They Call Me “Flapjacks” Flapjacks 7/1/24 Flapjacks 7/1/24 Didn't anybody tell him? Didn't anybody see? Milford recreates Goldilocks offense and gets away with it while Jerry laments life's emptiness Read More Flapjacks 6/22/24 Flapjacks 6/22/24 Pops goes to see pretty witches and blood drawn while Jerry eats crackers; I play with my cane and enjoy cucumber water in final hours before summer blasts in & Chuckles gets hot shower Read More Flapjacks 6/21/24 Flapjacks 6/21/24 Adria Petty charms an old, limping journalist who thinks her dead father, Tom, was and remains America's best-ever rock band-leader Read More Flapjacks 6/14/24 Flapjacks 6/14/24 Pops watches stupid tornado movie, sings Lennon, recalls Bill Wyman, sees smokin' old woman; Laughter, snacks for Jerry, no hungry monster Read More Flapjacks 6/12/24 Flapjacks 6/12/24 A tale of loneliness, love, death, missing friends and how 55 years ago, Jocko and Champo (or Champion) roamed the prairies and pubs Read More Flapjacks 6/5/24 Flapjacks 6/5/24 'Oh, Lucy!' 'Oh, Ricky!" ... Ricardos bring Buffett with me to visit a shorn Jerry, who doesn't have a Pencil Thin Mustache. Relishing when he and Andy Devine were damn nice sidekicks Read More Flapjacks 5/29/24 Flapjacks 5/29/24 Old Flap's going "Crackers" after day of sharing contraband, CTA songs, John Glenn memories, today's date with Jerry; both of us wishing there was some way we could travel back to the day we drained the keg with a little help from our friends Read More Flapjacks 5/22/24 Flapjacks 5/22/24 Mason Rudolph Golf Course is in the death throes, thanks to city fathers, clueless newcomers who have no idea how important, historically, he was ... and really "modern" media coverage Read More Flapjacks 5/16/24 Flapjacks 5/16/24 An old punk feels lucky after he stumbles through nursing home blackjack game to make his day hanging out with old pal ... 'Dirty Jerry?' Read More Flapjacks 5/9/24 Flapjacks 5/9/24 Like Chico, the Monkey, and a cicada, I escape incomprehensible gloom as well as capture by "the keepers" who look after my pal, Jerry, and his comrades in the Memory Care Ward Read More Flapjacks 5/3/24 Flapjacks 5/3/24 He misses Lewisburg, but Jerry's content in this clean, well-lighted place; Crackers for my pal, handshakes with my new friends Read More Flapjacks 5/2/24 Flapjacks 5/2/24 Regretting that my last 'Dance with The Guitar Man' has ended, but celebrating long conversations with twang-master Duane Eddy Read More Flapjacks 4/29/24 Flapjacks 4/29/24 I save Jerry from orange balloon attack that brings joy and anger to the Memory Care Ward, cheese crackers and Diet SunDrop in my boxers, dead teenagers, movie, Chico evokes smiles and sorrow Read More Flapjacks 4/27/24 Flapjacks 4/27/24 The man who loved Austin Peay is dead; Farewell Sherwin Clift, devoted to school, microphone and family; That's the 3-0 mark from here for "Voice of the Govs" who sang "Folsom Prison Blues" off-key at Bear Bryant Lounge in Tuscaloosa, Alabama Read More Flapjacks 4/19/24 Flapjacks 4/19/24 Harry Potter accompanies News Brothers as laughter takes over the Memory Care Ward and my pal, Jerry, enjoys contraband food and vague memories of pie fights and mean cops and Chico Read More Flapjacks 4/11/24 Flapjacks 4/11/24 "The Juice is Loose" finally ... My 'pal' Orenthal's blood-soaked legacy ends due to prostate cancer; while ungloved O.J.'s golf-playing search for Nicole and Ron's killer goes unfulfilled Read More Flapjacks 4/7/24 Flapjacks 4/7/24 My brother, Eric, a bigger-than-life and sweet man, left his mark on the world by the way he loved his family; And I will miss him always, while his memory lives in my heart and soul Read More Flapjacks 4/2/24 Flapjacks 4/2/24 How'd you like to go somewhere where nobody knows your name? Cracker crumbs and melancholy with my old friend, Jerry Read More Flapjacks 3/25/24 Flapjacks 3/25/24 For some reason I couldn't stop thinking about my dear friend, the dead cowboy and great reporter, Harold "The Stranger" Lynch. Happy Trails. Read More Flapjacks 3/23/24 Flapjacks 3/23/24 George the ape goes on 'Rampage' on Jerry's TV while the great newspaperman munches crackers, spills Sprite and nursing home 'knucklehead' points out similarities to Chico, The Monkey Read More Newer Posts Older Posts
