"This skating rink is for the birds!"
(Daily ice removal by Catalyst)
(Blog post idea and caption by SWMBO)
"This skating rink is for the birds!"
(Daily ice removal by Catalyst)
(Blog post idea and caption by SWMBO)
Don't we all wish for that?
Peace and quiet?
That's how it is around my house today.
I turned the television off after a quick check of the news from Washington so it's quiet once again.
The Visiting Renta-Cat has had his snack and some catnip and is now in his preferred position on the couch.
Other than re-living the events of Wednesday, I'm feeling much better.
Refreshed.
And just as an apology for the absence of The Friday Funnies this week here's some Goofy advice.
As 2021 has begun, I feel the need for some breathing space.
The preceding year was an ordeal for all of us and I want to spend some time healing from it and resting my mind.
So I'm putting Oddball Observations on hold and stepping back from the keyboard for awhile.
After 2020 it has to be.
At least we'll still have the Friday Funnies.
I trust most of you celebrated the turning of the calendar page as I did - quietly, responsibly, socially distanced in your own homes.
You may now take the rest of the day off.
Rest, watch a football game if you like, take a nap if you like, have a good meal if you like, finish off the Christmas candy if you like.
Whatever you like, pamper yourselves today and brace yourselves for the year ahead.
It's going to be a bumpy ride!
But always remember to keep laughing!
Here, kitty-kitty . . .
(oh, come on . . .)
It is time once again to change the calendar.
A new year faces us.
Hopefully, it will be better than the dismal 2020.
There is hope but as that old Doris Day song put it:
"The future's not ours to see
Que sera, sera
What will be, will be"
Earlier this week the skies overhead were a dusky dark gray color as a low front headed our way from dread California.
"There'll be a change in the weather . . ."
"I'm dreaming of a White Christmas . . ."
Those two old songs had their Great Conjunction a few days late but the weather did change a bit yesterday.
Y'say you need a little somethin' to get your Monday Morning in between holidays off to a good start?
I can't think of anything better than a little bit of music from Taj Mahal and Ry Cooder.
(thanks to Sam Sifton of the New York Times for the tip.)
So how was your Yuletide?
Ours went pretty well.
Well, other than my putting a just barely opened bottle of Prosecco into the refrigerator with that red wine bottle stopper plugged into it.
On it's side.
On top of a crate of eggs.
And it blew up.
And SWMBO opened the door to the fridge and most of the bottle of Prosecco shot out onto the kitchen floor.
Well, all except the quantity that had dripped down into the crate of eggs.
And onto the trays below.
And into the trays in the door.
But the inch or less left in the bottle still tasted good.
It helped to wash down the ashes in my mouth.
Now you're not going to believe this.
SWMBO actually suggested we get another bottle for New Year's Eve!
I have a feeling though that she'll insist on opening it and pouring it and corking it and setting it upright in an ice bucket we've got around here somewhere.
Women!
They've always got a better idea.
Right, guys?
It's finally here - the Big Day.
The Christmas Cartoon Countdown reaches its Climax.
So let us delay no longer as we welcome Kris Kringle's annual arrival and celebrate with THE FRIDAY FUNNIES!
And now that we've got the puns out of the way, here's my favorite of the day.
Caramba!
We have connived in a chorus of chortles in this cheery Christmas celebration, cackling away as we characteristically circumnavigate Camelot among the clouds.
Now let me wish you a candlelit Christmas, a wonderful weekend and a feast-filled Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
And always remember to keep laughing!
Here, kitty-kitty . . .
It's less than 24 hours now until I can put this to a rest.
And avoid arrest.
By the Humor Police.
So let me slink off quietly.
It's getting so close now I can almost smell the egg nog.
So continuing our gigantic Christmas Cartoon Countdown we find . . .
Only four days left until Christmas!
Which means only four days of the Christmas Cartoon Countdown left.
Are you sad?
Or glad?
Which ever, I think we've neglected one of the holiday participants.
It may be because I live in Arizona but it is, of course, the snowmen!
So on today, the shortest day of the year and the Day of The Great Conjunction, here's to Frosty and friends.