My Grandson Antonio is 13 Today!

Happy Birthday, Antonio!!! Sending you lots of hugs and kisses on your special day! I love you very much!! You ARE my hero!!❤️😘

MORE GOOD AND NOT SO GOOD MOMENTS IN LIFE!

Watching "Darby o"Gill and the Little People" on St. Patrick's Day!

And I'm not even Irish!

Make Sleep Health a Priority Today on World Sleep Day 2025.

YOU MUST REMEMBER THIS...

 

...AS TIME GOES BY!

THE DAY I MET MARILYN MONROE!!

                                                       Marilyn Monroe, the wax figure, I mean!

The Gulf of Mexico is the Gulf of Mexico is the Gulf of Mexico!

And it will always be the Gulf of Mexico in spite of what any

 random idiot with limited power might decree.

That's me who said that!

ANOTHER CHAPTER ON ACTING

VALENTINE'S DAY, 2025

And back to the romantic Valentine's Day dinner!

THAT'S DANCING!

Dancing was never my strong point but a few days ago, I learned some impromptu Terpsichorean moves worthy of  Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly or John Travolta even, when I slammed a door shut right on my index finger! The pain must have triggered my prancing muscles, for I pirouetted around the room as if I was having a St.Vitus seizure!

MY ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE GIRLFRIEND!

When you get to be over 70 and you're single, you realize you are destined to remain basically alone for the rest of your life. Women are not interested in 70 year old guys and you should accept that fact. But do not despair. Thanks to Artificial Intelligence and CGIs, you can enjoy a healthy fake relationship with a non-existent woman! Enjoy yourself...it's later than you think!

BORN ON THIS DAY: OLIVER HARDY (1892-1957)

Oliver Norvell Hardy was an American comic actor and one half of Laurel and Hardy, the double act that began in the era of silent films and lasted from 1926 to 1957. He appeared with his comedy partner Stan Laurel in 107 short films, feature films, and cameo roles.  He was born January 18, 1892 in Harlem Georgia. Today, we remember his wonderful legacy.

That Darn Photoshop!

And after the heart attack...go and do it all over again!

Goodbye, Holiday Season!

Whatever normal is!

The Search is Over!

                                         At last, after so many years, I have just found myself!

"There I am!"

O Christmas Tree, O Christmas tree...

                                                           ...we'll see you until next Yuletide Season!

WELCOMING THE NEW YEAR 2025!

Celebrating with some of my favorite cartoon buddies: 

Wile E. Coyote, the Road Runner, Laurel & Hardy, the Pink Panther, Inspector Clouseau and Mobster Nick. I began my comic book career with Mobster Nick, The Pink Panther and the Road Runner, spending my days writing and drawing their stories for more than a decade. And my Laurel & Hardy caricatures were featured in six cards I created to celebrate Christmas with the Sons of The Desert film buffs society and which I sent to members from 1977 to 1982. 

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2025!

It's Coming! It's Coming!

A LAUREL & HARDY CHRISTMAS GIFT!

AND TO ALL, A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS!

The Cheap Christmas Tree

As long as the little lights are twinkling and the Christmas spirit is big...who cares about the size?

THE FINGER CRACKER

Goes without saying!

The Part-Time Grinch in Me!

Don't get me wrong! I love Christmas and all that is related to it but...

I sure hate the crowds at every store, restaurant and shopping mall!

MY FAVORITE CHRISTMAS MUSIC!

I am a sucker for Christmas music. I love to listen to the great Yuletide classic songs over and over again, may it be with different artists or even the same version repeatedly. It doesn't matter. I love it! But of course, after the 25th of December, I erase the Xmas playlist and wait for the next year to do it all over again!

Warning The Grandkids!

CHRISTMAS SEASON IS HERE!

The undeniable signs of Yuletide are too obvious to ignore...since October!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, LORENZO!

Lorenzo, one of my grandsons, is 10 years old today! Here's wishing him all the best now and always!

Oh, and his birthday coincides this year with Thanksgiving Day!

Mr. KELLY'S, Mexico's Classic Hamburger Joint, bids farewell after 5 decades.

 "Hamburguesas Mr. Kelly's", Mexico City's iconic hamburger place since 1972, closes its doors today, Sunday 24, 2024. Only four stores existed at one time and all of them disappeared until just one, over at Insurgentes Avenue remained standing. Today it bids goodbye to its many customers. I used to take my son Ricardo, to the Av. Universidad Branch when he came out of school every other Friday for a family lunch. Great times then, and the hamburgers were delicious!!!  I visited the hamburger joint for the last time on Friday, Dec. 29, 2017, and the hamburgers were still as tasty as ever. Farewell Mr. Kelly's!

NOVEMBER 22, 1963

 THIS HAPPENED 61 YEARS AGO! I was only 12 years old but I remember very well the impact these news had all over the world. We stood up in class and kept one minute in silence, praying for JFK. 

The killer is aprehended...

...and then, shot!