Big Top by Rob Harrell for August 29, 2009

Hmm…the carpets could use a good shampooing…

Hey, good evening hymenoxis. Don’t you ever let up on the cleaning? Well, it’s a good thing you are around otherwise the Big Top would be a pig sty. How was your day?

Wink has never looked so hot.

For those who are willing, I will prepare eggs. You may have them in any manner you choose, so long as it is scrambled. In addition, there will be bacon, a locally produced thick-cut brand known for its thickness and locality, some Jimmy Dean sausage (the kind with sage in it), biscuits and white gravy made from the fat of the sausage, liberally peppered and salted, grits prpared properly, and some cantaloupes that might be a bit over-ripe. They’re certainly fragrant.

My day was a Bataan Death March in miniature, I think.

Well, saying “never so hot” is not saying much, frankly.

(shampoos carpet)

*Hy*, you’re back! Where have you been? I’ll have scrambled eggs over easy, some sausage, and a bit of melon.

Hibigg and cleo!

Howdy, Marg.

Now he’s a little crispy.

Good Morning Tribe! Hi hymenoxis! nice breakfast, I’ll just grab some juice and come back later for some scrambled eggs. Thank you. Hi cleo and bigg!

Mornin’ Carmy.

(turns on box fan to dry carpet)

bigg, Carmy & Marg - Howdy.

Wifey Bits and I have planned a trip up the Shenandoah Valley to Gettysburg on a Civil War battlefields tour. Sounds geeky, frankly; but it’s something I need to do. I’m watching Ken Burns “Civil War” for the twelfth time…it seems like something that needs to be done. A sort of American Hadj, I guess.

Night, y’all.

Hyme, not geeky at all.

Speaking of All, good night to you!

Good morning Tribe

hymenoxis great breakfast. The grits were perfect :-)

Fantasy Football update:

We’ve got 9 teams in the league, but we need to have an even number to start the draft. Can I get one more tribe member to volunteer? JFri?

If not, I’ll open it up to the public and see what poor soul wanders in.

For those worried about the time it might take out of your yapping here, I looked into it more, and I do have some power to make sure a team is taken care of if a manager is on vacation (or attending to more important RL issues). I’m hoping lonewolf and johnnyd will help keep an eye on some of the teams and let the manager (or me) know if something should be changed before game day.

That’s the best attempt I can make at selling this. Let me know if you’re interested and I’ll lock the league this weekend.

I have a brake job scheduled this morning, league pool this afternoon and my son’s football game at 5:30PM, so I probably won’t be back on until this evening. Busy day for sure!!

Hi Akenta & Mopar!

Hy Nice breakfast spread. I’ll just have some sausage, juice and some nuked coffee!! Thank You.

Hi MoPar and lonewolf!! Sounds like you’ll both be busy today. Hope you have fun.

Good morning Tribe ((((((((((TRIBE)))))))))

I’m late as usual, but I will share my lunch/dinner. Hamburger mixed with stuffing and onions, fried up into small paddies and then set to simmer in brown gravy. There will be white rice to serve it over. I haven’t made this in years. It is finally getting to where I can stand long enough in the kitchen to work on something more involved than cans or pan seared meats. I’ll let you guys know when it’s ready. You’ll probably be smelling it in an hour or so.

Hy welcome back. I had done some half-hearted sweeping and dusting while you were gone. Thanks for the breakfast

Quickie update on car….remember I drove it into a type of flowerpot and broke the rods, boot AND wheel along with other bits and pieces. Anyway, we got it back Wednesday and she drives very well. I managed to scrape up the deductible. Man, $1900+ in damage done at 5-10mph. Geez Louise. Anyway, my spouse no longer has to wake up at ‘Oh God’ o’clock to take me to work (didn’t have enough $$ to cover our portion of the car rental).

Okay, got to get elbow deep in hamburger. Catch you later

Good Morning All. I am hungry this morning. I will have the bacon, scrambled eggs and biscuits and gravy, also Doctor Toon’s coffee.

Looks like my good night posting didn’t post last night.

And a great saturday morning it is, hott coffee and rain, FINALLY !

This will be quite a coloful Wink now. Morning all! That patty mixture smells tasty, Quaby. I’ll be back for a sample of that later.

MoPar - Thanks for sharing the tribute. I’ve passed it on to family & friends.

Quick deposit to the tribal bank & I’m off to make rounds. Have a great weekend, all!

