Big Top by Rob Harrell for December 22, 2010

Spaghetti and meatballs. Philly Cheese steak sandwich Southern fried chicken eggs made your way with pancakes, sausage and bacon French toast or cinnamon toast Buttermilk biscuits and gravy Mashed potatoes, fried potatoes or hash browns Breakfast burritos and tacos Assorted donuts Cereal —————————————————————– Premium or imported beer Bloody Mary, Margaritas, Pena coladas, martinis Chardonnay, Zinfandel, or Merlot Asst. fruit drinks, & Teas Also milk and chocolate milk Regular or Doc’s World Famous Nuclear Coffee Starbright’s Divine Cocoa Mocha courtesy of Johanan Rakkav & Chris Alan My Big Sisters Berry delicious breakfast Smoothies bmonks Cup of cheap mint mocha Sodas like pepsi, also available in floats **Hot chocolate with or without marshmallows with whip cream on top by request.

Oprah wouldn’t have drawn this fly. No Oprah for me, thank you.

Good Morning, Little Sister I’ll have 2 Philly Cheese Steaks and a Blue, please.

Here you go Grog :-) I hope you enjoy it.

I love Philly Cheese!

Me too!

Oprah giving a ten year old boy a car, She truly has lost her sanity and is a danger to us all. Keep her caged up for our own safety.

Good night and sweet dreams everyone. :-)

I would take a car! But I wouldn’t let her go….

Good Morning, WoodEye

I, too, am calling it a night….a morning…..whatever!

I have to wonder what Oprah Winfrey would think of this series…

Good Morning, Johanan

Pop GoodMorningTRIBEANDALL and Santa GROG!

Another bizzy one after I clean out my shorts from the drive into work. The roads in SE Wisconsin are skating rinks. Didn’t hit anything….hard anyways. I did have to do some trick and fancy driving around and in some stuff. I hope that guy’s gonna be alright. I think I scared him a bit. What? I missed him by at least a foot. The grass took a beating though. PLEASE keep Ms O locked up. toontour

Pooph

Good Morning,

Runs with Nog

Lonewolf, if you’re in the building: I don’t remember any other Calvin and Hobbes snowmen cartoons, other than the collection discussed in my blog. If you find any others online, please let me know.

Good to see familiar names(or not) and faces (or not. I have gained 13 lbs eating non-virtual breakfast. For the last few months I have not been able to reach GoComics.I have blamed UCLICK for all my problems. Now that the presents are bought and the tree trimmed, I feel it only fair that I buy myself a new, bigger than I ever need computer. If this does not work I have every intention of moving in with Andy and Flo and wasting my life without Big Top.

Good Morning, Tribe

The above was not a suicide note. More like change of life. Maybe I should just buy a Corvette and get a hair implant. They could transplant it from my nose and ears.

Johanan, I have more of the “snowmen” strips saved in my files. I have found three already and I’m not through searching. When I get time, I will post them.

Johanan, hopefully this link works. This was one of about 3 or 4 in the art “set”.

Good Morning, ♠Lonewolf♠ & Lewreader.

Good Morning, Grog. I have got a wing dinger of a cold and it has taken a very good hold of me. Unfortunately I can’t stay home either.

Bummer, not a good time for it - not that any time is good, ♠Lonewolf♠. I take it pool is out for tonight?

Grog - - Sorry, I was getting ready.

I don’t have pool leagues on Wednesday, but I did not go to pool last night. I made this promise to be at this shop all week, so pool is on the back-burner right now.

With that I need to head out. I’ll shout during the day if I get the chance.

I hope everyone has a good day.

P&L

Good Morning, Doctor Toon.

Well I’ve got to head out and do some errands before those folks in Dallas start waking up and bothering me.

Hey Doc…thanks for the weather…. LEWREADER! Glad you found your way back.

I made it to work. Good thing I don’t have to drive far.

Good Morning. RwN, Doc & Grog(again)

Doc, I’m taking it as easy as the weather will let me. This business also has 11 tow trucks and does towing for the village(accidents). Seems we are moving vehicles around all day long. We have gotten quite a bit of snow lately and it is between all of the vehicles. It is impossible not to be trudging through it without getting your feet wet.

good morning, Everyone…….

