Coming Soon đ At the beginning of April, youâll be
introduced to a brand-new GoComics! See more information here. Subscribers, check your
email for more details.
An Essay for Goldenroya, as inspired by PuddleglumAuthorâs note: If you didnât read yesterdayâs comments and have never read any of Puddleglumâs postings, the following will make no sense. If you did read yesterdayâs comments and have also read every posting that Puddleglum ever wrote, the following will still make no sense.
In todayâs Calvin and Hobbes strip, Bill Wattersonâs secret message to his elite readers is about life itself. In life, we cannot sit motionless forever, paralyzed by fear. But we also cannot simply coast through our lives without continually steering around obstacles, or life will become nothing but a slippery slope.As we speed through life, many obstacles will spring up in front of us, likeâŚâŚ.. like trees! Yes, towering obstacles that hang over our lives and often branch out in many directions. Obstacles whose bite may be worse than their bark if we should collide with them along lifeâs path. Each one, a deeply-rooted, unyielding obstacle that always stands firm â an obstacle that never packs its trunk and leaves.We must navigate between things like the tip of a wedge.With risks, we must know which bets to hedge.We must know when it is safe to live life on the edge.But we must carefully stay away from the ledge.- Burma ShaveAnd as we approach the end of life, we may find ourselves going downhill faster and faster. At the very end, we may even feel like we are skating on thin ice, facing a cold reality. But when we reach the climax, there is always the possibility of one final breakthrough. It is important then that we not allow ourselves to drown in our success. As Calvinâs parents have repeatedly warned him, âstay out of the Watter son.âQuestions?
Hi JoanHelen. Actually, I wrote this for Goldenroyaâs enjoyment (not to mention Puddleglumâs). I enjoyed the clever wording in Goldenroyaâs posting yesterday.I hope you are having a good summer in South Africa.
<< witewater said: @HobbesâŚ. It makes me wonder if you have any more puns in the oven. >>Hi witewaterNo, Iâm afraid thatâs the end of this batch. These were all that I could cook up, and some of them were only half-baked.
What follows is inspired by Hobbes:Life presents many obstacles. Some are challenges to be accepted and overcome to a successful conclusion. Others are desperately dangerous and utterly risky, and should be avoided at all costs lest there be a âdeadâly conclusion.
@Hobbes,Youâve combined all the ingredients and really stirred things up. Iâve read yesterdayâs comments and everything that Puddleglum ever wrote âand still it makes no senseâ. :o)No, Iâm kidding; I thought it was the right blend. Iâve tried to âriseâ to the occasion; itâs the âyeastâ I can do. I hope it all âpansâ out and doesnât fall flat. It would be the âicingâ on the cake.P.S. Some people donât like frosting, though, and Iâm one of them, but thatâs in a literal sense.
@JoanHelen,You get the credit (accolades) for saying âstirring things upâ, first! Iâm not trying to steal your thunder. âRollingâ On the Floor Laughing! âRolling like thunderâŚâ
Hi mythreesons. I donât know, probably 45 minutes. I wrote it in maybe 20 minutes and then made some changes and additions. So I donât have a lot of time invested in this one. Some of the ideas occurred to me yesterday, so you canât really put a clock on it.
I think Calvinâs genius level brain is tired of being cooped up in a body that simply has to do stupid things. It is aiming for his death in a firm hope for reincarnation, possibly as a certain stuffed tiger.
LOL, usually my âbrainâs been trying to kill meâ via self-critical, fear-based talk. Definitely need to take more leaps of faith albeit not reckless ones. Thanks, Calvin, for reminding me. :)
A big thumbâs up on that one Calvin. Mine all too frequently wonât let me go to sleep easily, either. Just wait until you discover coffee, whose primary stimulant ingredient is caffeine, a primitve form of speed. Then youâre gonna go faster than you might wantâŚ.
@massha: Iâm withholding judgment on Goldenroya, because I thought that her comment yesterday was tongue-in-cheek, in response to the tongue-in-cheek first half of my posting, to which she was replying. But some people clearly thought she had been attacking me. Perhaps Goldenroya can clear this up, if she sees this posting. Regardless, her posting was very clever and I was amused by her creativity, which is why I responded with my own creative version today, for her amusement. Communication on this site becomes confusing at times, especially when posters are using subtlety.
I didnât see it as an attack, merely a statement of the obvious. We donât need a daily dose of explanation of C&H regarding the âdeeper meaningâ of what Watterson was presenting us with. As goldenroya stated, we donât need âsomeone trying to tell the artistâ, or the rest of us,âwhat they meant by their own creation.â You prefer to see such statements as attacks. They arenât. They are opinions to which each of us are entitled. Please stop playing the martyr. Itâs only a comic strip.
