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Feed Me!

Waiting for me to refill the feeders.

College digs

50 years ago: This is an interior shot of where I lived while attending college. $115 a month during spring and fall semesters, $85 a month during the summer semester. Fully furnished! I added the Flokati rug which I purchased when living on Crete. The bathroom was off the kitchen, just past the fridge on the left. You can see my entertainment center on the floor. An AM/FM/Shortwave radio. Photo was taken from my living room that had a beat-up couch and a coffee table inlaid with cigarette burns from the previous occupant. Pretty nice, huh? 

UPDATE: 02.15.25 -- I just looked up this apartment on Zillow and it now rents for $549 a month. And here is a line in the description that really would seal the deal to a prospective renter, "The Building Is Even Situated So You Can Look Outside And See Your Car In The Parking Lot." Sign me up!

The Hole

“So, what you’re telling me is … you were on a call when you dropped your phone. It bounced twice and then disappeared down this hole. Then you attempted to retrieve it by shoving your arm in the hole. At which time, your wedding ring slipped off your finger and vanished into the darkness. And now, that squeaky voice we hear echoing up, from who knows where, is your agitated wife demanding you answer her now, or else. Do I have that right?” 

“No. The phone only bounced once.”

Focusing on 2025

 

Why take a train, when you can fly?

 

Time Tunnel

And just like that, Edna and Myrtle’s Christmas wish came true as they were suddenly grabbed and pulled through the Time Tunnel back to the days of their youth. Their husbands, Roy and Larry, would not file missing persons reports until well after the college football playoffs concluded.

Blues Brothers sighting!

 

Early Voting

Georgia added a new twist to their early voting. On the way in they give you a clothespin for your nose, on the way out you get the sticker that you voted. I like it.

♫ Dancing in the moonlight ♫

 

"I'm Spiff Carner and I approve this message."

 

"Hey! Sharing is caring."

 

Dirty job, but someone has to do it.

When you plan poorly for retirement and are forced to take the first available job to make ends meet.

Probably not true

A long time ago, I heard a story about two very good friends who served together in the Army. Unfortunately, during a very fierce battle, both men were wounded, but thankfully survived. However, one man lost his left leg and the other man lost his right leg. Being such close friends, and both having amazing senses of humor, they decided to meet once a year at a different shoe store, act like they didn’t know each other, and have a little fun with the store associate as they tried on various pairs of shoes and finally settled on one pair that they each liked. They would ask for two separate bags, argue a bit over who got the box, and then exit the store leaving the bewildered employee with a tale he was bound to tell for years and years. I always thought that it was just a story. But today, I believe I stumbled upon those two men in Glover Park. And, from the looks of it, they also have similar tastes in shirts. And now you know … the rest of the story.

♫ Smoke smoke smoke that cigarette ♫

 

That's Nice!

For hosting last evenings Friends of Georgia Radio 3rd Annual Celebration, Randy and I both received, as last year’s host Ernie Johnson Jr. so eloquently put it, “a nice firm stool.” Nuff said.

Stripes

 

Time Travel?

I accidentally swerved into the "Time Travel Lane" in Cartersville.

Making Memories

I recently had a class reunion and reconnected with my two best friends from high school. We retold our favorite stories (embellished, of course,) and enjoyed a wonderful trip down memory lane. The only thing missing … photos from our younger days when we were out and about just messing around. What I wouldn’t give for some snapshots of our most excellent adventures together. So, when these four young guys approached me last night on the Marietta Square and asked if I would take a few photos of them just horsing around, I said “sure.” I hope that years from now when these friends get together, they will remember their adventures and will have photos like these that can jog their memories and bring smiles to their faces.

Time Travel

March 10, 2024: I've done it! My experiment in Time Travel has proven successful. Unbeknownst to hundreds of millions of people who were fast asleep, I managed to push time forward in most of the United States by 60 minutes. This will no doubt cause mass confusion and likely a decline in Sunday morning Church attendance. I must now somehow find a way to reverse this forward time travel. If my calculations are correct, it will take months before I'm able to harness the curvature of time. Hopefully I'll be able to return to absolute time in the fall. --- Professor Spiff Carner (No relation to Spaceman Spiff)