Birthday Book

 

     The royal "memoir" series has been good to this blog.   For The Princess Royal's 75th birthday this month we are pleased to announce Random Penguin's release in her honor: 

    Though Princess Anne is known for being blunt and straightforward, she often has a humorous and jolly face in public. Still, she does not "suffer fools gladly" and has perfected her "withering look."

     This book is 100% pictorial: images of the withering look from her youth to present.  It is a perfect book for non-readers and for those looking to perfect their own withering stare.

Holiday Cook-Out

 

Shake up that tired old summer barbecue, festive potluck or holiday meal with this interesting smorgasbord:  toasted beef brain sandwiches, haggis [Scottish dish including sheep heart, lungs and liver], Braunschweiger [German liver sausage], beef tongue, menudo [Hispanic dish including beef tripe], chitterlings [pronounced "chitlins"; Southern dish, especially known as "soul food", made of stuffed pig intestines], and boiled Brussels sprouts.  Yummy!  🥴🥺  

Very international-- perfect for an immigrant country such as ours!

A New Flag

 
   We're in a whole season of patriotic holidays and recognitions.  Memorial Day just passed, both the Monday holiday and the former "proper" observance on May 30th.  Flag Day is on June 14th.          

     Independence Day is July 4th.  Labor Day is more to honor us workers, but it's kind of a patriotic fest, too.

    So, here's a proposed flag for a movement that ought to exist!

     (Some Semafor and Signal conversations were leaked in spring 2025. They showed a group of billionaires having private chats, trying to figure out how to "steer" the country.  Of course, the ideas were primarily for their benefit.)

Service with Dignity

More Sensible Tax Schemes

Look-a-Likes

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     September 2024 marked Prince Harry's 40th birthday. Witticisms & Aphorisms let the occasion pass without note.  This blog also passed on an April Fool's opportunity to unveil this opinion on who his true doppelgänger is.  (Easter took precedence.}  W & A takes this opportunity now.

     Print media often roll out comparisons of how Prince Harry looks like the Spencers, the Mountbattens (Battenburgs) or the Windsors.  These are usually to dispel rumors that PH is the illegitimate son of MAJ James Hewitt.

     When it comes to facial expressions, Harry resembles Don Adams' portrayal of Maxwell Smart in Get Smart.   Get Smart was a 1960s spy spoof show.  It was Inspector Clouseau (Pink Panther) meets James Bond. 

     If you agree that the facial expressions are similar, you can figure out for yourself what that says about the prince.

     Judge for yourself:  

Bonus round:

     Another parallel:  Harry was born on 15 September 1984.  Get Smart debuted on 18 September 1965.

CBS Television holds the current rights to Get Smart.

Warner Brothers produced Get Smart the movie in 2008.

Easter Art

 HAPPY EASTER!

      The butterfly is a symbol of the resurrection. The caterpillar "sleeps" for a time in the cocoon and comes out as a glorious butterfly.

     This picture is a pen & ink drawing of mine that I made for a self-published book on nature and the Bible in the 1990s.  I recently colorized it with the Paint 3D program. 

3 Days

 PILATE [to Joseph of Arimathea]:   You are a very rich, important man.   I can't believe you sacrificed your nice tomb for this Jesus, a poor, wandering Rabbi who died humiliated.

JOSEPH:  No problem.  It's only for three days!   😂

St. Pat's Humor

"May ya live as long as ya want, and not want as long as ya live" is an Irish toast.

"Bread, cinnamon, eggs and maple syrup" is a French toast.