Fannie Mae --- snicker

Glad to know that I'm not the only one who giggles at the mention of "Fannie Mae".

More information about empathy can be found on the Internet.

Mary Worth has love but not enough to spring for the good dog food. This labor of love hurting your back! That is only the 10, maybe 15 pound bag of crappy store brand dog food! Aldo would have gladly helped you with the groceries but you killed him. Karmic payback, bitch! I hope Chester's rightful owners are found soon before he suffers the effects of that cheap-ass economy dog food. C'mon, Mary you have the money to give Chester better food. Maybe Mary is being kind by feeding Chester crappy economy dog food. The human food in Mary Worth, as drawn by Giella, does not appear very edible.

and speaking of the pompatus of love.

What's more fun?

Two slide presentation themed comics. These appeared back to back on my Chron.com comics page.


Granny gets all Zen on Billy's ass.
What's more fun than watching a bunch of little kids stuttering off-key through the holiday classics? Wrist slashing, fingernail removal, water boarding, watching a PowerPoint presentation presented by someone who just reads the damn slides, bikini waxing, listening to Mannheim Steamroller's non-Christmas music,

reading Mary Worth comics, writing little critiques of Mary Worth comics on an obscure blog, reading other blogs that skewer Mary Worth, making YouTube videos of Mary Worth, watching live action productions of Mary Worth comics, trying to figure out the floor plan of spaces in Mary Worth comics, and this list could go on.

One of several Christmas annoyances: Sleigh only has one syllable. Remember that when singing, Jingle Bells. It is even more annoying when children sing sleigh as a two syllable word.

Back to Mary Worth - only one fish on the wall but bigger. Are the fish eating each other? Maybe the fish triggers a secret door in the wall. The couple from yesterday knew about it and now the waiter heads for the wall.

Let Me Tell You Something...

Let me tell you something - five words that I dread. These five words usually proceeds a statement so stupid that my higher brain functions must shut down in self defense. I can function for several hours on just my limbic system and that part of the brain that makes sure that I don't eliminate in my pants.

"Let me tell you something..." is used by a person who refuses to acknowledge that their beliefs or ideas are flat wrong. No amount of evidence can persuade them so "Let me tell you something..." is whipped out to let the other know that they are not as smart as they think they are and that it is rude to flaunt one's knowledge, intelligence and education. Using reason and intelligence in front of people is rude because it makes them feel stupid. Nobody likes to feel stupid, especially the stupid.

Let me tell you something, I'm perfectly happy in my ignorance and I do not appreciate your attempts, no matter how well intentioned, to pull me out of my bliss and force me to examine my beliefs. No, those exact words do not follow "let me tell you something" but that's the meaning regardless of the actual words.

All the background people in Mary Worth are desperate to leave the Bum Boat quickly. The couple in the second panel is going to walk through the wall in order to get the hell out.

Responsibilities!?

Several months ago, this same man tried to talk Mary Worth into accompanying him to Cambodia and Vietnam. She cited responsibilities (meddling) for her refusal to follow Dr. Jeff. Mary's responsibilities were not important enough to walk away from when Dr. Jeff wanted her to follow him but now these responsibilities are too great to allow pet ownership. We have the makings of a They'll Do It Every Time panel.

Why does the Bum Boat logo look like a coat hanger? The fish on the wall multiply. By the time this conversation ends the wall will be completely covered in stuffed fish.

Tuna Casserole is an Ambigous Concept

Especially the way Mary Worth makes it.

Figuring out the seating arrangement in this restaurant makes for quite an intellectually challenging puzzle.

Now to make another phone call to Ipower to find out why my site is down. Grr.

Final Day of Radio M*A*S*H

Final count: 4,600 children.

Santa Claus visits the toy tent.

Volunteers from Anco Insurance filling the last order. This last order had 1,100 children on its list.

Last toy purchase at Wal-Mart.

Children dancing.

The Police Department's Blue Santa Program received the rest of the toy donations. Between Radio M*A*S*H and Blue Santa over 5,000 children will have a happy holiday.

Thanks everybody!

Radio M*A*S*H - Day Three

Got toys for over 1,000 children today. Have a little over 1,100 children left. We hope to have all the orders completed by dinner time on Sunday. We battened down the hatches because rain is expected tomorrow.
A child from Carver Elementary will be receiving a giant crocodile for Christmas.

Why does everything have to be pink?

Volunteers from A&M Consolidated High School FFA filling orders. Bryan High School Air Force JROTC, Girl Scouts, TAMU students, Bryan Bombshells, Boy Scouts, a 12 year old boys' baseball team, families and others whose affiliation I did not catch also helped in many ways.


A troop of Cub Scouts dropping off toy donations.


Texas Army National Guard with some heavy equipment and climbing wall on display. I was tempted to give the wall a try but never got around to it.


Texas Army National Guard recruits.
A Gremlin in the parking lot.

One of the radio station people took a picture of me imitating an expression on a doll that was donated. The doll had a very scary grimace on its face.

The pictures are getting fewer and fewer during each passing day. Tomorrow, I might have one or two photos.

Radio M*A*S*H - Day Two

Today, orders were filled for about 900 children. The total count has increased slightly. There was a minor disaster overnight when the automatic sprinklers for the landscaping went off. A fair number of toys got soaked. Some were salvaged and others had to be thrown away. The National Guard soldiers brought towels and fans to dry things out.

An old man hand made these little rocking horses. Legacy EMS bought his entire stock.

Teachers from Johnson Elementary sorting and straightening things out. They also filled some orders, including their own school.
Soldiers from the Texas Army National Guard loading an order for an organization to distribute to the children on their list.


Filled orders awaiting pick up. The Bryan Bombshells, Johnson Elementary School teachers, students from Grimes County 4-H, a boys baseball team and others filled these orders.

Bicycle donations.
Cash donations.

Volunteers filling orders.





Children from Snook Elementary dropping off their toy and cash donations.

Some donations. No beer in the cooler - toys instead.

Wal-Mart and Toys R Us gave us good discounts on our purchases.