Big Top by Rob Harrell for November 17, 2010

Ah-Ha…Good Morning! and good night Sojo and Luv is Busy cooking today but will stop by for some goodies at some point. Cheers!

Good Morning, Tribeandall

Good Morning ♠Lonewolf♠!

Good morning Lonewolf and have a pleasant day.

Good morning/evening, Tribeandall……it snowed all day today, and now it’s crystal clear with a very pretty moon to the west! And, it’s 16 degrees……….brrrrrr!

I’m really tired, so I’ll hit the horizontal position, and see all of you in the a.m.

‘night…..:))))

Good Morning HopeandJoy and Montana Lady.

Have a good night Montana Lady.

Good Morning, HopeandJoy, Montana Lady & Sojo

I’ll have a T-bone steak, 2 eggs over medium, hash browns w/onions, chocolate cake and tea please.

Good Morning HopeandJoy, Lonewolf, Montana Lady, Sojo & Little Sister Be Naughty

Lonewolf may I please have the blueberry pancakes with blueberry sauce and a cup of Nuclear Coffee?

Good Morning Luv Is Trying.

Good Morning, Luved One!

Your orders are up, Luv & Sojo. There are seconds if you wish.

With that I will call it a night(morning). The peepers are wanting to close against my will.

The virtual breakfast servers are on standby in my absence.

Good Night, Sojo, HopeandJoy, Montana Lady & Luved One

P&L

Good Night HopeandJoy, Montana Lady and Lonewolf

Thank you Lonewolf

Wow! Stucco must of had an unpleasant past with the Clownfia.

Hello Everyone

Big Brother I’ll have the Breakfast skillet Burritos w/ diced ham and Sausage, with a glass of orange juice, to go

Good night everyone :-)

Thank you ♠Lonewolf♠.

Good Night All!

Time for my zzzzzz’s.

♪ P&L ♪ ≡≡ POOF! ≡≡

Hi and bye Lil’ Sis Be Bad.

Good Night Little Sister & Sojo

Leave it to the Big Top crowd to find a lighthearted take on the Mafia!

For too long in the BT, I have been salivating like Pavlov’s dog over LONEWOLF’S virtual breakfast. I have solved the problem, I have stocked my fridge with ingredients he will be likely to cook. Ha! Now I can enjoy the culinary wonders of his imagination along with the zero calories of BT breakfast. As long as I cook only what’s on the menu, I can’t grow fat.. To prove this a suggest you get your BS in GoComic Logic and Philosophy. If it’s not funny—-

Now I know some of you may have wondered at why GoComics knighted me Sir Lew, Genius.. Obviously, it was the circumference of my mind and belly the drew (no pun) their attention.

Morning TRIBE! Lack of nicotine and caffeine can do funny things to a man.

Good Morning, Tribe!

Lewreader, that sounds like an interesting idea. Let me know how it progresses for you.

I need to get moving early once again. Have an appointment this morning. Be back later.

Have a great day Tribe.

P&L

Good Morning, HopeandJoy, ♠Lonewolf♠, Sojourner, MontanaLady, Luv Is Trying, Lil’ Sis, Lewreader & Doctor Toon.

Good Morning, HopeandJoy, Lonewolf, Sojourner, MontanaLady, Luv is, Lil’ Sister, Lewreader Doctor Toon and Mr. Grog!

Hashbrowns, bisquit and NuCoffee, please, Lonewolf.

Montana Lady please keep all that snowy cold weather out there and don’t let it come east. Today is 50 degrees and sunny.

Good Morning, Frankr

Good morning, tribe! Hello Doc, Hope&Joy, Wolfie, Sojo, MontanaLady, Luv, Lil’ Sis, Sir Lew, Grog and Frankr

r mom

Doc - Are you getting any snow? We have a better than 50% chance of rain here.

It’s been nippy here at night, but no hard freezes in my area yet. The daytime temps haven’t been too bad, although they’re getting to the point where I need to have a jacket.

Good Morning, Rmom

A cold front is supposed to pass through tonight. No snow though and it’ll warm up for the wek-end. Long range has a cold Thanksgiving headed our way.

