This oldie is from 2003. I was experimenting yet again with Janis’ hair, trying to come up with a cartoonish, stylized ‘do. Apparently I haven’t succeeded yet. I regularly get email asking, “What’s with Janis’ hair!?” I am at a loss as to what the writers mean, and they rarely elaborate, but it seems to agitate them greatly. It’s cartoon hair! I think they just remember her hair from the early days when it was long and prefer that. In my opinion, it looked pretty weird back then, too, but for some reason no one ever complain back then.
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Janis’s hair is fine as is now.
Pelicans, ring-billed gulls, geese, terns [cannot tell which.}
https://explore.org/livecams/raptor-resource-project/mississippi-river-flyway-cam
Arrrh, matey, don’t miss the opportunity to talk like a pirate for today is “Talk Like a Pirate Day”
Avast Ye, here be some help:
https://www.piratevoyages.com/pirate-lingo/
Drat, I hate it when a new browser doesn’t remember me!
I can remember occasions when Janis apparently turned the air blue around her over something Arlo did. This may well have been another one.
OK, I’ll play.
Arrr! Give up yer booty, me buxom beauty!
I love this one! I mean, I really love this one!!!
What do you get when you cross a pirate with a zucchini?
A squash buckler.
I don’t get it, Texas Jack. What does that have to do with Talk like a Pilot Day?
I didn’t start reading A&J until Janis’s hair was pretty much the way it is today. (I retired and had time for comics.) For a long time, I thought she was always wearing a hat. It was very distracting, but I loved everything else about the strip. I still have a hard time seeing a hairdo, but I’m used to it now and don’t focus on her hair anymore. If you were going to change it, I’d vote for just smoothing the sharp points.
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Today’s retro makes me think of something else. Anybody else notice that when sitting on the couch, Arlo is the first to go to sleep while Janis stays awake? Then when they go to bed, Arlo sits up watching tv while Janis zones out. Quit sleeping on the couch, Arlo, and then maybe you’ll both go to sleep at the same time.
I’ve never owned a drone, but I’m sure I’d find another way to get rid of wasps/hornets:
https://www.ksl.com/article/46393504/have-you-seen-this-maybe-not-the-best-way-to-remove-a-wasp-nest
Where are the drones?
There ought to be drones.
Send in the drones.
Don’t bother … they’re here
That’s funny, Rick and Desiree.
TruckerRon, there might be better ways, but I guess the guy had fun doing it with his toy. At least it kept him out of reach of the stingers. And having tangled with a yellowjacket nest, I can say that is a huge plus.
Mark:
Thanks!
Trains have been a frequent topic here, so I thought that I should offer this cam site:
https://railstream.net/live-cameras/item/chesterton-in-west-free
About 75 trains a day can be seen, along with seeing drivers take ridiculous chances by driving around the barriers so that they don’t have to wait for the trains to pass.
Ah, to be young and crazy again…
https://speedsociety.com/worlds-largest-slip-and-slide-out-of-an-airplane/
Kenya, mom & child, I think.
https://explore.org/livecams/african-wildlife/african-river-wildlife-camera
Peace,
Apparently a herd in the area. This is one of 4 sites; scroll down.
https://explore.org/livecams/african-wildlife/african-animal-lookout-camera
Same crowd as yesterday on the Miss. R., SE MN. Loon fishing in background.
https://explore.org/livecams/raptor-resource-project/mississippi-river-flyway-cam
Tulsa vs Temple, har-de-har!
Some things you don’t want cooked rare!
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I thought that Arlo was trying to whisper his request in her ear to control her mind.
In regards to her hair, I did not care much for it in the old days, but find it acceptable now.
However Arlo’s hair and nose…..