Recent Comments

1. about 19 hours ago on Strange Brew

   No, they don’t rub fast enough or long enough.

2. about 20 hours ago on Luann

   I say, Nancy, your idea that it’s “never a good reason” to do something because others are doing it—does that apply to falling in love? Being honest? Taking good care of yourself and your loved ones? Paying your taxes? Driving carefully? Being kind? Or any of hundreds of good things that lots of people do?

3. about 20 hours ago on Luann

   There’s a difference, which is crucial here, between “odds” and “frequency.”

4. about 20 hours ago on Arlo and Janis

   George Washington Plunkitt used his inside knowledge of the plans for acquiring land for the expansion of the New York City water system to enrich himself by buying up land and selling it to the city at a profit while serving as a New York City official. He justified his actions by explaining the difference between “graft” and “honest graft”, declaring that what he did constituted the latter, and further remarking, “I seen my opportunities and I took ‘em.” William Riordan’s book, Plunkitt of Tammany Hall, has it all in Plunkitt’s own words. (Available as an audiobook on Audible.com.) My point is, Gus is taking the exact same moral position.

5. 4 days ago on Peanuts

   I’m getting so sick of this endless stream of Woodstock strips.

6. 4 days ago on Over the Hedge

   Too bad we actually know what their usual environment looks like, so we know they don’t actually have access to anything like this in that dried-up suburb of theirs.

7. 4 days ago on Doonesbury

   And you are so far beyond stupid that there is no word for it.

8. 4 days ago on B.C.

   Cartoon physics. As the people here keep reminding me.

9. 4 days ago on B.C.

   Why would she be surprised! Why would she drop her bag? This is scheduled air service!

10. 6 days ago on Ink Pen

    Asking didn’t hurt. The response did, but not the asking.