Saturday, March 14, 2009

Cartoon Saturday

As the economy continues its free-fall, the number of registered cars on American highways is projected to decrease this year for the first time since World War II; in France, the credit crunch is being blamed for a dramatic decline in the sale of sex toys; a Brazilian man stole a single-engine plane and crashed it into the parking lot of a shopping mall, killing himself and his 5-year-old child; Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman Loera has been featured in Forbes magazine's world's billionaires report as a "self-made" billionaire; and the Supreme Court in Afghanistan has upheld a 20-year prison sentence for an Afghan university student journalist accused of blasphemy.

Thank goodness for Cartoon Saturday!

Don't show this one to Mike...

Have you seen the masterful evisceration of over-the-top CNBC reporter Jim Cramer by Jon Stewart? You can see an edited version of it here. And you can relate to these two cartoons...

and ...

OCGirl wrote in her blog the other day about some of the things people do in interviews to make sure they don't get hired. Sometimes, you just need to think carefully about the answer to the interviewer's question...

I just liked this one for being so utterly non-PC...

Someone once said that marriage is a compromise entered into by two people, one of whom can't sleep with the window closed, and one who can't sleep with it open. And then there's this take on what really happens in fairy-tale weddings...

The weekend weather forecast here in Northern Virginia is for two days of dreary, rainy, cold. Agnes and I will try to ignore it with some dance coaching this afternoon and a day spent with The Cutest Grandchild East of the Ohio Border tomorrow.


Life can be good.

Have a good day. More thoughts tomorrow.

Bilbo

7 comments:

Amanda said...

LOL! I really liked that Fairy Tale wedding. It reminds me of Richard and I hahahaha

And I wish I had curls like little Leya. She's so cute!

an orange county girl said...

OMG...your granddaughter is so precious. granted, i think i say that every time you post a pic of her, but that doesn't make it any less true.

if people haven't seen that jim cramer interview yet, get thee to the interwebs!

thank you for linking to me :)

The Mistress of the Dark said...

Jon Stewart is da man. BTW...I agree your granddaughter is absolutely a doll :)

fiona said...

Are we considering an "open Mike" session in here? LOL
I loved the firefighters...hehehe
AND Leya just makes me want another baby, not that mine look ANYTHING like her :-) She is a sweetheart.

Jean-Luc Picard said...

the interview one made me smile!

Mike said...

I saw that in the paper. I've participated in a couple of those and I had to PAY to be there.

Melissa B. said...

Oh, she IS a cutie pattootie! And as far as the economy is concerned, I say invest in NETFLIX...their profits are WAY up, because no one goes out anymore...Don't forget maƱana's Sx3!