Paul McCartney owns the René Magritte painting Le Jeu de Morre (The Game of Mora), which became the inspiration behind The Beatles’ Apple Corps logo

‘In my garden at Cavendish Avenue, which was a 100-year-old house I’d bought, Robert [Fraser] was a frequent visitor. One day he got hold of a Magritte he thought I’d love. Being Robert, he would just get it and bring it. I was out in the garden with some friends. I think I was filming Mary Hopkin with a film crew, just getting her to sing live in the garden, with bees and flies buzzing around, high summer. We were in the long grass, very beautiful, very country-like. We were out in the garden and Robert didn’t want to interrupt, so when we went back in the big door from the garden to the living room, there on the table he’d just propped up this little Magritte. It was of a green apple. That became the basis of the Apple logo. Across the painting Magritte had written in that beautiful handwriting of his ‘Au Revoir’. And Robert had split. I thought that was the coolest thing anyone’s ever done with me. When I saw it, I just thought: ‘Robert’. Nobody else could have done that. Of course we’d settle the bill later. He wouldn’t hit me with a bill.‘ [ITP 20: Le Jeu de Morre by Rene Magritte, 1966; the Apple Corp. Logo, 1967]

the other Beatles visited Ringo Starr at the University College Hospital today and one of them found that Ringo’s voice had changed slightly since his tonsils were removed Wednesday. Starr, 24, drummer of the singing group clutched his throat and said, ‘It hurts when I laugh.’ Beatle George Harrison quipped ‘You do talk a bit funny.’ Ringo’s nasal tones were said to be a little clearer now than before the surgery

photos dated December 5, 1964

Paul McCartney
One on One Tour
Barclays Center
September 19th

Dude, Paul McCartney!!  He was in The Beatles!!!  OK, we’ve been here before!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  I’ll spare you the JOing over Paul, but Paul LIVES!!!!  And I’ll give him a pass for singling out Jimmy Fallon in the audience and wishing him a happy birthday, even though Jimmy Fallon sucks and doesn’t deserve to have anything celebrated

Anywho, last night was the first time I’ve ever heard any Beatle sing ‘All My Loving’ OR ‘I Wanna Be Your Man’ live!!!!  

OK, one more time…

PAUL MCCARTNEY WAS IN THE FCUKING BEATLES AND HE LIVES AND HE BREATHES AND YOU CAN BE IN THE SAME ROOM AS HIM AS HE DOES ALL OF THIS INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO SINGING BEATLES SONGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks for being yourself Paul, and giving so much of yourself to the rest of us.  We are not worthy

Setlist – A Hard Day’s Night / Junior’s Farm / Can’t Buy Me Love / Jet / All My Loving / Let Me Roll It (followed by ‘Foxy Lady’ jam) / I’ve Got a Feeling / My Valentine / Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five / Maybe I’m Amazed / We Can Work It Out / In Spite of All the Danger / You Won’t See Me / Love Me Do / And I Love Her / Blackbird / Here Today / Queenie Eye / New / Lady Madonna / FourFiveSeconds / Eleanor Rigby / I Wanna Be Your Man / Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite! / Something / A Day in the Life (with Give Peace a Chance snippet) / Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da / Band on the Run / Back in the U.S.S.R. / Let It Be / Live and Let Die / Hey Jude

Encore – Yesterday / Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise) / Helter Skelter / Birthday / Happy Birthday to You / Golden Slumbers / Carry That Weight / The End

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John F. Kennedy getting served fettuccine by Alfredo Di Lelio at his restaurant Alfredo in Rome, 1963

and yes, Alfredo Di Lelio is the guy who gave Fettuccine Alfredo its name!

they and we used to say ‘Monroe County Dank‘, but now we say ‘Monroe County Thanks’.  thank you Monroe County, for giving us a place to escape after a wild week of American head-shaking and denial.  if there was ever a weekend to get away and disappear into a fuzz of farts and beer, then this was the one  

Monroe County was one of four blue counties in the entire state of Indiana red…

but my blood bleeds blue AND red for the city seat of the county – Bloomington

ahhhhhhhhhhhh Bloomington – the home of my ‘education’ from 1995-1999, and the home of an annual weekend trip where a bunch of dudes I truly love get together and party like it’s (1995-)1999

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except our bodies can’t really handle it

but who cares – cause we will ALWAYS give it the old college try!

once again – LOVE THESE FCUKING GUYS!!!

(and the ones who couldn’t make the trip this time)

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and we were there to get our game on

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football vs Penn State live, with an outcome leaving us half empty… like the stadium holding the event

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and got to watch the bball Hoosier boys play in Hawaii at our favorite bar

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beer me

onion rings him

sometimes we juss had to wing it

and sometimes we REALLY needed to wing it (our mothers and wives are so proud)

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and coat our stomachs with something that looks like glue, but tastes like heaven

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and occasionally, add a few ‘greens’ into our weekend diet

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and then eat incredible cheesy and breaded foods from that bear with boobs!

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and of course – dig in on one of America’s best non-chain hamburgers

on Veteran’s Day no less – and you can’t get more American than this…

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and you can’t get more delicious than this – as we tried out a NEW place (a very rare thing to do – try something new)!

and said goodbye to some old places (who have moved to a nearby location, but this building was kinda an institution to us)

and we even branched out on more new stuff… like antiquing!

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and something I’ve wanted to do since I left…

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ATTEND A CLASS!!!

and especially this class – which I always got shut out of when registering for in the 90s – but better late than never…

The Music of Beatles by Glenn Gass!!!!

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learning never ends

and sometimes lines never end either…

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shout out to the IU Art Museum and their awesome Vik Muniz exhibit!

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what a lovely fcuking city/town/place Bloomington is

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and even as the world feels like its upside down – the world still turns

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and I’m thankful to be alive, and to have such amazing friendships, that were forged in such an amazing place

life is beautiful

I could go on and on, and spin some more yarns…

but methinks you’d rather wear these NFL tie-dyes than hear more

RANCH FARTS ÃœBER ALLES!!!!!!!!

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previously…

2015 - Diana, In

2014 – The Union Forever

2013 – Thighwalker Ranch Farts

2012 – Unhidden Valley Ranch Farts

2011 – Ranch DuBois

2011 – #RanchFarts2011

2009 – Herman B. Wells That Ends Well

2008 – Ranch Sauce Farts Part 6 Meets Police Academy Part 6

2008 – Bloomingtales

2007 – Village (Pantry) Idiot

2006 – College of Arts & SciencesCollage of Farts & Appliances

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bonus…

the trip actually began briefly with a night stay over in Chicago!

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where having an Italian beef sammy at 11pm wasn’t nearly enuff to quench my burst

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also had to have hot dogs covered in fries – to begin the stomach stretching the weekend required!

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and on the way down south – stopped off in Gary, Indiana, and paid love and respect to the Jackson family home

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and if you aren’t following us on Instagram, you may not have known that the Mrs and I were in Indiana (and Michigan) 10 days earlier!

where we…

paid respect to the Rebel

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said goodbye to a Moose

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and fell for the fall leaves

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big time!

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btw – an amazing time to be on any college campus is Halloween!!

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although there were not as many slutty cats as you’d think there’d be!

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looks like today’s kids are more into slutty zombies

love you so much B-town

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5ever

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cheers!

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and cheers to you MSU campus!

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and even to you Michigan fans!

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Big Ten = Big Friends!