Sam brought home dinner from Eatzi’s. We ate like we hadn’t seen food for a month.

Hello, shalom, hi-de-ho and happy Thursday morning from Howdygram headquarters! It’s my plan to be asleep on the chaise in the family room within the next 60 minutes so I’ll have to type like a maniac to squeeze everything into this post as fast as I can. You might also need to know that I’m still recovering from a bout of overall ill health, a statement that includes all of the following complaints: 1) arthritis pain in my knees; 2) watery eyes; 3) a substantial fever above 99°; 4) burning skin issues on the back of both thighs; and 5) rather serious neuropathy pain in the heel of my left foot and also three toes. (The other two toes feel fine. It’s sweet of you to worry about them.)

With regard to item three above, “normal” for me is around 96°, so I’m not kidding around when I tell you that anything above 99° is substantial. Thank you.

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On Tuesday morning Sam joined up with another protest group, this time in front of Senator Turd Cruz’s (R-TX) office in Dallas. He said there were 100+ people carrying signs and chanting loud enough to be heard on the 10th floor of a nearby office building. Here are a few of the signs I designed for Sam (see below). He went to Office Depot with my JPG files on a CD, printed out the black and white signs on 11" x 17" paper (only 21¢ each!) and then came home to tape them onto neon 14" x 22" poster board. (We recommend Scotch 2" heavy duty clear shipping tape.) I’m the official sign-making princess of Howdygram headquarters! 

Here’s a complete list of the JPGs currently available:

• REPEAL + REPLACE DONALD TRUMP!
• WE ARE ALL IMMIGRANTS
• VOTE “NO” ON JEFF SESSIONS!
• SOCIAL SECURITY IS NOT CONGRESS’ PIGGY BANK!
• SOCIAL SECURITY IS NOT AN ENTITLEMENT!
• HUMANITY NEEDS TO DO BETTER THAN DONALD TRUMP!
• NO BAN. NO WALL.
• NOT MY CLOWN!
• DON’T YOU DARE TOUCH MY O-CARE!
• TINY HANDS, YUGE MISTAKE!

If you want any or all of these, or any others, please PLACE YOUR ORDER HERE and I’ll be more than happy to design high-resolution JPGs that you can take to Office Depot. As a housebound senior citizen with mobility issues (I can’t march ... or even stand up any more), this is really the least I can do to help you topple the Trump regime.

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After Sam was through chanting in front of Turd Cruz’s office on Tuesday he drove over to Eatzi’s, which is maybe the most amazing gourmet food-to-go haven on earth, and bought us the best dinner EVER ... two meatloaves with tomato sauce on top and two Flintstone-sized stuffed baked potatoes. We ate like we hadn’t seen food for a month.

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I’ve got a small stack of interesting fonts for you this morning ... three scripts (of which only “Another Wild” is actually legible) and a couple of display fonts. I love “Vinograd” but have no idea how or why I’d ever use “A Box For.” And yes, that’s really the name of the font. Don’t ask me to explain, because I can’t. Download links will appear below the graphic in case you want any of these for your own personal collection.

Malloy • Another Wild • Mocking • Vinograd • A Box For

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I also have a few more new high-resolution digital “papers” that I’d like to show off. All are from Etsy and the shabby chic green patterns were COMPLETELY FREE. (I love free shit.)

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Barbara Hale, a pleasant Emmy Award-winning actress who played secretary Della Street on the TV series “Perry Mason,” died on Thursday in Los Angeles. She was 94.

“Perry Mason” ran on CBS from 1957 to 1966. Although Della Street really wasn’t a huge part, it was juicy enough for Hale to receive an Emmy for best supporting actress in 1959. In 1985 she and Raymond Burr, who played the series’ title role, were reunited for the TV movie “Perry Mason Returns,” landing such high ratings that it led to 29 more TV movies starring the same characters. Hale actually began her career in films in the early 1940s, co-starring with A-listers like Joel McCrea, Robert Mitchum, Charlton Heston, Fred MacMurray, James Stewart, James Cagney and assorted others. She is mostly remembered for “Perry Mason.” Sorry, Babs!

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I have to get some sleep now. I promised Sam I would try not to pull all-nighters any more because I feel like shit the next day. Thank you for understanding. Don’t forget to turn the lights off when you’re done here, okay?