Recent Comments

1. almost 14 years ago on For Better or For Worse

   My father used to say, “The longer you keep quiet, the sooner we’ll get there.”

   It worked for a while.

2. almost 14 years ago on Gil Thorp

   Well, since the Fire guys are baseball fans, they will make accomodations.

3. almost 14 years ago on Gil Thorp

   Backyard Tire Fire is going to attend the Friday game and decide to blow off the concert because it will interfere with Saturday’s championship.

   This will inspire Derek to write a song that takes Backyard Tire Fire to a cross-over runaway hit.

4. almost 14 years ago on Annie

   Yes, sock puppets, please DO GO to a different place.

5. almost 14 years ago on Gil Thorp

   Isn’t the photographer Larkin’s best buddy?

   There will be figurative blood on the cutting room floor.

6. almost 14 years ago on Gil Thorp

   Will this video prove more controversial than expected?

7. almost 14 years ago on For Better or For Worse

   I don’t know about dentists, but the rule for engineers is you can’t wear more than three types of plaid with any one pocket protector.

8. almost 14 years ago on Annie

   If you hands are behind you and you lie in a fetal position, lift you knees to your chest, then you can work them in front of you.

   What a delight. The sock puppet posters have sucked all the life out of this strip, so they’re gone.

9. almost 14 years ago on Gil Thorp

   Yes, it is supposed to be Milford, CT. Of course I don’t recognize a single school in Thorp’s conference. It is in an alternate universe that resembles the MIdwest.

   This Milford only carries plain vanilla sports, no lacrosse, soccer, or gymnastics.

   Some years ago, I was on an outrigger canoe team out of Milford, CT. It will be a cold day in hell before the strip shows that kind of athletic competition.

10. almost 14 years ago on Annie

    Geriatric? Now I get it!

    Sock puppets pretending to be a bunch of old women.

    “Good morning, blah-blah-blah.”

    “Hi, blah-blah, how’s blah-blah-blah.”

    “How’s the knitting going, blah-blah-blah.”