How does that song go, “Don’t it always seem to go, that you don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone.” Well, it’s back! It’s not exactly paradise, but it’s no longer a digital parking lot, either. I’m not sure exactly what happened, but a very nice young man named Frank, with EarthLink, fixed everything for me. I couldn’t quite place his accent though: perhaps South Carolina tidewater. It seems I’ve been gone forever, first with a lot of non-cartooning stuff that required my attention and then the big technical blow-out, but it’s good to be back. Frank did tell me I need to update my version of WordPress. Can’t wait for that.
And we’re back
By Jimmy Johnson
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79 responses to “And we’re back”
Apparently, in Oklahoma there is an Eleventh Commandment: “Thou shalt not obey the posted speed limit.”
And apparently Oklahoma has many very devout drivers.
I’ve stayed at the house today to deal with boutique-related issues on the phone and computer, as well as looking after Jackie, who has been a bit under the weather the past few days. I looked up online last night the common reactions to the Taxol with which she’s being infused weekly (“But, yay! Only four of the twelve left to go.”) and found a list of twenty or so. She has recently experienced about 80% of them.
It seems the effects are cumulative as the infusions continue, so we can only hope they do not get more severe (or numerous) over the next four weeks. But as we’ve done since this journey began, we will deal with it and overcome it. Non deficere.
You both are admirable and we love you. Non deficere indeed.
Ghost: Wish we had that like button… or better yet – the “love” button!
Ghost
There seems to be no striving for gender equality in dirty jobs like coal mining.
Ask a farmers wife about job equality.
Trucker
I wonder how much longer Ben Franklin would have lived if he had followed his dictum of
“Early to bed, early to rise.” ? While in France was his Circadian Rhythm set to Philadelphia time?
To anyone with expertise: On weather.com’s “weather-in-motion” map, there are 4 blue boxes at the extreme left, in a column. I cannot get any of those boxes to work. As one of them allows the viewer to pinpoint rough weather and the direction of its travel – quite vital during tornado season – I am not happy. Yes, I have notified the site, but received only the usual “thanks; we got your message” canned reply.
Anyone here know the trick to make those boxes work? Or, is it something at the weather.com end of things?
Impala. Nearby, eland and black-faced guenons. Cam may go there.
https://explore.org/livecams/african-wildlife/african-river-wildlife-camera
Peace,
Those 2 Canada geese we saw a while back were apparently just using the osprey nest as a rest stop.
https://explore.org/livecams/birds/charlo-montana-osprey-nest
There’s at least one egg in the Chesapeake osprey nest. A search will easily get you there.
Peace,
cx-p: I don’t use their map so much for local conditions so can’t help. I find the maps hosted by local TV stations easy to use for things like storm tracks; in our area they all seem to use the same one which makes it even easier. You might enjoy the maps at http://www.windy.com – lots of variations to play with.
Thanks, Ruth Anne. I already have that in my bookmarks.
Elephants again.
https://explore.org/livecams/african-wildlife/african-river-wildlife-camera
Peace,
Drool?!?!?!? in today’s strip? LOL
………..or do i need to clean my screen?
Jimmy, I sure enjoy your work.
14″ in the driveway and still snowing.
18th on the ALL time snowstorm list.
Thunder snow = 6 months to first snow in fall
Liked the comment made on TV — January 75th
Wow! 13:03 between the previous two posts. Maybe we are not all back yet.
Some folks are digging their way out! Here in Utah we had our unusual, “never snows this late” snow on Friday. And there’s another snowstorm heading our way on Tuesday? With highs tomorrow in the 70s?
We shall see. I’m leaving my shovel, push broom (for windshields), and ice melt near the front door in case they’re right again.
Times have changed in the comics world.
http://www.gocomics.com/9chickweedlane/2018/04/16
[For the better.]
Peace,
This is why the most common animal fossils are marine invertebrates.
https://explore.org/livecams/african-wildlife/african-safari-camera
Peace,
On April 4, I received my early birthday presents: A decent pair of Celestron astronomical binoculars with a tripod adapter, a set of Plossl eyepieces, a Celestron NexStar 102SLT refractor telescope, and a Celestron Lithium Phosphate (LiFePO4) Power Tank. Of course the skies didn’t cooperate until, finally, Friday night, but we were out for the evening (watching Casablanca on a big screen at a local university). Saturday was still decent, so I finally got to play with the telescope.
My wife was more impressed with the binoculars than the telescope, I think, because there weren’t any electronics involved and she knows how to use them. 😉
For anyone bemoaning the fact that I’m skipping over the steps of learning the night sky, I’d like to offer a few reasons for going with the computerized (GoTo) system the telescope uses.
First, I’m turning 65 this month and I’ve already found out what it’s like to survive a cardiac arrest. I don’t want to spend too many hours studying how to find things by star hopping.
Second, I’ve already had the experience of having what I’m trying to view slide out of sight before I can drag family members out to see anything. With the GoTo it tracks, so that’s no longer a problem.
Third, I’m wanting to play around with astrophotography, so tracking is important. Without tracking the stars’ apparent motion turns them into light trails within a few seconds. With it, I can get exposures of up to 20 to 30 seconds before other problems interfere (such as field rotation).
Finally, with the light pollution we have here I can only see perhaps two dozen of the brightest stars without a telescope. But once the GoTo has been aligned to 3 of the brightest, it can point itself to anything in its catalog of over 4,000 stars, nebulae, galaxies. Through its 102 mm lens I can then see so much more… and that’s easier and quicker than driving for 45 minutes each way, not to mention loading up the car, setting up the scope, and reversing it for the return home.
Ad astra!
Wow! TR that sounds so COOL. Does that mean we’ll see photos on your blog soon? 🙂 Have fun!
Llee, I posted that here instead of my blog because of a recent “upgrade” to the computers at work, using Google Docs and such for everything… I don’t have the right access level anymore to get to the blogspot site as a blog owner.
Happy Faux Income Tax Day. Jackie and I are celebrating it by visiting the OK State Tax Office in Tulsa. Apparently, they are our silent partner in the boutique businesses. Silent as long as we pay up every month.
JJ if you are watching (or not)
The colors in today’s (04/16/18) strip are fantastic.
We know it was you doing it because Arlo’s shirt color changed.
And Janis’ colors are subtle.
Wow. A couple of good friends of mine started a Running Project 25 years ago to train Marathoners to compete on the world stage. They have had Olympians in the last 3 Olympics and today, Desi Linden won the women’s marathon in Boston. I’ve known Desi for a while and she is SO tough.
Today’s conditions were as rough as it gets. My son succumbed to the heat the last 2 years and skipped this year. He was sure that the weather was going to be perfect. When we saw the forecast, he STILL said he would have prefered today over 2016 and 2017. I told him that Desi was so strong, that the weather was going to play in her hands. Really gutty performance. My son works next to a guy that has run Boston and he dropped out at 19 miles. He might still be in the top half of the finishers!
And another good one’s gone: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/harry-anderson-dead-night-court-actor-was-65-1103243
That was one of my favorite comedies, along with Barney Miller.
Steve from R O, I felt so bad for the runners in Boston! I live 40 or 50 miles north of the Marathon route, even went down years ago to cheer on someone we knew. The heavy rain and the cold wind was just awful here today. Congratulations to your friend Desi, she is surely a strong woman.