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1. about 6 hours ago on Tom the Dancing Bug

   Let the Tantrumps begin!

2. about 6 hours ago on Non Sequitur

   “Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats” was the inspiration for Andrew Lloyd Webber’s stage musical “Cats,” which was (and still is) a massive international hit. For reasons surpassing all human (or even feline) understanding, someone thought it was a good idea to take something that was inseparable from its live theatre context (and, possibly, from the small West End theatre where it opened) and turn it into a movie.

   It was an idiotic notion, resulting in a box office flop ($113 million loss; don’t know how much of the was made back in streaming, if any) and a critical disaster.

   Judi Dench (who was both an actor and singer during her stage career; she was Sally Bowles in a West End production of “Cabaret” in 1968, for example) was cast as Grizabella and Jennyanydots in the West End original (which, mind you, was in 1981) but had to leave before opening due to an Achilles tendon injury in dress rehearsal. I guess casting her in the non-singing role of Ole Deuteronomy was a nod to that.

3. about 6 hours ago on Non Sequitur

   Well, it’s a weighty subject.

4. about 6 hours ago on Doonesbury

   Unfortunately, she turned into a narcissist with just a hint of sociopathy. Not an ideal combination.

5. about 6 hours ago on Doonesbury

   “It means I’m a narcissistic borderline sociopath.”

6. 3 days ago on Dick Tracy

   With that comment, you owe all of us a new irony meter.

7. 4 days ago on MythTickle

   Not up on his current events.

8. 5 days ago on Shoe

   That about covers it.

9. 5 days ago on Stone Soup

   Yes, this is why my wife and I no longer play Scrabble. And, no, the one who got “quixotic” was NOT me. :-)

10. 5 days ago on Doonesbury

    And the award for Worst False Equivalence Attempt goes to….