This old Sunday has run here before, but that was a few years ago. And I like it. There is big news today in my old hometown of Monroeville, Alabama. Harper Lee’s new old novel “Go Set a Watchman” is being released. Apparently, a lot of people already are restless, because the real-life Atticus Finch, Lee’s father, wasn’t Gregory Peck after all. I am looking forward to reading the book, and I’m reserving judgment until then. Things have been kind of slow around the Web site this summer, but be sure to check in next week. Arlo & Janis turns 30 on July 29, and I expect we’ll have a modest party. And did I mention it’s hot?
In the Footsteps of Little Billy
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196 responses to “In the Footsteps of Little Billy”
Whoever celebrates the Fourteenth of July must give the traditional French greeting:
“We surrender!”
(I prefer the Fourth of July myself.)
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Oddly enough, most online translators botch reflexive verbs in French like “surrender” (which has its origin in the French “se rendre.”)
I was waiting to hear about A&J’s 30th. I am even happier that it has been with us all the way through and enjoyable the whole ride. Our Humble Author knows his audience.
I was in Paris during the Bastille Day celebration in 1971 as a member of Young Americans in Concert. The girls in our group, having been pinched a few times by the local men, informed us that if we tried to do the same we wouldn’t live long enough to treasure the memory.
Ghost, I am still irritated at the asinine fatuity of pronouncements by “scientists” that recant all sorts of things they had previously pronounced “settled.” Is Pluto a planet? Is that a brontosaurus? I await the latest word from the Oracles of Scientific Bloviation.
TR, I have never understood the attraction of pinching, much less doing so in a public place.
In this instance, I am firmly on Janis’ side without question:
http://www.gocomics.com/arloandjanis/1996/02/09
Yes, cupping and squeezing gently normally gets a much better response. 🙂
Debbe 😉 Another one gone too soon…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGKPHFrHVVY
Bad news Trapper Jesn, there is speculation that Bloom County may be a one-off like the one Watterson did. Let it not be trur! I need a second strip to read and lovr.
Wasn’t it “Don’t trust some one over 30”?
How can Pluto not be a planet (unless a dog) if it has a moon?/moons?
Don’t remember where it said a planet had to be a certain size.
Will they down grade Mercury if they find a bigger rock out there?
What a bout the Gas Giants – If the core is small in proportion will they be demoted?
Astronomy is getting to be as reliable as statistics.
Didn’t they find another planet west of Pluto? Do we have 9 again? 10?
Flat Earth Society here we come.
Evan: “Ghost, I am still irritated at the asinine fatuity of pronouncements by “scientists” that recant all sorts of things they had previously pronounced “settled.” Is Pluto a planet? Is that a brontosaurus? I await the latest word from the Oracles of Scientific Bloviation.
Please don’t confuse classification and nomenclature with scientific investigation. And also don’t confuse media hype with scientific significance, as well as hype by some scientists themselves. Whatever you call Pluto will not change its behavior nor the importance of what we find there. [There would have been less fuss if Disney had named the dog Mephisto, and speelczech does not recognize Mephisto. But it recognizes speelczech.]
Historically, it is likely that jostling among Kuiper Belt objects sent Pluto inward, where its interaction with Neptune led to its being locked into a 2:3 orbit with Neptune, one that brings it closer to Sol than Neptune for part of its long year. There is at least one KB object that is larger than Pluto. It may well have moons also. Should we add planets to the known 8 as we discover large KB objects, with or without moons. Several asteroids, mostly in the belt btw Mars and Jupiter have moons. The largest of the asteroids, Ceres, is as spherical as Pluto, and it was initially considered the 8th planet.
The to-do over Brontosaurus, at least in part, resulted from an error in assigning the wrong skull to a body skeleton by a wealthy but prolific collector with minimal formal scientific training. We bloviate some, but not as routinely as many in other occupations, and most of us realize science can never provide certain answers about anything significant. We also, mostly, realize that neither can any other mortals.
Peace, emb
Dear emb, I’m glad to see your good-natured and rational explanation.
Good morning Villagers…
Jerry, thank you for your encouraging compliment yesterday. I know Indy Mindy appreciates it too. And it’s like Mark said, and I also said to Evan….it’s not any different any place else. Same old bull###$, just different day 🙂
Indy Mindy…..that downpour looks as bad as what we got here a couple of weeks ago, when it got up to the hen house, the creek went out of it’s banks.
Ya’ll have a blessed day
GR 😉 George Harrison….I knew he had cancer, and when he passed on, I cried. I still have the magazine with his pic on the cover. I have the 2 cd “All Things Mus Pass”, and one of my favorites on it is “Isn’t it a Pity”…..some people in this little community have gnomes in their front yard…when I see them I think of the album cover.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEtasL1zCrk
Funny thing, yesterday I was singing “My Sweet Lord” at work…coincidence?
=^..^=
watch and smile:
https://i.chzbgr.com/maxW500/8531585280/h47D3D39B/
Debbe, I hope that you have had a good day by the time that you see this. EMB, thanks for the information.
BTW. I do enjoy the tribute to Bill Keane and the Family Circus. Between Dagwood, Beetle Bailey and Family Circus, these were my must reads every day. The morning paper had Peanuts, so I was not familiar with Sparky until they started showing up on TV.
We had 7 kids in our family with one girl, so my Mom really identified with Thel.
EMB, thanks for your response to that previous post. You did a much better job than I would have. I was going to suggest that rather than “bloviation” these were more examples of the internal error correction by which science lurches forward…
Rusty
Oh, and regarding A&J’s 30th, since it is hot and is an anniversary, maybe a trip to the beach is in order… 🙂
Jackie, I know there’s a second new Bloom County, so I’m hoping Berke has indeed decided to continue it for a while. I have missed Opus!
Steve, if you liked the Family Circus, you really need to take a look at this: http://dfc.furr.org/
Rusty, since JJ has shattered so many newspaper cartoon taboos, perhaps, just perhaps, A&J might decide to go to a nude beach for the anniversary.
If anyone could pull it off, he could.
Debbe: https://i.chzbgr.com/maxW500/8531585280/h47D3D39B/ It’s funny, but I don’t understand: 1. what kitty is responding to, and 2. why it is doing what it does. Surely it could jump atop the box if it wanted to. Maybe if I knew what the box was: a fan of some sort?
Charlotte, Jerry, and Rusty: Thanks.
Peace, emb
Ghost, I seem to rememberone a few years back when they talked about the possibility of going to a topless beach, at least… 🙂
Rusty:
I think that was a one-shot not to go anywhere, just to show Janis’s naughty streak. She was eager, but I think there was no follow-up. Some strips stick in the male mind more than others.
Peace, emb