A little bit Keystone...
Today my baby turns 30! All my children are now 30-something.
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I was privileged to experience the presidential campaign of Howard Dean.
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Bill-- it looks fairly good for the Dems in the Senate. People are beginning to talk about gains for them in the House.
listener--your squeeze's problems with computerized navigation reminded me of this old way of navigating with a watch (when the sun is up). It does require an analog watch. Point the hour hand toward the sun; due south will be halfway between the hour and and the twelve o'clock mark. Must indicate north in the southern hemisphere.
Tithing reminds me of an old joke that I am sure I have inflicted on you all before. I heard it from an Anglican priest (a Scot) who had studied to become a Jesuit. It is better spoken, but I will do the best I can in written form.
A town was built about a new coal mine, with both a Catholic and a Protestant church. After a few years the Catholic church was prospering, while the Protestant church attracted few parishioners. The Protestants couldn't understand this, and finally delegated a group of deacons to investigate. The next Sunday they went to the Catholic church, and after a while came rushing back, exclaiming that they had discovered why the Catholics were doing so well. What is it,? How? Why? everyone asked. Just quite down and we'll tell you, the head deacon told them.
We went over to the Catholic church and waited until most of the congregation had gone in; then we slipped in behind them. They anointed themselves with holy water, but we didn't do that, oh no. We stood in the back, where we could see without being obvious. After a while the CAtholic priest enters, dressed in his fine brocaded robes embroidered with gold; he stands in front of the altar, facing the congregation, and sings out:
"I CAAAN PLAY DOMINOOOOES BETTER THAN YOUUUU CAN."
Whereupon a member of the congregation stands up and sings out:
"OOOH, NOOO, YOU CAA-AAN'T!"
And all the while men are going down the aisles taking side bets on it!
--Alan
Thanks for the info, Alan
DeleteOh, yah, that's a good old one. It used to end with someone asking a question and the deacon saying, "I don't know, I left when I heard him say, "Bennie's got all the dominoes." ;-)
DeleteLol! Alan. Had to look it up, it's been so long.
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puddle--I will have to check it out when time permits; I have never read the original. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteTo judge from the political news today, the wheels are coming off Romne's campaign. Among other things, Ryan is out of control--he has turned on Romney.
Gotta run.
--Alan
Grin, Alan! I had just posted *this* at 3.0:
DeleteYou know? Watching the wheels come off of the clown car is NOT making me sad. . . .
http://prospect.org/article/we-never-liked-you-anyway
And there's this: http://themoderatevoice.com/161492/report-paul-ryan-goes-rogue-and-refers-to-stench-romney/
We have lost Andy Williams to cancer. RIP
ReplyDeletehttp://www.cnn.com/2012/09/26/showbiz/andy-williams-obit/index.html
Nice obit I thought, though slightly disorganized. Perhaps they'll rearrange the paragraphs. I really liked that they quoted Donny at some length and also Marie. I know Donny was very fond of Andy and Marie must have been too.
DeleteI'm having a hard time grasping that Andy is gone.
Ya. That's my sense of it, too. Hard to lose icons.
DeleteThis Library Thing author interview may be of interest:
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That is VERY interesting, Cat! Thank you. I'm dragging it over to facebook!
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