Since I didn’t post on Sunday, I’m showing you this old A&J classic from Valentine’s Day, 2007. While we’re at it, I might as well wish you a Happy George Washington’s Birthday, aka Presidents Day. Where I come from, George Washington’s Birthday always meant “white sales,” when the woman of the house (Naturally!) could get good deals on sheets and towels. Why this was the case, I have no idea. But let’s talk about cartoons.
As some of you are aware, there are a lot of comics on the gocomics.com Web site, where you find today’s Arlo & Janis online. Many of these comics are Web-exclusive; they do not appear in newspapers. The consensus is, these efforts are a transitional frontier, their creators trail-blazers for aspiring cartoonists of the future. To be honest, my knowledge of this frontier hardly is exhaustive and probably not better than that of many of you reading this. However, I did want to mention three that I like. I think they’re charming. When you have a chance, check out “The Sunshine State” by Graham Nolan, “Connie to the Wonnie” by Connie Sun, and last but not least “Wallace the Brave” by Will Henry. Let me know what you think. Do you have any favorites?
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My favorite web comic strip is “Dark Side of the Horse”.
Horace H. Horse’s all too human foibles are all the more absurd because he is a horse. I don’t know how he can type on a computer wearing horse shoes or drive a car, but the fact that he can makes it all the more humorous.
The strip is written by a Finlander, Samson, so most of the cartoons feature visual gags. Elevators are a frequent nemesis. Since it is a web-only comic, readers will often comment on errors or make suggestions on the day’s cartoon. To Samson’s credit, he is only too happy to oblige and acknowledge the commenters.
“Dark Side of the Horse” is on GoComics.com
We have lots and lots of books, and still buy them. I like the feel of a book in my hand, and the ease of flipping through the pages. The best part of our house is what should be our dining/living room — it’s full of rows of bookshelves with a small reading area at the end. Reading an old favorite again is just as much fun as discovering a new one.
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In the light of day with a bigger hammer, I managed to knock out the old shear pin and replace it. The driveway has been cleared and the streets have been plowed. And then I hit another rock, broke the new shear pin and the left side of the auger is completely seized.
Oh well, it is likely time for a new machine. This auger of this one has frozen a number of times of the past year or two.
I am only expecting another couple of inches of snow today.
Gosh, Gary, it is a balmy 69 here today and I am in Tulsa and I see buds all over trees, pansies and violas in bloom. Tornadoes will be next.
Welcome new Viagers. I too have rooms filled with books and I mean hardbacks, I donated most paperbacks. Keep me out of bookstores.
I typed Villagers and even corrected the spelling. Hal typed viagra. Hal has it in for me, I don’t care what anyone says.
Neither does Hal. Going to used bookstores was my favorite pastime for years. I still know of a couple of very good ones in Birmingham. One buys and sells hardbacks, paperbacks, DVD’s, CD’s, LP’s and videogames. It’s a division of Books-A-Million under a different name. Copy of three stores in Tennessee called McKay’s Books, who are in Nashville, Knoxville and Chattanooga.
In Tuscaloosa, a city of over 90,000 with a college population of over 30,000 added to that, we have one Barnes & Noble and one little paperback swap shop. We are now book poor, used to have multiple indy stores, all gone.
Rick, the late Forrest J Ackerman (no period after the J, TYVM.) could honestly claim that he’d read every last word in every book in his extensive collection. Please note that the phrasing is significant. Forrey, AKA 4SJ or 4E for short, was the man who, among other things, invented the term SciFi.
Too bad, Anonymous – I think it would have been nice to see violas in bloom!
The only things blooming here are dandelions and the wild dogwoods. And we usually get more freezing weather before the end of March, so I don’t expect them to last.
Lost my post. It is 73 now and hot. Tulips and bulbs coming up but only violas and pansies in bloom
The spring landscape crews haven’t been around yet. Tulsa does heavy landscaping with lots of parks. Old oil money.
Warning: this is long, but good. Email from MPR led to an article by a MN au pair in Paris then to her blog,
https://desmotsdumonde.wordpress.com/
including trips outside of Paris, and outside of France, incl. Garmisch and Munich, where I spent our first wedding anniv. 4,000 miles from my CUNYH [nursing school] wife, and later to life in Paris after the ISIS terrorist attacks. Worth reading.
[You can tell she’s Minnesotan: Writes sentences like, “I went with.” Kommen sie mit?]
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Debbe 😉 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScOpzm-BYX4
Good morning Villagers….
Didn’t stay at work very long yesterday…..tired and slept most of the day. And then I couldn’t sleep last night. Going to be a long day.
Front porch has a temp of 26 with a high tomorrow of 60ish…I can’t wait.
ya’ll have a blessed day…
GR 😉 are they??
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dz6GzKWiIAs
would like to see the movie…been years. Won best picture that year, but Voight lost to John Wayne in ‘True Grit’
you got to have friends…
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GR 😉 back at you
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkDxH3VD9Xc
While the subject is books and libraries, http://www.gocomics.com/moderately-confused/2016/02/18
That wasn’t me. I suspect Sand? I get amazed at adult coloring books.
Where is everybody? Jackie’s is marked 10:49 am, and it’s now 4:09 pm here. I’m just wondering. It hasn’t been seven days, so we shouldn’t be locked out of the orphanage….
Likewise, I’m not either “anonymous”.
I am wondering too. The site seems okay now, and I didn’t get on the computer until a little while ago. Spent the morning and most of the afternoon trying to get out of my own way. Did write checks to pay a few bills, lick envelopes and have ready to send off. Tidied up some things. Opened curtains in am, closed them hours later at sunset. It’s 6:40 Eastern Standard Time right now.
Didn’t go out today. Did I mention that I sleep very late in the mornings?
Well, I have an excuse, if it matters. Yesterday, I spent most of the morning in a dentist’s chair having some work done. I then spent the rest of the day recovering from having spent most of the morning in a dentist’s chair. Today was spent catching up on not having accomplished much yesterday. And now, headed to check on Mom.
Your day sounded better than mine, Sweet Charlotte. Wanna swap? 🙂
In Alabama there is a beautiful auditorium called The Alabama Shakespeare Festival. We have been to some great concerts there but none of the Shakespeare performances. I began to wonder, how does that work in Alabama? “Romeo. ROMEO! Where you at?”