Even the silliest songs sometimes take on the big questions.

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The way Elton John pronounces “discard” has always puzzled me.

He’s welcome to pronounce it any way he wants, but I hope somebody close to him explained it’s not “disguard”.

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Boudreaux napped on my desk.

No special event is being commemorated, I just realized I hadn't posted any cat pictures in a while.

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I did me some talking to the sun.

And I said I didn't like the way he got things done.

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I spent a pleasant evening in Destrehan and New Sarpy.

I got out of the poker game pretty quickly thanks to losing all my money, but the evening wasn't a total bust.

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Jumpin’ slick was my ruin.

You may or may not know that this song (“Clean-Up Woman”) was composed by Miami songwriter and musician Clarence Reid.

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I drew two new karaoke cartoons.

I drew these one right after the other. I had written the lyrics on an undated Post-It that I wanted off my desk.

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Go ahead, bite the Big Apple.

Don't mind the maggots!

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The world on you depends.

I was amused to discover I'd already done a karaoke drawing based on this song, back in 2024.

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Notes for September 17, 2026: I read a book and watched some movies.

I just re-read The Moviegoer by Walker Percy. He mentions a dozen movies in the book, of which I’d seen eight. Now I've seen nine.

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I let go of some art that had been allowed to decay too much.

I had a couple of old pieces that had been stored outside for too long. Additionally, I had about a year's worth of yard trash to burn. So the time seemed right.

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There is no relief.

I think I remember hearing this particular AT40 as a kid because it has Patrick Hernandez's "Born To Be Alive", which was, to me, the lamest, stupidest song I'd ever heard in my life.

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I restored my porch paintings.

These two paintings were really showing a lot of damage from living outside on my front porch, so, I scraped them down and repainted them.

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Buddy sat on the desk, as usual.

It can be irritating having to work around him, but he enjoys showing off so much, you can't stay mad at him.

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I painted a painting called "Explainer".

I'm going to see if I can write in words with a whiteboard marker, and then see if they'll erase cleanly.

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Notes for September 23, 2026: I saw a couple of movies.

The Young Philadelphians was the most lathered-up soap opera I think I’ve ever seen, so it was very entertaining.