Big Top by Rob Harrell for March 22, 2010

Dusty rules!

Breakfast for today:

Pancakes with rich maple syrup Biscuits and gravy with sausage Choice of hash browns or fried potatoes. Bacon and eggs. French toast Grits for Akenta breakfast bars and poptarts

Beverages I provide are Milk or chocolate milk Orange juice Coffee, anyway you like it Energy drinks, for those who need them

I hope you all enjoy it, I’m not used to doing this.

Where’s the beer? I’ll go for the biscuits & gravy with sausage, LW18. Great menu for the first time.

Good Morning, Tribe Good Morning LW18, cleo, Marg, Dry, Carmy, JFri and anyone else I may have forgotten.

HI, MARG!!!

’Morning, Grog, Dry, Carmy & cleo!

Beer at breakfast! Never heard of that.

Good Morning/Late Evening Tribe

Another money making scheme, Dusty?

Call it a night cap, LW18

Good Morning, Marg!

Morning Grog, Carmy, Cleo, Jfri

and MARG!

And later, Lewreader, WoodEye, AKENTA, and Tabby!

Those are the early ones! And if you show up Hi HY!

Good Morning Grog and JFri!

Oh okay Grog!

Good Morning Dry, Cleo and Marg!

Good morning Tribe. Here’s hoping that each and everyone of you has a great day. I’ll see you all later.

Peace & Love

Good morning. I am approaching slumber.

Good Morning ALL!

Beer is not just for breakfast anymore! But I prefer a good Bloody Mary.

It’s the chocolate milk that had me wondering…………

Hi, Cleo & Woodeye

Hey, Lonewolf. Where have you been?

Grog. Busy, busy day today. I wanted to get my ‘70 Mark III ready for the summer and I took Wolfangil to an antique town about 95 miles away. A few more things I indulged in. I finally ran out of daylight. LOL

ok. Just thought your absense all day was odd if not disturbing.

It’s fine, Grog. Thank you.

I think it’s time fer this boo boo dum dum head to head off to bed.

I, too, need to hit the horizontal position.

Good Night Everyone

P&L

Well, last posting was 2 hours ago, suspect no one is home. ‘Tis just as well, I need to get back to bed (virus scan completed, computer was still on).

But first, what a beautiful breakfast spread. Thanks Ladywolf

Pancakes with syrup, about 5 pounds of bacon (I love bacon) and orange juice.

Once I have wolfed this down (tongue in cheek) I go back to bed. Everyone have a great day!

Oh, for the curious, it’s 4:15am here and I gotta get up for work in a few hours. RL can be a real drag……

But when you come back, CocoMocha will be added to Ladywolf’s menu, and if that doesn’t wake you up, nothing will.

(Doctor Toon’s Nuclear Coffee, on the other hand, might wake you up, but then it might just turn you into a mutant with superhuman powers…not always the best thing to be when you’re coming into work on Monday morning.)

LADY. A wonderful breakfast to start the week. WOODEYE I always felt like a low life drinking beer for breakfast, then I discovered Sunday morning Bloody Marys, a high class drunk in the morning.I used to ride to a high class town to enjoy my “breakfast” Then I laid down my bike coming home, I quit motorcycles but not drinking at that point in life.

Then I discovered DOC TOON’s nuc coffee. Now, instead of my hands shaking uncontrollably cause of last night overindulgence, they shook uncontrollably cause of today’s caffeine OD.I hear there are 12 step programs but I’m scared I might spill my coffee on the stairs

Morning TRIBE! I jumped out of bed and cried, “OBoy, I wonder what’s happening at work today?” Then I skipped down the road with a smile on my lips and a song in my heart to see my loving co-workers and understanding supervisors who recognize, acknowledge and reward my every effort.

Good morning and happy monday. Ladywolf thank you for the grits.

Good Morning Tribe

Good Morning Quaby, Akenta, Lewreader & Johanan

Good Morning Doc. It is a great “catchphrase” and I like using it. I swiped it from you and hope you don’t mind. I use it in RL, too. It states exactly what I feel! Thank you.

Doc–Hey, that’s their way of feeling each other out. The quicker they figure it out, the better for you guys! LOL

See that, Doc. He’s no dummy!

