Dr. Jeff Finally Catches a Break

He may not realize it...but this may be the best thing that ever happened to Dr. Jeff.  Very few come away from Mare's force field of meddling unscathed.  Oh, sure, perhaps Dr. Jeff has lost a chunk of his mind, but it's better than continuing to have Mary eat away his soul piece by piece.

I love how the second panel has about a thousand visual pointers at Mary.  It's as if God is screaming "It's all your fault!"

A slight improvement in the music in the gym this morning.  They ratcheted up the XM dial from the "Music for Funeral Parlors" setting to "Slightly Spry Oldies For The Moderately Spry Elderly."  They must've made the change around 6 am, because The Carpenters "Close To You" was blaring on the speakers when I walked in at 10 'til.

Anyway, the music mashups that resulted from the faulty right-ear of my headphones were slightly more bearable this morning.  Today, I was treated to the following mixes -- one of which actually worked quite well, both thematically and musically:

Left ear: "Child of the Wild Blue Yonder," John Hiatt
Right ear: "School Days," Chuck Berry

Left ear: "Over and Over," Neil Young
Right ear:  "Positively 4th Street," Bob Dylan

Left ear:  "Splendid Isolation," Warren Zevon
Right ear:  "Travellin' Man," Ricky Nelson
(This is the one that worked surprisingly well, by the way)

Left ear:  "Hungry Heart," Bruce Springsteen
Right ear: "A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You," The Monkees

Comments

[deadlytoque]

Lately, I've been running to the new album by The Hold Steady, which I purchased on impulse from a listening station, and I'm still not convinced I like... they have a strange mix of pianos and guitars that reminds me of something, but I have no idea what, and all of their songs seem to be about getting drunk in a small town while in high school, something to which I can relate (or at least, I could 8 or 9 years ago...)

But, that said, I find the music is really well-paced for cardio. Maybe give them a listen.

[Julie]

You know, you may be able to entice Adam to go to the store with you to get new headphone if he knew there was a treat in it for him. That kid will do just about anything for a donut. A donut with shite icing, colored sprinkles and cut into triangles.

[Smokey]

Looking at the first Mary Worth pane -- is "lucidness" a word? Shouldn't it be "lucidity"?

Just asking.

[Bob]

For the benefit of any Irishmen who may be reading -- I believe that Julie meant "white" icing, not "shite" icing.

[yellojkt]

Any playlist with Warren Zevon on it has to be a winner.