Showing posts with label Christmas Fanfare 2011. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Christmas Fanfare 2011. Show all posts

31 December 2011

End of the year fireworks

Waiting for the wave of this year to come in

Note to self

Woody Guthrie's 1942 New Years Rulin's


1. Work more and better
2. Work by a schedule
3. Wash teeth if any
4. Shave
5. Take bath
6. Eat good – fruit – vegetables – milk
7. Drink very scant if any
8. Write a song a day
9. Wear clean clothes – look good
10. Shine shoes
11. Change socks
12. Change bed clothes often
13. Read lots good books
14. Listen to radio a lot
15. Learn people better
16. Keep rancho clean
17. Don’t get lonesome
18. Stay glad
19. Keep hoping machine running
20. Dream good
21. Bank all extra money
22. Save dough
23. Have company but don’t waste time
24. Send mary and kids money
25. Play and sing good
26. Dance better
27. Help win war – beat fascism
28. Love mama
29. Love papa
30. Love pete
31. Love everybody
32. Make up your mind
33. Wake up and fight

Quite a comical list even though some are outdated, I believe we won the war against Fascism, but Judith and I have decided to seriously work on number three being that we have many.

Happy New Year to all!

For next year ...

24 December 2011

Out in the distance

59 caddy

To you and yours

To you and yours by girlhula

And for your enjoyment

Spinning Christmas Tree, New York City, 1977

This reminds me of the lobby of the building my Grandfather lived in back in Brooklyn when I was a little boy.  They don’t make buildings like that anymore.


Seasonal confusion

Probability of a White Christmas


Living in South Florida I guess the snow blower won't be needed this weekend

Conover Electric Dishwasher ad, 1931


Good thing I was smart enough to get my wife a dishwasher years ago,
unfortunately he was deported by INS last month.