Morning, Lonewolf & Doctor Toon!

Good Morning, Grog!

Good to see you, man.

Grog, I answered back to you at Lio.

Take it easy and rest well, Doc.

Catch you later!

Thinking tires me out, too, Lonewolf. It’s probably why I might not post on strips that make me think too much. Thinking to much can give me a headache, too.

Morning All!

Morning, Digital!

G’Morning DFrog

Good Morning All. Another Monday is upon us all.

Good Morning, Cleo. It is warming back up again today. 59° and mostly sunny. Good thing too, because I have work to do outside today.

Good Morning, Cleo

Upper 60’s for us today, Lonewolf.

Good Morning Grog! I saw you were all alone on page 2, so I thought I should pop in here real quick. I’m doing stuff here in the casa. I’ll be popping in and out here.

Grog, I really am looking forward to the warmer weather now. I have so much to do outdoors this summer.

Hello Terry, Grog and Carmy. It is cloudy and mild here.

Hey Cleo, It’s 56, cloudy and a bit windy here.

Carmy you are a few degrees warmer than I, but that pretty much sums up our day as well.

Off to take care of business. I’ll catch you all later this afternoon. Good luck with the plumber today, Grog.

Have a great day, everyone!

figures, I finally get on and Carmy, Cleo, and Fellow Baby are gone! Oh well!

Hey Dry! I’m here for now. I’m doing some computer maintenance on another computer.

Hey Carmy Since my plumber had to disappear for a couple of hours, he suggested that I do my errands while he got the part he needed.

I went to the bank, got the car washed & gassed up.

It’s sunny here and starting to warm up.

Hi Grog, That’s cuz you’re in Texas! Wish I was there too. I was going to see my Mom during Spring Break, but I think I have to wait until Summer. :-(

I just got back, Fellow Baby

I am still around, kinda, sorta.

Cleo, me too with the kinda, sorta.

And my plumber’s back too. Talk about good timing.

I hope the plumber is wearing one of those long t-shirts, cuz you know, crack kills.

I don’t think I’ll be seeing any of that, Carmy. But thank for your concern. :-O

Hee hee!!

Isn’t that why they make plumber’s putty?

Ok, the plumber’s done. I’m going to take a quick trip down to Home Depot.

Grog, was the plumber’s visit relatively painless?

Not really. $600.

600. dollars? Whoa!

Carmy you’re hilarious!

Hard fought for, and gone before you can say “Shaz-bat” how ever you spell it.

Hey, I just replaced the rod assembly in one of the bathroom sinks. Do I get 600 bucks too?

I’m done playing bank machine today, Carmy

Nanu Nanu, Grog! Carmy, no but you do* get to go to the head of the class!! Oh, and here is your *gold star! ;-) cleo, anything good planned for today?

Hey, JFri!

Doc Your cat’s about to explode!**

Did it swallow a watermelon?

HI JFRI! HI GROG!

HI CLEO!

Of course, you all ran when you saw me coming, didn’t you?

:-P

Hi you all. Nice to see you here when I am here Shika. I just got back from a bike ride JFri and I was expected to get rained on, instead the sun started to come out, which is always good. I may have to go to town, but will maybe let my wife go on her own instead.

I see you just talked trash last night. You really need to curb yourselves and get out of the gutter!

Sorry Shika, but my stomach is growling and is screaming for a turkey burger.

And on that high note, it behooves me to say that I must now depart to facilitate the accomplishment of my sundry assignments.

Er, cleo did you do that on purpose?

Why a turkey burger? So you could gobble it up?

Grog, I hear you, but I was thinking maybe someone else would pay me. Hi Shika! That poor cat, how does it even walk around? JFri, thanks for the gold bar!

It’s really hard to type when I keep yawning. I’m going down for a nap. See you all later.

It must be on a skate board. No cat could walk with that weight. I thought Mua was big, but he’s teeny compared to Doc’s stuffed cat.

Nap time!! Me too!!

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Hi, Shika

I’ve got to start putting some garbage out. I’ve got a lot today. Also have to get my laundry folded.

BBL

Well It looks like everyone has disappeared. I guess I will find some other mischief to get into.