P & L

Keep an eye on my team, Akenta, Lonewolf, and Johnny, I know you will!

Hi Tribe, Terry, Akenta, Quasby, Cleo, Mitch hope everyone is doing well. Enjoy the weekend, time to cruise the toons.

Whooosh!

“I’ll see ya’, when I see ya’!”

Take care all!

Good morning to all. Muy buenos días.

I’m back for a short time. Finished the brake job, just need to deliver it back.

Good Morning Doc, Yukoneric, Dry, Rad, RedHatt, Cleo & Quaby

RedHatt–We are finally without the rain here, but it was nice on the porch with the coffee watching the rain!!

Rad–You enjoy the weekend also!!

To* *All The Tribe.

My Friends

Morning, tribe! Quaby - breakfast sounds great, although I’ll pass on the grits. Terry - That last link was so sweet! Mopar - Thanks for the “best Ford commercial” link. My oldest brother is a Vietnam vet and a Ford Mustang owner. I sent it on to him, because I’m sure he’ll appreciate it.

MoParMitch said, about 13 conversations ago

“This is funny. We have two conversations going. One about cheese and one about cigars. How cheezy is that?”

Does that mean both conversations are stinky? (The smellier, the better??)

Shikamoo said, about 16 gnats ago

”bmonk I didn’t get the EHH-EHH part of your joke. A vampire with a mosquito stuck in his throat is CANADIAN????”

No, on Prairie Home Companion, that’s the sound a vampire makes when a mosquito is caught in his throat and he’s trying to get it out…

Oh, yes: Good morning, tribe, to all and sundry (those being the ones who sneak out the back and come in again at the front).

I’m off for the day. Be back tonight.

How about a personal favorite lunch:

Pan-fried polish sausage on Kaiser Rolls

Polish Sausage gravy over wild rice

Choice of veggies. Asparagus is best, but not in season. Fresh Garden Peas or Carrots

Raspberries on Vanilla Ice cream

bmonk - You are making me hungry.

Sorry that I missed you all yesterday. I got wrapped up in watching some of those NFL pre season football games.

Which reminds, TerryLonewolf how’s your son doing in his football games? Let me know when you get back.

Gravy meat (that’s what we call what I am making) is ready and rice available. Enjoy,

Meanwhile, September has snuck up on me and I have to hurridly get my beadwork so I can take it to the shop. Hopefully lotsa people will buy.

Akenta I tried to sign up a while ago and got a runaround so if by the end of today JFi hasn’t signed (or someone else,) I will try again tomorrow. I have forgotten my original hotmail (or whatever it was that was asked for) sign - in so will have to redo it, I guess.

Glad the car has been fixed, Quaby but what a nuisance for such a low speed goof!

BMonk, I’ve gotta repeat - you missed your calling as a comedian!

Steel and RedHat, I don’t believe I’ve greeted you before so hello and welcome!

Good morning DocT do you still work evenings on the weekends with your new position?

Sorry I missed you Dry. I hope your Dad is improving. How was your son when you took him to visit? I’ll bet that if he is at all like you, he handled it well. My daily hug:

Cleo, thanks for the author suggestions yesterday. When things settle down I will get some. I do like Rankin.

Tribe, I’ve been so busy this past couple of months that it is lucky if I get online at all during the day so when I do,it’s usually a long rant to everyone. Hope things settle down in the fall.

Dawn don’t give JFri an excuse not to play, he’s come up with enough on his own. There’s still room for Doc, Cleo, Joy, and Carmy I don’t remember who else said they were interested.

It’s on Yahoo, League 480147 password hint: doc’s infamous drink

Doc don’t worry about your schedule, Dry has trained both the east and west coast on how to wake you up. We’re ready for the change.

Good afternoon, doc! Have a nice nap - I’m tempted to do the same, although I slept in this morning. Just finished my gocomics lap, because I had to stop to cook breakfast in RL. (Virtual food doesn’t satisfy my family very well.)

DawnAvril said, about 3 lauds ago

“BMonk, I’ve gotta repeat - you missed your calling as a comedian!”

I dunno–I am just so very exceedingly often struck by the disparity between what should be (or what we expect) and what is. And I have the memory to bring things back that strike me…

bmonk - I don’t know if your type of humor would do well for stand-up comedy, but we all appreciate the humor you share.

