Just a little Friday fun today. Which one’s your favorite?
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Three-fer
It’s Bad Pun Monday, and you know what that means, right? Yep, it’s a fencing three-fer. Yer welcome. Oh, and no offense expressed or implied.
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Genuinely
Plus today’s back country public service announcement, here.
Abattoir
Today’s Word of the Day is “abattoir.” Borrowed from the French, it’s used primarily in England these days. The meaning? You make the call.
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Stumped?
Revealer is here.
Yer welcome.
Extra credit if you can name the specific place in #4 above…
Hint: It’s not in England or France.
Something For Everyone
For all my many friends, no matter your station in life, there’s a New Yorker cartoon just for you. In fact, friend or foe, there’s something for everyone in the current issue. Don’t believe me? Well – read on if you dare…
For all my friends still raising small children:
For all my friends still working from home in the tech biz:
For all my friends who still don’t get the concept of selection bias:
For all my friends still doing Saturday AM Bible Study:
For all my friends still working at the Independent Bookstore:
Feeling left out? Well, then how about this one?
For all those still together, this side of Jordan:
There. See?
Like I said:
Something for everyone.
Yer welcome.
Old Haunts New Snark
A quick weekend getaway to Santa Fe for the International Folk Art Market allowed us to visit old haunts – and to acquire new snark.
A small sampling of new snark from the gift rack at Ohori’s
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All kidding aside, the best photographer in the family had a field day with all the sights to see in and around Santa Fe this weekend. A small sampling…
Movie Quiz
It’s been a while since we’ve had a quiz of any type here in these pages, let alone a movie quiz. But that’s a deficiency that’s about to be corrected in spades. Here’s a multiple choice movie retrospective in Five Easy Pieces that’s just about As Good As It Gets: Best of luck, cinema lovers!
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Awright, awright, enough with the Nicholson already. An acquired taste, I realize. Next time we’ll get some other movie stars, not to mention other healthy food choices. Speaking of which, what’s your preference?
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Cows On The Lam
Big shout out today to Sharon’s sister Laura. She is family, once-removed. She’s also a helluva fine writer. So if you don’t click the link, here, and read her short essay in honor of freedom this July the 4th (it’s called “Cows On The Lam”) – well, then brother, it’s your loss. And I don’t mean maybe.
Foretaste of freedom…
Five heifers from my sister’s farm recently went on the lam. The jail breakers are young, just weaned. They don’t even eat grain yet, but they’re brave and bold and maybe highly incentivized. How’d they escape the pasture? They didn’t jump the fence (though I’ve seen this). They didn’t find a break in the fence. They went under the fence at a stream….
Sorry Vegan Friends
Fourth of July weekend is fast upon us. And you know what that means. NO, No, no, not the birth of the Republic. How about baseball? Nothing more quintessentially American than Abner Doubleday’s favorite pastime, right? (Nope, the Rockies really suck big time, this year just lilke every year.) Not fireworks either, because in our neighborhood – what with the fire danger and all – that will earn you an HOA fine. But in fact what it means for many – sorry vegan friends – is fresh meat grilled to smoky perfection. What could be tastier – not to mention more ecologically sustainable – than locally sourced, grass-fed chicken or steak? See below for proof in the pudding from some of our favorite PA farmers at Lindenhof Farm (Lancaster) and Broad Street Market (Harrisburg).
I mean, c’mon: Mom’s apple pie is one thing. But when it comes to 4th of July culinary celebration – as well as patriotic good taste – nothing beats fresh burgers, brats, or baby backs hot off the barbie. So what are you waiting for? Fire up that grill and let’s get cooking!
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Like I said: “Sorry Vegan Friends.”