dears. Sweet Dreams

Night all.

Gerald the cat is true to his element, living his nine lives on the edge, full blown, lost in the moment, caution literally thrown to the wind. Equipped with only a lunching pad and crash helmet, ole Gerald takes to the skies. After a few warm up flights, his free form routines will begin with a simple stretch, flex and fly, followed by cat wheels, cat jacks, one original move called fake and skate, then skip and tumble, high glide, then a series of cat rolls, cat flops and cat loops. The Swansens are having a ball, load’em up and let’em rip.

Already geared up for this:

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Good morning Balladeers and Tigressy!