First let me say how happy we are to be here in Raleigh with ALL our kids!!!! What a happy Christmas this will be.

Secondly, I just found out about the loss of Carmy. I enjoyed her postings, and still looming in my mind and heart is of the very good cartoon Thom from Birdbrains did with Carmy as the character.

To Carmy’s family, we share your loss.

Montana Lady in case you haven’t cruised through it yet, Thom reposted that BB toon today.

I don’t think it should have been done, I wouldn’t have done it myself, and I feel a bit sorry for the guy, but:

Irony alert!

Julian Assange is complaining that a confidential police report on him was leaked. “Assange’s lawyers demanded an official investigation, saying they can only imagine one motive behind the leaks: ‘Trying to make Julian look bad.’ ”

Here’s one story…

Thank youTribe for remembering Carmy Have a blessed Christmas.

OH, yes:

Good Morning, ALL and SUNDRY!

Esp: DoctT, ♠Lonewolf♠, Montana Lady, & Runs with Nog.

Shika-Mua, thank you and may YOU also have a blessed Christmas!

Good Morning, Montana Lady, Shika & Bmonk

Good Morning, Montana Lady, Shika-Mua & bmonk.

Montana Lady, happy to hear the trip was a safe one. I can feel your happiness all the way over here in Chicago! :^) Enjoy the holidays with your family.

Ditto, Montana Lady

Pleasant Dreams Doc T

Humbug Happy Dance!!!

Welcome Back Lewreader!

I’ve missed your charming demeanor. I hope you stick around. How goes the not smoking?

Hi, tribe! I’ve got a ton of stuff to get done today!! Pack for our trip and we’re opening gifts tonight, just for starters. Thankfully, we’re leaving tomorrow morning before the nasty (freezing drizzle maybe?) weather is supposed to hit our area.

Hi, Rmom

Sleep well, Doc

≡≡ P O P ! ≡≡ ♪ Hello TRIBE! ♪

Hello to all those here!

Hi, Doc! Sleep well! Hi, Grog!

Hello Rmom!

Hello, Sojourner

@Santa Grog, Humbug, Rmom & Sojo, Morning!

Daaa STRIP! I’m taking it that, since Pete still has the keys, Oprah is gone?

Who gives a car to a ten-year-old anyway?

Will this be the topic of the next Oprah show? (Or, maybe more likely, on some rival’s show?)

Hello Santa Grog and bmonk!

Hi, Sojo, bmonk & Humbug!

Love the Happy Elves, Humbug

Hello Humbug - I like your Happy Elf Dance!

Good Happy Elf Dance!

Can we see the Happy Humbug Dance next?

Good Morning or Afternoon Santa Grog, Rmom, Sojo, Bmonk and Everyone!

Can you have a Happy Humbug?

Hello RwN!

I dunno, Grog. Let’s ask. Hey Humbug, are you happy?

Good afternoon, Humbug!

Hey Sojo!

Hi, Rmom!

Terry my friend, how are you holding up?

Hello ♠Lonewolf♠!

Am I happy? Nah! That’s why they keep changing my drugs. (that and side effects).

We do have a contest to see which group can play the best joke on The Jiggly One though. Last Year’s Winner, Santa’s face was priceless. It is a good thing he keeps a spare suit in his sleigh.

HAHAHA! ROFLMAOPIMP!

Hello everyone.

I’m beginning to hate this rain. :-(

All this flooding, and now reports of sink-holes in some areas. Had to replace towels in the door cracks on the floor. My family is doing the best they can to keep the rain water from coming into the house.

Timmy very naughty - but he will get away with it this year at least.

I should of thought of that when I was a kid.

Hello Little Sister & Runs With Nog

Little Sister, too much of a good thing?

To much of a good thing ends up being a bad thing.

Hello, Little Sister.

Hi, Wolfie, Runs, & Lil’ Sis!

Hi Rmom

Sorry I’m not using happy face symbols like usual. I’m not very happy right now.

Despite the lids being fasten on the trash cans that hold the recyclables I still had to open it up and turn it over to drain the water out. Not a chore I like doing.

Hello Grog

Now I think you know how I feel about our summer rains..

Oh! That has gotten bad. I haven’t been watching the news. Where it flooded in Vernonia a few years ago people raised their houses and put permanent brick walls under them.

