Mr. Cartoon lives

I was flipping channels yesterday and caught the end of a commercial for a local ISP. The tagline was "And tell them Jule Huffman sent you" or something like that. I was astounded be cause I thouht Jules had passed on the great weather channel in the sky. So who in the world is Jule Huffman, you ask? He used to be the weatherman at WSAZ TV in Charleston WV, but that's not why he's important.

When I was a young lad, after school I would head home to watch Mr Cartoon and Beeper. Mr. Cartoon, as you've probably figured out, was portrayed by Jules Huffman. Beeper was...I'm not sure what Beeper was. He's standing behind Mr. Cartoon (scroll down a bit) here


Mr Cartoon played your standard Looney Toon cartoons and had a studio audience of little kids. I lived to far away to ever do the live Mr. Cartoon experience, unfortunately. Kids would send in jokes and riddles, and they had games and what not. He'd ask kids a riddle and if they didn't know the answer, they'd get the dreaded "Yuckit Bucket". Ooh!

Then Jules retired. The afternoon show was replaced by some Oprah woman. Mr. Cartoon lived on early saturday mornings, but it just wasn't the same. It eventually faded away.

Ahh, enough rememberances of my younger days. I'll finish up my blog posting the same way Mr. Cartoon ended his show.

Take a deep breath.
Take another deep breath.
Take ANOTHER deep breath.
Hold it.
Hold it.
HOLD it.
Now wave like mad and say bye Cartooners!

Back to Work

Getting back to work after a holiday is always a pain. Even getting back to work after a good night's sleep is usually a chore these days. I've been struggling about how much personal information to put out here, and even more so work information. Well, here goes. I currently work for the West Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission . After the first of the year, I'll be working for Brickstreet Mutual Insurance Company. I'll still be doing the same job, just for a private company, not a government entity. Without giving out to much insider information, let's just say it's been an interesting process.

Ok, so it wasn't Friday night

But Ted took the Truck championship Saturday morning. Woo hoo!

As for the blogging absence (yeah I said I'd try to do it daily, try being the operative word), the Monday before Thanksgiving always marks the first day of Deer Season in West Virginia. We had a decent hunt. I filled my tags and my freezer, so all is well.

Let's see if I can get this blog thing going this time!

Tonight, I will be very happy

One of two things will happen tonight. Either Ted Musgrave will win his first Craftsman Truck Championship, or Dennis Setzer will do the same. Ted is my favorite NASCAR driver. He has been since the 16 Family Channel Thunderbird days. I wish I could say it was since the Slinger Speedway days, but that was before I became a fan of even auto racing. Nevertheless, if Ted wins the Championship, I'll be a happy camper.

On the other hand, Dennis Setzer is only 58 points behind Ted. He's still in the running for the title. Interestingly, Dennis also used to run the #1 Mopar Dodge. At the time it was owned by Bob Keselowski, though. I've liked Dennis since he almost won Dodge's first Craftsman Truck race at Milwaukee in 1995. He came in second that day. If Dennis win the championship, I'll still be happy.

I'll be a little more happy if Ted wins, but I'll be all right with Dennis winning. Go get 'em boys, and may the best truck win!

Excuses Excuses

I never really intended to much blogging anyway, I suppose. It's mostly because I'm annoyed that someone else got to nuggie99.blogspot.com before I did. Unfortunately, the person who got it first isn't even using it. Part of me suspects I reserved it long ago, but forgot that I registered it. I don't suppose it matters.

Then again, Isaac Asimov once wrote that he went into his office and wrote from 9 to 5, whatever he took a notion to write about that day. Maybe i'll take the same approach and spend 15 minutes or so with the thoughts in my head and put something out everyday. Let's see how that works out.