Recent Comments

1. almost 2 years ago on Brevity

   Am I right that this shop is next to Paddington Station?

2. almost 2 years ago on Speed Bump

   Well, he does appear to have run afoul of at least two of them already. You can’t blame him for having a bit of PTSD.

3. almost 2 years ago on Wizard of Id

   Id’s Whack-a-Mole Department is small, consisting of twin brothers named Primo and Segundo. “Ya want we should take care of this for ya, Sire?”

4. almost 2 years ago on B.C.

   I think some people do go fishing this way, but with a length of string attached to the arrow. (The fish has to be very close to the surface for it to work; otherwise the water slows it down too much.)

5. almost 2 years ago on Rubes

   That saying always confused me. I could push a screw to the right or left all day long, and nothing would happen unless I turned it either clockwise or counterclockwise. People would just keep repeating that to me as a way to remember, but to this day it’s completely unhelpful.

   The way I finally got it was this: clockwise is the direction of the clock, which goes toward the future, and the future is getting the job done. Therefore, associate clockwise with something coming together, and counterclockwise with undoing that work. Since I think in terms of associations, reminding myself of it takes about a quarter-second, which is a lot faster than trying to interpret this silly mnemonic.

6. about 2 years ago on Brevity

   This woman should go read today’s Frank & Ernest.

7. about 2 years ago on Garfield

   Odie does have his flashes of cleverness, doesn’t he?

8. about 2 years ago on Wizard of Id

   Maybe now they can call him the Space Cowboy?

9. about 2 years ago on Ballard Street

   Actually, I get the impression that Robert bought this piece specifically for this purpose.

10. about 2 years ago on Moderately Confused

    Go for it, man. Bowties are cool.