Oh, very well. If you have to hear how the story finishes up, we can put the joke column off until Wednesday. How the millions of joke column fans will…what was that? Don’t be rude. I hope everyone who read the first two installments has tuned in for the conclusion and was notContinue reading “He Is Us, Pt. 3”
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He Is Us, pt. 2
As you may recall from our last episode, we are glancing in the direction of immigrants to the United States through the experiences of the Ruppels, four Hessians in their mid-teens to early twenties, making their way out of the country ahead of the Hessian draft officials, in the distant year of 1843. WhenContinue reading “He Is Us, pt. 2”
He Is Us
Eons ago, a lot of jokes in this country dealt with The Other, people who were outside the norm, who had different clothing, different ways, and different language. This became known as “ethnic humor”, and is now largely considered passe, if not downright evil. I don’t have much interest in debating the question: someContinue reading “He Is Us”
Leisure Pleasure
So we arrive, once again, at Monday. If you did not spend your weekend at the Newberry Library Book Fair, well, you missed it. It was a post-pandemic affair, a bit watered-down from previous concoctions, but there were still books for sale at popular prices. If you were unable to tear yourself away forContinue reading “Leisure Pleasure”
Pockets To Let
I’m not sure I’ve ever even met anybody who was rich. Oh, I have chatted on a friendly basis with people who might admit they were successful, or well-to-do, or comfortably well-off. But the ones who were willing to discuss the matter with me could always cite someone richer than they were, someone whoseContinue reading “Pockets To Let”
FOOTNOTE BLOG
Just a note to anyone who has a behind and has not yet gotten said behind to the Newberry Library Book Fair at 60 W. Walton Street in Chicago that said behind can be taken there Friday, Saturday, and Sunday to find a nice variety of books, jigsaw puzzles, CDs, :{s. and even a musicContinue reading “FOOTNOTE BLOG”
Funny Business Casual
Postcard cartoonists in days of yore held strong opinions, or anyway expressed strong opinions, about clothes. They were cartoonists, after all, and whether clothes make the man or vice versa, they found clothes a very easy way to establish character. The way a character was clothed told you what the cartoonist wanted you toContinue reading “Funny Business Casual”
Jest Having Fun
Now, this is the third time in a row I am going to begin this column by opointing out that it is summer and, as Lewis Carroll decreed, what I tell you three times is true. It seems appropriate, then, in this time of vacations and warm leisure, to present a collection of oldContinue reading “Jest Having Fun”
You Give Me Fever
Well, we are thoroughly into summer now (I saw my first Back-to-School Sale ads) so perhaps you feel this is the wrong time to discuss romance in the long grass. But hey (this is the last time I’ll make that joke on this outing. Promise.) But grass grows more months of the year thanContinue reading “You Give Me Fever”
Summer Seats
Well, we are well into summer now, so I suppose this would be a good time to discuss hammocks. Hammocks have a role of their own to play in the postcard world. Despite the occasional reference to hammocks used by those who go down to the sea in ships, and the occasional vacationer besetContinue reading “Summer Seats”
Blogsy Babbles 