Doc - I’m more cold-blooded than you are, so I really need a jacket when I’m outside. That’s the part I dislike about cold weather - needing a coat or jacket. Grog - I’ve been surprised the warmer weather has lasted this long, so it is just a matter of time.

My husband says my blood doesn’t circulate. I know that I need to be warm before I put on a coat & gloves, because if there’s no heat to be trapped inside, I never get warm - just don’t get much colder. Many times I’ve arrived home, and had to soak in a tub of hot water to get warmed up to comfortable again.

Guten morgen alle.

Good Morning, ALL!

I prefer Calvin’s response– Hobbes (asking about dad’s car, hypothetically): “How bad are we supposing?”

Calvin: “If we imaginedhe could find the car, we could pretend it might be fixed.”

Hobbes (looking surprised): “I see.” … Calvin (reading from book) “¿Que pasa, Señorita? ¡I am el fugitivo!”

http://marcel-oehler.marcellosendos.ch/comics/ch/1990/05/19900520.gif

Good Morning, MisngNOLA & bmonk.

@Rmom, you also need some warm broth or chocolate to go inside as well as warming up the outside…

Heavy frost update: we got enough to cover the ground, pretty much–but it’s hardly enough to make a good snowball, much less a catapult bomb–so I guess you guys are safe, at least from me.

OTOH, it doesn’t look like melting much today–not with the sky perfectly overcast like it is.

≡≡ P O P ! ≡≡ ♪ Hello TRIBE! ♪

Hello to all those here!

Good Morning Doctor Toon!

Good morning, Sojo! Top o’th morning to you!

Goodnight, DocT! Sleep tight, and don’t let the bedbugs bite!

Good Morning bmonk!

Have a good sleep Doctor Toon.

Not even thoughts of snow here. I am still waiting for a nice thunderstorm. We had two wannabes but they didn’t wannabe enough. It requires less than 30 minutes between stuff to be any fun.

Good Morning, Sojourner

Actually it’s good afternoon, now.

Hello Luv Is Trying - Windy and getting colder here (fells like it, overcast and not warm like it’s been). Some sprinkles and heavier rain in the area.

Hello Grog!

Been updating my virus program to a newer version and I’ve been having to re-boot several times etc.

Sojo, you have a special virus for your computer?

Sir Lew, you are giving up caffeine and smoking? I am really proud of you and extremely grateful that I live across the country from you.

Luv Is Trying - Luckily no. :-) (I hope.)

Good afternoon, Luv Is Trying

Good afternoon (almost) Grog & Sojo

Good afternoon, bmonk, Luv, Sojo, Grog, & NOLA bmonk - As long as I don’t burn my tongue, a mug of hot chocolate made with milk and lots of marshmallows would be great! Sojo - It just started sprinkling here, and from the looks of the radar, I’ll be driving through rain to get home. You’ll probably get some, but right now, it is just circling around you. Luv - No severe watches or warnings out around me. West of Wichita there are high wind warnings, but not where I, Sojo or Kab should be.

Well, I hate to “post & run”, but I need to head home. TTFN!

Have a safe trip Rmom.

Luv Is Trying said, about 1 aaargh! ago

Sojo, you have a special virus for your computer?

Apparently, she does–and it’s working just great!

Rmom–I’ll have a cup virtually waiting beside the virtually filled steaming tub!

Rmom, you are all cute and dressed up for Thanksgiving. Soon peoples will be getting ideas like that we should be counting our blessings instead of our troubles.

Ladyhawk, if you are lurking. I hope you are giving your children random hugs and frowns (maybe they will confess to something you didn’t know they did?). Please let us know how you and yours are doing? Luv & Courage to you.

Hi Bmonk, did you see HopeandJoy’s question a few days ago about whether you were in the religious profession? Are you like a high muckity- muck? Because if you are don’t tell, and if you aren’t don’t tell.

No, I must have missed the question. I have professed as a religious–so I suppose that means I’m in the profession. I’m no high muckity-muck. Monks don’t have grades beyond being finally professed, unless you get elected Abbot or something. We do have seniority–but that’s by length of time in profession, so it depends on how many people joined after you–which these days makes for slow advancement.

BTW, when was the question?

