{"id":36311,"date":"2021-02-09T20:20:03","date_gmt":"2021-02-10T04:20:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sparselysageandtimely.com\/blog\/?p=36311"},"modified":"2023-12-21T13:47:43","modified_gmt":"2023-12-21T21:47:43","slug":"humor-to-make-valentines-day-next-sunday-even-happier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sparselysageandtimely.com\/?p=36311","title":{"rendered":"Humor to make Valentine’s Day on Sunday even happier"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Happy Valentine’s Day<\/strong> from the Canada Geese at Mitchell cabin.<\/p>\n

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The behavior of a crazed loser<\/strong> did not originate with Donald Trump, as this 1982 New Yorker<\/em> cartoons illustrates.<\/p>\n

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Formal debate had already begun replacing aggressive prosecution <\/strong>in another 1982 New Yorker<\/em> cartoon. I had considered the gladiators-versus-lions in the Roman Coliseum the ultimate high-stakes event. It never occurred to me a lion might have to to impeach a histrionic gladiator who had overindulged his sense of entitlement.<\/p>\n

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As noted here before, my obligation to encourage wildlife a few years back led me to teach this possum dining etiquette. You could safely invite him in for your Valentine’s Day dinner. He’s certainly no Covid-19 carrier.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Is this a Senate committee hearing or just another hungry-and-thirsty American in search of sustenance?<\/i><\/p>\n

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From a 1958 New Yorker<\/em><\/p>\n

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As part of my program to refine wildlife, I once<\/em>\u00c2\u00a0mentored a bodhisattva possum on its path to enlightenment.<\/em><\/p>\n

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What was Edouard Manet picturing in Le D\u00e9jeuner sur l’herb’? Lunch on the grass.<\/em><\/p>\n

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And a hearty Happy Valentine’s Day! from the raccoon I’ve trained to work as a flower vendor and who, I might add, would be only too happy to provide the bouquet for your celebration.<\/i><\/p>\n

I hope all this provided a ray of sunshine<\/b> in these semi-dark times.<\/p>\n

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