RRAmom, and others, thank you for your kind words. I try, mostly by sharing what I find amusing. And editing out the truly wacky stuff, when I recognize it.

LOL, especially macabre “Bwahhahahahaha!”

doc i just checked in, man, this is a surprise!

I just checked the clock and realized I was late to wake up doc, Dry what are you going to do with me? If when I do remember I can’t get him up. LOL

That’s cuz Jfri and I aren’t here bickering back and forth, so there’s fewer posts!!! ROFLMAO!

That’s okay Akenta, JFri left you in the lurch! Without all the brass instruments, it’s hard to do it alone! Remind me to lend you some of my one woman band insturments!

Good evening MoPar!

Hi MoPar!

Dry I tried the kazoo bmonk gave me and I have no musical skills. I think I should stick to just crashing up stuff. If it bothered doc he wouldn’t sleep though it

Akenta the kazoo doesn’t make much noise! You need one of my tubas or cowbells!!!

Good day everyone. It was a glorious day here in paradise and i spent the entire day outdoors, here and there; actually not much here until now.

I think kazoos were invented to be annoying.

Anyone trying to wake me with a kazoo would likely find it shoved up their wazoo.

Actually Doctor Toon, I never need an alarm to wake me up no matter what bloody awful time it is. I have some internal alarm that kicks in.

Ah Cleo, would stick my kazoo up my wazoo?? ;-(*

Dry I got some armor that you would look good in. Also makes a lot of noise, so is a plus.

If you will check out my avatar I have some armor for sale.* Akenta & Dry* - be sure to wear it if you should ever try to antagonize us into another water fight.

cleo I think if we were in armor, you guys wouldn’t be so motivated to do a water fight.

Akenta good idea! We could rust them in their suits of armor and have to pry them loose! Oh WHAT SITES WE’D SEE!!!

MoPar this better be a GREAT party because I’m not in a partying mood!

Akenta - WRONG!!! If you gals were sans armor fighting is the last thing that would be on our minds.

MoPar - Cue music from The Stripper.

Or how about this?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0t1QwnpTj0#

Doc, Finally!

But doct if we’re in armor then no need for towels. So no reason for the water fight, right?

You never answered my question about sticking my kazoo up my wazoo! Would you do that to little ole’ me? :-(

Dry - To answer your question my dear. If your kazoo remained in your pocket, your wazoo is safe.

Dry - If your kazoo was tooted than

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQ8IuP-EnbA#

Cleo stayed in my pocket? FAT CHANCE BUSTER!!!

Akenta I think Cleo wants a water balloon fight! COOL!!!

I have to miss another party (and water fight). Dry take it easy on the guys.

MoPar - Thank you. I am not starting anything here because I am going to have to go and join my wife for dinner soon and I do not want to leave anyone unprotected, but if I don’t join my wife for dinner, I hate to think what will happen to my wazoo.

That’s the problem with having friends in later time zones. It is hard to time spontaneous water fights, etc.

I’m back and just in time I see!! I’m back and just in time I see!!

That double was for you Dry!

Hello Akenta!! How are you dear? I see we are about to start football if we get another manager!!

Hey Mopar—You’re getting those tunes going I see.

If you guys want to battle I will try to come in as a substitute later, otherwise we may need to reel in our plans until a time more suitable, but if you guys and gals are all primed, do not let me hold you back…

And I see there’s some input from Cleo!!

Godd Evening Cleo!!

Hello DRY, sweet lady.

Lonewolf - Good evening friend. Your arrival may be most opportune or the opposite depending on the conniving females of the Tribe.

Hello also to RRAmom, Bmonk, Dawn, Quaby and anyone else I may be missing!!

Cleo–Watching my son play football got me to remembering some of my old football moves and I think I can use them to my advantage!!

The one that works the best might be the running to the endzone as fast as I could move!! LOL

Well thanks a lot, Akenta! IF I have no back up there will be no water battle tonight!

I need them!

*Mopar–And man was it fun, fun, fun. Especially with the cheerleaders watching!!! I always managed to get knocked out of bounds where they were practicing their cheers!! lol

Let’s get this thing moving……..

Hit It!!

Hello All! Dry, you need some help?

Akenta is leaving? One down…………………………

Terry, oh yeah, you always managed to get knocked out of bounds.

OOOOOOOOOOOOH NOOOOOOOOOOO……………………………..

