One might consider this an example of poor boundaries on my end, or simply showing my hand, but I’m going to divulge a little trick that cartoonists or writers might…
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“Waiter, there’s a string of pearls in my oyster stew.” Illustration Friday, of course. What else would get me to write something during this horrible, confusing week? I hate the…
For Illustration Friday, the subject was: “sugary.” I’ve always hated to follow directions, and the sound of this word sets my teeth on end, anyway. I’ve never liked powdered sugar on baked goods. But I do like jimmies! Out here they call them sprinkles. I prefer all chocolate.
I found a whole forum on jimmies, here.
Someone at school told me that jimmies is actually a ra-cial slur related to the Jim Crow laws (‘course, she was from Jersey)…anyone else heard this?
I hope not! I never heard that before. More comments ideas, below.
Yeah, I’ve heard that they’re sprinkles if they’re multi-colored, and jimmies if they’re chocolate, because it was slang for Jim Crow. And even if it’s not true, enough people around think it’s true, so I call them all sprinkles.
Another bulletin from Jones, the mysterious MySpace writer: Oct 7, 2008 12:49 PM Subject: may not be renting out Disneyland for birthday bashBody: I know I promised many of you…
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“I think we timed it just right. Election fever overshadows bank failures.” If you are expecting analysis of the bailout package(s) and bill, explanations of why these banks failed, why…
“I have to get off. I’ve been waiting all week for “Dancing With the Candidates.”” I love ’em both: Dancing with the Stars, and the debates. Next up: foxtrot, with…
This is part of the original post. The cartoon and the rest of it are now on my chocolate blog. There was a sad obit in the LA Times this…
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