Big Top by Rob Harrell for July 16, 2011

If you can find a clean pan and spatula, some eggs fried in butter, sunny side up, would be wonderful about seven-ish AM. I’ll have one of my aides whip up som OJ and CocoMocha from the alternate menu.One step closer to my (this character) seeing the light of day in print…Banana futures…yeah, that might work. The worldwide tide of debt may turn us all into banana republics anyway.

Good morning, simpson’sfan2, Alain & Lewreader

Simpsonsfan2, I’ll have one of everything, except the coffee.

Also, I ALWAYS cook my eggs in bacon grease. Butter -or even oil – just doesn’t cut it. I also save those pan dripping for those days when I would prefer to have pork sausage & eggs.

Great investment, if you’re a monkey.

Hi everyone :-)

A little later I will be back with a special announcement.

Good morning, ♥Little Sister♥ & Doctor Toon

Have you set the date, ♥Little Sister♥?

Good morning all! Simpsonfan2: Good morning, you wonderful person, you!!! I’ll have one helping of bacon, 2 helpings of everything else, and No helings of coffee, thanks. But I will offer a freakin’ huge pot of Irish Breakfast tea for everyone’s enjoyment (well, everyone who enjoys tea…)

Little Sister: Come on, girl, give the news NOW! :) Some of us have real lives, you know, and need to get on with the new day.

Mornin’, Doc!

Morning, Saskfan

GOOD morning, Grog! ‘Tis a lovely day here in Darkest Saskatchewan. It’s 6:15, and I’m enjoying my breakfast rather quickly so I can get out for a morning bicycle ride in the calm, cool light of the morn. See y’all later!

And I’m eating mine qickly so that I can get out and get my errands done before all the yahoos start taking to the streets & stores.

I still have to make my shopping list though.

Uh, yeah, there’s a certain element of that here too. :)

Chain clean and lubed; Tires to pressure (120psi) Lock the garage door, walk the bike to the street, and… Cue the theme from Batman!

Well that’s it. It’s time to make my list and check it twice. Then I’m outa here.

BBL

My son just got an egg cooker / toaster combination. Make your own breakfast sandwich. Works great and only takes about 3 minutes and it shuts off automatically when the eggs are done.

Good Morning TRIBEANDALL

Good Morning, Plods

Well I finally have some good news. IT’S FINALLY RAINING!

In honor of this rare occasion and all the gloom it brings to our local morning, I am going back to bed. The weather’s perfect for it.

≡≡ P O P ! ≡≡♪ Good Morning TRIBE! ♪

Hello to all those here!

I’ll have your breakfast offer with DWFNC – Sounds great, thanks simpsonfan2. Later I’ll have some of the Irish Breakfast tea, thanks Saskfan.

Good investment Manfred, at least for you.

Good Morning Doc – I’d like to trade with Grog also.

We have light rain showers, grey skies and temperatures between 65 and 71° today. You may all seethe with jealousy now.

I was shocked! My daughter did not know that Corvettes and other such cars are basically phallic symbols on wheels.

That is really hot for where you live! I’ve been in your area in the summer before, and usually need a jacket.

Good Morning Smiley Mom & Sojo

Bmonk, You said tomoorrow is yellow pig day because of prime numbers. This confuddles me. What about all the other prime number dates? Or is July 17th really the only prime day? I like odd numbers, I like prime numbers (except the name) but I am not a mathematical genius such as yourself. This makes no sense to me. Why aren’t you celebrating Yellow Pig Days in January, February, March, May, July and November? How do you determine the day?

Good Morning LuvH8 and Rmom!

I think it is an irritated simmer. So be really hot, wear scratchy clothes and be iirritable. Don’t forget to be jealous! Hi Doc!

Ahhhhh. One nice bicycle ride later, it’s time for second breakfast and herbal tea. Part of the reason for the ride was to hit up one particular store that has a sale on cast iron pots and pans. I’m on a life-long (Hqiz, I hope not!) mission to find a good cast iron frying pan. I bought two before I was married, and they tarnished the good reputation of cast iron: uneven heat, if you can believe it! And the bottoms of them have a sandy texture that’s probably from the casting process. I know what I’m looking for: Lodge brand pans are supposed to be good, but a long-ago girlfriend had her mother’s pan that was old then. Perfectly smooth inside, and it could make such beautiful pancakes!