Chaos, Panic & Disorder My Work Here Is Done

Luv & Happiness Doc T!

Hello Tribe

Just popped in nosing around for bacon scraps. (sniff, sniff, poke, scrabble) Ah, there’s half a slice. Just enough to keep me going through choir practice. We’re doing the Hallelujah Chorus from The Messiah. We have a cd with just the orchastral music, we sing to that and it sounds like we’ve got a philharmonic in the church. And it frees up our musicians (flutes, voilins, oboes, clarinets and guitars) to sing with us. Considering we are a small choir that’s really great (our regular Sunday choir, the ‘chancel choir’ is 7 people strong, all female. We have soprano, alto and malto (really low alto).

Got to run. Ya’ll take care. As is often said around here, Peace and Love

Good Afternoon, (((((((TRIBE)))))))

I missed you guys!

I’m back–sort of–busier than I’d like with a funeral today and another tomorrow. And soon I’ve got to go to our Feastday (St. Benedict) Vespers…

Doctor Toon said, about 10 fighting cats ago

“…I fear no man, but women scare the crud out of me!”

Hey, I was just on a three day “little course” in Christianity with about 80 women–24 new candidates, plus the rest coming back as leaders, backup, cooks, etc. Only guy among the girls…and we did fine. My ears may take a couple of days to recover–oh, and my voice (got a touch of bronchitis, I believe), but other than that I’m fine!

Still, it is kinda odd to be the only man in a room full of 50 or 100 women–and the only one wearing skirts…

Welcome Back Bunnyface!

Good afternoon children! How goes it today?

Hi Johnnydoc5! My childish self:

(Blows Raspberry!)

bye~bye

bunny & johnnyd hello gentlemen. Welcome back bunny, sounds like things went well.

Hey there Cleo!

Hi and bye Johnny!

@bunnyface 80 women? No wonder your ears hurt! Some men call that cackling! LOL! I work with 10 people, male and female, but 2 of the women, LOVELY ladies would do anything for you, but they are masters at “talk, talk, talk” until your ears ring! After a while, a glazed look comes over your eyes and one just nods and smiles!

Dry, I am making dinner tonight and since you like hot you would love this (I think). It is called Dak_Galbi, or Korean spicy chicken. I am marinating the boneless, cut up chicken thighs in a ton of cayenne, Korean hot pepper paste, garlic, grated ginger and some corn syrup, sugar, sesame oil, mirin and pepper. It should be very hot.

Oh Cleo that sounds HEAVENLY!! Please save me some!

You got it Dry. It is cooked with sliced onion, chunks of scallions, sliced carrot, zuchinni, savoy cabbage and shitake mushrooms.

Oh Lordy, Cleo even reading your description of the chicken makes my tonsils cringe and my sinus’s unblock. The ‘backdoor’ even shuddered in thinking of the byproduct 1-2 days later.

You know, there’s something odd, though. I don’t have tonsils…what the heck is cringing in my throat????

Quaby LOL

Oh boy Cleo! YUMMY! I’m coming, save me some!*

Hi Quaby

Good enough Dry, I will set another place at the table, do you like a fork or chopsticks?

Hello Tribe! I just want to thank you all for the kind words about my breakfast preparation for you all. I’m still getting used to things here since I came back. You are all great company and I’m proud to have you as my friends.

And all I had was a rib-eye smothered in mushrooms & onions.

I know that Koreans usually eat with a spoon instead of chopsticks, but to me food tastes better with chopsticks. Maybe it is the lack of metal.

Grog a ribeye smothered in mushrooms and onions is super good. I love a bone in ribeye, the marbling and marrow in the bone are good eating.

No bone, cleo, but plenty of good eating. I managed to pick up a nice supply at a low price, so there’s more of those in my immediate future.

Gotta do the dishes now, but I’ll be back (Schwartzenegger voice).

Cleo I’ll take chopsticks. Always enjoyed eating with them. Added a little something extra to the meal!

Hey Grog!*

BBL “24” night!

Chopsticks???? If you want to see a REAL mess, let me use them!

Quaby You have a way with words! lol

cleo Some of the chicken would round off my meal very nicely. Do you have any left?

