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1. 4 months ago on Doonesbury

   wait a minute, is Zipper’s dad Zonker’s brother?!?

2. 6 months ago on Calvin and Hobbes

   Gerhard Richter had a couple versions of descending a staircase that are pretty nice

3. about 1 year ago on Calvin and Hobbes

   Robbe-Grillet Cleansing Every Object in SightMark Tansey

4. almost 4 years ago on Arlo and Janis

   I think I remember that school. The one where you scratched your sums on a shovel with a rock….and it was a long walk to school – had to wake up 3 hours before we went to bed…

5. almost 4 years ago on Drabble

   Trump is bad news.

6. about 4 years ago on Peanuts

   ah, how many years was that one simmering? Nice!

7. about 7 years ago on Doonesbury

   I have taught HS Math in Denver and NYC. The geography problem is real. I can’t tell you how many times I have taken a time-out, drawn a map on the board and talked about where we are, physically, and a bit about where we came from, historically – though time, through space. I can’t sit here and give you numbers as to the effectiveness of this approach, but I can tell you the effectiveness of ignoring such ignorance: the pocket of ignorance only grows.