Here is my 1 Second Everyday for the month of May. Enjoy.
Booksmart
Posted May 31, 2019 by joebowkerCategories: Movies, Reviews
Tags: booksmart, Movies
On Tuesday, Paula and I went to see the movie “Booksmart” based on several positive reviews. Also, we went out on Tuesday because the tickets were quite cheap ($5 per person for seniors). Can’t beat that with a stick. I know that Tuesdays are not a big night for going to the movies. But there were only three people (us included) that were in that theater.
The story is about two very smart high school seniors who decided that they had spent way too much time studying and that it was high time that they started to celebrate with the rest of their class.
So they manage to make their way to a party going on at someone’s fancy house where no parents were in attendance. There was much drinking and carrying on. By carrying on, I mean sex. Everyone was taking their clothes off. Rated R, don’t you know. It wouldn’t take much to make it X rated. So what parent on this good earth lets their teen age offspring throw a huge party and provide all the booze and drugs anyone might need.
I just didn’t like the movie. I’d give it one star out of 10. I’d give it zero if I could. What reasonable adult lets their teen age offspring have parties. Kids who do this, could end up very much dead.
So the movie started at 5 pm and done by 7 pm. Gave us time to go out for dinner. We went to “Burger City Grill” in Lomita. Excellent burgers with a glass of IPA to wash it down. I think that we will be making it a thing to do movies on Tuesday evening from now on.
Henry Jones
Posted May 28, 2019 by joebowkerCategories: California, Family, Mary
Tags: Henry Jones, Lassen, Pine Marten
During the past few weeks, Paula has been cleaning out her Mom’s bedroom of the many things that have been saved for many years. One of the more interesting artifacts was an article clipped out of a magazine about a pine marten named Henry Jones.
So when Paula was a young girl, her father would work as a park ranger up in Lassen National Park for each summer. During the rest of the year, Harold would work as a science teacher at a high school in Long Beach. On the day after school closed in June, her family would pack up and head north to Lassen.
So every year they would stay in a log cabin in the park. When Paula was about 8, they befriended a pine marten that her Dad named Henry Jones. Henry Jones would come back every summer for several years.
So there was a tree stump outside their kitchen window of the cabin at Summit Lake where the Stanley family would sit at their kitchen table and watch Henry eat the food that they had left. They also left some watermelon rinds that were popular with the deer in the area.
Why Henry Jones, you might ask? Well, the name Henry Jones came from a popular song from the 1940’s titled “Feed the Bones to Henry Jones, because Henry don’t eat no meat”. Here are the lyrics:
Tonight I’ll serve a supper,
We’ll eat some food that’s rare.
And at the head of the table,
I’ll place brother Henry’s chair-
Invite all the local big dogs,
We’ll laugh and talk and eat,
But we’ll’ save the bones for Henry Jones,
‘cause he don’t eat no meat-
Today I’ll go to market-
and buy a lot of fish,
That will thrill Brother Henry,
Because that’s his special dish.-
Get a large can of molasses,
so we’ll have something sweet,
But save the bones for Henry Jones,
“cause he don’t eat no meat.
Henry is not a drinker,
he rarely takes a nip,
He don’t need a napkin,
‘cause the things he eats don’t drip.
One day we had a banquet,
It really was a bake,
They started off with some short ribs,
they finished off with a steak.
But when the feat was over,
brother henry just kept his seat,
and we served the bones to Henry Jones,
‘cause he don’t eat no meat.
To- he don’t eat no meat.
Songwriters: Daniel Barker / Henry Mccoy Jones / Michael H. Goldsen
The song was performed by Nat King Cole and Johnny Mercer in 1947. Click here to listen to the song on YouTube.
And finally, here is the copy of the article that we found in the bottom of one of Mary’s dresser drawers:
Click the following URL to read the article: Henry Jones
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