Art holds a mirror up to Nature. The Buckets come along, turn the mirror on Art and say, “Look how goofy you’re acting. Now get to work, Art. Your kids need an Xbox 360.”
The Buckets comic strip isn’t a parody of family life. Parodies are filled with hearts and rainbows or enraged tirades and dramatic confrontation. The Buckets, though? Nope. Real life, baby. It’s funny because it’s on a page and not in your house at the moment. Next week, when it’s happening to you, you’ll thank us for reminding you that it’s supposed to be funny.
Greg Cravens looks in the mirror and see not himself, but all of us. And then he draws up the silly, grand, goofy, thrilling, utterly human things we do and calls it The Buckets.
© Greg Cravens - All Rights Reserved.
Broom Hilda by Russell Myers
Buni by Ryan Pagelow
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jeffc42
said, 6 months ago
But they smell so good!
StelBel
said, 6 months ago
…and cinnamon is so good for you, too!
Allan said, 6 months ago
This old-world spice usually reaches most men’s stomachs only when it’s mixed with sugar and stuck to a roll.
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Why It’s Healthy: Cinnamon helps control your blood sugar, which influences your risk of heart disease. In fact, USDA researchers found that people with type-2 diabetes who consumed 1 g of cinnamon a day for 6 weeks (about 1/4 teaspoon each day) significantly reduced not only their blood sugar but also their triglycerides and LDL (bad) cholesterol. Credit the spice’s active ingredients, methylhydroxychalcone polymers, which increase your cells’ ability to metabolize sugar by up to 20 times.
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How to Eat It: You don’t need the fancy oils and extracts sold at vitamin stores; just sprinkle the stuff that’s in your spice rack (or in the shaker at Starbucks) into your coffee or on your oatmeal.
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You’ll see a ton of cinnamon this winter, along with a bunch of other unhealthy fare.
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Read more: http://www.menshealth.com/mhlists/best_healthy_foods/Cinnamon.php#ixzz2ClrP471m
Number Three said, 6 months ago
Food for thought?
LOL xxx
Perkycat said, 6 months ago
My absolute favorite spice. I have a whole wheat bagel with a smear of peanut butter, a drizzle of honey and a whole lot of cinnamon almost every morning for breakfast. Love cinnamon coffee and tea, and cinnamon roll french toast. And, of course, cinnamon rolls. My cholesterol and blood sugar are very healthy. Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!!!
Neo Blakkrstal said, 6 months ago
@Allan
mmmmmmmm cinnamon!! Not only good eats, but good for you eats. Gotta love it.
Comic Minister said, 6 months ago
Delicious Cinnamon Rolls!
Night-Gaunt49 said, 6 months ago
Good and healthy though it is cinnamon must not be overdosed on, it can become problematical for health.
Allan said, 6 months ago
@Neo Blakkrstal
AMEN BROTHER!
Hunter7 said, 6 months ago
Cinnamon is said to be one of the smells & tastes that men find irresistable. (I think that goes for most of us).
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if Larry is having trouble, tell him to ditch the raisens. And the sugar glaze. Its the extras that cause the trouble. Go for the basic. No glaze. No raisens. Just sweet dough, butter & cinnamon. (Helped mom a lot when I was 6. )