All Good Things Must End

   Normally, I do not post 2 items on a single day. But given the brevity of my previous blog, and the fact this happened today, you get a bonus.
   Not a very happy one either, because a good chunk of my, and millions of others, childhood is ending.

   After 67 years, Mad Magazine, the goofy, irreverent, and lets face it funny, publication will no longer be published. At least, not any new content, starting next month. Any new issues will be previously released content with a new cover. As well, the magazine will only be available in comic stores, and to subscribers. The publisher, DC Comics, has refused so far to say why the magazine is being pulled from newsstands.
   I used to buy it every month when I was a kid, and loved the satirical articles, Alfred E. Newman on the front cover, things like "Spy vs. Spy", and, of course, the folding back cover.
  For all intents and purposes, RIP Mad Magazine.

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Happy 4th

   Wishing my American viewers a Happy Independence Day! Have a great 4th!!

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It's Just A Mascot

   It may be "just a mascot", but it's got fans of the Canadian Football League's Saskatchewan Roughriders in a tizzy. For a long, long time, "Gainer the Gopher" has been the team mascot, and fans love him

   So, a lot of of Green and White supporters are wondering why officials in whatever department looks after it changed it's look

   I think people are having a hard time getting used to the new head Gainer, or whoever is wearing the costume, is sporting. The eyes, I think, are a big issue in why so many fans don't like it. In fact, a lot of people are calling for "old" Gainer's return to the sidelines for home games.
   The whole thing has exploded on the social media I monitor in Saskatchewan, and it almost make me wonder if this is like the "new Coke" fiasco back in the 80's, where enough people were upset with the new formula to force Coca Cola to bring back the original, which I've come to suspect may have been a clever marketing plan, and may be the case here.
   Still, it could be worse. We could've had something similar to the Philadelphia Flyers "Gritty"

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A Great Gag

   As regular viewers will know, GX94 morning guru Danny Ismond and myself have a regular daily chat. We generally try and keep it on the lighter side. Today was no exception. I told Danny about a guy who had just bought one of these

   A $450 thousand 2019 McLaren 600 LT Supercar, and was taking it out for an inaugural run to celebrate. The joyride lasted all of 10 minutes. He left the dealership, and got nailed for doing 161 km/h in a 90 zone. The car was towed and impounded for 7 days, and the lead-footed driver was dinged $370.
   I also explained to Danny the time I got pulled over for speeding. I was driving dad's 1963 VW Beetle

   And was pulled over in a 50 km/h residential area. The cop asked if I realized I was doing 70 km/h, to which I replied "Impossible. This car won't run for an hour". Okay, that wasn't really true, but it made for a good gag
   Upcoming is the Canada Day long weekend, meaning I'll be out of the office July 1st. If I don't post anything tomorrow, I'll be back on the 2nd.

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Here's A Sobering Thought

   As much as we may not want to think about it, Christmas is exactly 6 months away as of today. I know, it doesn't seem "fair", since we just started summer, but it's true.
   And no, I have not started, and will not start X-Mas shopping yet. I think it's safe to leave it for a few months yet. Enjoy the "worm" I just put in your heads. And start thinking "Merry Christmas"!

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Happy Summer!

   Today is the first day of summer (in the Northern Hemisphere), and the longest day of the year. In my neck of the woods, the summer solstice hit at 9:54 this morning.
   Now begins the inexorable decline in daylight for the next 6 months. The Autumnal equinox this year is September 23rd, and the Winter solstice is December 21st. Then, we start the process again.
   Wherever you may be, enjoy summer. Winter if you're south of the equator.

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Throwback Thursday

   As regular viewers will know, I've been going through some of my fathers old slides, scanning them into my home system. Some of then go back more than 50 years, as hard as that is to believe. I already posted one a few blogs ago (see I Admit It), with me draped over a Norton 750.
   This time, we take a trip back to about 1974-75 for this one

   Yup! That's me with the shoulder-length hair. It was a thing "back in the day", and I had it long for a couple of years. Needless to say, I got a good 95% chopped off when I started seriously looking for work.
   Flash forward to 2017, when this beauty was taken

   Yup! That's me with the shoulder-length hair. Again. Quite a bit of difference, isn't there! Why did I grow it out again? No real reason, other than the fact that I could. And I have to give kudos to my employer for not lowering the boom, and telling me to get my ears lowered. The long, flowing locks have since been chopped off, and no, I won't be growing it out again.
   And don't worry. I'm not going to make a habit of posting scans of dad's old slides. Nor will I be doing many more T.B.T's.

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