Lil’ Sis - Is it time to start building an ark?

I guess looking on the bright side of it. At least it isn’t a thunderstorm, and there are no fires.

Hello Little Sister - Doesn’t sound like your having a good day.

Humbug - Great comic!

Rmom How is your area?

I wanted it to rain, just not flood. and surprisingly it has not been cold here.

Rmom I wonder about that too. At least I got life jackets handy.

Little Sister, can you fasten the lids so they would stay on while the containers are on their sides? Then let gravity do most of the work? The water will drain out the same cracks it gets in.

It sounds yucky. Maybe some hot chocolate with peppermint or some practice kick boxing? You could bake cookies (Ooops, how did I triple the salt?) for your cousin?

@Lil’ Sis, we feel for you with the excess rain. Too much of anything is not good.

Hmmm. Just yesterday or so I was talking to someone about WWII and rain–wherever it was, whosis had to drill holes in the bottom of their toolboxes, because otherwise the rain would fill them up while they worked.

We just had a fire alarm about 90 minutes ago in town–apparently one of the bars caught fire. Now the whole town is smoky. Could have been better–it hurts to lose a business so fast. Could have been worse–at least it’s not someone’s home. And likely nobody died in the fire.

We can only hope, bmonk.

I’m hanging in there as best as I can, RwN.

Hi, Li’l Sister!

It wasn’t long ago that you were asking for some rain. :^)

Yeah just think. I can’t wait until Summer comes, only to complain how hot it will be.

Hello to all of you… I will read your comments a little later but..be sure and stop by for some before you leave or during your shopping for….

Christmas Cookies, Christmas breads, Cheese dip (spicy) and chips, Assorted fruits AND Hot Cocoa, Doc’s Coffee, Wassail Punch and hot apple cider! AND CHRISTMAS CAROLS!

Watch out for icy spots or sink holes Take Care

I’ll see you all later. I’m going to clean house to take my mind off the weather.

Thank you HopeandJoy!

Yeah, since I’m not being bothered by the auditors (yet), I think I should also get some house work done.

Good afternoon, Everyone…..just getting caught up in your comments for the day…..

I did get to see the post that Thom did at Birdbrains…..that was a lovely “Carmy Tribute”…..as for the rest of you…..it’s nice to be part of THIS family, too.

Not too sure how much time I can spend at the computer, but to all the Tribe…..have a Joyous and Blessed Christmas. Looking forward to the children’s Christmas Eve Service on Friday.

Hugs to all..:-)))

Hello Montana Lady - Good to hear from you. Enjoy your get together!

Hugs to you Montana Lady

Hi Sojo

Checking in….nobody here….Have I scared everyone away? I ‘m sorry…be back tomorrow to check in.

Hope the rain stops, Little Sis…we could use it but think we are getting it in frozen chunks later. Hope you and Santa Grog have clean houses after all your activity.

LuvH8Like your elves doing the happy dance.

Good evening, tribe.

Counted up my “found” money for the year and it totaled $14.80. Taking that and a check to the SPCA tomorrow. “Found” money is all the coins and paper I find on the floor at the store or on the ground outside. It all goes into a special piggy bank and to charity at the end of the year. It’s amazing how it adds up. My Mom always loved telling me how much she found at Wal-Mart doing the weekly shopping. I’ll miss her contributions.

On another note, the city sent me a lovely Christmas Card in the form of a summons for Jury Duty every Thursday during January. That’s what I get for voting. The biggest pain is I can’t find out until Wednesday after 5 pm if I need to show up or not. That means I can’t schedule any patients on Thursdays for the month. If I don’t have to report, I can go in and try to fill the late morning and afternoon, but it’s easier to do that than to cancel a full day of people if I do have to. Oh, well, it’s only for a month. Could have been worse.

Hello Saucy - Hope January works out okay for you.

Little Sister, are you o.k.? I am worried for you and your family.

Sorry to read about Carmy She had a lovely smile.

Good Evening Doctor Toon!

Or all three! :-)

Hello Little Sister I have been very concerned for your safety. On the news reports parts of CA are asking people to leave due to all that flooding. Are you in that range?