Well everyone I have been summoned by the LG (Little General) for dinner. I’m not kidding, her friends, family and I call my wife that. But … only because it is true. LOL

Hi Carmy

Yes on getting knocked out of bounds. When I could I’d fake an injury right in front of them and they’d all huddle around me. Good company!! Coach always got upset, though I can’t understand why?????

(Dimming the lights, pouring some rum and cokes)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fm4iU0yx9GY

YES, the MACHETE LADY is here!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhKJ9ig7I1c&feature=fvw

DRY, where did you go? I thought you might like this.

Thanks for the hugs, (((((((Terry)))))))

Carmy

I’m ready for that machete now……………

Terry, sigh, you do know my machete can cut through those bones like a hot knife through butter? Well, now you know…

I am just sneaking in between the main course and salad. Are you all friendly?

Oh, oh, gettin’ wicked. zoom, out of here.

OK Carmy—I know your precious little heart can’t let you attack me in here!!!!

Left me sitting high and dry, huh Meester Mopar?

Terry, say hello to my little friend…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5XzD_5eNzU&feature=related

Terry, before I forget, you had asked hymenoxis where he lived, that would be Texas.

He told me earlier, Carmy.

Mopar–I like the song, but not tonight, we need more upbeat music!!!

Carmy

He’s a piece of cake compared to you! LOL

You got that right, Terry!

Here’s one………………

Im so excited

Or…………………….

get down tonight

I’m trying to think of some songs, but I can’t. Wah!

htttp://www.dizzler.com/music/johnsonbrothers stomp

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tgWS9c4kI8

Hola Dry, good tunes*

Terry, you like this one?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlVaC1DWrOs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-fxOS658H4

Carmy did you get Stomp?

Check out Ted Nugent in this one.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=et6b0ftDq1U

Carmy Ted Nugent YES!!! Not a man afraid to say what he feels!!!

Good songs, ya’all!!! And yes I like that Styx song especially!!

Dry, yes, I got Stomp.

Sorry I’m in and out. I’m watching “Wrecked” on the laptop.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qsl2O2H7g1c

Another one from a former Fleetwood Macer.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=naAWX6OsHVI

Now we get Dry back and Mopar has gone AWOL!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vj4SfIcR6Mw

*Well You didn’t get Dry back!! She’s leaving too!! Sorry guys!! Long day! All songs Great though!!! *

Love you all!

Goodnight (((((((DRY!)))))))

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_-9q9xcsJ4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qGEZqxroYI

This dude is creepy, but I like the song and video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YRvWQmYMeM

Or the entire playlist at http://www.youtube.com/viewplaylist?p=F5D9DC45DCD5C300&search_query=queen

including

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rY0WxgSXdEE&feature=PlayList&p=F5D9DC45DCD5C300&index=3

Enjoy…and see everyone later…

I would never have gotten back if I had watched all of your links, so forgive me. I finished a good movie with my wife, with excellent actors and now I have come back to a linkathon. LOL

Okay, what’s the topic of tonight’s video picks?

Hey it was better than a water fight against a cute girl with a machete!!! And being that I was left to fight them alone seeing as how my partners ran!!! lol

MoPar - You are charming the ladies again. I can tell.

One more from the 80’s dance mix…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5oSpQDerps

Here’s one of my all time favorite Seger songs…..a must watch……lol

Seger

Yes, the lady with the BIG machete!!!!!

Snuck back to see what tunes you all picked! Good ones, I see. Carmy, I believe you picked Taylor Dayne! GREAT choice! Music helps me relax! Thanks guys! I needed this respite! SO GLAD YOU ARE HERE!!!

(((((((((((((((((((HUGS TO YOU ALL))))))))))))))))))))

PARTY ON!!

I got to see Stevie Ray Vaughn in Seattle at the Paramount, just a couple of months before his plane crash. He idolized Jimi Hendrix, who was from Seattle and is buried there. During the concert he brought Jimi’s dad on stage.

I love the blues. Here is a little something I like.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EhYl5uOAhk&feature=related#

MoPar - This has been a fun Friday. Thanks for showing us a good time.

Okay, the machete has been put away.

I do like Sly and i like this one too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjX2MKaZ-rg&feature=fvw

Hola sneaky Dry! glad you liked the Taylor Dayne song.

I was still on page 4, DUH!

I’ve posted this one a few times, cuz I like it a alot.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWw55XhTehg

Poor Sly, I thought he had died. I hope he gets help too.