Tag Archives: humor

Technically, this is not another ‘dia de los muertos’ post…

Posted on August 25, 2016 by pouringmyartout

So there we were, showing our English visitors around Seaport Village down by San Diego bay, and my younger daughter and her boyfriend found a cool candle shop… The candles were awesome… they had hard outer shells, with thinner parts … Continue reading →

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A kiss from the end of a war, and a war that might never end…

Posted on August 25, 2016 by pouringmyartout

You might recognize this famous kiss. This is a statue based on a photograph taken when the surrender of the Japanese was announced, and the end of World War Two brought about a lot of random kissing. I seem to … Continue reading →

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Well, I told you I took Olivia to the zoo the other day… (featuring a cute baby monkey and an adorable little human)…

Posted on August 24, 2016 by pouringmyartout

And I told you I took a lot of pictures… And you know I like monkeys so much that I wrote and illustrated a children’s book called ‘I Like Monkeys’… still available in the links over there on the right … Continue reading →

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What a kidney stone feels like… part 3…

Posted on August 24, 2016 by pouringmyartout

Okay, that’s the last one… I swear… from now on, I will use the pain meds only for good… like making fun of Trump…

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What a kidney stone feels like… part 2…

Posted on August 24, 2016 by pouringmyartout

If, like me, you had never bothered to learn anything about kidney stones… other than the fact that they are extremely painful… here is something interesting about them. I always imagined that the real pain would come at the end … Continue reading →

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What a kidney stone feels like… part 1…

Posted on August 24, 2016 by pouringmyartout

The nurse at the hospital said that she and her coworkers refer to kidney stones as: ‘the male equivalent of childbirth’… All I can add to that is: ‘Yay, pain medications’!!!

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Hi, my name is Arrrrrrrthur…

Posted on August 24, 2016 by pouringmyartout

That’s quite a grip you’ve got there, matey! See, told you that grog would be even better if we mixed margaritas into them… so let’s sing some more sea shanties! Avast there, cousin Dot! I don’t care if you are … Continue reading →

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Arthur row that cow ashore… hallelujah…

Posted on August 24, 2016 by pouringmyartout

Hey, I’m no cow-ard… I told you that I never would have talked my visiting English relatives into doing awkward poses on a plastic cow bench by an ice  cream parlor unless I was also willing to take the bull … Continue reading →

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Another good news/bad news thing…

Posted on August 23, 2016 by pouringmyartout

Well, I ended up in the emergency room tonight… Don’t panic, it’s just my very first kidney stone! Wow… maybe the worst pain ever, and I have done some stupid stuff in my life… and my wife was supposed to … Continue reading →

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It’s good to be back in San Diego after being in the desert for three days…

Posted on August 22, 2016 by pouringmyartout

Where there are surfers… And friendly young egrets… And skeletons riding on hammerhead sharks that are chewing on a leg… wait… what? And our heat wave has broken!!! It was cool and cloudy at the beach, where we gathered for … Continue reading →

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