Videos kill the Stress

I hope we each and all make this a fine Tuesday!

I’m ba-a-ack…

OK, so it didn’t take me this long to eat lunch; I’ve had some other things to do, and wanted to let the first post settle a bit. Since I got that all out, some of my urgency has abated, though I still want to tie the subject up, until/unless there are comments where we can discuss and enjoy however long we want.

Lunch was brunch. My plate was frambled eggs with toast. I know I said it wasn’t a cooking post, and look what I’m doing. When I make frambled eggs, I cook the eggs as if for over-easy (yolks runny, whites cooked.) Turn the eggs when it’s time, let them get a bit of heat on that side, then gently drag your spatula through, to break the yolk and drag the white through the yolk. My personal goal is not a hard-cooked yolk, but what I guess they call a jammy yolk; you get a bit of liquid, even, but it’s not drippy. You just keep gently lifting and turning until you like the consistency of the eggs. I had whole wheat toast, and oatmeal that I apple-pie spiced, and sweetened with honey. We’ve been having a rain “event,” so I’d got the laundry to the laundry room to run and to dry between/before rains.

Our laundry room is at the front of our front carport, front being the direction the front end of the car points; we park in front of the laundry room. Our house is a whole post in and of itself, but not quite as Scottie’s and Ron’s house; they may run theirs by crisis and we rarely have a crisis, but their house is nicer and more modern than ours. Also, while Sat. and Sunday are fitness rest days, I still do 10 min. every hour on the rebounder to get my steps. So, lunch hour took a little while. It’s a rest day! 😎 And the first day of Standard time, so everything’s a little later because our bio clocks are still running on Saving time. 🕰

So, up till the 15th of October, I was all,

FoxTrot by Bill Amend for November 03, 2024

FoxTrot Comic Strip for November 03, 2024

But I’m past that, and have said enough about the election, really, I think. I don’t know who can’t use a Calvin fix, so:


Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for November 03, 2024

Calvin and Hobbes Comic Strip for November 03, 2024

I wonder if everybody has that one or two commercials that the last time it airs cannot come too soon. For me, right now, (and I know the winter holidays commercials are coming…) it’s that Wegovy commercial. I just want it to stop. Interestingly, while I’m not a big fan of Big Pharma, one of the ads I enjoy, all its versions, is the Jardiance ad! It makes me dance. Well, the newest one’s tempo is too slow for fun dancing, but it’s still a nice ad. This is neither a plug for or against either drug. Those have their place and may be discussed with a person’s doctor. This is just about the ads. The ones that use music from my youth especially tick me off, so I just ignore them and dance to their background music. I hate that King Harvest’s “Dancin’ in the Moonlight” is one that’s been appropriated. It’s been one of my top favorites forever, and they can’t take it away from me!

I turned all the clocks back last night, except one. But our son came out, noticed, and said, “Aren’t we supposed to turn the clocks back? The bathroom clock is an hour fast.” Truly, I’d turned the clocks up. I find the semi-annual time change abhorrent and stupid, but I disdain Saving time the most, because there goes another hour of my life, every year, that doesn’t come back, not really, so I guess changing the clock put me in a negative mindset and I went the wrong way. Anyway, it’s been enough years of my life now that I don’t care which we have, we simply need to pick one and be done. I don’t change the analog clock in the kitchen; it’s over the kitchen table, and I can’t reach it unless I stand on the kitchen table. Some day there could be a reason for me to stand on the kitchen table, but I’m not doin’ it to change the damn clock. The guys will get tired of it sooner or later, and I have the stove clock. And my Fitwitch on my wrist.

Well, that’s a sort of round up of trivia and drift. I hope readers have enjoyed it, at least smiled or giggled, and maybe feel a little better.

We can do this stuff. It’s still way too early to let Republicanism mess with our mental health.

Go For It!

Mental health self-care is vital.

Blessed Samhain, Happy Halloween, and a fine Thursday evening to all at Scottie’s Playhouse, and thanks for being here! ✨ 🎉 🖖

Last Kiss by John Lustig for October 31, 2024

Last Kiss Comic Strip for October 31, 2024

https://www.gocomics.com/lastkiss/2024/10/31

A Morning Serenade

by/from Randy Rainbow!

Humor

In the spirit of laughter being the very best medicine!


