Close to Home by John McPherson for September 09, 2022

“Signs are doubtful”

I never noticed before but is someone always sweating in John’s cartoons?

wait, i thought this is the norm…

Could’ve hired Siri for that

And placement accuracy went up 75%

Ahh, the ol’ Magic 8 Ball…The Alexa of the the 1950’s.

Turned out to be the best investment the School ever made.

Mine stomped on my dreams and told me to pursue something else. Should’ve gone with my passion but I was dissuaded.

Sure. You can do whatever you put your mind to. …snicker

Turn it on its side and it becomes a Magic Infinity Ball

With the personnel shortages facing school districts this year, this is about right.

I bet it did a better job than the counselors they used to have…

Wait until you you see what they have to replace the teachers with…

You’re wearing a red shirt, you’re doomed.

This really hit home for me. I’ve worked as a counselor in a middle school, a university and a community college. In each case, administrators had a hard time comprehending what counselors were all about. There were so many ways I could have helped students, but ended up a majority of the time with duties that had nothing to do with what I was trained to do. At the middle school, I wanted to see every student who was failing two or more subjects, just to see how I might be able to help. However, my other non-counselor duties kept me from having the time to do that. Could I have made a difference? I’ll never know.

At my high school, I would have been better off with a magic 8 ball for a guidance counselor!

Bleeb is playing games with us today, he’s trying to be invisible.

Odds are probably better for the kids…..

Had a tech support job for a while. Had a Magic 8-Ball on my desk as a necessary resource. Took a couple of days’ vacation, setup the 8-ball on my chair, wearing my headset.

Magic 8 Ball? I thought it was an Infinity Ball.

That rug gives Bleeb great camouflage

Eight ball eh. Might as well leave and go play some pool. :)

I asked the 8-ball a definite ‘no’ question, hoping it would turn up a ‘yes’ answer. It never did; rather just answered ‘no’, or ‘better not tell you now’. Question: Do I currently have or ever had a uterus in this body I have now? (I’m a guy.)

Scary, how close this is to being real … think about it … :/

About as accurate as the moron who was my guidance counselor….“No, there won’t be any jobs in Marine Biology or Oceanography. Pick something else.”

Eh, might be an improvement.