Spitball Army

MSNBC’s weather guy, Gary Archibald, today used the New Word, “encirculating,” to describe the movement of Hurricane Gustav as it moves toward the American Gulf Coast.

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Southbound on Interstate 5, on the way to Reunion Event #1 in San Diego.

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There were gray styrofoam boulders strewn around the stage, and at strategic moments (or whenever the wacky urge would take hold of him), EJ would pick one up and hurl it into the crowd. This was during his crazy antics on stage phase, the big glasses stage, and about two weeks before the U.S. release of Rock of the Westies (hence, the boulders on stage).

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This iron-on patch fell into my possession through the mail, and was attached for some reason to a promotional campaign for a record album. I can’t remember which one.

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If you have never seen this Merrie Melodies short from 1936, it is well worth the 8½ minute time investment.

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It has been raining here since Friday night. It is now Tuesday morning. This area sorely needs the rain, and this rain has been ideal – a slow and steady rain, but never a deluge. At this time next week, my neighborhood will be ten shades of green. But, today, as I walked across the back lawn to my office hideaway, the soil underneath the grass groaned and moved beneath my feet, sounding like an old man breaking wind.

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Weary blues from waiting…

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All the while, his head and prominent ears balance precariously over a crisp shirt-and-tie ensemble.

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I have some important news that I want to make official. I’ve chosen Joe Biden to be my running mate.

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Most likely he’d gone on a cemetary hunt, in which case he’d be back at the end of the week to recite through cocktails and dinner and half the rest of the night all the “sweet, fantastic names” he’d copied off old tombstones.

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