DOuG pRATt – Page 50 – Prattling before the Pratfall

Boomers Old and Older

I could have picked any number of items about retiring Boomers. It just happens to be this one, because I came across it today.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/younger-boomers-less-avoid-running-183834669.html

On The CBS Evening News a while back, Robert Costa referred to the aged presidential candidates as belonging to the Baby Boom generation. NO! Definitely no for Biden, and also no for Trump. Biden’s father was born in 1915, and Trump’s in 1905.

I am proclaiming a new qualification for the start of the Baby Boom, that better defines what actually drove the trend: People whose parents had their first child after WWII.

This implies young couples in their 20’s, as my parents were. Not someone whose father was born before America entered WWI, and certainly not a post-WWII baby with a father who was my grandfather’s age.

Revolt on the Desert Planet

A copy of Lawrence’s book gifted to me after my return from a month working in Saudi Arabia

If Star Trek is Wagon Train in space, then Dune: Part Two is Lawrence of Arabia in space. That isn’t intended to be a slight. The movie is a bit of a overly long mess, but it’s a fun ride. Which describes a lot of movies these days, I guess.

Dead Heads

These talking heads are all deceased now, but fortunately they were interviewed before it was too late for them to share their EC memories.

Wait, don’t go away yet! What about the other comic book companies that were publishing horror comics along with EC? This video features my dearly departed pal Joe Sinnott.

The earliest known surviving original art that Joe drew for Stan Lee is from a horror story. It’s page 1 of “The Terrible Trunk”, published in the Atlas pre-code comic book Adventures Into Weird Worlds #5, April 1952.

https://pappysgoldenage.blogspot.com/2007/12/number-233-terrible-trunk-from-atlas.html

Thanks to comic art dealer Mike “Romitaman” Burkey, the page now belongs to Joe’s son Mark.

Patient and Visitor

Getting in the car and setting the GPS for this place.

Breaking News: Visit did not happen today.

Conceived in ’66, Born in ’67

The Jefferson Airplane’s Surrealistic Pillow. Released February 1, 1967, just one month after The Doors album. The Summer of Love began in the Winter. “How Do You Feel” sounds as though it could have been a Mamas & Papas song.

On the Mend

All’s well post-op for my friend. Dr. Doom will be pleased with the results.

I hope it’s obvious that isn’t the original dialog.

And now I call upon the restorative healing power of BING CROSBY and AURORATONE! It was created with the intention of quieting shell-shocked vets returning from combat in WWII.

The service technician estimated the boiler might be good for another ten years. We'll see.

We installed heat pump systems in our 1928 2 family house, to supplement rather than replace the gas-fired steam heating…

HA! I'm two for two.

Ooooooooo... good questions!

We lost an eagle here in Arlington to the same scourge. Lots of signs around the town asking people not…