Arlo and Janis by Jimmy Johnson for October 29, 2024

Arlo and Janis Comic Strip for October 29, 2024

https://www.gocomics.com/arloandjanis/2024/10/29

Close to Home by John McPherson for October 29, 2024

Close to Home Comic Strip for October 29, 2024

https://www.gocomics.com/closetohome/2024/10/29

I hope to grow up to be this woman:

Free Range by Bill Whitehead for October 29, 2024

Free Range Comic Strip for October 29, 2024

https://www.gocomics.com/freerange/2024/10/29

Not as funny, but …

Brian McFadden for October 28, 2024

Brian McFadden Comic Strip for October 28, 2024

https://www.gocomics.com/brian-mcfadden/2024/10/28

WuMo by Wulff & Morgenthaler for October 29, 2024

WuMo Comic Strip for October 29, 2024

https://www.gocomics.com/wumo/2024/10/29

I’ll just wind it up with today’s Calvin fix:

Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for October 29, 2024

Calvin and Hobbes Comic Strip for October 29, 2024

https://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/2024/10/29

cartoonists4kamala

It’s kinda been a day so I’m just finishing off comics at 9:30 PM Sunday; I found this on the GoComics Non Sequitur page! So cool!

cartoonists4kamala

It’s fun to window shop-enjoy!

Maybe Someone Can Use a Short Humor Break?

Enjoy a quick Cover Snark! Click through and enjoy the comments, as well. It is a safe place there.

Cover Snark: Reptiles are an Unintentional Theme

by Amanda · Oct 28, 2024 at 3:00 am · View all 7 comments

Welcome back to Cover Snark!

Safe in Her Bodyguard's Arms by Katherine Garbera. A man and woman in a swamp, wading through water. The water comes up to their thighs and we can see beneath where an alligator lurks.


From Rachael: I have so many questions:

Does she not want him to save her from what looks to be an alligator?

Is that alligator okay? His hips seem off.

Should his gun be that close to the water?

Why are they casually having a moment in this clearly dangerous water??!!

Did they keep their shoes on?

Sarah: She’s a shifter. So is the gator. That’s her brother and she has to talk him out of shooting the gator because again, brother.

Also, how come his shirt is wet at the neck and pits but his pants, which are IN WATER, are dry?

Sneezy: I respect alligators and crocodiles the same way I respect bears and moose – from far, far away.

Double Dare by Wynema McGowan. The bottom half of the cover is an older looking wooden house with a porch and a large tree. The orange sky is filled with the image of woman setting at a desk and writing in a journal. She is wearing a dark green, off the shoulder dress. However the woman is copied and flipped vertically and image makes it look like the two woman are joined at the shoulder.

Sarah: That cover is so disturbing to me. Every time I look at it I get a low-grade ick.

Amanda: Yeah, the shoulder area in particular.

Sarah: Looking again, yup, still ick.

Sneezy: My ick is how OBVIOUSLY COPY AND PASTE they are! THIS IS LITERALLY THE LARGEST AND MOST IMPORTANT PART OF THIS DESIGN!

Wed to the Alien Warlord by January Bell. A headless and shirtless green, well-abbed man with scales. He has long, green hair and a leather strap across his chest. The title is in bright red and orange.

From Lillian P: Green with fish scales? Red belly and abs? Floating in space? And red and yellow font for the title.

Sarah: Someone got reeeeally excited about learning how to use textures in Photoshop.

Amanda: As someone who owned snakes and has touched many a reptile, I don’t know how I’d feel about sexy time with someone with scales.

Sneezy: I’m really into snake people, but only if they have hemi-penises. What’s the point otherwise?

Captive Mates by Corin Cain, Three shirtless men wearing leather straps are in space. Their skin is grey and all are looing down at their crotch. The man in the middle is wielding a green, glowing sword. Behind them are three blue planets in space.

Also from Lillian P: Not one, not two, but three floating aliens all checking themselves out?

Sarah: I’m so sorry I cannot stop laughing at this. It’s so funny. They’re all so pensive! Glowing swords and kilts and a wee-wee stare-off.

Claudia: Oh man I feel we’ve done this one but maybe all the wee-wee staring is blending together!!

Amanda: They all look like they’ve fallen asleep standing up. Like horses.

Stores Should Not Put Out The Christmas Merch until the Peppermint Bark is there to be sold, as well.

I love that stuff. That is all. For this post.

Starbox Dachshunds

The Black one looks just like our Chrissy, who lived to 21 yo before passing during April of 2020. This riff is so awful, yet so cute, and has the holiday spirit.