One of the disadvantages of Facebook specifically and the World Wide Tubes in general is that it subjects us Yanks to having overseas friends ask “What is wrong with you people?”Mostly when we shoot each other.Which I think means that they have come to grips with our imperialistic, xenophobic nation-building attacks on other nations and other […]
At last, a day when nothing momentous distracts from the fun of comix!Although I suppose I could spin a rant about astroturf fads from Liza Donnelly’s announcement that she’s getting off the kale bandwagon.When I say “astroturf fads,” I’m not commenting on how the stuff tastes, though I’d rather eat collards or mustard greens or […]
Let’s start with stupid today and work our way up.Gags about saggy blue jeans and other teen fashions are the stuff of lame, burned-out old hacks, but today’s Bizarro is more incisive, probing beyond Andy Rooney and getting into more dangerous Bill Cosby territory.I was a huge Bill Cosby fan in my early teen years. But […]
Rachel Dukes has done a sort-of-study of a cartoon which she posted in two places: One resulted in several “shares” with her credit at the bottom and one was quickly picked up and shared elsewhere, but with the credit cropped out.The one without credits got a lot more views: 588,310 views, compared to 81,595 views for the […]
Gonna look today at a couple of books that will be part of my holiday shopping, starting with this inspiring combination of nutritional musings and cartoons about food.”Eat Drink Vote” is a collaboration between nutritionist Marion Nestle and about 40 cartoonists under the aegis of the Cartoonist Group, with more than 250 cartoons illustrating her […]
Thankyouthankyouthankyou Keith Knight for today’s Knight Life. I was afraid it was just me.I like the ACLU. But a couple of years ago, they offered a bumpersticker that said something about upholding and defending the Constitution in return for a donation, and, since I feel strongly about the Constitution and the donation was simply a cover […]
This is the way the blog begins, not with a bang but a whimper.I was diagnosed with diabetes a year or so ago, though I’ve now lost enough weight that, if I’d been here then, I wouldn’t have been diagnosed, but it’s like being pregnant: There’s no going back and I have to exercise the […]
No heavy lifting today. Tank McNamara on the topic of college sports and amateurism. I’m not sure where Bill Hinds is taking this, but it’s a worthwhile issue, particularly as we prepare for a round of (yawn) Winter Olympics.The Olympics once had an elitist, often racist, amateurism requirement that needed to go. But the combination […]
I see new people everywhere, starting with a Superhero that Kim, or Sandra Lundy, has been developing for several weeks over at Between Friends. It’s been interesting to have the process be part of the strip, and, to be honest, it’s a good choice to show it this way, because I’m not sure what you […]
It’s been awhile since I’ve had to care about this stuff, but young Edison Lee has an interesting twist on back-to-school shopping.The kid has a way of connecting the dots in a pattern that is sometimes amusingly paranoiac and other times, well, okay, still amusingly paranoiac, but in a way that I can relate to.There […]
Agnes provides a salute to ADD and the Internet. I’m in no academic peril, but I might be in danger of a visit from the health department, because every time I resolve to finally get this place cleaned up, I see something on the web and disappear into the Black Hole of Cool Stuff.Back in […]
From your imagination to God’s ears, Edison Lee.The workshops are over and I’ll be flying home tomorrow, and I’m hoping for some screw-ups. Meanwhile, today is a day for R&R with the boss, which sounds terrible but is in fact quite pleasant. We’ve known each other since we met on a professional listserv (ask your […]
Edison Lee coincidentally, and with his usual deadpan elan, provides an entry point for today’s sermonette with an homage to “Bloom County.” Or was that “Opus”?That is, it was Opus the Penguin who famously could not resist infomercials offering turnip twaddlers. But he did it in “Bloom County.” “Bloom County” was a landmark strip that ran […]
Now, freshly returned from the Reubens where it was named “Best Newspaper Panel,” Rhymes with Orange!Okay, this one was completed well before the convention, but it cracked me up, and I promptly began probably reading way too much into it.To start at the most superficial level of the gag, I’ve tried on-line dating and, when […]
In the current Doonesbury story arc, Zonker is considering joining a strike against the restaurant where he works.Such base ingratitude! Such disloyalty!I’d like to see the Venn diagram of people who don’t want to raise the minimum wage and those who think we spend too much on welfare and other entitlement programs. Based on public […]