Ya know what? I think it MIGHT be time to put this T-shirt in the rag pile.
The Amazing Bob and I always wore clothing until they were falling off of us. Why? Were we THAT poor? No – it’s just that when you work in a print shop and your social life consists of playing baseball (TAB) or going to punk bars to catch the latest band (me) wearing slick and/or non-tattered togs is not really a thing.
After TAB took the last train to the coast, I gave away his clothes that were still in standard good shape. I kept the items with special meaning. I picked up this T 20+years ago when Jen and I were at a jazz club in Prague. The act we caught was, sadly unimpressive – Kenny G.-ish but I was really just there to snatch him a souvenir from our trip.
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2020 so far:
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Some interesting words, courtesy of Hillel:
Bafflegab
noun
incomprehensible or pretentious language, especially bureaucratic jargon.
noun
a person who talks at great length without making much sense.
verb
to confuse or fluster.
noun
a shrewd, unprincipled person, especially a politician.
noun
A sandwich made with round Italian bread and filled usually with cold cuts, cheese, and olive salad.
noun
a tightrope walker.
The Amazing Bob and I always wore clothing until they were falling off of us. Why? Were we THAT poor? No – it’s just that when you work in a print shop and your social life consists of playing baseball (TAB) or going to punk bars to catch the latest band (me) wearing slick and/or non-tattered togs is not really a thing.
After TAB took the last train to the coast, I gave away his clothes that were still in standard good shape. I kept the items with special meaning. I picked up this T 20+years ago when Jen and I were at a jazz club in Prague. The act we caught was, sadly unimpressive – Kenny G.-ish but I was really just there to snatch him a souvenir from our trip.
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Grasshopper A once a decade craving. |
- murder hornets invading Washington state
- nuked cannibal ants escaped their Russian hidey hole (where are they headed?)
- 16 million acres of Australia burnt
- sharks, the oceany kind, aren’t paying attention to social distancing.
- our prez, Demented Don, finally embraces science – thinks that if we don't test there will, magically, be fewer cases. Schrödinger's Plague.
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Some interesting words, courtesy of Hillel:
Bafflegab
noun
incomprehensible or pretentious language, especially bureaucratic jargon.
Gene was so pathetically insecure and socially clueless that he could turn the simplest concept into utter bafflegab.Blatherskite
noun
a person who talks at great length without making much sense.
The Tangerine Cockwomble would have to work hard and really focus to achieve blatherskite-dom.Bumfuzzle
verb
to confuse or fluster.
The Republi/Fascists strive to bumfuzzle naïve voters into casting their ballots for griftering despots.Snollygoster
noun
a shrewd, unprincipled person, especially a politician.
Under this entry in the dictionary is a pic of Moscow Mitch.Muffuletta
noun
A sandwich made with round Italian bread and filled usually with cold cuts, cheese, and olive salad.
I’d like to order a muffuletta but hold the cold cuts and olive salad, please. OK, I guess I don’t want a muffuletta – just a soy cheddar cheese sammich with spinach leaves and a fat tomato slice. Thenks!Funambulist
noun
a tightrope walker.
How can you tell if I’ve become suicidal? I will have moved to Tsovkra-1 in the Russian republic of Dagestan so that I might study to be a funambulist. Yeah, no thanks.Happy Tuesday!
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