paramount +1 film festival for rainy days (but not mondays)

 

This has been the usual for us ever since Wednesday.

Pouring down rain in the middle of the afternoon, sometimes accompanied by thunder and lightning.

By 6 PM, it's dark enough outside that I have to turn on a light to be able to see what I'm doing.

The roof is just fine, thanks.

(smile!)

Fortunately for me, Comcast gave me a week of free viewing of the movies on the Paramount + SHO streaming channel.

I found out on Tuesday morning and that's when I watched "Monster Summer", partly because it had Mel Gibson as a retired cop.

As I soon discovered it also had a special treat for me: Patrick Renna, the kid who had been The Great Hambino in "The Sandlot"!!!

He was again playing baseball, this time as the umpire for the little league team in Martha's Vineyard.

Very good mystery movie!

Oh, it had Mason Thames, too, which prompted me to see "How To Train Your Dragon" again at AMC - sweet!

I have a new appreciation of his acting skills.

"The Nice Guys" was viewed on Wednesday.

Ryan Gosling plays the worst PI ever 

(so says his daughter, 'Holly', whose most def more astute), while Russell Crowe is a hitman whose been reduced to settling squabbles between kids.

For hire, of course.

They pair up when it turns out they're both looking for Amelia, the last one still alive who was associated with a porn movie.

"Confess, Fletch" was an homage to Chevy Chase's character,  performed with exactly the right touch by Jon Hamm.

No longer an investigative journalist, he's all about the art now, except this time the paintings are missing.

Loved the scenes of Rome!

All of those had been new to me, but I followed them with two I'd seen years ago.

"Chocolat" from 2000 was chosen because Rev. Billy Hester recently finished a four-week ZOOM study that used it as the base of discussion.

I keep hoping those taped studies will show up on youTube. 

Then there's "The Naked Gun: Files From Police Squad!" from 1988, chosen solely because the remake with Liam Neeson as Lt. Frank Drebin, Leslie Nielsen's bumbling cop.

I have to wonder if the name similarity between 'Neeson' and 'Nielsen' is meant to be an inside joke... I think I'll take it as one!!!

Speaking of inside jokes... three of these movies had tropical fish tanks!!!

Right place, right time, for me!

Those movies were: "The Nice Guys", "Confess, Fletch", and "The Naked Gun".

Very nice!!!

On to the last four movies.

"Gasoline Alley" was made in 2022 and is almost a one-man movie - and neither Bruce Willis nor Luke Wilson are that man.

Devon Sawa is the lead, a tattoo artist accused of killing "The Four Beauties", a quartet of call girls given that moniker by the media.

Bruce Willis mostly is called upon to just be in a few scenes, with a few lines to give his aging detective a bit of life. 

I was sad watching him, as I've loved him ever since "Moonlighting"...

but aphasia has made him seem more than just 3 years older than me.

It's still a good movie with a good story.

After that, I wanted something completely different and "Extra Ordinary" was that.

I knew no one in this quirky Irish film about a driving tutor whose side hustle is helping to exorcise ghosts for folks in the township.

Well, I thought I knew no one until Will Forte showed up as a former rock star in need of a virgin sacrifice to jump start his career again.

This was definitely good for a few laughs!

Today, I watched "A Walk On The Moon" and "The Courier", both set in the 1960's.

I didn't choose them for that reason, but there they were, a gift on a rainy day.

(smile!)

Diane Lane and Liev Schreiber were a Jewish couple in the summer of 1969, vacationing with their family in the Catskills, as they have in years past. 

Their daughter, born when they were both teens, is now 14 and the mother is starting to feel like she's missed out on life.

So when 'the blouse man', a traveling salesman, innocently flirts with her, she takes him seriously and they have an affair that begins on the night of the Apollo 11 Moon Landing and runs right on past the Woodstock music and art fair several weeks later.

Viggo Mortensen is appropriately dreamy in the 1999 film as the counterpoint to the staid working man that her husband had become.

I recommended that one to Sandy!

(smile!)

"The Courier", set in the early 1960's, turned out to be one that I'd seen before.

With a similar vibe to "The Bridge Of Spies", this one has Benedict Cumberbatch as a salesman called to duty by MI-6 to go to Moscow and interact with a colonel there who is trying to prevent a war.

The timeline runs from the erection of the Berlin Wall in 1961 to the Cuban missile crisis in late 1962, then beyond.

Nice to end this film festival with two history lessons!

