Welcome to what I’m calling “Thursday,” for lack of anything better. I’ve told you this before, but it has been a while. I think one of the best comic strips ever was “Polly and Her Pals,” by Cliff Sterrett. It began in 1912, and ran throughout the golden age of newspaper comics. Admittedly, it wasn’t always the funniest or most subtle of strips, but it should be noted that subtly was not a hallmark of the era. It was, however, one of the most graphically arresting, inventive and funnily drawn comic strips ever. The strip began life as a “pretty-girl” strip, featuring young Polly Perkins. Pretty-girl strips were a recognized and common genre of comic strips from the birth of comics through the 1960s. If you’ve ever seen early examples of Sterrett’s strips you would agree that some of Polly’s diaphanous fashions were graphically arresting indeed. However, her father Paw and his cat Kitty eventually took over the strip, as comic sidekicks are wont to do. I mention all this, and show you the above example, because I like to think of Arlo’s relationship with Ludwig as homage to the relationship of Paw and Kitty. Long after the advent of Ludwig, my Karmic reward was my cat “Boot,” who actually follows me all around the house and yard, as silent and as faithful as Kitty.
Paw and Kitty
By Jimmy Johnson
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123 responses to “Paw and Kitty”
Good morning Villagers…
I really like the art work in “Paw and Kitty”, one could almost ‘smell’ the old paper it is on.
I’m enjoying the “Travels with Jackie”…..where is your website, Jackie.
Gotta go….clothes in dryer need folding….
emb….good luck, and prayers……amen.
today’s grin: http://cheezburger.com/8441781504
GR 😉
Granny Carol…good to see you back here…
That’s a normal day in Fargo, ND!
Jerry, I am slow. JUST got Elvis and Cilla’s name. Duh! Clever. “I was dreaming last night about Elvis, day that he died, day that he died.” J. Buffet Listening to it yesterday enroute.
Right by Bass Pro, been there done that, past life with my late traveling companions. Every BP in America, Gander Mountain, LL Bean, Cabelos and Coleman outlet, as well as West Marine. Food not good at BP but only my mama liked it!
Passed the Grand location in dark, is it gone? Dark over there.
Miniion having trouble adjusting to travel where you don’t care if you get there or not? This trip is more speed than a like. Travel is a journey, not a destination.
Laptop annoying.
Love, Jackie
Shopping advice to Arlo, it’s all about stress reduction. Plan your shopping hours around the same hours that the yoga pants wearers do theirs.
Paul from Nodak, I saw in the Wikipedia article that Cliff Sterrett was a native of Minnesota. No doubt that is why the panel Jimmy posted is so realistic in the wind effects. Bet emb could attest to that!
Good luck and a safe trip Jackie. Hope those cats will appreciate what you are doing.
Sunny here. annoying laptop. Going to get ATT onto phone without killing one of them, go to business center down stairs but it requires dressing. Read everyone, laptop and clumsy long nails erasing msg. May have sent personal email on a blast?
Houseleeping diving me nuts.
Last evening’s prediction still there. About 20 bison to the west. Webcam roams. emb
http://www.nps.gov/features/yell/webcam/oldFaithfulStreaming.html
TIP BlogSpot identical. Poor taste?
http://thatispriceless.blogspot.com/
I’ve never had gator, but I have had turtle soup at Brennan’s Restaurant, both in New Orleans and in Atlanta when they had the restaurant there.
eMb, prayers and good luck!
Ghost, “just” a cold indeed! I’m hoping the cough isn’t bronchitis. That would be serious bad juju.
emb, good luck and remember to show them your best side. 😉
This looks like fun. Watch the trailer and enjoy. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/filmreviews/11359494/Shaun-the-Sheep-the-Movie-review-purely-charming.html
For emb and other Yellowstoners:
http://boingboing.net/2015/02/06/people-throwing-pennies-change.html
Jean dear, three words…bourbon and peppermint. Take until either your cough goes away or you forget why you are taking it. 🙂
Stolen from B.C. on TDS
Mister Will said, about 4 hours ago
Why can’t you trust atoms?
Because they make up everything.
GR6
My preferred is Honey and Apricot Brandy
Honey is good, but I’d stick with the bourbon.
My two cents worth about Brian Williams: I have a real problem with “Stolen Valor” incidents. (In fact, rather than “valor thieves”, I prefer to call them by the more accurate term “scum suckers”.) It doesn’t matter if it’s a butterball in a mall wearing a Ranger tab he obviously never earned on his ACUs; an InterWebNet Call to Arms commando who never wore a uniform at all claiming he was awarded the Medal of Honor; or a multimillionaire pretty-boy network news anchor who “misremembers” his adventures in a war zone (and possibly elsewhere). If you didn’t do it or if you weren’t there, don’t claim you did or you were. That’s spitting in the face of the ones who did and were.
My take on the detailed shopping list for Thursday was two-fold, 1) Janis only allows buying items on the list, so details are necessary; 2) The longer and more complicated the list, the longer Arlo will be out of the house— so she can have some peace. On the other hand, I enjoy grocery shopping, so it is a rare trip that takes less than 2 hours start to finish.
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Sand– That only works if said yoga pants moms don’t have small children. The aggravation goes up substantially with loud crying over the _____ that the kid can’t have.
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Jackie– Don’t forget to smell the roses! See if you can adjust routes for occasional side trips using back roads. Like you would it Oklahoma by following old Route 66 rather than I-40.
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Ghost/Jean– Peppermint Schnapps is a good, single sourcing alternative for cold and cough. (Actually there is a cough suppressant, DelSym, that does a fantastic job. It doesn’t make me sleepy. Your mileage may vary.)
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GR6
Go see today’s B.C.
http://www.gocomics.com/bc
Ghost, couldn’t agree more on the frauds claiming martial glory or trying to ride the current popularity of military heroes. Veterans with little combat experience or non-military think that it would be more meaningful if they had been in combat.
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I’ve said before, though a veteran I never got close to combat. only honors I received were for either training or administrative excellence. [One ARCOM was for my ability to translate mil-speak into English and construct a basic paragraph with topic, support, and conclusion. I rewrote just about everything that passed through the brigade headquarters.] No valor in normal training or admin! Even so, I am not ashamed of the work I did. Had we deployed into a major conflict with nuclear or chemical weapons, my training and expertise would have been useful. Actually, I’m proud of the fact that I was a soldier and that the work I did as part of the “tail” made it possible for the “tooth” to be on the ground.
GR6, just a couple minutes talk will usually reveal the real vets from the phony. We met a guy walking his dog in the park. Was wearing a 101st – Vietnam vet ballcap. As we walked on Loon said he is the real deal. Her clue, the way he pronounced words and Viet names. Did I say she is a sharp one?
I too do much of the shopping.
It takes 20 Min. to buy 1 item because they keep moving stuff.
I have to be very hungry or just ate that way I keep to the list,
otherwise I stock up – not on junk (well a little) but sale items.
Wife “I saved 50% on this widget”
Husband ” How much would you have saved if you had not bought it?”
David, it’s a team effort. Thanks for being OK n the team.
EMB, do you have a Google Chromecast? I use it (among many other things) to display a full-screen version of the Old Faithful webcam. I’ve found it much more satisfying than some mindless morning “news” and entertainment program. I have a Nexus 7 tablet that works wonderfully with the Chromecast. I use the “cast screen” capability to watch the geysers.
On the team, not sure what Siri was trying to say.