Have a good nap Doc.

Hi Saskfan!

Night Doc,I suppose I should climb out from under the blankets before I fall asleep again. Those eggs sound good. For some strange reason Breakfast Tea is more appealing than coffee this morning too. Mmm…… Can I warm up the berries, toast the bread and pour them and cinnamon sugar on my toast? Yummy!

You know I’ve never tried attaching bacon to a stick or toasting fork and cooking it over a fire. Sounds interesting. It is a really fun and yummy thing to do with small chunks of cheese. Now I want….

Fire!!!!!!!!

Thanks Saskfan, Irish Breakfast tea is one kind I like but don’t have right now.

LuvH8 + fire = ?

Thanks Rmom – Any paticular site you use to see it?

Hello from my dad’s house.

Hello Saskfan & Little SisterThanks for the tea!

Hi ♥Little Sister♥!

 The ultimate symbol on wheels, but why doesn’t everyone want to drive one?

I be good now, but that would be good roasted over a fire too.

Doctor Toon & Sojo , I don’t know what you’re so envious about. All the rain has done is increase the humidity to like 120% (In know it can’t go that high but it sure feels that way) while shaving off a couple degrees from the high temperature. It feels like a sauna out there. I’ll take the heat anytime, except we could really use the rain. If we get enough, maybe they’ll take us off water restrictions.

I really wouldn’t want to be an Oscar Meyer Weiner either.

Grog – Mainly we could use the rain here. None for a while and none forcasted. Temps. have been in the 1oo°s for a long time and as far into the forcast as they go.

Though we need the rain here, Sojo, my preference is for high heat over high humidity. That said, I think it rained once here since May up until now.

Goodest morning, everybodies!(Especially my favoritest Saskfan, SR Mom, LuvH8, Sojo, & ♥Lil’ Sis♥!)+++++Breakfast sounds really good, even if it’s near lunchtime. I’ll have a nice helping of it all.+++++We’re in on the heat wave too—mid-90s plus thru the middle of next week. Worse, at least one night will only get down to the mid-70s, and a few others in low 70s—which is really warm when you use natural air-conditioning.+++++LuvH8 said, about 2 alarms ago“I was shocked! My daughter did not know that Corvettes and other such cars are basically phallic symbols on wheels.”.Don’t forget the cars that are “chick cars”—that is, cars that chicks love to drive. (I first heard about this from Car Talk.+++++LuvH8 said, about 2 lectures ago“Bmonk,“You said tomoorrow is yellow pig day because of prime numbers. This confuddles me. What about all the other prime number dates? Or is July 17th really the only prime day? I like odd numbers, I like prime numbers (except the name) but I am not a mathematical genius such as yourself. This makes no sense to me. Why aren’t you celebrating Yellow Pig Days in January, February, March, May, July and November? How do you determine the day?”.Remember, you asked.17 is the random prime—it just has nice qualities, so that when you need a random prime in Number Theory, for some reason it always comes up 17. Because of that, and since there’s no 17th months, and because summer programs usually run from June thru August sometime, the best month for a celebration is mid-July—and 7/17 just happens to fit well. So 7/17 is Yellow Pig day!

Woo-Hooo! Callou Callay!+++++SR Mom said, about 2 recipes ago“@LuvH8“Okay, I’ll seethe. Stepped out a couple hours ago, just to water the tomato plants. Pretty bad when the heat knocks you in the face that early (and on the shaded side of the house.) It’s gonna be a scorcher today!”.It sounds like the day is already seething you: seethe [siːð] (verb)1. (intr) to boil or to foam as if boiling2. (intr) to be in a state of extreme agitation, esp through anger3. (tr) to soak in liquid4. (Cookery) (tr) Archaic to cook or extract the essence of (a food) by boilingJust add water, which you had for the tomato plants. . . .

♪Oh, I’m glad I’m not an Oscar Meyer wiener,♪That is what I’d truly hate to be,♪For if I were an Oscar Meyer wiener,♪There would soon be nothing left of me!♪

Is that why I was born on the 17th?

