Oh, give us pleasure in the flowers today;
And give us not to think so far away
As the uncertain harvest; keep us here
All simply in the springing of the year.
Oh, give us pleasure in the orchard white,
Like nothing else by day, like ghosts by night;
And make us happy in the happy bees,
The swarm dilating round the perfect trees.
And make us happy in the darting bird
That suddenly above the bees is heard,
The meteor that thrusts in with needle bill,
And off a blossom in mid air stands still.
For this is love and nothing else is love,
To which it is reserved for God above
To sanctify to what far ends he will,
But which it only needs that we fulfill.
A Prayer In The Spring - Robert Frost

Monday, April 9, 2007

Is that?! It must be! No, it can't be...

Yes, you guessed it! It is one of the greatest heroes of all time. One of four to be exact. This is the one the only Donatello of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, given to me by Jess. She unfortunate had to procure this from a McDonald's "Happy Meal," however the gift was gratefully accepted. For those who have no clue why I would be posting about such things as the Ninja Turtles, I will inform you a bit. The Ninja Turtles have been near and dear to me for some time and I watched them as a small lad, and recently a new TMNT (short for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) movie was released. Explaining how Jess acquired this toy from McDonald's. She did drop the ball when she did not request for Leonardo. How could you not ask for an action figure with TWO, count them two, samurai swords? Oh well, she is forgiven.


Now what could make a Holy week even better? I think that I have the answer. The answer is a who and a great who at that. This who comes in 2D and can be seen on a wall and was claimed for only $50. Some would say that is a steal. Are you wondering who could be so great that "he," yes it is a he, would be worth $50? The answer is simple and profound, healthily unhealthy and blunt as an old kitchen knife. Let us see if this picture will explain anything. Hmmm. He looks familiar. As a friend once told me while smoking a fine cigar looking at this painting, "Justin, that is going to be you in the next ten years." No it is not a projected picture of me at all or at any age. This is a parting if Winston Churchill and yes I paid $50 for this painting. Why? Does it not speak for itself? It is Winston smoking a cigar (no whisky in this painting but I am sure he just had one) looking so young. Now to close with a favorite quote by this beloved and venerable man, "I drink a great deal, I sleep a little and I smoke cigar after cigar. That is why I am in two-hundred percent form."

2 comments:

t.leaf + k said...

I was EXTREMELY excited when I heard that McDonalds was giving out NT in Happy Meals, too!!! We should grab some for dinner tonight...

Based on Paragraph 2, Sentence 3, I thought you were going to talk about the Grinch. Then I read on...

Nice blog, snob.

t.leaf + k said...

p.s. thanks for stealing the latte logo