Frazz by Jef Mallett follows the adventures of an unexpected role model: an elementary-school janitor who's also a Renaissance man. While he's sweeping the hall, he's whistling Beethoven. Or Lyle Lovett. He paints the woodwork in the classrooms; he paints a Da Vinci on the cafeteria wall. He's a trusted authority figure who is every kid's buddy. He took the janitor's job while he was a struggling songwriter, and when he finally sold a hit song, he decided to stay on at school. Frazz appears in 200 newspapers worldwide, including the Los Angeles Times, Seattle Times, Chicago Tribune and Detroit News. "A few years back, I wrote and illustrated a children's book," says Mallett. "When I was traveling around reading it at school assemblies, I noticed that often, the most respected, best-liked grown-up in the building was the janitor. And I thought, 'Hmm, there's a comic strip in that.'" Often praised for its intelligent wit, gentle spirit and effortless diversity, Frazz won a Wilbur Award from the Religion Communicators Council in 2003 and 2005 for excellence in communicating values and ethics.
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Varnes said, 5 months ago
Either way, the grass is always whiter…I feel very snow deprived right now. Winter in Michigan ended in March, and now we’re marching (see what I did there?) up to January with no snow in sight. After that, only two more months and it will be a full year without snow..
Richard S. Russell said, 5 months ago
The metric system was proposed in the aftermath of the French Revolution, when they were trying to throw out the old ways of doing EVERYTHING. They also had clocks with 10 hours to the day, 100 minutes to the hour, and rationalized calendars as well (IIRC, 12 months of 3 10-day weeks each, with a 5- or 6-day holiday at the end of the year not assigned to any month.) Those didn’t last; the metric system not only lasted, it became the most successful revolution in world history, having been adopted by 95% of the planet sheerly thru strength of its excellence, not its armies, in under 200 years.
TheSkulker
said, 5 months ago
@Richard S. Russell
Exactly! And what does that say about the mental prowess of the remaining 5% that can’t see something so self-evident?
Is it the arrogance or just the stupidity of our “leaders”? Maybe the reason they can’t see it is because it is so hard to see when your head is up a dark hole!
Alexikakos said, 5 months ago
@TheSkulker
Money.
Fairportfan2 said, 5 months ago
@TheSkulker
No. That would be a “black hole”. Which is why Russians call those things in space “dark holes”.
purpledog39 said, 5 months ago
The British were also one of the last countries, if not the last, to adopt a decimal currency. At least we were ahead of them in that.
Leo Autodidact said, 5 months ago
@Richard S. Russell
The “Tradditional English System” of Weights and Measures is surprisingly sophisticated if you examine it closely. For a ‘quick start’ search for the online article titled “Megalithic Pint, Anyone?” and prepare to be astounded.
Alexikakos said, 5 months ago
@Leo Autodidact
Thank you, for the lead. As you say, astounding.
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Megalithic pint, anyone?
2008 03 25
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By Christopher Knight & Alan Butler | entertainment.timesonline.co.uk
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http://www.redicecreations.com/article.php?id=3229
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6 minutes to read about the pint (it’s in the first half.)
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about 12 minutes over all (more on lengths, and communication)
Rugeirn Drienborough said, 5 months ago
Hmmm. Seems to me that the metric system for time – those decimal minutes, hours, etc. – died a quick and unlamented death. The sexigesimal time system we inherited from the Babylonians and earlier, and the calendar system we inherited from the Romans and earlier, rule our time measures to this day. The metric system prevailed only for weights and measures and such.
magicwalnut said, 5 months ago
@Varnes
I’m in Michigan, Varnes, and we’ve had snow on the ground for almost a week!
Shirl Summ
said, 5 months ago
@GoldenRoya
I SOOOOO agree. LOL
hippogriff said, 5 months ago
Richard S. Russell: The SU has always been on the metric system. All our measurements were first defined in metric equivalents. The work of a couple of amateur scientists named Franklin and Jefferson.
sonorhC said, 5 months ago
@TheSkulker, you can’t blame our leaders. It’s the American people as a whole.
Of course, most of the people who complain that they can’t understand the metric system, don’t understand the American system, either. I’ve seriously seen people ask how many cups there are in an ounce.
ChukLitl
said, 5 months ago
Jefferson tried to go metric, but his opponents said it was “too French.” President Ford tried & only whiskey & wine makers followed. All they did was relabel a fifth of a gallon as 750ml, the difference is less than 1%.
Redkaycei Repoc said, 5 months ago
There are still places in Mich where the mileage signs still give both miles and kilometers. We tried to change…….