Amanda the Great by Amanda El-Dweek for October 08, 2023

aaaaaand it is moments like these, ladies and gentlemen, where we can clearly see the beneficial side for the consumption of prozac.

Sorry we drug you into this.

With that steep a learning curve, a nice staircase is a great idea.

I’d suggest a guitar.

As a former professional violist, please let someone do that for you.

This pretty much describes what happened to me when someone gave me a mandolin.

And when the bridge (the piece that holds up the strings) breaks, the sound post inside often falls, and it’s a pain to reset.

Ha! Good choice. There’s too much violince in the world as it is.

Violin bridges. Yup. Get an electric guitar. You can get a bridge that bolts on.

Playing a instrument is like a magic trick to me. I just don’t get it, though I ‘ve tried. I get it, it’s practice, practice, practice, and repetition. It’s still magic to me.

When I was just a little kid, my parents had me take piano lessons. After a while my father said, "We now know that you have absolutely no musical talent, but this may help you type. Typing has given me a world of good. I do love to listen to music, but I can’t perform it.

Love those fist-clinching hands in the last panel. May have to borrow that sometime.

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