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margaret, mavis, opal, and florence were just names that no one knew until they changed them to dillie, kosher, gherkin, and bee bee. they recorded a few songs that got on the radio. they appeared in a newsreel that grabbed every moviegoers attention– and suddenly everyone was crazy about the pickle sisters. green studded dresses started flying off the racks, children ransacked their parents wardrobe closet for anything that looked like a pickle hat, and i’m green for your form reached #6 on the hit parade.
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-my thanks to the good folks at weird vintage everyday for posting this on instagram. i saw the pic & made up a story– but i really hope some of it is true.

they usually stare at their phones or they talk to other students. in the 12 years of teaching CPR, i’ve seen a lot of students act different ways in the classroom. it’s not every day that a guy sits in the back row, and takes selfies with a mannequin. geoff helped make a memorable morning. he wasn’t just any guy, he was my kind of crazy.

nathan, josh, and alex finished my french drain project, and evened out my new gravel driveway yesterday! we borrowed a neighbor’s wheelbarrow, and got the job done in an hour. nathan and alex are brothers, but they had never met josh before they started the project two weeks ago. i’ve known all 3 of them since they were toddlers. they didn’t talk much on the job, but while they were digging the ditch the first day, i realized they were all musicians. i hope they make better career choices than these guys:

women, fish, and a bird first! those are the murals that you see when you walk or drive through our neighborhood now. the newest one just went up last week on the side of the shoe repair shop. even though scribe didn’t sign his name on this chickadee, i’m pretty sure it was him. his fish is right across the street.

– now i wanna make some more! after looking at the 3D printers, the recording studios, and the laser cutters in the makerspace yesterday jane decided to create vinyl stickers!

the final chapter of a trilogy will be starting in a few hours when i drive to nevada to see my sister and shuttle jane back to kansas city. jane is my youngest niece. her two older sisters spent time with us sightseeing in kc, and now it’s jane’s turn. we’re making a list of stuff to do while she’s here. i know she likes video games, drawing, and dry humor… i wonder where she gets it.

we are brothers from another mother, so we don’t look like each other. donald sutherland was a lecherous pothead college professor when animal house hit theaters in 1978. david hasselhoff played a “salt water junkie” lifeguard on TV’s baywatch during the 1980′s. what’s my claim to fame? sometimes i wear hospital scrubs in public, and when someone asks “are you a doctor?” i always answer “no, but i play one on TV.” anyway… we were all born today, july 17.

i walked to vinyl renaissance saturday afternoon with jenny and hoovie. it’s pretty cool that there is a record store within walking distance of our house. it’s even cooler that they have a healthy selection of new and used vinyl. i picked up the soundtrack to the last picture show. hoovie bought over 60 records from the $1 stack. the cashier put hoovie’s records in a box that we carried back to the house. jenny carried my soundtrack.

i don’t need quarters anymore thanks to hoovie. he’s one of my oldest friends, and when he found a guy who makes affordable bartop arcade machines, he said “i’ll take two.” i am now the lucky owner of one of those machines. in addition to nostalgic games like pac man, galaga, dig dug, moon patrol, and gorf– this system has 18,000 games. josh came over to play donkey kong and joust, and when he texted his dad & brother they literally ran over to play paperboy and pitfall! afterward we ate lunch and talked about other things… but i know we were all thinking about those old games.

jenny found this boss oven mitt at a river market gift shop. she is a person who will assess a situation and take charge. after all these years of telling me that she’s the boss, she finally found a basic cooking accessory that proves it. just writing that last line reminded me of mick jagger’s 1983 debut album. heck, even he needed a woman to take charge!