@rogue53: Your negative comments about me are highly repetitive, some repeated perhaps 30 or 40 times so far, beating a dead horse. I have not written a âdaily doseâ of deeper meaning in months. I will probably not do it daily in the future either, but I will continue to do it when I think that I have something to say that other people would like to hear. Your negative comments will have no effect on that.
Hobbes Premium Member about 13 years ago
An Essay for Goldenroya, as inspired by PuddleglumAuthorâs note: If you didnât read yesterdayâs comments and have never read any of Puddleglumâs postings, the following will make no sense. If you did read yesterdayâs comments and have also read every posting that Puddleglum ever wrote, the following will still make no sense.
In todayâs Calvin and Hobbes strip, Bill Wattersonâs secret message to his elite readers is about life itself. In life, we cannot sit motionless forever, paralyzed by fear. But we also cannot simply coast through our lives without continually steering around obstacles, or life will become nothing but a slippery slope.As we speed through life, many obstacles will spring up in front of us, likeâŚâŚ.. like trees! Yes, towering obstacles that hang over our lives and often branch out in many directions. Obstacles whose bite may be worse than their bark if we should collide with them along lifeâs path. Each one, a deeply-rooted, unyielding obstacle that always stands firm â an obstacle that never packs its trunk and leaves.We must navigate between things like the tip of a wedge.With risks, we must know which bets to hedge.We must know when it is safe to live life on the edge.But we must carefully stay away from the ledge.- Burma ShaveAnd as we approach the end of life, we may find ourselves going downhill faster and faster. At the very end, we may even feel like we are skating on thin ice, facing a cold reality. But when we reach the climax, there is always the possibility of one final breakthrough. It is important then that we not allow ourselves to drown in our success. As Calvinâs parents have repeatedly warned him, âstay out of the Watter son.âQuestions?doc white about 13 years ago
I always lost that fight. I ended up with rips,wricked sled and wet feet. Pure love.
margueritem about 13 years ago
It does appear that way, Calvin.
pouncingtiger about 13 years ago
Iâm surprised Calvin is hesitant upon doing a death defying stunt.
Hobbes Premium Member about 13 years ago
Click here: Peanuts (1958)
bluskies about 13 years ago
So without his alter-ego beside or behind him, Calvin goes introspective and not downhill? See what you/ve done now, Hobbes?
JoanHelen about 13 years ago
@ Popeyesforearm, I left a message for you on yesterdayâs strip.
rogue53 about 13 years ago
Nothing freezes fun more than examining the risk prior to the adventure.
tegm about 13 years ago
hehe! Whereâs Hobbes?
bluram about 13 years ago
Sometimes âNo comment.â is the best comment of all.
GROG Premium Member about 13 years ago
It wasnât the first time, Calvin, nor will it be the last.
cdward about 13 years ago
No Hobbes, no rush. Know Hobbes, Know the rush!
Plods with ...⢠about 13 years ago
Those voices get louder as you get older.
thirdguy about 13 years ago
Better his brain, than his girlfriend!
hazardboy about 13 years ago
This just inâââGoldenroya still typingâ-will submit rebuttal comment 28th of Jan. 2012ââwhen finishedââ-end.
BanjinTsuki about 13 years ago
Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
tripwire45 about 13 years ago
I know the feeling. Mine does that all the time, too.
brick10 about 13 years ago
When has Calvin ever listened to his brain?
mkd_1218 about 13 years ago
Oh, Calvin! My first chuckle of the dayâŚâŚ.and it was SO unexpected.
Hobbes Premium Member about 13 years ago
Hi JoanHelen. Actually, I wrote this for Goldenroyaâs enjoyment (not to mention Puddleglumâs). I enjoyed the clever wording in Goldenroyaâs posting yesterday.I hope you are having a good summer in South Africa.
Destiny23 about 13 years ago
If your brain kills you, is that murder or suicide??? (Apparently his brain doesnât believe in self-preservation.)
Hobbes Premium Member about 13 years ago
<< witewater said: @HobbesâŚ. It makes me wonder if you have any more puns in the oven. >>Hi witewaterNo, Iâm afraid thatâs the end of this batch. These were all that I could cook up, and some of them were only half-baked.
rolleg about 13 years ago
The name used to be âformerly known asâŚâ
Sirzanne about 13 years ago
@bluram & Dogsniff
Vinobbes about 13 years ago
They say people who commit suicide never regret it.
Puddleglum2 about 13 years ago
âGo ahead down. Youâll miss all those trees.ââŚor all but one!
Makso about 13 years ago
Calvin should make Hobbes to have the first try.
Puddleglum2 about 13 years ago
âHe who hesitates is lostâ, but âhaste makes wasteâ.If Calvin makes the wrong decision, heâs going DOWN!
Puddleglum2 about 13 years ago
âMy brain is trying to kill me.âThat would be mindless. Itâs sort of like âcutting off your nose to spite your faceâ.
