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I'm an artist, educator, militant anti-theist , and I write. I gamble on just about anything. And I like beer...but I love my wife. This blog contains observations from a funny old man who gets pissed off every once in a while.

Monday, March 6, 2023

MONDAY #5185

One Of My Very Own

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EMAIL: 

ralh.henry.at.folio.olio@gmail.com

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PONDERABLES


"Love your neighbor as you love yourself" (Mark 12:31) has left the building.

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There were many fine candidates...

There was some whimsical...

But everybody agrees this guy is either at the top of the list or very close to it...

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It is actually pretty easy to come up with a sentence that has never been written before.

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I would say extraordinarily easy. There are so many words and the various combinations are almost endless. For instance:

"Folio Olio ate my great-grandfather's lemon pizza with a knife and spoon."

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One minute you are young and carefree and the next minute you have "house shoes".

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I wish the IRS would just take my money without tormenting me with their fucked up riddles.

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FOR AMUSEMENT ONLY


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Speaking of...

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Never ever let anyone film you on your first attempt.

And...

You can even practice at home now...
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Comedic Geniuses

Their timing was impeccable.

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No Translation Needed

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Let It Be
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Did I ever tell you about the time I was thrown in jail for disorderly conduct?

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There's something magical about a place you can't leave for 8 hours a day 5 days a week for fear of being homeless.

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When you lose your parents you are an orphan, but if you lose your child there is no name for that kind of pain.

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OBJECTS OF INTEREST


My daughter took me to the observatory at Boston University and showed me these two stars - one blue and one red.

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Both of these seem like very good ideas.

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They could have used an army of those at the train wreck in Ohio.

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And somehow it works.

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You could have two drivers tag-teaming across Australia with a rig like that.

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My city had an art project where they would give artists a door to paint any way they wanted then the doors would be mounted around town. I was approached and laughed in their face because they expected me to work for free.

I turned down another gig for that same reason and a commenter criticized me. But I will point out to you, as I pointed out to the representative of the city that he got paid, the truck driver who brought me the door got paid, the guy who manufactured the door got paid, the advertising agency who came up with the idea got paid, and the crew that erects them on the sidewalk will get paid. I would be the lone free link in an otherwise lucrative chain.

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That reminds me of a photo essay of the hundreds of hyper-expensive cars that are abandoned on streets in Saudi Arabia. Instead of trading them in they just go buy another.

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I've never had to get anywhere desperately enough to do that.

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It is my assumption that the reason the jets are pointed in just that direction is so they can simultaneously water the plants and propel the boat.

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That it can do that on such a rough surface is impressive.

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Was it just balanced on top of its head?

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"This apartment building in Shanghai fell over, and remained mostly intact".

*OSIT 

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I'm a fan of hand-sewn quilts.
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Bird Drone

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No Roman emperor ever tasted a tomato.

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Massive amounts of humanity will fight to the death for their country, but not for the planet.

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PEOPLE NOT LIKE THE REST OF US


Polydactyly affects 1 in 500 to 1000 people. Pretty common actually if you think about it.

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*OSIT

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The guidebook to France told my wife and me that we should not show any signs of affection while walking down the sidewalk and that anyone who smiled in public was considered insane. We, of course, ignored that.

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Not that that is not impressive but it looks like slabs of Styrofoam to me.

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He died doing what he did best - showing the fuck off.

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I have made hundreds of slingshots out of limbs just like that. We used strips of old bicycle tubes for the thruster.

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Watch very, very closely...

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Those are all just coincidences. I would want to know if they have art in their homes and if so what kind; the kinds of books they read; who they voted for; and whether they have similar degrees from college.

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These are two images in a collection that suggested we would do a double-take.

But I can't find the slightest thing odd about this next one.

It looks to me like the creases in her pants are sewn in. My mother used to do that for me.

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Recognize this guy?

Here's another from the same movie.

He's Tom Sizemore, the badass sergeant in Saving Private Ryan.

He was in a Sci-Fi movie that I endured last night. At one point the aliens were approaching so the guy gets in a hollow tree and puts both women on the outside.

Then without explanation, an alien sticks a large arm into the room where they were hiding and the guy just hits it with his fist, sparks flew, and it left without further ramifications.

But what drove me insane was the star having an automobile accident early in the film and cutting her forehead. Immediately there was a trickle of blood.

And throughout the movie, it kept changing size and shape.

But the most irritating thing was that despite her brushing the hair out of her face over and over again...

Running through underbrush...

And repeatedly hugging family members...

That little trickle of blood never smeared.

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Back when Gods were fun.

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One of my all-time favorites.

And every time I think of the look on his insurance agent's face.

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8 comments:

Gun Guy said...

A-6
Guns are a tool, granted a very effective tool. That's why governments prefer to use them.
Think:
Stalin
Pol Pot
Chairman Mao
Hitler

Anonymous said...

D10.... it looks like she is resting her elbow on the mountain.

Anonymous said...

D-10 It looks like she' leaning on the hill with her right elbow.

Ralph Henry said...

Dear Gun Guy, What has that got to do with our children getting their brains blown out in their classroom, etc?
RH

Anonymous said...

A6 overall majority of that comes from gang violence. Not school shootings. You know better than that RALPH.

Anonymous said...

Idk why it keeps coming up anonymous my name is Armando

Ralph Henry said...

Dear A6 Anon, So that's supposed to make me feel better? Are you saying that instead of a thousand dead school children there are only 500 then it excuses our inaction? Please explain.
RH

Ralph Henry said...

Dear Armando, You have to click the button with your identity before posting your comment.
RH

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