Recent Comments

1. 7 months ago on Peanuts

   Not military. My recollection is Patty’s father has to travel a lot for work. He may be a long-haul trucker, but my memory may be playing tricks on me with that bit.

2. about 1 year ago on Doonesbury

   Freshman year was five of the best years of Zonker’s life.

3. over 1 year ago on Breaking Cat News

   The GoComics ops teams all deserve a shower, a hug, a beer and a nap, not necessarily in that order, for whatever they went through over the last few days.

4. over 1 year ago on Arlo and Janis

   They are in my house!

5. almost 2 years ago on Breaking Cat News

   I’ve been playing D&D off and on with the same group for nearly 40 years, and we’ve left our magic user with a curse on him for at least 25. Partly to teach him a lesson about trying to kill the rest of the party, and partly because we’re still 16 years old emotionally so we think it’s funny.

6. about 2 years ago on Doonesbury

   Crow with a side of cold shoulder, and maybe some humble pie for dessert.

7. over 2 years ago on Breaking Cat News

   What do you mean anything but the ’80s? We had Siouxsie at the peak of her vocal powers, a new Cure album every eighteen months whether we wanted it or not, and everything worthwhile ever put out by the 4AD label.

8. over 2 years ago on Breaking Cat News

   Meanwhile, our tortie, Isobel, stole a bunch of spam musubi off the counter yesterday. She didn’t eat the spam. She didn’t eat the rice. She picked all the nori off and left the rest on the kitchen floor.

   [expletive] cats.

9. about 3 years ago on Peanuts Begins

   Am I the only person who immediately thought “Straight ball, I hit it very much. Curve ball, bats are afraid”?

10. over 3 years ago on Breaking Cat News

    I think it depends heavily on the book. I’ve loved to read since childhood, but I think my uncle’s gift to me of James Michner’s “Chesapeake” when I was about 8 years old missed the mark a bit. For one thing, it weighed more than I did.