"Will you still need me, Will you still feed me
When I'm Sixty-Four"
The guy who co-wrote and recorded that song back in 1967 is having another birthday today.
The former Beatle, Paul McCartney, turned 80 today.
NOW do you feel old?
"Will you still need me, Will you still feed me
When I'm Sixty-Four"
The guy who co-wrote and recorded that song back in 1967 is having another birthday today.
The former Beatle, Paul McCartney, turned 80 today.
NOW do you feel old?
Yes, it's early.
But it's cooler this time of day.
Well, it is when I'm writing this but who knows what it is when you're reading it.
All I can say is "I tried".
Or, if you're in a climate like mine, "I'm fried!"
However, if you like popcorn, there's a benefit to this type of weather.
I know, I know, you're alphabetizing your fingers.
So that, my friends, is this week's edition of The Friday Funnies.
And now that you've had your chuckles and chortles, let's see if you can do the rest for yourself.
In other words, have yourself a happy, fun-filled weekend.
And always remember to keep laughing!
Here, kitty-kitty . . .
Once again a few of "the old boys" got together yesterday for lunch and to solve, or at least to bemoan, the problems of the world.
(His 73rd candle is burning in a clutch of fries)
Does he have a portrait in his attic or not!)
The senior member of our gaggle of old-timers
Oh and I was there too but stayed behind the camera.
It's been a few years since the last meeting of the minds, what with the pandemic.
But except for a bit of aging, nothing much had changed.
The same reminiscing about "the good old days" and about former colleagues who had gone on to brighter futures or who had succumbed to the undertaker.
On this particular day, it felt good to be among "the Survivors."
It's another day to put out the flag here in the United States of America.
But that's not all.
It's a double birthday day.
So send good wishes to my longtime pal, Baseball Steve.
But also to someone I grew up with in North Dakota.
Say hello also to Sensational Sharon!
I have a soft spot for her because she married the son of a small town doctor who saved my life when I was 12 years old.
So happy birthdays, you two!
And happy Flag Day!
From Wikipedia:
The dog days or dog days of summer are the hot, sultry days of summer. They were historically the period following the heliacal rising of the star system Sirius (known colloquially as the "Dog Star"), which Hellenistic astrology connected with heat, drought, sudden thunderstorms, lethargy, fever, mad dogs, and bad luck. They are now taken to be the hottest, most uncomfortable part of summer in the Northern Hemisphere.
Well, I guess the calendar tells us we're not there yet but it sure feels like it.
89 degrees here as I'm writing this and Phoenix hit a record 113 yesterday.
It's a great time to hover inside in a house with air conditioning and ice cubes in the refrigerator.
But, as the wise men say "This, too, shall pass."
BTW, the doggie in the picture belongs to The BRD.
It's not what you think.
It's a picture I just ran across in my photo file while I was doing some editing.
It was taken in the Granite Dells area of Prescott at Watson Lake.
Oh, I know it's hot, quit you're whining!
Oops, sorry, I forgot you're not all in the Great Southwestern United States of HEAT!
But I'm not complaining.
Hey it's only 82 here at 9 p.m. on Thursday night.
That's . . . balmy.
Or as my wife responds whenever I say that to her, "YOU'RE BALMY!"
So let's leave the weather behind and get on with what you all came here for, right?
And I don't mean the beer.
Now let me leave you here to your angst and encourage you all to have a fittingly fine weekend.
Stay cool and always remember to keep laughing!
Here, kitty-kitty . . .
Temperatures are rising here in the Desert Southwest.
As my lovely wife pointed out yesterday it's still Spring.
Summer doesn't officially begin for another couple of weeks.
But it's 11 o'clock in the morning here in the Central Highlands of Arizona and already 88 degrees Fahrenheit.
For you folks on the metric scale that's a tad over 31 degrees Celsius.
It's hot, folks.
So what's your poor Catalyst to do?
Perhaps head to an ocean wearing a tee shirt emblazoned "Young Life"?
My friend Tom shared a couple of pictures of cloud formations off the California coast today.
And I'm sharing them with you.
I especially like the second one although the first one shows a tad of the Oceano Pacifico.
Queen Elizabeth II celebrated her Platinum Jubilee the other day, marking her 70 years of service on the throne of England.
At 96 years of age she looked a bit frail during her two appearances in public but she still cuts a stylish figure.