Hi Doc! Bye Doc!

Hi johnny (I think I saw you here. I may be wrong. We kepp missing each other.)

HI JFRI!

Must be supper time, movie time or just not Shika’s time here. Back to work for me!

BBL

Hi, Shika!

Shika you kepp missing Johnyy? No wonder!

Kepp???

Yea Grog, that’s what I said! Shika said “Kepp” not I sir!

I am now joining The Big Sleep in progress. Next, *The Maltese Falcon for as long as I can keep my eyes open.

I see that now! My sincere apologies, Fellow Baby

Bunnyface!! I missed you too. How on earth did you survie in a room full of women wearing the pants in the family? LOL!

(You suggested that you were the only one wearing a skirt, or am I hallucinating again?)

I kepp fergitting .

Dry Kepp that up, and I’ll make you wepp!

Shika, turn some lights on so you can see your keyboard.

BTW. Why do you and Grog call each other Fellow Baby?

Just wondering, Because inquiring minds want to know.

And I’m gone again.

BBL

What’s a keyboard? I’m not playing anything here. :-)

I’ll let you field that one, Fellow Baby

Shika, it’s from WKRP.

Good Evening Everyone.

Grog, I’m trying to watch the movies, but I am printing directions for Wolfangil and her mother. They are going to Lancaster, PA for a quilt show and to visit some Longwood Botanical Garden place. I’m sure I have the movie somewhere but not sure where.

Shika Grog and I are BIG BIG fans of the old show “WKRP in Cincinatti”! Wonderful, hysterical comedy show! ONe of MY FAVES for sure!

Dry, I’ve found a site that sells the complete set with original music and uncut. I’m considering getting it, but with the knowledge that it won’t be with the best quality. But then again, a lot of good movies have terrible transfers to DVD. I’m thinking it may be worth it. I may try to acquire it before the end of the month.

Hey,Lonewolf. The movie is on TCM, if you’ve got a TV close by.

Grog YOu talkin’ about “KRP? If nothing else, I would love the one uncut, with Little Arthur and the Patton music. Can you buy one season or do you have to buy the whole series?

I’ve seen WKRP but forget what the connection is. Dry can you tell me what Fellow Baby means?

Grog, I’ve got it on the tube, but I’m trying to get Wolfangil all set for their trip. They leave tomorrow. I am missing more of the movie than I’m watching.

Okay, I read your post Dry. I loved the show too. So Fellow Baby isn’t a line on the show?

Anyways, best I say “GUNITE” and let you guys yap away on your own.

I have a quiz to study for, and a precis to write.

Dry, I think you can only get the full series. It is “cable quality” and is currently on sale at this site. http://tinyurl.com/Fellow-Baby

Shika actually “Fellow Baby” is a line on the show, Dr. Johnny Fever (Hward Hesseman) , one of the DJ’s, it was his catch phrase!

Dry, I modified the link. It wasn’t working.

Shika here. I forgot that too! Howard Hesseman was a blast!

I think someone put a magnet here, and I have too much iron!

If you get that, you are as crazy as I am after all this reading.

Blah. Back to it then.

Well my Korean spicy chicken had my wife coughing before she even sat down at the table, from the pepper. She took a few bites, altered it with tofu and no sauce and proclaimed it still to hot. She has been coughing on and on for 45 minutes. Oh well, it spiced up our relationship. LOL

Well, I missed you again Shika. If you want the chicken, there is some left. the question is, can you stand the heat. If not, get out of the kitchen. :-)

ME, ME, ME! I’LL TAKE YOUR LEFTOVERS, CLEO!

SHIKA oh dear! I got it! Lord help me!

Dry, my wife usually claims the leftovers when she cooks. She definitely doesn’t want any part of these. LOL

Good Evening, Cleo.

Your dinner sounds great. I developed quite a taste for Korean food when I was in country.

cleo, did you have any trouble downing the contents of your plate?

Grog, I think I’m going to have to wait until “The Shootist” is on before I can watch without any interruptions.

That’ll be past my bed time, Lonewolf, but then I saw it recently.

Terry hello. Grog aside from a runny nose from the heat no. I love hot food.

