A Large Regular

A woman walks into a tattoo parlor and asks "Are you good at doing tattoos of celebrities?

"The guy says, "Sure, I'm pretty good. What do you want done?"

The lady says, "I'd like a portrait of Robert Redford on the inside of my right thigh, and a portrait of Paul Newman on the inside of my left thigh."

"No problem," says the artist. "Take your pants off and get up on the table."

After a couple of hours, he finishes, and she sits up and examines the tattoos.

"That doesn't look like either of them!" she complains.

"Sure it does," he says, "and I'll prove it to you." With that, he runs out of the shop and grabs the first man off the street he can find, who happens to be the town drunk.

"Well, what do you think?" the woman asks the drunk, spreading her legs. "Do you know who these men are?" 

The drunk studies the tattoos for a couple of minutes and says. "Well, I'm not too sure who the other two are, but the guy in the middle is definitely Willie Nelson!"

Miscellaneous thoughts and observations.

Recently heard Ernest Hemingway described as the most important American writer since Mark Twain. That of course made me wonder - who is the most important American writer since Hemingway? Technically John Steinbeck outlived Hemingway but I consider him a contemporary. Kurt Vonnegut? Please don't say Stephen King. Who? Seriously.. In 1978 China was far from an economic powerhouse but they allowed free trading zones imitating Hong Kong. That allowed the rise of their economy because of entrepreneurs like Jack Ma. Now both Hong Kong and Jack Ma are in shackles. Is it really reasonable for people to expect China's growth to continue unabated under those circumstances?... Perhaps my favorite tattoo story (and Sailor is Poker Hall of Famer Sailor Roberts)... So let me get this straight some people are for vaccine passports but these same people are against DNA samples from illegal immigrants with children crossing the border to see if they are actually the parents or the children are victims of human traffickers. The same people are able to hold both of these demands in their heads - simultaneously... Any truth to the rumor that Jell-O Pudding Pops have signed Deshaun Watson as their new celebrity spokesperson?...     

Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- Interesting - real tattoos that change color as biomarkers like glucose change levels

- How humanity won the war on famine. We live in a time of abundance (yet I still had leftover pizza for breakfast)

- This is the type of encouragement I needed today

- Going to have to find a remote place on a clear night this August to see the Andromescopic phenomenon

- The Charlie Munger operating system. "Trust, success, and Admiration are earned." 

- Heh Heh 

Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- After 37 years and over 13 billion miles on the odometer Voyager still works perfectly! USA! USA! USA!

- Bob Arum credits pot for his 50 years plus longevity in boxing

- Heh heh

- Mosquitoes may save lives thanks to bacteria. I find this stuff fascinating.

- Cool infographic on exoskeletons

- What should doctors do when faced with an unconscious man with a "Do NOT Resuscitate" tattoo?

- Let's end this with another cool NASA story. USA! USA! USA!

I don't have any tattoos but I don't have anything against them. It's just I've never seen anything or wanted anything particular permanently inked on my body. There is this one tattoo I've been thinking about though.

I have been thinking of buzzing my hair for the summer. It grows back pretty fast so no big deal. But I've also been thinking of getting the numbers "666" tattooed on my scalp. Once my hair grows back I would pretty much be the only one who knows it's there.

Here's where my twisted sense of humor kicks in. I would also alter my will to say that immediately after death I am to have my head shaved (so people can see the tattoo) and then be cremated as quickly as possible to avoid me rising from the dead and bringing about the end of the world. I know that I would be dead and wouldn't get to enjoy this particular prank but I would still think it's funny.

Miscellaneous thoughts and observations.

Cool story of how Calvin and Hobbes creator Bill Watterson returned (briefly) to cartooning... In Ronald Reagan's first term there was only one PC in the White House - and it was used as a word processor. My how times have changed!... If I were to get a tattoo - it would be this one... Aciphex is a heartburn product whose name is pronounced "ass-effects" and whose possible side effects include gas and constipation. Ass-effects indeed! I just find that funny...  Cool - D-Day landing scenes - then and now... True story - Bill Lear founder of the Lear Jet Corporation named his daughter Shanda. Yup Shanda Lear... The shortest possible game of Monopoly - 21 seconds... The Lubritorium would be a good name for a bar... Heh heh - Missing Cat... Peter Jackson started off good but then he just went too far...

Flotsam and Jetsam

Miscellaneous thoughts and observations.

Just saying but doesn't Richard Seymour still have to pass a physical for the trade to the Raiders to be official? Maybe the Raider doctors (under orders from the adults in the organization) look extra hard to find something wrong to void the one sided trade? Just saying but this could help explain the delay here... Wow - these are awful tattoos... It's been 11 years to the day that Mark McGwire hit his 62nd HR to break Roger Maris' single season record. This "achievement" certainly seems to have gone down the memory hole - hasn't it?... Dominic Randolph got off on the right foot to win this year's Walter Peyton Award. Remember the name - Randolph will be an NFL QB some day. He is way ahead of where Joe Flacco was at this point in his career... TCU is looking forward to playing Virginia this Saturday... Today is Phil Laak's 37th birthday. Laak became one of my favorite pro poker players after I learned he graduated from UMass Amherst with a degree in mechanical engineering...