I apologize for the late post, but it was a busy morning around here. However, since we’re at the beginning of a sequence, I wanted to give you the next installment of “Sondra,” from 2004.
I apologize for the late post, but it was a busy morning around here. However, since we’re at the beginning of a sequence, I wanted to give you the next installment of “Sondra,” from 2004.
58 responses to “What Are Friends For?”
Jym: No such luck. She is kinda cute. Peace,
Yeah Arlo really needed to watch that inflection…
Just remember, Arlo, that there’s nothing to worry about as long as the door’s open.
Sideburns:
Disagree.
Thank you, Jimmy! Sondra’s up to two panels now.
Parent just brought in a substantial fish, is feeding 2 kids.
https://explore.org/livecams/birds/osprey-cam-chesapeake-conservancy
Peace,
Frank and Earnest don’t have a monopoly on puns.
https://www.gocomics.com/shoe/2018/05/24
Peace,
https://scontent-dfw5-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/33426466_1893588930708780_2070215360983859200_n.jpg?_nc_cat=0&oh=cd6ffcb5e57f53bfcab8002b7c4b803e&oe=5B8010B4
Mark, I need to move down-scale on my dentistry, much like the subject of your post. I got a recent estimate for some potentially needed dental work (bridge) that would be the equivalent of 6 crowns. The total, for the full package, would be over $12-thousand!! I’ve decided to see if I live long enough for the potential problem to become a reality rather than pay, like the proverbial E-Trade customer, like I have of money coming out the wazoo…
https://youtu.be/oftjwYmlfoA
Yeah, David, dental insurance isn’t a whole lot of help once you get out of the simple things like filling and pulling. I don’t know why it covers so little compared to what you get with good health insurance.
But Jim Unger, the Herman artist, is one of my favorite cartoonists from way back. And I really miss having new comics from him, but I’m glad he passed on the rights to his work to his former partner to carry on. His partner creates new comics periodically, which are as good as the original.
Speaking of dentists…
https://www.ksl.com/?sid=46327089&nid=1017&title=have-you-seen-this-dentists-magic-show-makes-kids-day
The wind blows where it will [Jn.3:8]. This ain’t Kilauea, but Nature is stubborn at many scales.
http://www.bemidjipioneer.com/news/science-and-nature/4451313-moving-bog-northern-minnesota-lake-slow-slog
Peace,
I can sympathize with Arlo in today’s strip!
For weeks, this is the only Kenya explore.org cam that has usually been live. Impala.
https://explore.org/livecams/african-wildlife/african-river-wildlife-camera
Peace,
Mark: Me, too.
And here’s another strip that a cartoonist could not have gotten away with in the ’50s.
https://www.gocomics.com/9chickweedlane/2018/05/25
Peace,
At least Arlo has instructions in some language. Ikea’s “some assembly required” furniture normally only has line drawings… if you aren’t good at translating 2D art into 3D reality then it is a great chore to assemble. I have assembled most of the furniture my daughters have because they don’t do the 3D visualization well.
David from Austin, most of those multilingual instructions I have had trouble with seem to have been auto-translated from Chinese to English. And translation is one place full automation does not really take the place of a human. It does provide some unintentional humor sometimes, which can relive the frustration of trying to decide what they really meant.
http://failblog.cheezburger.com/engrishfunny/tag/instructions
Yeah today’s strip hit home. Some the instructions that I get for putting stuff together seem like they are obviously translated from another language or by people who have never actually put things together. “Is this the part A that goes into Part B? How is supposed to look like when it is done?” Very confusing at times.
Quite a few years ago, we bought a tall bookcase kit from Ikea and even I managed to assemble it in reasonable time. It went so well that we bought another one and assembled it in even shorter time. Experience helped.
Charlotte, are you out there? It has been a while since we last read your wise thoughts.
Debbe says HI to all the Village
Aw shucks Old Bear. Yes, I am getting lazy about posting, but have been reading right along. Oh boy, very glad to see a post from Debbe … How I miss her stories from the chicken house.
Are you having a nice Spring? Have you and Ann been putting in your garden? Spring flowers are lovely here, and watching the birds coming to the feeders is a great pleasure, and hearing their songs. I feed the birds year round — they need to feed the nestlings.
I don’t get on here much. And not sure where to ask. Any news on the book from the kickstarter campaign. I remember seeing it was almost done but nothing else.
On this Memorial Day weekend, this brief article is worth reading: http://www.smootheedges.com/selecting-unknown-soldier-ww1-edward-younger/
https://scontent-dfw5-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/33499923_1812847335420170_6427298076041412608_n.jpg?_nc_cat=0&oh=b66682bd50b608a5a0a5f354644ec67a&oe=5B8DD87B
heeeheeeee ! “…didn’t make it to the real deal”
That’s a good one, Jimmy.
Rick, Thanks
John II:
You’re welcome, and I give you my thanks for taking the time to read it.
https://www.raptorresource.org/birdcams/decorah-north-nest/
Yesterday afternoon, the two li’l eaglets at Decorah North died. You can read the mention above, or click on its own included address for a longer exposition. Apparently, something borne by the cloud of gnats – I never saw any black flies – overwhelmed them.