Flapjacks 7/1/24 Flapjacks 7/1/24 Didn't anybody tell him? Didn't anybody see? Milford recreates Goldilocks offense and gets away with it while Jerry laments life's emptiness Read More
Flapjacks 6/22/24 Flapjacks 6/22/24 Pops goes to see pretty witches and blood drawn while Jerry eats crackers; I play with my cane and enjoy cucumber water in final hours before summer blasts in & Chuckles gets hot shower Read More
Flapjacks 6/21/24 Flapjacks 6/21/24 Adria Petty charms an old, limping journalist who thinks her dead father, Tom, was and remains America's best-ever rock band-leader Read More
Flapjacks 6/14/24 Flapjacks 6/14/24 Pops watches stupid tornado movie, sings Lennon, recalls Bill Wyman, sees smokin' old woman; Laughter, snacks for Jerry, no hungry monster Read More
Flapjacks 6/12/24 Flapjacks 6/12/24 A tale of loneliness, love, death, missing friends and how 55 years ago, Jocko and Champo (or Champion) roamed the prairies and pubs Read More
Flapjacks 6/5/24 Flapjacks 6/5/24 'Oh, Lucy!' 'Oh, Ricky!" ... Ricardos bring Buffett with me to visit a shorn Jerry, who doesn't have a Pencil Thin Mustache. Relishing when he and Andy Devine were damn nice sidekicks Read More
Flapjacks 5/29/24 Flapjacks 5/29/24 Old Flap's going "Crackers" after day of sharing contraband, CTA songs, John Glenn memories, today's date with Jerry; both of us wishing there was some way we could travel back to the day we drained the keg with a little help from our friends Read More
Flapjacks 5/22/24 Flapjacks 5/22/24 Mason Rudolph Golf Course is in the death throes, thanks to city fathers, clueless newcomers who have no idea how important, historically, he was ... and really "modern" media coverage Read More
Flapjacks 5/16/24 Flapjacks 5/16/24 An old punk feels lucky after he stumbles through nursing home blackjack game to make his day hanging out with old pal ... 'Dirty Jerry?' Read More
Flapjacks 5/9/24 Flapjacks 5/9/24 Like Chico, the Monkey, and a cicada, I escape incomprehensible gloom as well as capture by "the keepers" who look after my pal, Jerry, and his comrades in the Memory Care Ward Read More
Flapjacks 5/3/24 Flapjacks 5/3/24 He misses Lewisburg, but Jerry's content in this clean, well-lighted place; Crackers for my pal, handshakes with my new friends Read More
Flapjacks 5/2/24 Flapjacks 5/2/24 Regretting that my last 'Dance with The Guitar Man' has ended, but celebrating long conversations with twang-master Duane Eddy Read More
Flapjacks 4/29/24 Flapjacks 4/29/24 I save Jerry from orange balloon attack that brings joy and anger to the Memory Care Ward, cheese crackers and Diet SunDrop in my boxers, dead teenagers, movie, Chico evokes smiles and sorrow Read More
Flapjacks 4/27/24 Flapjacks 4/27/24 The man who loved Austin Peay is dead; Farewell Sherwin Clift, devoted to school, microphone and family; That's the 3-0 mark from here for "Voice of the Govs" who sang "Folsom Prison Blues" off-key at Bear Bryant Lounge in Tuscaloosa, Alabama Read More
Flapjacks 4/19/24 Flapjacks 4/19/24 Harry Potter accompanies News Brothers as laughter takes over the Memory Care Ward and my pal, Jerry, enjoys contraband food and vague memories of pie fights and mean cops and Chico Read More
Flapjacks 4/11/24 Flapjacks 4/11/24 "The Juice is Loose" finally ... My 'pal' Orenthal's blood-soaked legacy ends due to prostate cancer; while ungloved O.J.'s golf-playing search for Nicole and Ron's killer goes unfulfilled Read More
Flapjacks 4/7/24 Flapjacks 4/7/24 My brother, Eric, a bigger-than-life and sweet man, left his mark on the world by the way he loved his family; And I will miss him always, while his memory lives in my heart and soul Read More
Flapjacks 4/2/24 Flapjacks 4/2/24 How'd you like to go somewhere where nobody knows your name? Cracker crumbs and melancholy with my old friend, Jerry Read More
Flapjacks 3/25/24 Flapjacks 3/25/24 For some reason I couldn't stop thinking about my dear friend, the dead cowboy and great reporter, Harold "The Stranger" Lynch. Happy Trails. Read More
Flapjacks 3/23/24 Flapjacks 3/23/24 George the ape goes on 'Rampage' on Jerry's TV while the great newspaperman munches crackers, spills Sprite and nursing home 'knucklehead' points out similarities to Chico, The Monkey Read More