Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for August 09, 2020

so much for being in your — so to speak — Fortress of Solitude

Alice is a true celebrity: “Hey, stop paying attention to me while I do this attention-getting thing!”

Once again, a little under 10 years ago, Richard posted a blog entry regarding this strip: 

http://richardspooralmanac.blogspot.com/2010/08/todays-cul-de-sac-august-15-2010.html 

which continued a string of strip blog entries that continued into November, covering over 95% of the strips. As I commented last Sunday, that was the start of the string. To post this, I had to stay up after midnight; I won’t be doing that for the others. If you’ve enjoyed reading the entries, 

http://richardspooralmanac.blogspot.com/2010/08/ 

has pointers to the pertinent August blog entries 

http://richardspooralmanac.blogspot.com/2010/09 

September 

http://richardspooralmanac.blogspot.com/2010/10 

October, and 

http://richardspooralmanac.blogspot.com/2010/11 

November. The title of the blog entry usually includes the date of the strip. To see the blog entry for a strip in 2020, subtract 1 from the current date for non-Sunday strips, and add 6 for the Sunday strips. Some blog entries cover multiple strips (more common for the last entries in the string). For those who see the next day’s strip at a more reasonable hour and if you’re so inclined, please point to its blog entry in a comment if no one else has (don’t wait for me to post that). Readers may start reading this strip having never read this comment, and they may enjoy reading the blog entries as well.

Seeking attention? Try the Spider Dance on your favorite manhole cover!

Dill and Beni would be wise to be out of Alice’s range when she discovers the spider, though….

Alice, the extrovert and failed introvert…

Wouldn’t telling her about the spider make the dance more interesting?

It would really be your favorite place if you realized that the air vent leads to the Dharma Initiative secret underground laboratory!

When she gets a little older, maybe she’ll learn to appreciate solitude. She can take lessons from Rose and her “let it be” tree.

“The only thing worse than being talked about is NOT being talked about.” — Oscar Wilde