November 12, 2010 page 2 (Friday)

HopeandJoy:

Hi bmonk I have been meaning to ask, ARE you a minister type? It feels as if you are.

Earlier on the same page:

bmonk:

Strange–p. 2 of Big Top keeps dumping me into strange pages, seemingly at random….

It seems that gocomics was trying to log me out-maybe.

I added the muckity-muck part. (I am sorry I didn’t make that part clear. I am having trouble picturing HopeandJoy asking anyone if they are a muckity-muck) You follow instructions no better than I.

Sorry to pop in so late. I have photos of the flowers blooming in my patio, but haven’t taken them out of my camera yet. I have to transfer them to one laptop, then to this one (or else do all the cropping and such on the first, not quite as easy a task).

One of these days, I simply must come up with a permanent alternate breakfast menu, so I can slip it in when others can’t (or are late, or offer things I at least don’t particularly care for).

So… Luv Is No Longer Angelic? Figures. Don’t get discouraged, ducky. :)

As a parting shot, here’s what I looked like as an underweight college junior, way back in the 1979-1980 school year. As far as I’m concerned, I only went downhill from here…

Hello Johanan

Hello Johanan! - Thanks for your idea and photo.

Luv Is Trying - I noticed it was changed! Beware - Learning Curve Ahead!

It just started snowing here. It melts as soon as it lands though as it’s too warm for it to stay. :-)

When is everyone going to start sharing images of their snow?

Yes! That is it! I don’t feel like learning new stuff. Phooey!

The snow is starting to cause some problems. The Yellowstone web cams are starting to fail. A couple of days ago the window the live cam looks through was covered with ice and snow. It’s now off-line. Old Faithful cam isn’t working. The cam at the top of a mountain is out (was covered in clouds, when you could see all was covered with snow. A couple of nights ago I saw people at a beach in Australia. It was 2:00 in the afternoon there and is spring. I wanted to see what it was like there as I have a cousin living there.

HopeandJoy said, 4 sun-cycle inquiries ago

Hi bmonk I have been meaning to ask, ARE you a minister type? It feels as if you are.

Well, yes, I am–sort of. My first call is to be a monk (Benedictine), which is not really a ministerial call–but through that call, I was also ordained as a priest.

Luv Is (Lucky) Duckie said, about 1 chiding ago

…You follow instructions no better than I.

Well, you never said what to do if I was and wasn’t a muckity-muck…

Yes, I noticed that Photobucket changed its features again. But then, I like climbing learning curves. It keeps my ineffable ENFP-hood challenged… :)

It’s ambiguity that freaks me out.

Hi everyone. Ive been trying to get on for the last couple of days but for some reason my comments wont post on BT and a couple of other strips. Dont know why as I can post on some. Is someone trying to tell me Ive been here too long.

I understand, Johanan–except that we INFP and INTP types dwell in ambiguity–and organize it six ways from Sunday, which offers us even more ambiguity, since we can choose any of the six ways to look at it…

I was borderline ENTP, but that was 15 years ago. Wonder what I am now?

Bmonk, you are right as usual.

Strangely, I am relieved you are not a muckity-muck.

Serenasakitty, Hi! Looks like you’ve had some troubles…

Hello serenasakitty! You made it on but the font on your comment isn’t correct. :-)

Luv Is Duckie, it shouldn’t change that much over time, especially once you are reasonably mature. Borderline ENTP with what?

Reasonably mature? ummmm……..

Actually all four of them were borderline.

So, you are, like, an XXXX?

[He he he!]

I am happy to see you. I missed you. I had to blame the kitchen fire on you, just to see your name. We were sure it was you because all the ice cream was gone. Gee, I hope Doc has replaced that.

Bmonk, if it was possible. (sticks out tongue)

Good (?) afternoon Luv is Duckie, bmonk, Sojo, Skitty, JRak and others off the written page It is raining a cold sort of drizzle but hey, the visitors at our table have departed with their full tums and we are put back together again and tidy. A nice feeling of pleasure for us. Even had a nap!! and one piece of pumpkin pie (large) waits patiently for us to share later.

bmonk Thank you for your response. ‘tis a goodly calling. May make some further comments another day.