(smile!)

birthday celebrations once more!!!

Most of the Kameron crew missed out on this rainy Friday.

I almost did, but Tony called to make sure I was coming!

That's because Smitty and Mary were there after all!

Smitty's eye doctor is so pleased with his progress that she has freed him up to drive again!

When she saw him this morning, she found the retina had reattached itself and is healing nicely, even though he still cannot really focus with that left eye.

That's going to take at least six to eight weeks, as long as all goes well.

The good news is, she's so confident of his healing that she doesn't need to see him again until August!!!

Hallelujah!!!

Hence, the Friday Fiesta at Jalapenos of Sandfly was on!!!

That meant time for the donning of the sombrero!!!

That meant the singing by Claudia and the other waitstaff!!!

That meant the shot of birthday tequila for Smitty!!!

What a celebration... I'm so glad I was there!

Thanks, Tony, for the call!

Thanks, Mark, for walking me to my car in the muddy back lot!

i thank You, God, we were all together!!!

pizza luncheon with 2 little girls!

 

Here is that sassy duo!

We were waiting for Christina to step away from the register at NCG Cinema and, when I asked them to pose, that sassiness came bursting out in full force!

Glad to know they take after me through nurture, since they cannot by nature.

We are linked forever by love!

(smile!)

And we were linked together at this viewing of "Clifford, The Big Red Dog", with the four of us sitting in the front row and laughing at the antics of the 12-year-old girl and the pet she received from Mr. Bridwell!

 

Yes, I had just seen it yesterday, but I had not seen it with them... and that makes all the difference!

Getting to laugh at the dog playing 'fetch' it in their company -

getting concerned when the corporation tries to take the puppy away -  

getting misty-eyed when the girl has to say goodbye at the ship -

yes, much better with Miyah and Chloe there with me!

As for Christina, she had a little nap in between scenes.

Hahahaha!

Then, off to Cici's Pizza for our luncheon!

I must say, this summer has really shown how much the girls have grown emotionally - they will be so much more ready for school this fall!

They both listen better, for starters.

My first niece even says they do well at entertaining themselves on rainy afternoons or hot evenings when the weather prompts them to stay indoors.

Good for them!!!

I am so proud of how much they have matured!

That's not to say they don't have their silly moments...

but so do I.

Good for them!!!

(smile!)

movie here, movie there, mileage in between

First thing this morning, I was off to see John Cleese!

I do so love that man with the twinkling eyes!!!

NCG had "Clifford The Big Red Dog" as their Summer Camp movie this week and so I knew the Brit would be there!

Surprisingly, Peyton's clone was in that movie, too!

Long curly red hair, pale skin, 6th grade - well, I guess Darby Camp is a year older than her.

I'm so glad the screening room was full of others who enjoyed the movie!

Although being the sole audience member doesn't detract from my enjoyment of a movie, I admit to getting an extra hit of merriment when others are there who are as actively engaged as I am.

Right place, right time, as confirmed by my odometer when home.

I was striving for a palindrome, but didn't quite make it.

Still, that mileage of 242042 was good enough to make me smile!

Encouraged, I checked Georgia Gateway about my Medicaid application.

It still lists mine as awaiting the caseworker's determination of my eligibility for those Medical Benefits that I had until April.

While the caseworker works on this, I have to pay the Medicare Part B premium, which means my Social Security check has been $185.00 short for three months.

That's a pretty hard hit to my budget.

Hopefully, that will be straightened out soon.

Thankfully, I had free entertainment tonight... and with my brothers!

When I called Smitty earlier to sing to him, he mentioned that he and Mary were going to Compassion Christian East for the "At The Movies" kickoff.

Most excellent!

Tony and Laura had spoken of that on Sunday, telling me that the movie selected to be sermonized was "The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring".

I knew that story well, as I once owned that trilogy in paperback form.

So, I made a plan to show up and surprise my brothers and their wives!

That worked out perfectly, as Laura spotted me at the door and waved me over to where they sat - hooray!

Very well done, the sermon was, inferring a comparison of the mysticism of the Ring (in the movie) to the mysticism of the Holy Grail (in the Christian Bible), though the inference was not direct.

Afterward, I was able to give Smitty a birthday hug and talk about his left eye.

Then I got big hugs from Mary, Tony, Laura, and Peyton - fabulous!

And after a bit of a chat about the movie and life, more hugs!

(smile!)

