Diamonds are Forever (52-Card Pick-Up, Continued)

We recently renewed our game and on August 9, I found another, in the street near the corner of  5th and 90th in Brooklyn.

The following cards have been found previously:

The Jack of Clubs (August 6, 2017)

The King of Clubs (July 25, 2010)

The Ace of Hearts (March 27, 2010)

The Five of Clubs (February 20, 2010)

The Two of Spades (August 17, 2009)

The Ten of Diamonds (July 2, 2009 - found June 1, 2009)

The Five of Spades (June 18, 2009)

The Eight of Spades (January 6, 2009)

The Eight of Diamonds (December 5, 2008)

The Two of Hearts and the Queen of Spades (November 1, 2008)

The King of Spades (October 26, 2008)

The Ace of Spades (September 22, 2008)

The Jack of Diamonds (September 18, 2008)

The Six of Hearts, Queen of Hearts, and Eight of Clubs (August 10, 2008)

The Six of Clubs (July 21, 2008)

The Seven of Hearts and The King of Diamonds (April 24, 2008)

The Three of Clubs (March 29, 2008)

The King of Hearts
and the Three of Spades (February 28 and March 25, 2008)

The Ace of Diamonds (July 7, 2008)

The Jack of Hearts and Five of Hearts (July 19, 2008)

View the whole set here.

And here's the scorecard with the latest addition:

Found Hearts: 2,5,6,7,Jack, Queen, King, Ace
Needed Hearts: 3,4,8,9,10

Found Diamonds: 8, 7, 10, Jack, King, Ace
Needed Diamonds: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, Queen

Found Clubs: 3,5,6,8, Jack, King
Needed Clubs: 2,4,7,9,10,Queen, Ace

Found Spades: 2,3,5,8,Queen, King, Ace
Needed Spades: 4,6,7,9,10, Jack

Puka Shell Tour Guide

In honor of Glen Campbell passing today. Rap Reiplinger, Hawai'i's Weird Al:

The Return of 52-Card Pick-Up

I'm reviving my old game, picking up where I left off in July 2010. What's a 7-year gap, anyways?

For those of you who don't remember, if I find a playing card, I'll capture it and add it to my virtual deck, one card at a time.

This was on my street, on August 6, 2017, near the intersection of 5th Avenue and 80th Street:

The following cards have been found previously:

The King of Clubs (July 25, 2010)

The Ace of Hearts (March 27, 2010)

The Five of Clubs (February 20, 2010)

The Two of Spades (August 17, 2009)

The Ten of Diamonds (July 2, 2009 - found June 1, 2009)

The Five of Spades (June 18, 2009)

The Eight of Spades (January 6, 2009)

The Eight of Diamonds (December 5, 2008)

The Two of Hearts and the Queen of Spades (November 1, 2008)

The King of Spades (October 26, 2008)

The Ace of Spades (September 22, 2008)

The Jack of Diamonds (September 18, 2008)

The Six of Hearts, Queen of Hearts, and Eight of Clubs (August 10, 2008)

The Six of Clubs (July 21, 2008)

The Seven of Hearts and The King of Diamonds (April 24, 2008)

The Three of Clubs (March 29, 2008)

The King of Hearts
and the Three of Spades (February 28 and March 25, 2008)

The Ace of Diamonds (July 7, 2008)

The Jack of Hearts and Five of Hearts (July 19, 2008)

View the whole set here.

And here's the scorecard with the latest addition:

Found Hearts: 2,5,6,7,Jack, Queen, King, Ace
Needed Hearts: 3,4,8,9,10

Found Diamonds: 8,10, Jack, King, Ace
Needed Diamonds: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, Queen

Found Clubs: 3,5,6,8, Jack, King
Needed Clubs: 2,4,7,9,10,Queen, Ace

Found Spades: 2,3,5,8,Queen, King, Ace
Needed Spades: 4,6,7,9,10, Jack

Cool Shit My Aunt Sends Me: Fwd: Deeply Philosophical Random thoughts

THOUGHTS FROM THE SHOWER

 - If you attempt to rob a bank you won't have any trouble with rent/food bills for the next 10 years, whether or not you are successful. 

- Do twins ever realize that one of them is unplanned?  

- What if my dog only brings back my ball because he thinks I like throwing it?  

- If poison expires, is it more poisonous or is it no longer poisonous?  

- Which letter is silent in the word "Scent," the S or the C? 

- Why is the letter W, in English, called double U? Shouldn't it be called double V?  

- Maybe oxygen is slowly killing you and It just takes 75-100 years to fully work. 

- Every time you clean something, you just make something else dirty  

- The word "swims" upside-down is still "swims". 

- Intentionally losing a game of rock, paper, scissors is just as hard as trying to win. 

- 100 years ago everyone owned a horse and only the rich had cars. Today everyone has cars and only the rich own horses.  

- Your future self is watching you right now through memories.  

- The doctors that told Stephen Hawking he had two years to live in 1953 are probably dead.  

- If you replace "W" with "T" in "What, Where and When", you get the answer to each of them. 

- Many animals probably need glasses, but nobody knows it. 

- If you rip a hole in a net, there are actually fewer holes in it than there were before.-

If 2/2/22 falls on a Tuesday, we'll just call it "2's Day."

(It does fall on a Tuesday)

Funny Shit My Aunt Sends Me: Never Trust a Dog

Funny Shit My Aunt Sends Me: Lie Detector Robot for Sale

Robot for sale.

A father buys a lie detector robot that slaps people when they lie.

He decides to test it out at dinner one night.

The father asks his son what he did that afternoon.

The son says, "I did some schoolwork."

The robot slaps the son.

The son says, "Ok, Ok. I was at a friend's house watching movies."

Dad asks, "What movie did you watch?"

Son says, "Toy Story."

The robot slaps the son.

Son says, "Ok, Ok, we were watching porn."

Dad says, "What? At your age I didn’t even know what porn was."

The robot slaps the father.  Mom laughs and says, "Well, he certainly

is your son."

The robot slaps the mother.

Robot for sale.

Cool Shit My Aunt Sends Me: Shangri-La TV Ad

Just watch:

And then the making of the ad:

Ear Worm of the Day: Warren Zevon

This song has been running through my brain all morning. Not sure why. I insist on sharing it with you since there are not a ton of Warren Zevon fans out there, and this is not considered one of his "hits." Enjoy!