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Shadow of a Doubt

By Jimmy Johnson


This Sunday A&J from 2009 seems appropriate. Things where I am are about to get worse: high temperatures in the mid 90s in coming days with (and this is the problem) high humidity and heat indices well into the triple digits. The ol’ bear will be on the prowl. Speaking of summer, in case you missed my post a few days ago, I’m trying to update regularly on Tuesdays and Thursdays until late September. I figure if I can’t update often, I can at least update predictably. Discipline! That’s what’s needed around here, discipline!

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131 responses to “Shadow of a Doubt”

  1. Debbe Avatar
    Debbe

    A good and bright Sunday morning to all…

    …to steal the words from Domaucon…may “God Bless America” “God bless us every one. God bless the USA.” Amen.

    Thank you one and all for the natal wishes.

    Mark, I need to get you a list of games that Ian plays online..I’ve know Idea…in the mean time, maybe you could put togehter your list of online, interactive

  2. emb Avatar
    emb

    Good news from Brooke:

    http://www.gocomics.com/pibgorn

    Peace,

  3. JACKQULINE MONIES Avatar
    JACKQULINE MONIES

    Ghost and I are on our way home having had one of best meals of my life and best surf and turf ever at P.F. Changs for brunch. We combined Mongolian beef with long life noodles and fried prawns. The prawns were gigantic and so lightly breaded. The beef was fork tender and delectable.

    Ghost and I are unapologetic foodies. We are going to take some cooking classes together and do more fun cooking jointly. We are also going to start Spanish together because I need yo

  4. JACKQULINE MONIES Avatar
    JACKQULINE MONIES

    To relearn and he has always wanted to learn Spanish. We all need to speak Spanish now.

  5. curmudgeonly ex-professor Avatar
    curmudgeonly ex-professor

    Did I see that Jerry Lewis has died?

  6. TruckerRon Avatar

    I also so that: πŸ™

    But he lived a good long time and did some real good in this world.

    I refuse to learn Spanish. I learned Japanese 40-odd years ago and I don’t have that many brain cells left to store another language.

  7. Debbe Avatar
    Debbe

    Rest in peace Jerry ( my favorite….”loudly…Hey LADY”!!!!

  8. David in Austin Avatar
    David in Austin

    I wasted some time replying to a flat-earth conspiratist that belives the eclipse is a fake! He didn’t like that the totality shadow is smaller than the moon or that the eclipse shadow moves west to east. I don’t know what I was thinking… I’m just part of the cover-up. πŸ˜€

  9. Ghost Avatar
    Ghost

    Astrophysics is hard.

  10. Mark from TTown Avatar
    Mark from TTown

    And Dick Gregory has died as well.

  11. Debbe Avatar
    Debbe

    Good morning Villagers…

    It’s heerrree!! Lookout Carbondale, IL..which is about, maybe, close to, around a half a state. Welll be sitting on the front porch watching it get dark…I may try and get Dad some glasses

    The hog house have welder’s helmets.

    …..more coffee

    GM Old Bearr

    Wonder what has happened to Smigz…I know Gal is out there reading…good morning, lady!

    later……………..

  12. Debbe Avatar
    Debbe

    Mark..Ian has Playstation 4 and Nintendo Switch…both of which I do own πŸ™‚ Said he’d heard of Evolution.

  13. Rick in Shermantown, Ohio Avatar
    Rick in Shermantown, Ohio

    David in Austin:

    The flat-earthers are a tough crowd.

    They refuse to see the truth: Earth orbits Sol, and the Moon is actually an ancient spaceship, abandoned thousands of years ago and finally captured by Earth’s gravity.

  14. Mark from TTown Avatar
    Mark from TTown

    Jimmy, today’s strip: two thumbs up!

  15. Trapper Jean Avatar
    Trapper Jean

    Good morning, Villagers! In about 15 minutes we will be off to Rabun Gap to watch the eclipse. Yes, we have approved glasses. A man who works with my sister actually asked if this was really such a big deal. The entire office answered YES. How someone can be so clueless is beyond me.

  16. Trapper Jean Avatar
    Trapper Jean

    Oh, and just tell any flat-earthers that there is conclusive proof that the Earth is round. If it were flat cats would have pushed everything off by now.

  17. Debbe Avatar
    Debbe

    Jean…I laughed and sputtered over that one….good one girl πŸ™‚

  18. Debbe Avatar
    Debbe

    This is so me at 4ish in the morning taking Ian to work πŸ™‚

    https://i.chzbgr.com/full/9060559616/hC7B236C8/

  19. Debbe Avatar
    Debbe

    w/o comment

    a short 7 seconds of a good grin and memory

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WMr8ZISY-c

  20. Steve from Royal Oak, MI Avatar

    I started my search for eclipse glasses WAY too late and was a little down until my brother pointed out that on April 8, 2024 there will be another total eclipse and Indianapolis will be right in it’s path. I was joking that some of these glasses were going to arrive after the event, but I wish that I had ordered them so that I will be ready in 7 years.

    Very sad about Jerry Lewis. Wonderful man

  21. Steve from Royal Oak, MI Avatar

    Oh and I meant to comment about how much I loved today’s A&J. Great job Arlo…or should I complement Janis….or Jimmy?

  22. ursen Avatar
    ursen

    I would show today’s A&J to my smarter half, but that would give her ideas. Actually our whole plans for the event have changed. We will have two of our grandchildren over to view it. Our granddaughter is a very sick little girl, but will be with us anyway. Our grandson we are picking up early from school on an unexcused absence because the school is doing nothing for the event afraid of lawsuits. Not only that they are dismissing on time which is right at totality. Great education response to a major event.

  23. Ghost Avatar
    Ghost

    8/21/17: If ever there were an A&J cartoon that cried out for pokies…