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Cold Comfort

By Jimmy Johnson

Let me be the first to go on record saying it: the A&J cartoons running in newspapers and on GoComics this week are repeats. I was under the weather recently and took some extra time to recuperate. However, I did arise from my germ-besotted recliner to choose a week of my favorites from the winter of 2010 and remaster them. And, yes, I am feeling much better now. Thank you for asking.


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43 responses to “Cold Comfort”

  1. emb Avatar
    emb

    Today’s “e-e-e-e-ew” comic: We had no cats for years, but Elaine got over this sort of response early on, or maybe had lost it in HS, when she had a cat. In fact, she prepared some of BSCVC’s better specimens. BSU has named its Vert. Mus. after me, not for free.
    Peace,

  2. emb Avatar
    emb

    Immature Red-tailed Hawk, I think, by Osprey nest.
    https://explore.org/livecams/birds/charlo-montana-osprey-nest
    Peace,

  3. emb Avatar
    emb

    Replaced by Magpie.

  4. Ghost Avatar
    Ghost

    Love it.
    https://i0.wp.com/www.powerlineblog.com/ed-assets/2020/01/IMG_2442.jpeg?w=662&ssl=1
    Wonder if common response may have been “Oh, haystack!” though.

    1. Galliglo of Ohio Avatar
      Galliglo of Ohio

      “Oh, haystack!” I shall have to remember that!

  5. Susan in NC Avatar
    Susan in NC

    Hey Jimmy – my network is saying your security certificate expired yesterday so this is an unsafe site. I’m risking it anyway! 🙂

    1. gregg tardiff Avatar
      gregg tardiff

      my internet connection says that too…. cannot get on with Firefox but Opera did

    2. Bryan Avatar
      Bryan

      Similar here. Chrome let me in yesterday but not today. Firefox let me in today after I pleaded, begged and threatened. Microsoft probably doesn’t care but my work IT folks have Explorer/Edge blocked at our firewall so it can’t see out at all.

    3. James Pollock Avatar
      James Pollock

      It’s a two-fold problem. The site is set to require HTTPS, but the certificate error prevents valid HTTPS sessions.

  6. curmudgeonly ex-professor Avatar
    curmudgeonly ex-professor

    For anyone having one of those electronic devices which take orders to do something or give information: Ask a question of the type “Where am I not?” or “Where am I not located now?” . Clearly, there an infinity of possible answers. Will the device choose one or beg off?

    1. MontanaPhil Avatar
      MontanaPhil

      My granddaughter asked, “Siri, what is love?l
      The response: “I’m not going there”

  7. gregg tardiff Avatar
    gregg tardiff

    Jimmy, Could you address this problem….nobody can get onto the website

    FIREFOX ERROR CODE cannot overide

    Your connection is not secure

    The owner of arloandjanis.com has configured their website improperly. To protect your information from being stolen, Firefox has not connected to this website.

    This site uses HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) to specify that Firefox may only connect to it securely. As a result, it is not possible to add an exception for this certificate.

    Learn more…

    Report errors like this to help Mozilla identify and block malicious sites

    arloandjanis.com uses an invalid security certificate.

    The certificate expired on January 5, 2020, 7:00 AM. The current time is January 9, 2020, 7:11 AM.

    Error code: SEC_ERROR_EXPIRED_CERTIFICATE

    1. Mark Jackson Avatar

      This is with I get (with the latest edition of Firefox) also. Chrome lets me in but flags the site as “not secure.”

      1. Mark Jackson Avatar

        And now FF is also happy.

  8. TruckerRon Avatar

    Finally my workplace’s firewall is happy with all the certificates and protocols!

  9. Old Bear Avatar
    Old Bear

    The Orphanage is open again 😀 😀