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1. 1 day ago on Baby Blues

   Well, it’s a dwarf planet…

2. 1 day ago on Arlo and Janis

   Kris will be missed.

3. 2 days ago on Arlo and Janis

   Kris Kristofferson – <3 – RIP

4. 2 days ago on For Better or For Worse

   “Kids Say the Darndest Things” – Art Linkletter

5. 3 days ago on Thatababy

   But it’s also good to know your angels.

6. 6 days ago on Baldo

   Stand up to the bully.

7. 7 days ago on Bliss

   Thank you!

8. 7 days ago on Pearls Before Swine

   Of course it counts.

9. 8 days ago on Arlo and Janis

   Also "Mr. Kristofferson graduated with honors with a degree in literature from Pomona College in Claremont, Calif., in 1958. He also had prizewinning entries in a collegiate short-story contest sponsored by The Atlantic Monthly magazine before being awarded a Rhodes scholarship to study English literature at Oxford. Mr. Kristofferson graduated from Merton College, Oxford, in 1960 and received a commission as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army. In 1961, he married Frances Beer and was stationed in Germany, where he served as a helicopter pilot.

   He attained the rank of captain in 1965 and received an appointment to teach English at West Point. He ultimately declined the position, trading the comforts it might have afforded for the penury of life as a would-be songwriter in Nashville."

10. 21 days ago on Crabgrass

    I was in 3rd grade when it was discovered I needed glasses because of nearsightedness. We used to sit in “size order”, and being tall, I sat in the back of the room. When the teacher asked me a question about something on the blackboard, my reply was (so legend has it) “what blackboard?”