Watched a fine film this evening on my brand new Samsung LCD television set. The movie was titled Leatherheads and featured Mr. George Clooney, Ms. Renee Zellweger, and Sir Jonathyn Price, not to mention young Lord John Krasinski. It's a cinematic ode to the bygone era of the 1920's, as well as a comedic football story. I liked it. The new TV is nice, too, even if it's only 22" measured diagonally. Big enough for me, thank you very much. I hear those 33 inch screens give you head cancer. Cancer of the head!!
The cats are awake and making all kinds of noise. But that's OK because tomorrow is Mr. Lincoln's birthday, so there's no school. Did you know that old Honest Abe was born on the exact same day as Mister Charles Darwin? Which one do you think would have been more fun to eat chips and salsa and watch football with? Which one would you have do your taxes? These are hypothetical questions of course.
Furshlugginer was a swear word in the old Mad Magazine, back when you couldn't actually use swear words in public. I remember I used to use the word "furshlugginer" when I was really mad but didn't want to say a bad word. The most notable occasion I recall using it was when the pigs I was raising for 4-H knocked my prized AM/FM/Shortwave radio off the fencepost and into the mud, ruining it forever. I've never had another radio I liked nearly as well as that one. Radio used to be something you listened to back then. Now it's mostly a topic of conversation, i.e. "Remember when radio used to be worth listening to?" "No." "Oh, sorry."
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