Bonus points to me for coming out on a rainy night, too.

i Thank You, God.

welcome to medicare, my biggest little brother!

 

I have flowers for you, Smitty!

This is the gorgeous bouquet that graced the right side of the stage Sunday.

Perhaps I should have brought them to you?

You are still recovering from surgery to your left eye for a torn retina.

As you know, I had the flowers given away to folks in recovery or grief.

I know how much that can mean to have a gift like that.

Hmm... maybe I'll surprise you with a floral spray after your doctor appointment on Friday to check the progress of the healing.

Isn't it a hoot that the eye surgeon in Hilton Head is the same one that treated Daddy when he had eye issues?

That sounds like some great joke from the Universe!

I'm glad Bonnie said it wasn't a torn retina that he had; at least it wasn't a genetic problem that you might have passed on to Zach or Kobe.

Such a relief!

Happy 65th birthday, my dear brother!

I love you so!

third place! twice!

Ah, yes!!!

Just after 1 AM today, I was in the top ten for "Family Feud"!

That was with AARP Games, not the TV show.

I caught my score by chance.

Perhaps I could get on the leader board for a different game?

Holy cow, I did it, too!

At 2 AM, I made the top ten for "Right Again! Trivia"!!!

Content with those bragging rights, off I toddled to dream.

After breakfast, I checked in to AARP.

Did I still have third place for the trivia game?

Not only did I not have third place, I was not even in the top ten.

In fact, none of the folks who had been on that early morning list were still there at 10:40 AM.

Might the same be true for "Family Feud"?

Almost so.

None of the early morning leaders were still on board, save one.

That was MichelleP3257, who had slipped from first place to 4th, but was still there.

Did I try to win my way back on either list?

I did not, as I had an appointment at Savannah VA.

I'll be seeing my PCP, Susan Barker, on Friday and she had ordered blood and urine tests from the lab.

That worked out fine for me to catch the new movie, "Jurassic Park: Rebirth", timing my arrival perfectly for as it began.

Very good summer-fare flick with lots of jump scares!

I had just enough time when I got home to watch "The Princess Bride", which I'd taped from ABC last night.

As I told everyone at Music Bingo tonight, it was wonderful to be able to zip right past all the 'mercials!!!

I was able to watch it in very nearly its 98-minute running time!

As for the Music Bingo at Midtown Sports, Sandy was the only one of six of us to win any of the five games.

She took both the first game ('Songs that start with A', requiring a single Bingo line) as well as the third game ('TV Themes', requiring two lines of Bingo).

She gave the first win to a guy named Mark, who had tied with her.

Elyssa usually wins one, as does Marcia, but they didn't this time.

Marcia's daughter, Amanda, was there, as was Sandy's longtime friend Kelly.

My favorite game was the second one: 'BEERS'. 

That acronym stood for 'Beatles, Eagles, Elvis, Rolling Stones' - very nice and quite location appropriate!

I was treated to hearing six by Elvis Presley!!!

Heartbreak hotel, don't be cruel! Suspicious minds, return to sender! Jailhouse rock, hound dog! 

Oh, yeah, right place, right time!

My odometer confirmed that when I got home.

The mileage read: 242020.

I had to read it three times to make sure that was correct!

Very nice!

Just in time for "The Quiz With Balls"!

(smile!)

happy bday63 to my middle brother

"Happy birthday to you,

happy birthday to you,

happy birthday, dear Ronnie,

happy birthday to you!"

I admit, I was a little lost when I came to sing to you.

A young man was sitting on your pier and I hadn't wanted to disturb him.

He was obviously enjoying the sunny day and the sweet breeze as he fished there.

I hope you steered a fish to his line!

Such a lovely day this has been...

I was so busy looking at the water that I almost missed the heart-shaped cloud.

By the time I snapped the photo, the heart was missing part of the right side.

Mine, too.

I miss you.

flowers for two brothers

I have two brothers with birthdays in July, though one has stopped aging.

Ronnie is forever 58 years old.

At the beginning of this year, when Asbury Memorial posted the Flower Calendar, I checked the dates to see if any might be important for me...

and there it was...

July 6th.

The exact day of Ronnie's birth.

I immediately wrote my name as the donor for that Sunday's sanctuary flowers.

The first thing I did with my tax refund check was pay that $70 fee.

By that time, I had decided that act would be a gift for Smitty, too, as his birthday would be on the 9th, the following Wednesday.

Perfect.

The wording on the program today was as I wanted it.

