Glad to be back

Well...it has been quite some time since the last posting but, I hope to settle back into the groove.  My absence corresponds with a return to my previous job duties that left me consumed by a considerable amount of angst, compounded with mental depletion.  I liken it to beating your head with a rubber mallet for days on end.  It won't kill you...but...it will eventually, weaken and confuse. 

 

All of that aside, today's post concerns my youngest daughter's newest friend, Kermit (a.k.a "Hermit") D. Frog.  She is obssessed with him, ha!  She has given him a kind of scarey (and very un-Kermit-like) voice.  Kermit sounds like he has been living the hard life, if ya know what I mean.  I can barely contain my joy at having Elmo bumped to the curb.  Of course, Elmo's boat sailed a long time ago...its just that my hatred has failed to catch up.  In the interim, a few other plush characters had filled the void but finally....FINALLY...someone from my youth stepped up!  Don't get me wrong...I wasn't exactly gaga for Kermit.  He was kind of a wuss, you know...?  Always getting stomped by Miss Piggy...always getting the short end of the stick...despite being the defacto leader of 'The Muppets'.  I was more of a fan of Animal (as were most) and to a lesser extent, the Swedish Chef.  Beeker was pretty cool too, despite getting set on fire, blown up or otherwise immolated.  Severley hilarious, for sure.  So, now that my daughter and I have this cross-generation connection, I thought I'd show her some old Muppet Show episodes...because I know, she'd love.  The only problem is...apparently, the Jim Henson estate or other entity has been working feverishly to make these as unavailable as possible.  Me thinks me smells me a challenge, aye......!