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1. over 1 year ago on Doonesbury

   50 years ago in Ontario, we called it a ‘Chesterfield’. I knew a Davenport was a piece of furniture but I didn’t know it was something I could nap on…

2. almost 2 years ago on Matt Wuerker

   I’m sorry but I need a little context – are all those shootings from the 4th? The Long weekend? Or last week?

3. almost 2 years ago on Doonesbury

   This cartoon raises interesting issues about humour and boundaries.Lacey is beginning to suffer from what I consider to be one of the most horrific diseases – cancer may kill your body but dementia kills who you are – and I still find this funny.And sad.Is that a strength of humanity or a flaw?

4. almost 2 years ago on Doonesbury

   My step-father has been suffering from dementia for about a decade. My mother (who was in her eighties) was finally told by a doctor that if she didn’t put him into a professional care facility she would be dead within a year.Caregiving is hard.Visiting is too. They live five hours away and I don’t have that much extra money, and then there was COVID. Last time I saw him he had pretty much stopped verbalizing. He used to love being in a barbershop quartet so I sang old songs to him for fifteen minutes. He seemed to enjoy that.Find a place that will take care of your brother and visit often.

5. almost 2 years ago on Doonesbury

   Given the rest of the adjectives, I for one am grateful that ‘indecisive’ is in your list.People who are Agitated, Frenzied, and Know-nothing who then make a hard and fast decision on action normally don’t end up helping society..I also suggest someone who is willing to admit they may be wrong (‘As far as I know’) doesn’t fit your list (especially ‘Know-nothing’ – people who truly don’t know anything rarely admit it).

6. almost 2 years ago on Doonesbury

   I find the comic funny.And I think the word ‘familiar’ is one of the most sad and tragic word ever written in a comic strip.

7. almost 2 years ago on Doonesbury

   Well, Walden was based on Yale, and Dick was a Walden alumni. So, there is the possibility for New England. I have no idea if either of them were from California, maybe Dick migrated there because it was better for birding?And I hear Kate Hepburn in my voice for Lacy as well.

8. almost 2 years ago on Doonesbury

   Mr. Trudeau always makes me smile and cry when a main character dies. I distinctly remember Lacey’s husband’s last thought before he dies: ‘Immortality’ (he has clicked a picture of his 700th bird species he has seen).Tears and laughter…

9. almost 2 years ago on Doonesbury

   Perhaps the system is broken. If a building collapses or a plane crashes we don’t say ‘Well, that’s just physics at work.’ We figure out why it happened and take action so physics don’t get a chance to work that way again.The market does have laws – doesn’t mean we can’t use them to create a better economic system.

10. almost 2 years ago on Doonesbury

    That’s the paradox to being a Quantum Mechanic – it is the quantums that you DON’T see that are the broken ones…