Sorry Luv, but the kitchen fire WASNT my fault. As for the ice cream, remember, I left the cartons. Errr I mean somebody told on me. You cant believe half the lies told about me.

I think I am as opposite an one can be to all of you. I am an ISTJ

Hello HopeandJoy - Sounds like a good afternoon despite the weather.

@Grog, does that make you Johanan’s and Luv’s shadow? (Not mine, as I’m an INXP…)

I think it was, Sojo

I really have to be on my toes around the Big Top or who knows WHAT will happen with LID around to stir things up. Save the Geckos!

While I am thinking about the weather, Luv is Ducky, if you live in Oregon, I thought they didn’t have thunder there but I am not sure WHY I carry that assumption. It doesn’t make sense, but a lot of my assumptions don’t!

V-a-n-i-s-h-i-n———g

Serenasakitty, I cleaned up the cartons. You mean someone has borrowed your MO to throw suspicion off of themself and onto you? Wow!

I will remember, Serenasakitty does not accidently burn the kitchen. She doesn’t cook her ice cream before eating it. Guess I should have thought about that?

bmonk INX? P. Never heard of that one.

Luv is Duckie, I have no snow to take pictures of and hope not to have any this year - or next.

A couple of sites that might help you find your type–or an approximation of it anyway:

http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes2.asp

Thanks Luv Im glad thats cleared up.

Im using a new laptop that Im not used to yet.

@Grog, the X indicates that I am on the borderline between T and F. Most likely, my base type is INFP, but since that is so “unmasculine” (our cultural image for the boss male is ESTJ), and because low affect is “more masculine”, I adapted to get more T…increasing the percentages from about 1% of men to add another category with about 1.5-2% of men…

Thanks, bmonk. That clears it up

Hi, serena. Good to see you finally.

Good afternoon Tribe!

Super long day for me. Or at least it seemed that way. Doesn’t feel as if I accomplished very much either!

HI, Serena, Bmonk, HopeandJoy, Grog, Sojo &

Luv ???

Hi Lonewolf Hope your evening is pleasant and restful.

Bye again.

Hello ♠Lonewolf♠.

Good Evening HopeandJoy & Grog

HopeandJoy, we sometimes get a thunderstorm but nothing really big. Mostly a little grumbling. Oregon weather where I live tends to be moderate. Highs in the 90s are a big deal. Highs above 95 are check on your older relatives and neighbors. Temperatures below 20 at night are rare. We only got two snow days last winter.

Hello Lonewolf,

Maybe you have a burning need to hang Christmas lights?

HopeandJoy - - - Thanks, I plan on resting this evening.

Hi, ♠Lonewolf♠

The way the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) is administered these days strays far from the creators’ intentions. First, it should never be taken without the feedback of an administrator (one reason is that it gets the “core type” right the first time only 70% of the time). If you do so take it, then realize it can be off by 1-3 letters. The relative “strengths” of your preferences for E/I, S/N, T/F, and J/P are meant to be general indications of your preferences at the moment - nothing more. And those can indeed change over time, but that very change can hide your “core type” almost beyond recognition.

Second, in reality (when one is discussing what is really relevant, one’s “core type”) no one is a “borderline” anything. There is a difference - a very, very important one - between developing skill in or even liking for a cognitive process and finding it easy or less easy to use the same process. The one is nurture, the other is nature - apparently inborn.

Third, what really counts is the order of your cognitive processes and what “archetypes” they play in your mind and your relationship to the rest of the world. An INTP is VASTLY DIFFERENT in his mental and emotional construction from an INFP, so there is no such thing as a “borderline state” between them or a change over one’s lifetime between them. Here is a chart illustrating how and why this is so.

What can and does change is the emphasis one places on different aspects of one’s temperament, the interactive styles one uses socially and in leadership and the adaptive types one takes on according to context. But the MBTI isn’t intended to clue you in on how that’s happening and why, and it’s a misuse of the test’s indications of “strengths of preference” to say that it is.

bmonk, from all indications you’ve shown you’re INFP - no way are you an INTP. (By all indications, it was Joe Allen Doty who was an INTP.) Of course ethically you should find this out for yourself, but don’t rely on the MBTI to make that distinction clear to you! It is only a first approximation.