Reverend Billy Hester, there for his last sermon before his summer break, was the one who read those words during the 'Announcements', looking at me as he did so.

Very nice.

 

"The flowers for today's worship service are given by Faustina Smith

in memory of her brother, Ronald Allen Smith,

and in honor of her brother Harvey Goodwin Smith's birthday." 

 

Thanks, Randy, for making that happen.

 

After the sermon, we had communion, as this is the first Sunday of July.

That's me, in my purple "Cancer shirt" that I wore specifically for today.

Ronnie's name is on that ribbon, as are those of Daddy, Grandpa Lee, Great-Uncle Sam, stepbrother George, and mother-in-law Pat.  

That represents five decades of loss to lung and intestinal cancers.

 

Candace sent an email to me early this week to ask what was to become of the flowers after the service.

Did I want to have them?

I told her I would rather they be part of the Flower Ministry and given to people whose day needed brightening.

Here are some of them, waiting to be delivered to folks recovering from surgery or illness, to folks needing loss adjustment, or people with special birthdays.

I am so grateful to be part of that blessing to others.

i thank You, God.

razzin' a phone 'mercial!

 

"Can ya see me now?
New eyeglasses!!!
Cream and brown, like buckeye caramels!
Happy birthday to me from the VA!!!
They actually arrived on time, but I just started wearing them.
Literally eye candy!!!"

 

That's what I posted on fb this afternoon, all caught up in making a change there!

Yes, it's out of focus, but it's supposed to be.

That's part of the joke!

 

Here's another joke: I cannot recall what phone company had that series of 'mercials.

All I remember is the catch phrase.

Guess that really wasn't what they were selling!

 

As for my glasses, it's just the frames that are new.

My sight hasn't changed for the last four or five years, so Dr. Urban just used the same prescription once more.

How about that?

When I checked out all the frames the Savannah VA would give me for free, I wanted to make sure I got something that looked very different from what I've had since the pandemic.

I almost ordered tortoise-shell frames, but then I saw these...

ah, yeah!

I think Cameo can speak for me about these!

 

"It's like candy (Candy), oh
You sure are sweet, sweet (Sweet)
You're so dandy (Dandy)
You're taking my appetite, but it's all right"

 

Back in the mid-80's, I danced every time "Candy" hit the turntable!

The music video always had me out of my seat, too!

That song was all over the radio, as it was a Top Ten hit.

Good times!

 

And now I have these lovely glasses to go with that memory...

and that song...

happy birthday to me!

bacon park fireworks party!!!

 

Live music!!!

I never did catch their names, but these two guys kept up a constant stream of tunes for three hours!

Sometimes one of them sang, sometimes the other, but those guitars were in action all the time!

I even got up and danced some!!!

Game tournament!!!

There were four pairs of corn hole boards set up for the tournament, which required an entry fee.

There were also three pairs of corn hole boards in the field beside the giant bounce-house slide!

None of us did any of that.

My youngest brother and his bride of absolutely 7 years were enjoying their spiked drinks, knowing they had me as their designated driver.

Hey, I was happy to be invited to this shindig!

That meant grilled burgers at their house before we came out -

very tasty! 

Peyton went over to the playground and hung out with her summer friend, Claire, that she met at the pool.

Nice that another 11-year-old was there!

In fact, there were lots of kids of lots of ages!

This was a real family event!

I even ran into one of my outlaw Melinda's youngest sister!

Rather, Robin saw me when I walked up to the singing duo!

She and I talked for a while, and she came over to greet Tony and meet Laura -

very nice!!! 

Turned out she and Dino were sitting just fifteen feet from us!

We were all awaiting the sky show, 

watching for the blue sky above 

to darken enough for stars to shine,

waiting as we ate boiled peanuts

and drank iced Fresca.

Oh, wait, that last part was just me.

(smile!)

Then, just before 9 PM, the show started!!!

We were set up to the side of a huge tree and the fireworks seemed to be shooting out of every branch, all the way up, bursting towards us!!!

It was as if we were in warp drive and flying through the Milky Way Galaxy at maximum velocity!!!

Wow!!!

I decided to venture across the field,

going over by the slide on the playground,

wanting to see the flashing lights above me...

success!!!

This was closer than I've ever been to the fireworks!!!

Not even at the Savannah Sand Gnat games or the Savannah Bananas games had I ever seen anything that compared to this!!!

I was close enough to see the four men working steadily behind the barricades to keep the show going!