Think this did not happen to Elaine when she graduated Brewster NY HS in ’48; I’d have heard about it. We didn’t make her a cake when she got her 2nd BS at BSU in ’70.
http://www.wdam.com/story/38245333/summa-laude-publix-censors-graduation-cake
Peace,
This is my first message on my first webphone. Yep, i bought a personal surveillance device. This thing had better be worth it.
Oh yeah, Arlo. Such a sacrifice!
ahhh, but you know you love her, Arlo! What’s a little effort, eh? 🙂
And according to FB, today is Galliglo’s birthday. So wish her a Happy Birthday, everybody!
Happy Birthday, Galliglo!
YAYAYAY! Happy Birthday 🙂
Thank you!
https://www.gocomics.com/gasolinealley/2018/05/28
Today, remember.
Remember, the thousands of brave men and women who sacrificed their lives so we could fight in the line & the parking lot at Home Depot.
This literally happened Saturday. A lady got out of her car and was arguing with car behind her. Then going thru the checkout in the garden center the clerk told me that he had to separate someone that was going out with someone trying to come in.
That’s when I made the above comment about the fact that we’re trying to remember those who died in all the wars that gave us the freedom to do whatever we wanted to do…. including acting like imbeciles!
https://www.gocomics.com/looseparts/2018/05/28
Good one!
“All gave some, some gave all.” – Howard William Osterkamp, Korean War veteran
Today, as one who gave some, I will be remembering and honoring those who gave all. Please join me. And I will be especially remembering Jackie’s father, a USAAF pilot who was shot down and died while flying an unarmed reconnaissance in WWII, before his baby girl was born.
Tomorrow, following Jackie’s radiation treatment, we will be making a dash to the site of the funeral and burial of the father of one of the members of the Steals and Deals family. He was a US Navy retiree who died tragically last Wednesday. Please give a special prayer or word of thanks today for this American patriot and warrior. Bravo Zulu, Sailor.
Male pintail dabbling in bison watering hole/toilet. Bottom biota very rich.
https://explore.org/livecams/bison/plains-bison-grasslands-national-park-cam-1
Peace,
Willoughby says hi to Debbe.
Won’t be long. That scruffy nestling just flew up from the partition up its “balcony.”
https://explore.org/livecams/birds/peregrine-falcon-chesapeake-conservancy
Once you get to either of these two sites, you can go to all the other explore bird sites just below, and to other explore sites via arrows at the upper right. Beats getting other tasks done.
Peace,
Ghost:
My respect and gratitude to Jackie’s father, the retiree, and you.
My condolences and best wishes to Jackie.
May God be with you all.
And with you, Rick. Thank you.
Today’s A&J on GoComics had a wonderfully understated 4th panel. Even though the command is explicit, the setting suggests quiet reflection. I enjoyed the contrast. Thank you Jimmy Johnson.
Wanted to point to this one as well:
https://www.gocomics.com/yaffle/2018/05/28
Yaffle is not always a good comic. But this seemed to have the elements readers were looking for without the details that caused so many complaints in other pages. Made for a better presentation before lunchtime.
The rec center’s senior exercise room was crowded today with folks wondering how to best burn off excessive potato salad. 😉
The reason I need to alert correspondents re the meaning of N, E, S, and W when talking / writing about Gotham. Considering the natural orientation of the island, it’s a most sensible grid.
http://www.startribune.com/natural-phenomenon-of-manhattanhenge-expected-to-draw-crowds/483964031/
Peace,
I found this link in the sidebar of today’s Damn Interesting: https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2018/05/the-fading-battlefields-of-world-war-i/561353/
32 photos that moved me. Each with a little descriptive text.
Highly appropriate for the day after Memorial Day.
The May 29 A&J: That long-necked maitre d’! Wow, great!
emb, you reminded me of this article:
https://ideas.ted.com/5-examples-of-how-the-languages-we-speak-can-affect-the-way-we-think/
Thanks for that reference, TR; it was quite interesting.
The best ideas often have a catch. But why a photo? Why not just text the list and then Arlo doesn’t have to figure out her handwriting?
My wife and I do this. But I am the one that usually calls her that I left the list at home. With Voice recognition we tried texting the list, but I had to text back and ask if we really needed armadillos!
The biggest issue with the photo of the list is that I like to check off the items as I go. I have missed a few items because of that.
Trucker:
Neat article. It suggests another question. Does “le chien” make a difference in how a French person thinks of a [literal] bitch? Does “der Hund” [if that’s correct] become “das Hund” if it gets “fixed”? emb has always had trouble w/ arbitrary gender designations in such tongues.
Peace,
At the moment 2 parents, one perched at the nestbox, other at upper L, looking for some bird to feed the nestlings.
https://explore.org/livecams/birds/falcon-nest-cam
TIP BlogSpot is timely. http://thatispriceless.blogspot.com/ Peace,
We’ve got a new JJ post:
The Stuff of Dreams