I said I would address comments about the boat Arlo and Janis are supposed to have, the boat bequeathed them by Gus, and I will—sort of. First, I want to clarify something. While some of the comments over at the A&J GoComics site tend to be crankier than most here, it isn’t because I moderate in advance the comments made on this site, as was suggested in Monday’s comments. I don’t. A lot of readers post nice things on GoComics, the syndicate Web site, but I regularly get lambasted there for one thing or another. That’s what comments are for, I suppose. And someone asked if the “Schooner Cartooner” survived Hurricane Katrina. Yes, it did. The owners evacuated it from Biloxi in time. Now, about the boat. You know, it’s a much deeper subject than simply the boat. One reason I stepped away from the subject of Arlo’s obsession was that reader comments and “likes” led me to believe a vast majority of readers don’t particularly respond to the subject matter. I cannot stress enough what a terrible method that is for directing the creative process. But there it is. It is so much a part of what we do these days, especially as readership gravitates from print media to digital media. I’m trying to learn to live with it. Of course, the proper thing to do as a cartoonist would be ignore all external influence, but Hey! We have so much fun here, don’t we? So, will the boat show up again anytime soon? I think it will.
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today’s lol
http://cheezburger.com/8180190976
Debbe, you started shouting pony names yesterday. Then proved you could pick ’em with two out of three top finishers. Thought you might enjoy this article on the naming of thoroughbreds.
http://mentalfloss.com/article/21585/whats-horse-name-no-more-18-characters
Good morning, Villagers, and Happy Sunday.
Debbe, sorry about Brooklynne Rose.
Debbe, thanks for the music. Great tune there and one of my favorites.
Here’s one for you: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0D3GJ-R0B8
Lily, I know you said you’re not big on music, but Floor Jansen, the lead vocalist on this, makes me think of one of your fantasy gaming heroines. She’s certainly energetic enough to be one.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6EQgzPX7G4
So this weeks A & J is eerie! Arlo cut his finger on Thursday, was rewarded with ice cream on Friday displaying his left hand index finger fully bandaged and on Saturday his left arm was enclosed in a plastic grocery bag to keep it from getting wet in the shower. So what is so eerie about this? My wife and I find so many of the doings of Arlo and Janis so descriptive of what goes on in our home. This week topped them all. On Monday shoved my right index finger in a router bit while making a graduation plaque. That bloody stirred up finger had to rush to the ER and left there with a big big bandage just like Arlo displayed. Thru the week I nursed said finger, doing what the doctor said which included keeping it dry in the shower. So Arlo’s bag covered hand was a picture of what took place at my house. So reading this weeks A & J brought a lot of laughter and fun to this accident experiencing household. And by the way my first name is Ludwig!
California Chrome is trying to be the first Triple Crown winner since Miguel Cabrera…Must have been a very brave man that rode Miggy.
I tried to get my cat to go viral. I think that I have shared this on A&J.com, but he is worth the repeat.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7qmJUUY3u0
Even Ghost could take lessons from this young man…
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-big-league-stew/wise-young-kid-gives-away-foul-ball-to-pretty-girl-025549368.html
Welcome, Ludwig – you sound like one of us!
Can’t say I do a lot of mechanical stuff, but I do have a past history of fishing, a history which incudes far too many cases of having a finger really nailed by a barb of any small catfish/bullhead/whatever. My “research” revealed that those punctures do leave scars and might cause a trip to an ER (one night when I realized that my tetanus shots were well out of date, after having been stung).
I hate to pee in JJ’s cheerios, but it is perfectly all right to get a properly sutured finger laceration wet the next day, provided you dry it thoroughly afterwards. I have done it many times. Also a good idea to peroxide it and reapply triple antibiotic ointment afterwards, but I have omitted both and had no problem. It is far, far worse to leave a wet dressing on it.
Oh, and welcome, Ludwig
Lily: Lovely metaphor, but will have to be careful where I use it.
Some of us prefer Wheaties, or even sardines on toast
Lily: Lovely metaphor, but will have to be careful where I use it.
Some of us prefer Wheaties, or even sardines on toast
‘Anonymous’ happened because I have a new laptop.
Thanks for letting us hear from you, Ludwig. (A comment I never expected to see myself post.) It just occurred to me that I don’t believe I’ve even seen a comment here from an Alro, a Janis, a Gene or a Mary Lou.
I once had to take a phone call from my counterpart at another company. Her name was Janis Day. I had to fight the impulse to ask, “How’s Arlo?” In retrospect, I’m not sure if I was concerned she wouldn’t know what I was talking about, or that she would.
The Dictionary.com Word Of The Day is “adret”, pronounced “a-DRAY”. I use the WOTD to increase my vocabulary, but I expect to have some difficulty working that one into a sentence.
Ghost: for free
I smiled as I stood on the adret
It was a lovely Swiss summer day,
But as I warmed my bootie,
I remembered my duty
And regretfully went on my way. went on my way.
Phooey. Omit the last four words. This blog needs an edit function 🙁
Congratulations on the new machine, emb.
I first heard that expression at work from one of my fellow managers. I told her I thought that was something a male might be more likely to do than a female, for biological and mechanical if no other reasons. She told me she thought that I was a male chauvinist @$$#&!*. But she used to tell me that all the time, anyway. We got along fine. 🙂
Yay, Lily! That’s not a sentence, but “Yay!” anyway.
Now I owe you a haiku.
Debbe – Not big on open wheel, I’m more NASCAR. Did go down and watch the 500 the year St. Danica got 4th. (Sorry, something about her personality irks me.) No call, no show on a relative (with an inspection coming up?) That’s downright hateful. Is it okay if I hex him with a really itchy case of athlete’s foot?
Ghost – Once upon a time, I worked with a Paul McCartney and a Kenny Rogers (Junior to be precise), met his son, the III in a completely unrelated encounter.) Just this week, I met a Willie Nelson.
Both Arlo & Janis and 9 Chickweed Lane featured cute kitties. Went to YouTube and watched cute kitten videos – there isn’t a whole lot cuter footage than watching a tiny kitten heroically fight (and lose to) sleep. Warm fuzzys. Related warning: Do NOT, I repeat NOT search for rescued kittens (or dogs). You WILL tear through a box of tissues.
Thinking of adding to the cat picture madness. Might start an instagram feed or something so I can show off my fuzzer-kitty.
Ghost. Is too, it has a subject and predicate. Several, actually 😛
Many years ago we were visiting a friend who worked for a radio station in Newport News, VA, and got to go to a promotional event they were having where the attendees all shared “famous names”. I can honestly say I met Stephen Foster (who looked more like James Taylor), Alice Walker, and Julius Caesar!
At work, we used to keep a list of customers with famous and/or funny names. For instance, we had a Mr. East and a Mr. West; and a Mr. Best and a Mr. Wurst. My personal favorite: Mr. Meister.
Yes, Lily, technically that was one long sentence, but I’d still call it a poem. I only write love poems (yeah, I know), and it’s hard to work the side of a mountain into a love poem. Although I’ll have to say that being in love is sometimes like having the side of a mountain fall on you.
Ghost, I wouldn’t know. Sexual love is the undiscovered country as far as I am concerned. I never have have been interested. I just love my family and my dog as much as I can