When I turned to try to see my brother and his family, I saw only darkness until a bursting blast above brought this view of others, like me, in awe of the brilliant lights and sounds!

Such a magnificent celebration of the independence of the USA from England's rule!!!

No kings for us ever again!!!

We chose government 

by the people,

for the people,

of the people!!!

Hallelujah!!!

How blessed we are to have been born in this country where we have such freedoms and so many choices!!!

I am still so excited from this show tonight!!!

Thanks, Tony and Laura!!!

Ah-Earth, bEarthday, E-arth!

 

I do so love my A*List to have a side of science with it - so much more filling!

Yes, that's true, even when the science is actually science fiction.

Hence, the gobbledy goop as the post title!

All four of my movies this week were scifi, including the one at NCG.

I know, I know, my dance card up there only shows three suitors, but that's because I haven't yet gone to see "Elio".

That's not until 4 PM, but see it I shall.

It's important to my three-part theme this week, starring our third rock from the sun.

(smile!)

Those three movies are "Lilo & Stitch", "Sonic 3", and "Elio", none of which are first-timers in these dances with me.

It was my love of Elvis music that started off the theme.

I ventured out for "Lilo & Stitch" specifically to hear The King of Rock'n'Roll's voice.

Then I heard the science-minded geek in the cowboy outfit refer to this planet in the backwaters of the Milky Way Galaxy as "E-arth"...

and that was all it took to have me off and running!

(smile!)

I already knew which other two movies were needed for a trio, and all three were playing in cinemas this week!

I couldn't have done it like I wanted to without "Sonic 3" today, but this is the very week that NCG had it in their Summer Camp schedule.

Right time, right place!

I'm so glad that Laura's elder granddaughter was able to go with me.

She likes Jim Carrey, too, and had never seen this movie!

She has now!!! 

So Peyton saw the Donut Lord and Pretzel Lady celebrating Sonic's "bEarthday" with a banner, cake, and even a race to see if Knuckles or Tailz could beat him.

Hahahaha!

(smile!) 

Then, there's little Elio - that's pronounced "El eee oh", not "Eee lee oh" - an orphan who is now being raised by his paternal aunt. 

I really liked that she was in the military.

Still, the boy missed his parents and was sure they were out there in the stars somewhere, in a world that would welcome him, a world like CommUniverse!

They received his ham radio signal and fetched him there, too!

He was to be the Ambassador of ... then he stumbled with the name... "Ah-Earth"!

Priceless!

I'm looking forward to see this one more time at 4 PM.

(smile!) 

As for the other two movies, which are one and the same, it's the android's name that's been altered in spelling.

"M3GAN 2.0" is a much better movie than the first one was.

It's one of those science fiction flicks that's erroneously marketed as "horror".

That's a shame, because that error may steer away folks who would delight in this campy film with the clever puns and sentient robots.

I liked it so much that I was talking about it with Peyton and she wanted to see it!

I'm glad I was able to share that with her.

(smile!) 

six weeks to the day

"What's been six weeks? Oh, I bet I know! Today is Wednesday, isn't it? So you're gonna jibber jabber about laundry, aren't you?"

Yeppers! I've been meaning to go for two weeks, but something always came up.

"I know what it was last week: movies with someone else's grandkids!"

Correction: that's 'movie', singular, with Ivan and Peyton. They both went to the Bacon Park pool afterward. I went to another movie that night, but with Carolyn. 

"La di dah. I stand corrected. No movie with them today?"

Yesterday, Laura took him to Tampa to be with his two uncles. That was kinda sorta a last minute decision. While Peyton and I went to "Sonic 3" for the NCG Summer Camp Film Festival, those two left and we didn't know a thing about it until we were back at the house. Wild!

"Wow! That's just crazy!"

Here's what makes it even crazier: tomorrow is the seventh anniversary of Tony and Laura's wedding! I do hope she is planning to be back this afternoon. Maybe me and the girl child will return from our movie and find that has happened.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa! You and Peyton are going to see "Sonic 3" again?"

Nope. That would be silliness. We're going to "M3GAN 2.0" at AMC. I'm having to rush right now because the washer I used stopped early in the cycle and had to be restarted. When Bridget, the attendant at SUDS, did that, she gave me a longer cycle, with warm water, and that tripped me up on my timing. I had started the wash at 11:45, which meant I should be done and back home by 1 PM, easily. The longer wash cycle that Bridget gifted me, coupled with the delay before I realized the washer had stopped that first time, has added another thirty minutes to my time there.