I took Meyer-Briggs over 25 years ago I believe. Took it again about 6 months ago and there was no change.

Why Christmas lights, Luv ???

Or is it Luv XXX

Johanan - I checked the site you listed and came up with INTJ which seems to fit.

Johanan, you are scaring me. (Just so you know.) Thank you for the additional information.

I do hope that if someone intends to make life changing decisions and stuff they do not do so based entirely upon the results of any personality test. I am definiitely not cut out for leadership myself.

Lonewolf, ~ because it is grey and wet and dull and dim and depressing outside. (and my feet are cold)

Maybe these guys can help, Wink! http://images.ucomics.com/comics/csfzw/2010/csfzw101117.jpg

Hi, Saucy

Are you home for the Bears game tomorrow night, ♠Lonewolf♠?

Hello Saucy - I bet they can!

Hi, tribe! Sojo - Thanks for answering my unasked question - are you a mind reader? I didn’t see any snow on my way home, but I noticed the outside temperature was in the high 30’s, so thought once the sun went down, we could get snow. bmonk - Your virtual offer is accepted! Now I may have to do that in real life. At least now that I’m home, I can soak in a tub. The trailer only has a shower. I took the quiz and it says I’m an ENTJ. I’ve taken other tests (such as John Trent’s characterizing people as Lions, Golden Retrievers, Beavers & Otters) and know what I am on those, but not familar with this one enough to know if I agree with its conclusions.

Drat, my filter just blocked page 3. See you all later!

Hi, Rmom

Hi Saucy & Rmom!

Grog, yes I am home and they have it on regular cable here in ChiTown, too.

Grog, both my Tuesday and Thursday pool league teams had byes this week, so I get to be home both days.

Lucky for you, ♠Lonewolf♠. You don’t play on Thanksgiving, do you?

No, not on Thanksgiving, Grog.

Speaking of Thanksgiving, are you doing anything special Grog?

I’ve got a Tur-Duc-Hen and the Saints/Cowboys game. Life is good.

I may do a Cajun Roast Pork & Tortiere for Christmas. I am drooling now.

Grog - - You’re making me hungry and I already ate dinner!

So am I, ♠Lonewolf♠ and I ate too. But I also believe in planning ahead. Especially after last year when I was looking all over to find a Tur-Duc-Hen. In Dallas, they seemed to be so much easier to find and get.

I guess Dallas would be the most likely place! :^)

Hi Saucy & Rmom

Hot Cocoa! With whipped cream!

Just peeping in:

Thanks for the idea Luv is Duckie (like the name) I am going to make some right now!!! *: )

♠Lonewolf♠, John Madden never had any problems getting his hands on Tur-Duc-Hen.

He was in Dallas quite often, Grog.

I wonder if they’re as easy to find in San Francisco. I think that’s where he lives now.

I would think he has enough money to have them delivered from anywhere in the country!

Quite true, ♠Lonewolf♠. What was I thinking?

Hi HopeandJoy, thank you.

You guys aren’t talking Foo Ball? Are you?

Hi, HopeandJoy, somehow I missed your post.

Just briefly, when we were talking about plans, Duckie One. Mostly we’ve been talking food. Didn’t you notice?

She wouldn’t notice it as being food unless we mention Chocolate!

LOL

Good one, ♠Lonewolf♠, and likely quite true.

It won’t be on my menu, Duckie One, but I may get a Cheese Cake. I’m not sure I’ll have room for it though after I’ve stuffed myself with Tur-Duc-Hen.

Who ate my Chocolate Cake?

Luv Is Duckie - Maybe you forgot you did?

No, I had blueberry pancakes with blueberry sauce. Sojo, you like chocolate cake.

Well, I’m calling it a night.

Gunite, Tribeandall!

Good Night Grog.

Luv Is Duckie - I like BOTH! :-)

Good Night, Grog. Rest well!

Night Grog, Spider & Ghost Dreams

Who’s got b-fast this evening??

If I’m awake I can put somthing up but it will be about the same as I always have. I shoud be awake.

I have some dandelion greens and moldy bread crusts. Some slightly green water.

Luv Is Duckie - That sounds duckie but …