Hi bmonk!

Not Of July!!!

Could be, LuvH8. I have a sister born tomorrow.+++++

Daaaaaaa STRIP!I hope those bananas weren’t too ripe!

Okay it is time for the announcement.

drumroll

For those who don’t know,

I am pregnant.

Rmom – Thanks.

♥Little Sister♥ – That’s a BIG step! I hope everything works out fine!

The wedding date stays as planned for now.

I’m sure my fiance and I will discuss this as we need to.

Congrats, ♥Little Sister♥

Congratulations Little Sister!

Congrats ♥Little Sister♥!

Thank you all. :-)

The pup pictured was born on 7/17 (will be 4 tomorrow). I guess that makes her a prime example of something. Just what, I’m not sure.

Hi Saucy – Nice photo!

Hi Saucy

I hate people just show up when I don’t want to see them. They also get all offended if you don’t answer your phone or want to talk to them when they call. It makes it really hard to be a nice polite introvert. I did find a really pretty 16th century style axe with a thirteen inch blade…. Monkey2 says I can’t have it :•(

LuvH8 – Maybe Monkey2 knows best? :-)

maybe

Maybe it is.

I want the pretty axe……

Yes, there are many things we want . . .

Sigh It would be fun to play with, and a reaper could carry an axe for Christmas. Yes, it would come in handy for Humbug Duty.

Good evening, Tribe

LuvH8 – Yes it would be.

Good evening ♠Lonewolf♠!

Humbug? Are there humbugs when it’s Christmas in July?

Grog – Don’t be a humbug! :-)

( LuvH8 may get her axe and play with it with you. )

Good evening, LuvH8, Sojo & ♠Lonewolf♠

Good evening, Sojo, Grog & LuvH8

Have a good night back at work Doc.

Welcome back to reality, Doc

Evening Tribe! Good day in class so I thought I could take a few minutes in the Big Top.

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@Doctor Toon from yesterday

Regis still has a campus in Ft Collins for now, but it’s moving to Loveland in Aug. Watch out for me in the ice cream aisles. LOL.

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CONGRATS LIL SIS

As I know we are from all over – does anyone have contacts in Oakland, CA? My big sis works for Southwest and her home base is in Oakland. She is needing a crash pad for cheap, but would prefer to get out of her current situation with about 16 roommates…

One local TV weather forcast has ever day at sunny and 106° (and low of 80°) until a cool down of only 104° next Saturday.

Hi Ladyhawk – The only relaritive I have left in California is in San Francisco and I’m not sure of his situation.

Wish we had the Edit button.

Sounds like a lot of people to have to work together on things.

Good evening, Doc & Ladyhawk

I don’t have friends or relatives in California. At least none that I know of. :^)

Hi, Ladyhawk. Sorry, but I can’t help you there.

Would affordable in Oakland = bad neighborhood?

Grog hopefully not, but who knows. The airline has what they call a crash pad where about 16 different women share a small hotel room. No privacy at all, and a bit frustrating. My sister actually lives in WA but has to be in Oakland on call as she is new to her job and is on reserve for flights, meaning if she gets called great, if not she spends 3 days waiting in limbo and paying for a place to stay during the 3 days…

Without pay?

She better hope for a lot of pregnancies or other forms of turnover.

Part of it is simply getting through her probationary period, too. She’s about 3 months into the 6 month period.

Does it get better as you gain seniority? Do you go from 16 roomies to 8 to 4 to 2 to home alone?

Not so much, but you go from 3 days sitting and hoping to get a flight to having regular flights with a known schedule and eventually to picking your flights.

If she lived in Oakland she could be home alone now, or if she could afford it she could get a room on her own, but neither is a current option for her.

Maybe she’ll just have to endure it for the next 3 months. Everyone’s got to start at the bottom, and it’s never rosy.

Well I think it’s time for Groggy to go sleepies.

Gunite, Tribeandall

Nite Grog.

Good Night Grog.

Time for my zzzzzz’s.

♪ P&L ♪≡≡ POOF! ≡≡

Good night, Grog & Sojo

It’s been a very good day for me.

Hi Big Brother :-)