"Yikes! What time is the movie?"

On paper, it starts at 1:45. That means it really begins at 2:10, so that gives me a little breathing space. Still, I need to pick her up and I just got home.

"Well, don't let me hold you up. Move along!"

I'm moving, I am, but I want to show how my front yard. Doesn't it look so nice and neat? I've been working my Ryobi almost every day, either late in the evening or around 10 AM. Plus, the heat finally dried out the spiderwort, so I've pulled it up for the year. I have some new clumps out by the curb, not including Mama's liriope. The new clumps are wild lantana. That's from Asia, by the way, and isn't native to this area at all. I found that out a couple of weeks ago.

"Yes, dear. Now, tick tock, tick tock!"

Oops! Gotta go!!! 

see you in september, see you when the summer's through

The song just flew onto the turntable on my mental jukebox as soon as those first four words were in the air!

I even sang the words back to the clerk, but she was too young to know them.

Not so for me!

I've known of that tune since I was a little girl.

I can't say that I know "See You In September" by the original group that did it in 1959, but my 8-year-old self definitely was familiar with the 1966 hit by The Happenings.

Mama and Daddy liked to sing along with the radio, and so do I. 

(smile!) 

I was at Howard Family Dental Midtown when this flash back in time occurred.

The time for my teeth to be cleaned was actually in December, but it was too cold outside so I had to reschedule and today was the earliest they could do.

I've been fairly lax about flossing, and the dental hygienist took me to task about it.

Kelly also got onto me about my faulty brushing technique.

Apparently, the larger head on my new toothbrush isn't letting me clean well enough in the front and center of my mouth.

In other words, my gums were tender and bloody this time around.

Ouch.

Today's bite wing X-rays revealed another issue of the faulty brushing: two new cavities.

They were on my right canine and the tooth to its right, on the posterior (or inner) side of my mouth.

(Those are the two teeth near the top of this dental mold from the past.

That blue paint marks the upper molar that got a crown many years ago.

It fell out around the time of the pandemic and I tried to do the right thing about it - I returned to Howard Midtown Family Dental.

Dr. Julie Howard had last crowned that tooth, so I wanted her to put the cap back on.

That cost me $100... and stayed on about two months.

I never did get it replaced and plan to sell that gold crown eventually.)  

Dr. Emily Husted-Saffer was not happy to see those new cavities, but at least she didn't chide me about them.

Speaking of her, I was on the phone for an hour with UHC Medicare on Tuesday.

I'd checked online to make sure she was in-network... and found her name missing, though everyone else at that clinic was listed.

As it turns out, it was her married name change that gummed up the works.

(I had to throw in that little joke! So punny!!!)

(smile!) 

The song came up because September is the soonest they can schedule the two fillings.

That song reassured me that it was as it needed to be.

Right place, right time...

leaving me and the clerk with smiles on our faces!

How many people can say that about a trip to the dentist?

(smile!)

pun day is the best day!

I think 

I figured out 

why our generation is  

common sense smart.

We had Lawn Darts

and Clacker Balls

to take out the stupid ones.

 

Thanks, my childhood friend, Faye Hill Kameron!

 

 

When you live alone you can't blame anyone else for hiding your things.

 

Thanks, Dawn's friend, Lisa Triplett Brown! 

 

Why didn't you look for me? 

Don't you carrot all?

 

Oh, I knew you'd turnip sooner or later.

 

Thanks, Ronnie's friend, Donna Faye Johnson!

No matter how big and bad you are,

when a two year old

hands you a toy phone,

you answer it.

 

Thanks, longtime church friend, Ray Ellis!

A priest, a reverend, and a rabbit walk into a clinic to donate blood.

 

The rabbit turns to the nurse and says, "I think I'm a Type-O."

 

Thanks, my new church friend, Sherry Giddens!

Stupid Microwave.

I pressed 

"Pizza" 

and it still came out a potato.

 

Thanks, longtime high school friend, Jo Coleman-Williams!

The man who invented the Ferris Wheel never met the man who invented the merry-go-round.

They traveled in different circles.

 

Thanks, my Armstrong college friend, Eric Mitchell!

Do you ever sing in the car? 

 

Yes, but only when I'm going in reverse.

 

Why's that?

 

Because I'm a backup singer.

 

Thanks, my Navy friend, Bob Bueling!