Puddleglum2 about 13 years ago
If you make a ârashâ decision, itâs like handling âPoison Ivyâ.
rogue53 about 13 years ago
Agreed, and thanks for saying it, regardless of whom it is.
rogue53 about 13 years ago
So you agree. Iâm glad you (and others) can see it. :)
Puddleglum2 about 13 years ago
What follows is inspired by Hobbes:Life presents many obstacles. Some are challenges to be accepted and overcome to a successful conclusion. Others are desperately dangerous and utterly risky, and should be avoided at all costs lest there be a âdeadâly conclusion.
massha about 13 years ago
@Goldenroya I went back and read your comment and⌠wow how mean can you get?
Puddleglum2 about 13 years ago
@Hobbes,Youâve combined all the ingredients and really stirred things up. Iâve read yesterdayâs comments and everything that Puddleglum ever wrote âand still it makes no senseâ. :o)No, Iâm kidding; I thought it was the right blend. Iâve tried to âriseâ to the occasion; itâs the âyeastâ I can do. I hope it all âpansâ out and doesnât fall flat. It would be the âicingâ on the cake.P.S. Some people donât like frosting, though, and Iâm one of them, but thatâs in a literal sense.
Puddleglum2 about 13 years ago
@JoanHelen,You get the credit (accolades) for saying âstirring things upâ, first! Iâm not trying to steal your thunder. âRollingâ On the Floor Laughing! âRolling like thunderâŚâ
Number Three about 13 years ago
Awwww, Donât worry Calvin.
Whereâs Hobbes today doesnât he normally ride on the back?
xxx
Plods with ...⢠about 13 years ago
Oh heâs still doc white. He just wears a tuxedo now.
Hobbes Premium Member about 13 years ago
Hi mythreesons. I donât know, probably 45 minutes. I wrote it in maybe 20 minutes and then made some changes and additions. So I donât have a lot of time invested in this one. Some of the ideas occurred to me yesterday, so you canât really put a clock on it.
Popeyesforearm about 13 years ago
Whereâs Hobbes? Heâd talk Calvin out of it.
Thomas Linquist about 13 years ago
I think Calvinâs genius level brain is tired of being cooped up in a body that simply has to do stupid things. It is aiming for his death in a firm hope for reincarnation, possibly as a certain stuffed tiger.
dsom8 about 13 years ago
doc white is as formal as he gets now. He may have been known formerly as Doctor White. Gotta love retirement!
rentier about 13 years ago
So much aims with dubious ending!
Azmerman about 13 years ago
LOL, usually my âbrainâs been trying to kill meâ via self-critical, fear-based talk. Definitely need to take more leaps of faith albeit not reckless ones. Thanks, Calvin, for reminding me. :)
khpage about 13 years ago
A big thumbâs up on that one Calvin. Mine all too frequently wonât let me go to sleep easily, either. Just wait until you discover coffee, whose primary stimulant ingredient is caffeine, a primitve form of speed. Then youâre gonna go faster than you might wantâŚ.
Phapada about 13 years ago
whereâs Hobbes?
Hobbes Premium Member about 13 years ago
@massha: Iâm withholding judgment on Goldenroya, because I thought that her comment yesterday was tongue-in-cheek, in response to the tongue-in-cheek first half of my posting, to which she was replying. But some people clearly thought she had been attacking me. Perhaps Goldenroya can clear this up, if she sees this posting. Regardless, her posting was very clever and I was amused by her creativity, which is why I responded with my own creative version today, for her amusement. Communication on this site becomes confusing at times, especially when posters are using subtlety.
shooflypie about 13 years ago
I hear ya Calvin!
rogue53 about 13 years ago
I didnât see it as an attack, merely a statement of the obvious. We donât need a daily dose of explanation of C&H regarding the âdeeper meaningâ of what Watterson was presenting us with. As goldenroya stated, we donât need âsomeone trying to tell the artistâ, or the rest of us,âwhat they meant by their own creation.â You prefer to see such statements as attacks. They arenât. They are opinions to which each of us are entitled. Please stop playing the martyr. Itâs only a comic strip.
Hobbes Premium Member about 13 years ago
@rogue53: Your negative comments about me are highly repetitive, some repeated perhaps 30 or 40 times so far, beating a dead horse. I have not written a âdaily doseâ of deeper meaning in months. I will probably not do it daily in the future either, but I will continue to do it when I think that I have something to say that other people would like to hear. Your negative comments will have no effect on that.
adubman about 13 years ago
@ Hobbes: Keep those witty, insightful, inspired vignettes/comments coming!! Itâs not everyday I read interesting prose!
rogue53 about 13 years ago
âI responded with my own creative versionââŚ.my, arenât we impressed with ourself. I think Iâll start the eye rolling and gagging now.