Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for March 13, 2022

Some problems are much easier to deal with than others.

Now we almost have WWIII. An improvement respect Covid 19 /s.

W.A. is wrong. With the way we’re handling Covid, it’s going to be around forever, like the flus and the colds.

The only thing that is going to pass is yesterday’s meals.

Just one damned thing after another. With the accent on the adjective.

All this leading up to the heat death of the universe. Joy.

“A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life.” Charles Darwin

“Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued.” Socrates

“If life were predictable it would cease to be life, and be without flavor.” Eleanor Roosevelt

“There are three constants in life… change, choice and principles.” Stephen Covey

“The purpose of life is a life of purpose.” Robert Byrne

“If you love life, don’t waste time, for time is what life is made up of.” Bruce Lee

“We live in a rainbow of chaos.” Paul Cezanne

“Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot.” Charlie Chaplin

Mark Lowry says his favourite Bible verse is this: “It came to pass…”

All things shall pass. You got good health? Enjoy it, it’ll pass. Got arthritis in your joints? It’ll pass…either it’ll pass or you will pass!

’Life’s a beach- and sometimes you get sand in your shorts’.

“Life is a lemon and I want my money back”- Meatloaf

There is a light at the end of the tunnel . . . and it’s coming right at us.

Life is a swinging door, Don’t let it hit you in the a** on your way out…

The good news is one day you’ll die, so you have that to look forward to.

Like an old friend said to me “This too will pass, like a kidney stone”!

Just say no. That would have taken care of two of them. Not the one in the middle though.

“One thing leads to another”: The Fixx. Great London alt rock/ new wave band in the day!

Doctor: “I have good news and bad news. The good news is, you have 24 hours to live. The bad news is, I should have told you yesterday.”

Life. It a gift they said. It be such fun they said.

“The future ain’t what it used to be” – Yogi Berra

Sh*t happens, but the life goes on…

We end a pandemic with a European war. What will happen after the war is over?

As Rosanne Rosanna danna said, “lt’s always something”

What good news?

Yep, this too shall pass. When we die…….

In times like these, it’s important to remember that there have always been times like these.

Montezuma’s Revenge: A.K.A. the Amtrak Brandon presidency.

Amtrak Brandon that’s my name,

Amtrak Brandon ride my train,

Amtrak Brandon going to flush your country down the drain,

Amtrak Brandon!

Hey Pig, pretend you are a liberal: drive around and shoot blindly into traffic; maybe push someone into the path of a subway train; you could abandon your babies at the border. No? Hunter will teach you how to make crack. Try heroin: with all the fentanyl coming across the Southern border, heroin is cheaper than ever.

As Joe Black said, “Death & Taxes”. I’ll take taxes for $200.00.

Welcome to Life as we know it.

Don’t worry. Death solves everything.

Be kind. Love one another.

Everything passes…..right up until the day you also pass.

How is Pig defying gravity?

There is always World War 3 looming

Roseanna Danna Danna, said it years ago….it’s always something….

So everything people are panicking about now will go away and then the news cycle will give them something new to panic over.

Life has its problems for everybody but also its joys. Hopefully our next life will only have joys. However, what is life without some type of hardships?…..

This too shall pass. Like, kidney stones.

This too shall pass. Like a kidney stone.

Used to drive forth each day in a hearse;

From the back she would wail

Through a thickness of veil:

-E. Gorey

Maybe Pig would be better off speaking to the Dumb Ass.

Actually Rosanna Dana’s father told her “It’s always something”. Gilda Radner used it as the title of her book, when she leaned she was dying of cancer.

Why is it called News when it is the same old stuff over and over again?

How many of Putin’s divisions did you encounter, Pig?

^liked

His dung pile has reached the clouds.

All things must pass away …

shoulda been on one of them final Beatles albums…

I try to remember that along with the problems come solutions. Good things happen also!

Quite true, sure as e = mc².

What idiot said, “Problems are an opportunity?” Probably a boss.

Covid is down, so now we’ll focus on gas prices. the “poor” media needs something to terrorize the great unwashed.

“Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.” Matthew 6:34 (KJV)

No sooner does coronavirus fade away than Russia goes to war with Ukraine and gas prices skyrocket.

At seventy years old, I can attest to that. Keep seeing hearing, “get back to normal”. This is normal. It’s always one crisis or another.

There’s an early 80’s music video from Rainbow, “Can’t Happen Here” (“All that you fear, Can’t happen here) I think they knew the premise was wishful thinking and gaslighting ourselves.

At this point, I’d settle for a better class of problems. J. Michael Straczynski on Twitter yesterday: "Pandemic crests into Russia attacking Ukraine…Russia segues into Iran firing ballistic missiles at US-related targets in Iraq….

Could we have just one weekend where absolutely nothing happens and the Four Horsemen can take the day off, maybe go shopping or something?"

Yeah, now it’s all about DST.

Quit talking to him. I think ‘wise ass’ with this guy doesn’t refer to intelligence.

The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds.

The pessimist fears that this is true.

Ah, variety is the spice of life! I’m often reminded of the “old Chinese curse”: “May you live in interesting times.”

Advice from the so-called Wise Ass is not worth the uphill climb, Pig. It’s just everyday observation and a dab of common sense….

This too will pass… it may pass like a kidney stone, but it too will pass!

The answer is “yes”.