Richard Willis > Jeff of Earth-JMarch 27, 2026 at 2:58am
Our local “Mount Baldy” (officially Mount San Antonio, 10,064 feet high) managed to kill several over-confident hikers this winter. Ice hidden under snow was the killer. It was such a problem that they had to prohibit future hiking until things warmed up. Then it is rough on their friends and relatives because the bodies usually can’t be found for weeks.
I know that we don't get into politics here, but I just saw a story about a guy who got served papers while he was being interviewed on live TV., and I can't help wondering how the interviewer felt while all this was going on. Was he thinking, "Holy s**t, this interview just got a whole lot more interesting!"? Is something like that like a gift from God for a reporter? "Wow. A story just threw itself in my face. Didn't even have to do any extra work for it. Damn."
We had a set of milk glasses when I was a kid that I was particularly fond of. I don't know what happened to them. Lately they're been popping up on the TV shows we've been watching: My Three Sons, The Beverly Hillbillies, The Rifleman (bit notLeave it to Beaver). I've been keeping my eye out for that style in antique shops, flea markets and the like for some time now, but I haven't had any luck finding them. I finally mentioned it to Tracy the other day when Chip Douglas was drinking from one. She said, "Pause it and let me get a picture." She ran the picture through "Google Images" (which is something that wouldn't have occurred to me) and learned that the style was and Anchor Hocking ribbed barrel glass tumbler.
I was positively gobsmacked to discover that today, new, these glasses cost $60 apiece! Once we had the style, though, she began searching the internet for bargains. There are plenty of these glasses available, mostly in the $30-50 price range. She finally found one, used, at a decent price. Don't go looking for it yourself, though, because we already bought it. I don't know what I'd do without her.
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Our local “Mount Baldy” (officially Mount San Antonio, 10,064 feet high) managed to kill several over-confident hikers this winter. Ice hidden under snow was the killer. It was such a problem that they had to prohibit future hiking until things warmed up. Then it is rough on their friends and relatives because the bodies usually can’t be found for weeks.
Gene Shalit is a hundred years old today.
I know that we don't get into politics here, but I just saw a story about a guy who got served papers while he was being interviewed on live TV., and I can't help wondering how the interviewer felt while all this was going on. Was he thinking, "Holy s**t, this interview just got a whole lot more interesting!"? Is something like that like a gift from God for a reporter? "Wow. A story just threw itself in my face. Didn't even have to do any extra work for it. Damn."
"Or, you'll die horribly. It's a toss-up."
And he's a redhead! Apparently, Professor Potter, like Superman, looked on Jimmy as an experiemental animal.
We had a set of milk glasses when I was a kid that I was particularly fond of. I don't know what happened to them. Lately they're been popping up on the TV shows we've been watching: My Three Sons, The Beverly Hillbillies, The Rifleman (bit not Leave it to Beaver). I've been keeping my eye out for that style in antique shops, flea markets and the like for some time now, but I haven't had any luck finding them. I finally mentioned it to Tracy the other day when Chip Douglas was drinking from one. She said, "Pause it and let me get a picture." She ran the picture through "Google Images" (which is something that wouldn't have occurred to me) and learned that the style was and Anchor Hocking ribbed barrel glass tumbler.
I was positively gobsmacked to discover that today, new, these glasses cost $60 apiece! Once we had the style, though, she began searching the internet for bargains. There are plenty of these glasses available, mostly in the $30-50 price range. She finally found one, used, at a decent price. Don't go looking for it yourself, though, because we already bought it. I don't know what I'd do without her.
I know were here mainly to discuss comic books, but yesterday I discovered one of "my" glasses in a Three Stooges short from 1935.
"Moe! Larry! The cheese!"
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