Hello all. I’ve had two types of Jury Duty summons. I got off one but served on one made more on this then working part time. Boss wouldn’t let me off, Admin Assist envied me wished could have a chance to serve. Here in county I live at once served for one done for whole year. Federal is different. Hubby has to served not only for State but Federal not both at same time and harsher ones then me. Including the one I told you about were the one student male at technical place I was a student was the victim and I couldn’t say anything. A different one defining terms for Federal of attempted bank-robbery to a DUI.

Like HopeandJoy I hope Little Sister is doing okay. The news says the rain is starting to let up but they have a lot of flooding and mud slides.

Thursday is it for work week for me. Had two nice Christmas at work. Did gift exchange in office today. Admin Assist was smart since I have to share a desk, I dispise this situation, we both received one desk calendar very very cute little animal pictures. People see this by the desk also enjoy these cute little critters.

As I said earlier I am have been concerned for Little Sister not sure how much of CA is flooding. Be safe.

I think here parts of KS we might get some of your weather Little Sister.

Hello Kab!

Hello The Sojourner I hope Little Sister is doing fine. When we had that bad weather here past year we gave others concerned. Now I am concerned for those people including Little Sister as well.

You ready for Christmas? We are here will be preparing a chicken and veggie soup starting for Friday. Then go to my mom’s to help her with cleaning then chocolate pie with nuts. (darn me and chocolate my body doesn’t like called alergic not fatal though)

Kab - I’m as ready as I’ll be!

The best Christmas gift I could receive and this won’t happen now. CC finally done and please no disasters this happens when I try to talk about it and then bounce goes up.

What about everyone else. I realize some are doing theirs early. We draw names in our family will have ours after we eat. Then hopefully not cringe to much family plans to drive around looking at lights. And later my family will have our own.

Time for my zzzzzz’s.

♪ P&L ♪ ≡≡ POOF! ≡≡

Have fun Doctor Toon on wrapping play some Christmas tunes and sing.

I’m fine, the clouds are breaking up (finally) and it isn’t supposed to rain again until Sunday.

The good thing is I got a lot of house work done. :-)

I can finally smile.

Hi, Little Sister. Hopefully it won’t be as bad on Saturday & give a chance for the flood waters to go down. But there’s nothing like a gloomy, rainy Christmas day. We’ll get that on Christmas Eve. We’ll be dry and pretty much cloud free on Christmas day….and considerably cooler too.

That’s great Littlo Sister news has shown areas affected. One section showed a ranch where horses are concerned water was up the men’s waste. A lot of erosions. Well time for my bed time. Good night all.

ICT here has been treating streets in prep for big storm coming precautions. Now good night.

I’ll be on in a little while. Good night Sister Kab

I had dinner & watched The Man Who Came To Dinner Monte Wooley is fantastic in that movie. It also stars Bette Davis and Jimmy Durante has a small part in it, mostly at the end of the movie.

I then took a neighborhood walk to see all the decorations. I can’t believe I was gone an hour. I just now popped in It Happened On 5th Avenue - another wonderfull movie.

Good night, Kab

Glad you can smile and are feeling better Little Sister I just checked in on my way to sleep to see if you were here. *: )

Good evening Santa Grog You saw two great movies, I will agree. I enjoy looking at the lights. One house has made a forest of green lighted trees which is attractive and a bit different.

Nite, Kab

Hi, HopeandJoy. Seeing all greens or all reds or blues is highly unusual these days. I see more all-whites which I can only describe as boring.

That being said I did see a home that decorated their tree with whites at the trunk and all greens on the branches. Nice. I also saw a home that had green and reds - something I haven’t seen in a very long time.

We have a garland around our door and the tiny multi-colored lights in it and extending out over three bushes on each side. It may be old-fashioned but we like it.

Several homes on the next block are having a competition I think on how much they can decorate their houses and put in their lawns. It is as bright as noontime there but fun to see!

must consider a little reading and probably zzzzz’s. Sleep well.

HopeandandJoy there are a couple homes on the other side of our developement that are doing the same thing some with home and grounds decorated in non-energy-efficient white C9s. Not quite as bright as Tim the Toolman Taylor’s Christmas lights, but pretty hard on the eyes, never-the-less. It’s just too bright for my liking. Homes decorated in multi-colors were much easier on my eyes.