Grog I wonder if unedited means the “Original” songs they played? That’s a decent price, I bookmarked it, If it has the ORIGINAL sound track I think I’ll get it! Thanks for the link!

Movie time.

Dry, I will let you know. I just ordered it. I know you already purchased the first season, but it would be better it you could get it all intact, don’t you think?

That show does not show up much in syndication, but when it does, it’s all cut to ribbons with music that I never heard of.

To see Les in right field again and Jennifer wearing those short shorts. Then there was the wrastlin’ preacher and Bobby Boogy among other gems.

I have 8 shows on tape including the pilot episode, but believe me it’s not enough.

Grog OH yes I know! And even Blockbuster is down to the first season, and Netflix (I googled them) doesn’t have it at all). I would LOVE the original music, but I doubt you’ll get that. I should get the set, you’re right, because it is getting scarcer and scarcer to find. Just check the one with Little Arthur, let me know what the music is! Don’t wait too long to tell me, though, ok?

Grog The ball game with Les, PRICELESS!

We have several recorded on VHS, but you can just imagine the shape they are in, I have so many things recorded on VHS, I should just pitch the lot, but I keep saying, I’m going to check those tapes and see if they are still any good! Yeah, right, and h e l l is going to freeze over, I guar un tee! LOL!

I won’t, Dry. The one I want to see is the one where Les has a date with Jennifer to the “Pig Ball”. While Les is putting on his rug, Hot Blooded is supposed to be playing. I will expect no less.

I called these people some time ago, and they assured me it was all the original soundtract. As soon as I get it, I will play a few of my fav’s (and yours) and let you know.

The best part about having a TV/DVD player in my home “office” is that I can give you a play-by-play of what I’m seeing.

Take it easy, Doc. Have a good evening!

Doc That was the BEST episode, andLittle Arthur and the theme music from Patton! “Good times, good times!”

Now Grog since Doc has left, you get to answer the million dollar question, Whose catch phrase was “Good times, good times”?

GROG WITHOUT GOOGLING IT!

From WKRP or another show?

If it was WKRP, I’d have to say A.C, A.K.A. “Art”. “Thanks for the lid, Art”

PSSSTTT!!

Grog you lose! Phil Hartman, “Bill McNeil”, “News Radio”!

Yeah, I never would have guessed that. I like News Radio and I have a couple of seasons, but I love WKRP.

The stuff that dreams are made of is over.

I’ll see you all on the flip side.

If there’s any chicken left, I brung my chopsticks!

hey bunny! So you had a great time with 80 cackling women, eh?

Yes, I’m pretty easy going, and I just float up and down with the waves…

Hello. Bunnyface(bmonk)

Catch you later, Grog

bunny glad you float, I would hate for you to sink! :-) Of course, one man and 80 women, I’ll bet they spoiled you rotten!

Yes, there was a bit of spoiling. But I will deny that any of their bribes got any group a better vote when I had to judge their posters!

“What happens at Cursillo, stays at Cursillo!”

Besides, they liked the way I summarized the doctrines, and such…

bunny Yeah! LOL! (Just teasin’ ya!)

Hey Dry You missed some chicken! Yum!

Yow! (Delayed reaction) Whew. Good stuff cleo Where’s the blowtorch? I need to cool off!

Hi bunnyface And what happens at Big Top, stays at Big Top, right? Or do the ladies know your name is bunnyface? (love to tease ya! LOL)

Lesee–humor, the ability to steal bells from the bell-ringer (I got more from her, with less violence, than anyone else), a nice, clear message–they sure acted like I done good.

Well, I hear my bed calling–time to descend the wooden hill…

Let’s say the ladies knew a variant of Bunnyface…

Sorry I missed you Grog.

I’m still reading here. I can’t turn my brain off. And no comments from the peanut gallery about “what brains?” okay?

I’m leaving before the turnover, because I already ate and cleaned up the kitchen.

Help yourself to leftovers if no one makes breakfast. There’s lots in the refrigerator.

Goom night. (Not a misprint!)

Bunnyface You create more of a mystery than you clear up, but I suppose that’s the intent!

What wooden hill?

Never mind.

Bye!