Recent Comments

1. 8 days ago on Peanuts Begins

   And revenge is a dish best served cold.

2. 8 days ago on Doonesbury

   And I never guessed I’d be seeing a comment from one of my old friends from the days of the KC Comicon!

3. 11 days ago on Speed Bump

   I listened to them on occasion with a local DJ. Their lead singer called himself “Tortelvis”. Their bassist and drummer are “Bob Knarley” and “Ziggy Knarley”, respectively, although Ziggy was preceded by “Cheese” and by “Fresh Cheese”.

   Haven’t heard them in years, but they were a hoot in their prime. They played music seriously, but performed with a lot of comedy.

4. 11 days ago on Speed Bump

   Since it’s fairly generic, I just guessed Mozart, since he is the only classical composer who has been portrayed in cinema as a superstar.

5. 12 days ago on Doonesbury

   I don’t believe the viewers will count, unless they can appear to sign the document. I got married in a proxy marriage (my wife and I were separated by about 6,000 miles at the time), and the officiant (who was online with us on Skype) and her husband acted as witnesses; they were actually the only two people who were there to sign the certificate.

6. 20 days ago on Peanuts Begins

   At this time, Snoopy is drawn as a generic Beagle pup. As the strip matures, he becomes more distinctive.

7. 20 days ago on Peanuts Begins

   If it were 1968, the song would be “Blackbird”, by McCartney with the Beatles. A better song.

8. about 1 month ago on Cleats

   I bought t-shirts for my grandson with super-hero logos on them, and that’s all they had: Superman, Batman, The Flash, and Spiderman.

   Was there another Marvel hero who is as recognizable in 2006 (or whenever this particular one ran) as the three DC heroes?

9. about 1 month ago on For Better or For Worse

   I remember that Lynn Johnson wrote this arc as a memorial to her own dog. This is the reason they introduced Edgar as being Farley Jr.

   No, as sad as it will be, I think I will still follow it.

10. 4 months ago on Peanuts Begins

    I had an older cousin who was a telephone operator in the 1960s (when I was in elementary school), and she told me that she actually did get a couple of calls like that, with some small and lonely child just wanting to hear a friendly voice (many kids were left alone at home then), and she told them stories. Never got into trouble for it.

    I dialed an operator a few times a year, and once actually got my cousin once. Every now and then I would call the operator for no reason than to say hello and ask how their day was going. Those were the days.