Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for April 16, 2019

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    Dtroutma  over 5 years ago

    He’s not a mused.

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    Meh~tdology, fka Pepelaputr   over 5 years ago

    I’ve tried writing them down in my half-sleep, but it’s all gibberish in the morning.

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    hangedman  over 5 years ago

    I hate when that happens.

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    Darsan54 Premium Member over 5 years ago

    It’s also the regret-every-major-life-decision-hour, whether it was bad or not.

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    santa72404  over 5 years ago

    Well at least the cats sleeping soundly.

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    mr_sherman Premium Member over 5 years ago

    If she’s so proficient at writing them down, why doesn’t she leave them on the nightstand for next morning?

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    cygnustigris  over 5 years ago

    Personal experience, Mr. Miller?

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    Carole Athena Costa  over 5 years ago

    As soon as I turn out the light, that’s when I get an idea for a new song. Lol

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    Kaputnik  over 5 years ago

    There’s a pen and a notepad next to my alarm clock. I think I used it once for a wee hours inspiration, which wasn’t too inspiring the next day.

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    cdward  over 5 years ago

    That’s why I’m up right now….

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    Say What Now‽ Premium Member over 5 years ago

    It’s the time when you think of the best comments for GoComics.

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    keenanthelibrarian  over 5 years ago

    Been there. Done that,

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    Aussie Down Under  over 5 years ago

    In this situation it would be hard not to shoot the messenger.

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    vaughnrl2003 Premium Member over 5 years ago

    Your life is truly in a good place if you can wake up at 3:00 AM and only think about what you want for breakfast. That is if you have food for breakfast.

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    Subguy322  over 5 years ago

    Soooooooooooo true!

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    Nate England  over 5 years ago

    “I just… want to… sleeeeep…”“Oh, I’ll be gone by 4am; you won’t even remember I was here!”

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    DanFlak  over 5 years ago

    If only my boss would let me sleep on the job, I’d be more productive. Yes, 3 AM seems to be my most creative time.

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    sandpiper  over 5 years ago

    On the other hand, for me, some of those ‘waking’ moments have produced an alternate solution to complex projects – as if a page had turned to give me a new perspective. Didn’t help with the need for naps next day but that’s about as usual.

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    sarah413 Premium Member over 5 years ago

    It’s only a matter of time before fate(s) intervened.

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    SusieB  over 5 years ago

    Or the worrying hour.

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    dot-the-I  over 5 years ago

    Many a muse live in the shower and are activated upon the turning of the knob.

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    LEOKEV  over 5 years ago

    It’s either your muse or your bladder.

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    tripwire45  over 5 years ago

    That happens to me when I’m writing. Why just last night…

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    Greyhame  over 5 years ago

    “Three AM is the midnight of the soul.” “More people die in the hospital at three than at any other time.” Or something to that effect.

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    1953Baby  over 5 years ago

    Just finished reading “The Golden Tresses of the Dead,” the latest Flavia de Luce novel. In it, Flavia’s cohort, Dogger, tells her that angels are really our positive, good thoughts. Nice idea! Even better if you can remember those you have at 3:30. . .

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    johnec  over 5 years ago

    When it’s the middle of the night and you just can’t sleep there is a simple cure.

    Just “wank off” or “paddle the canoe” until relief comes, then roll over and go to sleep.

    Works every time!

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    BiathlonNut  over 5 years ago

    To paraphrase Julius Caesar: It came, I saw, I slept, I forgot.

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    KEA  over 5 years ago

    I have a pinned Note on my iPad labeled “Overnight Notes” where I keep those thoughts from 3 in the morning.

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    jimboklein  over 5 years ago

    In 19 minutes or so, it will be (sing it with me) “25 or 6 to 4”

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    Richard S Russell Premium Member over 5 years ago

    For those who may have missed it, Darrin Bell won this year’s Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning. And this morning in the comment section of the Candorville strip on GoComics, the most notable congratulation came from Mr. Wiley Miller (a guy who knows a thing or 2 about what an honor it is).

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    willie_mctell  over 5 years ago

    Note how inspired the cat is.

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    DCBakerEsq  over 5 years ago

    Good ideas are of little value without execution.

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    Al Nala  over 5 years ago

    Roibbblscribl…..

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    Linguist  over 5 years ago

    My Morning Muse – who was never particularly amusing – usually struck at about 4 am. This was the time of worry and regret. The time to fret over debt and rue the brew.

    Now, I am awakened at the same hour but for strictly biological reasons, and after relieving those, I am able to fall blissfully back into sleep. With age, there does come a certain amount of tranquility.

    My Creative Muse visits anytime she feels like it and at any hour, so I always have a pen and paper handy to jot down a thought or idea. If I happen to be on the computer, I have a seperate ideas file that I can enter these musings into.

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    marilynnbyerly  over 5 years ago

    Dreams are a great source of creative material. A friend of mine dreamed every detail of her novels, and they did very, very well. The subconscious is a very real part of the creative process.

    Many of my novels started with a dream premise. In one dream, a woman is on an exploding boat, flames behind her as she jumps off. I woke to wonder what happens next, and I built the rest of the novel from that point. (My icon is from the cover of that book. The flames are from yet another explosion.)

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    b95954297b48a54fcff8fddbcdef6b2f  over 5 years ago

    I just use mine to write down the number of times I get up to use the bathroom.lol

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    pcolli  over 5 years ago

    I often wake up with names and phone numbers going through my mind….. no idea who the people are or where the numbers would take me.

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    D1063n35 Premium Member over 5 years ago

    He’ll never get around to it; shame it wasn’t 3:14. Such late hours, the muse must be moonlighting.

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    bakana  over 5 years ago

    Since it come After the Witching Hour, most people sleep right through it.

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    falcon_370f  over 5 years ago

    That’s why I sleep with my tablet in reach. Hey, I made a funny rhyme, lol.

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    keenanthelibrarian  over 5 years ago

    3:15 am? Yep, that’s when it happens all right.

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    wirepunchr  over 5 years ago

    I chuckle every time I wake up at 4:20 AM. ;-}

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