Flies On Washington Walls #49
Author: Jim Flanigan
My Concert Season is Complete
We don’t get out much. 5 kids here if I haven’t mentioned it before. We always thought the older kids would take care of the younger kids and my wife and I would continue to have an active social life. That never worked out too well. When my oldest daughter (child #1) took care of kids 3 & 4, my youngest son (child #3) would routinely reduce her to tears. My middle daughter (child #4) is all grown up and would gladly watch our 9 year old daughter (child #5), but oops, she’s off to college, sorry. And so we rely on babysitters, which is not only expensive, but these days it is difficult to find a teen around here that isn’t busy on the weekends with an active social life that dwarfs ours. It can be an expensive chore to find a babysitter.
But this was a concert opportunity not to be missed. Seeing this concert would make my 2017 concert season complete. I knew I would never forgive myself if I didn’t take this opportunity to see …
Flies On Washington Walls #48
Don’t Bet On It!
I may have a gambling problem. After church yesterday, parents of Sunday School children were herded into the gymnasium to hear what our children were being taught. I noticed that I was the only parent out of 50+ to have stopped by the food table before heading to the meeting. Yes, I may also have an eating problem. I definitely should not have taken chips and guacamole. The crunching of the chips reverberated through the large gymnasium with every bite. And the guac was a little spicy, so I had to try and suck some juice from the watermelon slice I took to calm the burning on my tongue.
But more to my point about gambling, we were shown some questions that our children were supposed to discuss. This one caught my eye …
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The Shirt Off My Back
In the wake of the recent Las Vegas mass shooting, I think it may be a good idea if I don’t wear this German hockey team’s shirt for a while …
Translated, it means The Adler Mannheim, but who knows German in the USA? Most Americans can’t tell when to use “you’re” or “your.” And don’t get me started on the use of “there” vs. “their” vs. “they’re.”
I definitely will NOT be wearing this shirt to the Adler Planetarium in Chicago.
Flies On Washington Walls #47 Extra Special Multi-Multi Panel Edition
Flies On Washington Walls #46
I Finished a Marathon!
This weekend, I finished a marathon. In fact, I went beyond the traditional 26.2 mile marathon distance and did 27.5 miles. Now you may not believe me since in May I was proudly blogging about walking 2 miles. But I have proof! Take a look …
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Mite Be Funny #33
Respect the Constitution
Foresight
Reporters cornered Donald Trump today at his New Jersey golf resort to ask him to rate his administration’s response to the devastation in Puerto Rico on a scale of 0 to 4. Trump replied, “Fore!”
No man is an island … but Puerto Rico is!
On the disaster in Puerto Rico, yesterday Donald Trump demonstrated that he had a clear understanding of the gravity of the situation … “This is an island surrounded by water, big water, ocean water.” I may be hard on Trump sometimes, but in fairness to him, I think he’s got a pretty good handle on the “islandosity” of Puerto Rico. He really nailed it. Puerto Rico is indeed an island in the ocean.
And then he made this promise to the people of Puerto Rico …
Continue reading “No man is an island … but Puerto Rico is!”
Mite Be Funny #32 – Special RIP Hugh Hefner Edition
Take My Knee, Please
As I got ready to watch my beloved Chicago Bears take on the detestable Green Bay Packers in a Thursday Night Football tilt, I wondered how both teams would address the whole “take a knee” issue. I know I was ready.
Strange Election
The special Alabama Republican Senate primary was a very strange election indeed, although Strange was not elected. Allow me to explain …
Those Poor People
Donald Trump is finally paying some attention to the victims of the hurricanes that devastated Puerto Rico. He sent out this series of tweets explaining their plight …
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Jim Flanigan Looks at the World 