Jim Says:”Screws fall out all the time. The world’s an imperfect place.”
Jim Says:”Kiss me, you’re drunkish!”
Many years ago, King Clyde Glunk faced a dilemma. His kingdom was about to come under siege by the Romans as they advanced through Europe.rnrnThe King stepped onto his balcony and addressed his people..
“My citizens, we have a grave decision to make. The Roman army is approaching and we are badly outnumbered with no chance of victory. If we fight, we will most likely be overrun with very few survivors left to tell our tale. However, if we abandon our small kingdom to flee and hide throughout Europe, our culture will be lost and forgotten in the sands of time. I will not order you to fight. Instead, I leave the decision to you, good people. Shall we face the oncoming onslaught and fight to defend our way of life, or shall we run? I shall return in the morning for your answer.”
The next day, King Clyde Glunk, weary from a sleepless night, made his way to the balcony to once again address his people.
“Good people, I ask you. Do we run and hide? Or do we head onward into battle?”
There was silence as a lone representative from the crowd made his way to the front. He stopped, and looked up at his King. He removed his hat and began to speak…
“Your Majesty,” he said, “as your loyal subjects, we have discussed this long into the night. We have weighed every option, and have come to a solid conclusion.”
“What say you?” asked the King.
“We shall not run and hide. We shall… MARCH FORTH!”
And that’s how we came to celebrate this holiday. May you and yours have a glorius March 4th.
Jim Says:”Here’s to you, Mr. Sunderman.”
Well, tomorrow anyway. The good folks over at IHOP are celebrating..
National Pancake Day!!
(March 4, 2014)
Stop in for a short stack of pancakes on the house and pay it forward by giving a little to support the Children’s Miracle Network.
Jim Says: “Every day should be Pancake Day. Well, Bacon Day, at least.”
I love the Winter Olympics, but this year they were all but ruined for me by NBC. It started with what I thought was terrible commentary during the Opening Ceremonies. From Meredith Viera’s advice to “Google” the cyrillic alphabet, to Matt Lauer’s smug, and often insulting, political analysis of every single country as they entered the arena. Strangely, I’m unable to find any video of it on the web. However, it was also noted by Mary McNamara in the L.A. Times.
In short, NBC have been terrible guests. Impolite to our hosts, insulting to the athletes, and harping on the Olympic ring malfunction during the opening ceremonies. (As well as reporting it as “news” after the fact.)
The banality of the commentary was highlighted by Meredith Viera explaining what we were watching, in the most literal of senses. It was reminiscent of Arnold Schwarzenegger’s commentary on the “Conan the Barbarian” DVD.
