The Wayside Chapel
One of my old favorites…
THE WAYSIDE CHAPEL
An English lady was visiting Switzerland. She needed a room and stopped the school master to see if he could recommend one. He took her to see several rooms. When everything was settled she returned home to make preparations for the move. When she got home she realized that she had not asked if there was a W. C. (Wash-room). She promptly wrote a letter to the school master asking if there was a W.C. around. The Swiss school master was a very poor-student in English, and asked the Parish Priest if he could find out the meaning of W. C. They finally decided that it meant Wayside Chapel. The school master then wrote the following letter to the lady:
Dear Madam:
I take great pleasure in informing you that a W.C. is situated nine miles from the house in the centre of a beautiful grove of?pine trees surrounded by lovely grounds. It is capable of holding 200 people and is opened Sundays and Thursdays only. As there are a number of people expected during the summer months, I would suggest that you come early, although there is plenty of standing room. This is unfortunate, especially if you are in the habit of going regularly. You will, no doubt, be glad to hear that a good number bring their lunches and make a day of it.
I would recommend your ladyship to go on a Thursday when there is an organ accompaniment and the acoustics are excellent. Even the most delicate sounds may be heard.
It may interest you to know that my daughter was married in the W.C. and in fact, that is where she met her husband. I can still remember the rush for seats. There must of been ten people to a seat usually occupied by one. I can still remember the expression on their faces. The newest attraction is a bell donated by a wealthy resident of the district. It tolls whenever someone enters.
A bazaar is going to be held to provide seats for all. Since the people feel that there has long been a need for them. My wife is very delicate and she can not go often. It’s been almost a year since she last went. Naturally it pains her very much not to go more often. I shall save the best seat for you, where you can be seen by all. For the children there is a special time and place so they will not disturb the others.
Hoping to have been some help to you
I remain,
Yours truly,
(KEEP SMILING )
My Document Scanner is Cool
I ran a bunch of my old prints through my document scanner. Seriously… mere minutes of scanning and editing. The world is a wondrous and changing place…
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A Tomato on the 14th Floor
I picked up a SnapScan the other day to do my document scanning and start to get my paperwork under control. It occurred to me that the colour, two-sided scanner might be good for other uses as well.
Here are a bunch of prints from a photoshoot for I’ll Never Marry a Farmer way back in 1997 or so that Earl shot. I ran them through the scanner in about 35 seconds and after rotating them, uploaded them here. Not damn bad…
Too bad the subject of a bunch of them wouldn’t agree about the quality 😉
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Still Life?
Old, Old Jokes – The New Priest
When I was a kid I collected the old typewritten, often off-colour, jokes that circulated. I came across the pile the other day and thought I’d add them for posterity. Some of these are pretty juvenile, and most are definitely not politically correct…
The New Priest
The new priest was saying his first Mass but he was so nervous he could hardly speak. After the Mass he asked the Monseigneur for an opinion. The Monseigneur suggested that as he was so nervous, he should put a little gin or vodka in his water glass for his Mass the following Sunday.
The next Sunday, the priest did as he was told and added some gin to his water glass. He talked up a storm.
Once again he asked the Monseigneur for his opinion. The Monseigneur replied he did just fine, but there were a few things that he should get straight:
1. There are 10 Commandments, not 12.
2. There are 12 Disciples, not 10.
3. David slew Goliath, he did not kick the shit out of him.
4. We do not refer to Jesus Christ as the late, great J.C.
5. The next Sunday there will be a taffy-pulling contest at St. Peter’s, not a peter-pulling contest at St. Taffy’s.
6. The Father, Son and Holy Ghost are not to be referred to as Big Daddy, Junior and the Spook.
😉
The Wreck o’ the Los Lobos Ferrari
The interntz is fullz of n00bs
A recent online war erupted in Edmonton between the ‘new journalists’ represented by bloggers and twitterers and the old media. Basically an actor and recipient of online reviews reacted badly in the comments section of a blogger and this set off a series of other posts online that grew to massive proportions.
I chimed in on Mack’s site (boyfriend of the original blogger, and the real reason it grew to such proportions) just because I could… Ain’t the internet grand!
# Bruce K Says:
August 18th, 2010 at 1:24 pmI spent years in the theatre. It’s a family. Any bad review hurts and you tend to leap to the defensive. But I’m going to guess that Jeff (being of that ‘border’ generation) isn’t really all that confident of the place of the internet in the new world. Hell, reading the comments here reinforces for me that most of the professional journalists are still struggling.
A few of my favorite online personalities have been engaging in flamefests and hurt feelings of late (I almost got sucked into a few) and it occurs to me that there is no satisfactory paradigm for conflict reslution in this new type of conversation.
I think the thing to take from this is there is a communication gap. Mack doesn’t get why Jeff would lash out using a particular forum rather than in person and Jeff fails to realize that the internet shouldn’t replace human contact in conflict situations.
We need a new rule book, but I for one am starting to believe rule #1 will have to be “Just walk away, because there are no winners when everyone has a voice.”
Mo’ Blues
Test ‘o upload
Picked up the camera attachment for the iPad today. I can now load images from my camera to the iPad and then edit them, use them or mail them. Saves me having to post crappy iPhone images when on the road.
Check out the gallery for more as usual.

















