Ever heard of Bengay? This shit really works!

It’s ME again … your favorite useless bedridden blogger from Texas! I fell asleep this morning before sunrise, just in time for Sam to get home from Wal-Mart, where he bought me a miracle product from the pharmacy, pictured below for your possible interest. For the last couple of days the joint pain in my knees had been positively EXCRUCIATING, even when I was completely motionless in bed. Since I’m already taking the maximum dose of opioids, Sam decided to suggest Bengay cream … an idea from a short list of “last resorts,” and I agreed.

Know what? THIS SHIT REALLY WORKS! About five minutes after Sam massaged Bengay onto my kneecaps, the pain actually subsided and I fell asleep immediately … and for eight hours! Until that point I’d been so miserable I couldn’t even close my eyes. Thank you, Sam. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

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If you’re a Howdygram “regular” I’m sure by now you’ve noticed something completely different about our banner, right? Here’s what I did:

• Reverted back to my favorite Howdygram logo, which happens to coordinate with the logo I’ve used for years at The Howdygram Store on Zazzle.com.
• Also reverted back to a longer tagline I used in the past.
• Added a new and improved cowboy cartoon. (I actually have quite a lot of cowboy cartoons to choose from.)

A few more tweaks may be coming soon. Stay tuned for further developments but please feel free to resume your normal daily routine in the meantime.

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I’d like to share a tiny collection of free fonts with you, all with one specific feature in common: SHADOWS. “Bankitte,” “Groovy Retro” and “NeoBulletin” are layered fonts with a bold extruded shadow; “Tooney Noodle” is unfilled with a drop shadow. Download links will appear under the font list. Enjoy!

Tooney Noodle • Bankitte • Groovy Retro • NeoBulletin

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It’s a few minutes after midnight, the wee hours of Monday morning, and Sam and I are watching Panic in the Streets (1950) again, starring Richard Widmark and Paul Douglas … the story of a police captain (Douglas) and a public health service doctor (Widmark) trying to stop a pneumonic plague epidemic in New Orleans. This is one hell of a terrific movie, people, and one you should watch next time it’s on TCM. Sam and I love this movie to pieces and watch it at least once a week (I’m serious). How they comb the city for clues and piece together the answers is really pretty damn incredible. Do yourself a favor and keep an eye out for this one, okay?

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Time to move along, because my bedtime sedatives are kicking in and I’d like to get comfortable and nod off for a while. Thank you for reading this!