It might not come as a surprise to you, but I’ve been out a bit myself lately. I’m in the second week of a vacation/work vacation, in the latter portion alas. The strips running in newspapers this week and next, and on GoComics, are “best-of” repeats, chosen and recolored by myself. This week’s strips are from 2012, and next week’s will be from 2008. I hope you enjoy seeing them again.
171 responses to “Time Out”
So is today’s 9CL gutter ball. But today’s Shoe is cute.
http://www.gocomics.com/shoe
Peace,
I found out on Wednesday that a friend that works at the running store that my son and I frequent came up missing. I waiting a day and yesterday I sent out word to some media friends that I have and they got his story out last night. After more than 48 hours, we were all extremely worried.
This morning I kept my appointment with my tax preparer and told him of my friend so that he would not think it rude of me to look at my phone while he worked. Finally he said “Well are you ready for the result?” Just then I got a text from my son “THEY FOUND HIM!”. At the same time I was told that I was getting a $500 refund (I thought that I would owe $500 or less). Told the tax preparer that I didn’t care about the money, my friend was safe.
I stopped at the running store to get some new socks and my good friend for the last 20 years told me that he got the call from the missing friend’s Mom. His wife had taken their 3 year child out in the middle of the night and had been driving around Detroit looking for his car. Apparently she was the one that found him, but we both shook our heads at her determination, but wow what a chance she was taking. But frankly we might all have been that desperate.
As we were looking at Facebook, reading other’s expressions of gratitude, I found out a HS classmate had succumbed to ALS. I think he found out less than 2 years ago.
Steve
Prayers of Thanksgiving & Prayers of condolences.
At my age “Getting lucky” means walking into a room and remembering what I came in there for.
At least so far the Orphanage doors are still open
One of the things I recall from my early (< 10 years of age) Sunday School classes was my discovery that the opening tic-tac-toe player ought to start in a corner position. Then, if the opponent plays anywhere but in the center position, the opener can guarantee to win. If the opponent does take the center position at first move, a tie is guaranteed (assuming both play logically). No doubt that the day's lesson wasn't new to me nor was presented in some unique manner.
How long can the oil change cartoon still accept comments? It has been up since 2/27 .
Shocking awakening at 5.30 a.m. with what seemed another molar fractured and I swallowed it despite my best effort to cough it up.
Old teeth despite good dentist and good care are old bones with a lot of metal.
Eland, giraffe, etc.
https://explore.org/livecams/african-wildlife/african-animal-lookout-camera
Peace,
You can be sure the writer is proud of the last sentence:
https://www.economist.com/news/books-and-arts/21737489-whom-bell-tolls-court-common-usage-old-pronoun-losing-its-case
Peace,
Note the power of the lowly comma.
I woke up before 0400. Nothing to do w/ CDT; I usually wake up early. Am thinking about writing a piece on Martin Buber’s 1923 concept of “I and Thou” as it applies BETWEEN spp. [e.g., you and “your” dog, or a mahout and “his” elephant], and was surfing for ideas. Ran across this, which is a far cry from Buber, but not totally unrelated.
https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=Lynn+Margulis+Mitochondria&&view=detail&mid=DC75193EF88CAF7A152DDC75193EF88CAF7A152D&&FORM=VRDGAR
Peace,
Good Luck Jackie, I am sure this to shall pass.
Heading to new shop to have new flamingo sign installed for Steals our shop. Bucket truck involved n Main Street historic building.
http://www.gocomics.com/closetohome/2018/03/11
Something strange happened this Saturday, all the comics I follow are dressed in their Sunday format.
Okay, it’s Sunday. Arrived home late Saturday night, very jet lagged. Guess it is time to admit I am old and have a failing memory.
Loved today’s strips (Sunday). Had the same Discussion about the cats with my wife yesterday.
A man was riding his Harley along a California highway, when suddenly the sky cleared above his head and in a booming voice, the Lord said:
‘Because you have tried to be faithful to me in all ways, I will grant you one wish’
The biker pulled over and said, ‘Build a bridge to Hawaii so I can ride over anytime I want.’
The Lord said,
‘Your request is materialistic. Think of the enormous challenges for that kind of undertaking; the supports required reaching the bottom of the Pacific, and the concrete and steel it would take!
It will nearly exhaust several natural resources. I can do it, but it is hard for me to justify your desire for worldly things. Take a little more time and think of something that could possibly help mankind.’
The biker thought about it for a long time.
Finally, he said, ‘Lord, I wish that I and all men could understand women; I want to know how she feels inside, what she’s thinking when she gives me the silent treatment, why she cries, what she means when she says nothing’s wrong, why she snaps and complains when I try to help, and how I can make a woman truly happy.’
The Lord replied,
‘You want two lanes or four lanes on that bridge?’
The King Features (I think) syndicate sent the same batch of comics to the Seattle PI and other papers… from last Sunday. That wipes out access to half of the comics my family likes.
🙁
My Comics Kingdom Royal has replaced last Sunday’s with today’s. Peace,
Thanks for the heads up, emb. I’m glad we didn’t have to wait until tomorrow for someone to get to work and discover a “ton” of emails from upset subscribers.
Old Bear:
Good one.
That one’s going to a few friends of mine.
Regarding today’s A&J: The price of eggs might go up or down, but DST is not this amateur astronomer’s favorite thing. It’s bad enough that I have to wait days at a time for clear skies at night, now when it is clear I get to wait an extra hour for darkness without being able to sleep in an extra hour in the mornings to make up for it.
One of my friends in the astronomy club has taken to hitting the sack at 7 p.m. and getting up at 3 a.m. to do his stargazing/astrophotography before work. But he’s not married and has no kids…
Trucker, that sure is a problem. Never thought of that before. A question my daughter Alice asked on Facebook was about “The Heavenly G”, an asterism I learned of some years ago from a newspaper column. I think it was by Alan McRobert? Who writes for Sky and Telescope too.
These are Winter constellations so are probably on their way to below the horizon. I haven’t been out to admire them for a while; not so easy, I’ve slowed down a lot. There’s so much light pollution here anyway, it’s not so enjoyable. Would you believe, quite a few years ago, I saw several of the moons of Jupiter, from my front porch, with binoculars, changing their positions from night to night — as Galileo saw them.
I well believe that you could see that before light pollution in your area… providing you had several nights without clouds and a steady hand. And I’m sure you did!
Most of the best things in the sky don’t require significant magnification. For example, the Andromeda galaxy is about as big across as 6 full moons, so what you need is a super clear sky without the moon or other bright lights to distract your eyes. Having a large aperture (like 10×80 binoculars) and a tripod to keep it steady is more than enough.
Sometimes I try to imagine what it would be like to be Galileo seeing Jupiter and Saturn with his homemade telescope, trying to interpret what he was seeing. Today we can still share that wonder.