Category: humor

  • The Hummingbird is a Blur!

    The Hummingbird is a Blur!

    Yesterday I noticed a hummingbird hovering about the flower pots on our porch. I hurried to get my point and shoot camera and shot video, through a window as usual and it was getting a little late in the evening too, so light was low.   Can I blame the bird for always looking like…

  • After The Rain II

    After The Rain II

    We were playing cribbage and Sena noticed a lot of birds out in the back yard—as well as the woodchuck again. We both grabbed the cameras and forgot about cribbage for a while. You have to gaze at the pictures long enough to see there’s more than one or two birds perching in various places.…

  • Svengoolie Movie: “The Black Cat” vs The Weather Report

    Svengoolie Movie: “The Black Cat” vs The Weather Report

    The atmosphere for the Svengoolie TV show airing of the 1934 movie “The Black Cat” was nothing short of electric—as in electrical storm. I thought the mood of ambivalence in the film was firmly set for about the first half hour of the movie. That was how long the TV station weather alert was on…

  • The Garden After the Rain and Some Juggling

    The Garden After the Rain and Some Juggling

    Sena got some video clips of the backyard garden. The woodchuck was out there but pretty much left her stuff alone. She caught a clip of what looks like a house finch as well. For some reason, possibly involving extraterrestrials, there was some guy juggling out there.

  • Cribbage Lingo in The Crib Song by Brett Kissel

    Cribbage Lingo in The Crib Song by Brett Kissel

    I modified the YouTube cribbage video “One for his nob short” to be about the same length as Canadian country singer Brett Kissel’s song about cribbage “The Crib Song.” I didn’t change any of the subtitles on the video because they fit the game play in the video. There is no audio in the short…

  • Whoops, The “One for his nob” Cribbage Song Vanished!

    Whoops, The “One for his nob” Cribbage Song Vanished!

    OK, sorry, I just noticed that my cribbage post “The Best Cribbage Song You Never Heard Of” has lost the video for the cribbage song “One for his nob” by British artist, Richard Thompson. I don’t know where it went (maybe abducted by extraterrestrials), but I think I found another one. It’s called “The Crib…

  • Upcoming Svengoolie Movie: “The Black Cat”!

    Upcoming Svengoolie Movie: “The Black Cat”!

    Calling all stations, clear the air lanes, clear all air lanes for the big broadcast! What do you get when you cross a black cat with a rubber chicken? Something else Svengoolie has to dodge. Keep reading for the Artificial Intelligence (AI) attempts at this joke. The upcoming Svengoolie show movie this Saturday will be…

  • Two to Tango Cribbage Mistake Update!

    Two to Tango Cribbage Mistake Update!

    I already have an update to the cribbage kerfuffle I posted about yesterday! The American Cribbage Congress (ACC) representative clarified what to do if the non-dealer and dealer by mistake switched roles during the cut of the deck and picking the starter card. According to Dan: “This mishap of the cutting of the starter card…

  • Sena’s Garden Eatables and the Miracle Whip Saga!

    Sena’s Garden Eatables and the Miracle Whip Saga!

    We got patio tomatoes in early June, which I mentioned in a post on June 2, 2025. We now are getting cherry tomatoes and just recently saw a slicer tomato as well. Sena also has been growing garden oregano and parsley. Sometimes while she’s out there, red-wing blackbirds dive bomb her. It makes me wonder…

  • The “It Takes Two to Tango” Mistake in Cribbage

    The “It Takes Two to Tango” Mistake in Cribbage

    Yesterday while playing cribbage, Sena and I accidentally switched non-dealer and dealer roles during the cut and pick the starter card phase of the game. I was dealer and by mistake cut the deck. Sena was non-dealer and by mistake picked the starter card—which happened to be a jack. At that point we both realized…