DON'T BUY NB!

I got this pair of shoes a few weeks ago and they have been occasionally and lightly worn. I have no idea why New Balance would claim they were "Made in USA" -- they don't look all that bad, but they are literally falling apart.

If I could find the receipt, I'd be returning them for sure.

Age of Aquarius

When the moon is in the seventh house,

And Jupiter aligns with Mars,

Then peace will guide the planets

And love will steer the stars.

 

OK, I’m game. Can’t wait. Our planet's guide sure ain't Peace.

Could you be a bit more specific about the timing? Like maybe tell me “November 23, 2068” or “Hey, you missed it, it happened 468 years ago on July 4^th?”

Come on, I really want to believe, but my faith is moving into the eighth house.

Seems Like It

Yeah, it just makes sense -- people who drive the truck/vans for EMS likely score well on Frogger. 

Some Photos Don't Need A Caption

 

I'm Pretty Sure...

Shem begat Arphaxad 

and Arphaxad begat Salah

and Salah begat Eber

and Eber begat Peleg

and Peleg begat Reu

and Reu begat Serug

and the discovery of this in our bathroom

 

 

 

begat

 

Indecision

I am undecided about the title for this photo of an activity which takes place every 12 days in my house. It could be called "Sure Sign of Aging" or maybe "Stayin' Alive" (with apologies to the Bee Gees).

Sin and Consequences

I do not have Alzheimer’s Disease. I know that because I took a test this morning (Wordle) and passed with what I will call a B.

Why bring that up? Because people with AD can’t remember things from 5 minutes ago, but can recall things from 50 years ago. 

 

Something from 50 years ago (or so) grabbed my attention a little while ago – thus, I had to demonstrate that I don’t have AD.

 

Before the ballpoint pen, there was a common writing instrument called a fountain pen. The fountain pen is nearly extinct now, but you have probably heard of it. To fill it, you dipped the tip into a bottle of ink (also nearly extinct now) and the pen was designed to suck up the liquid ink into its reservoir.

 

For about 20 years starting in the mid-1930s, an all-Black group of musicians called The Ink Spots performed and recorded for American audiences. “If I Didn’t Care” is the #8 best-selling single of all time. Although nobody ever accused The Ink Spots of being rockers, the group was inducted into the Rock-and Roll Hall of Fame in 1989.

 

Now that you know something about The Ink Spots, and you know what a fountain pen is, I will tell you what off-color ditty from decades ago popped into my head this morning. It’s a song. I’ll write the words; I am not able to write the tune that’s in my head.

 

St. Louie woman

Was born to sin

She went to bed

With a fountain pen

The pen cap broke

The ink flowed free

Now she is the mother

Of the Ink Spots three*.

 

*The Inks Spots were 4 guys. Go figure.