Recent Comments

1. 2 days ago on Rubes

   “pedantry” isn’t a form of self praise. Look it up if you don’t believe me. According to dictionarydotcom, a Karen is “an obnoxious, angry, entitled, and often racist middle-aged white woman who uses her privilege to get her way or police other people’s behaviors”. About the only part that applies to me is “obnoxious”. I suppose that “correcting” a quote could be defined as tring to “police other people’s behaviors”, but it’s a stretch.

   Do you write “humor me elmo” often?

2. 4 days ago on Rubes

   Pedantry of the day: a slight misquote. “What we’ve got here is failure to communicate.” was the original.

3. 4 days ago on Pooch Cafe

   Dogs got knuckles? (Apologies to BC.)

4. 4 days ago on Crankshaft

   The equivalent of hate watching (movies or TV shows), I suppose.

5. 6 days ago on Over the Hedge

   When did sombrero-wearing mini T-Rexes live?

6. 8 days ago on Tank McNamara

   Electrified flyswatters exist. But they’re impractical for tennis. ;-)

7. 10 days ago on Close to Home

   Do ballcaps worn backwards indicate idiocy?

   And the colorist made the one worn by the guy on the lawn tractor red. Maybe not significant, but…

8. 11 days ago on Mother Goose and Grimm

   Check out the Wikipedia page on Coffee Mate, a traditional powdered creamer.

   It contains sodium caseinate, which is a milk derivative. But Coffee Mate is still considered non-dairy. (No lactose.) It’s mostly made of corn syrup solids, and hydrogenated vegetable oil. Healthy stuff. (Presumably not hazardous in the small quantity most of us would use.)

9. 15 days ago on The Other Coast

   It’s not that difficult, if you look at it right. The probability of choosing the good prize at the first go is 1/3. That means that the probability that you don’t get the prize if you switch is also 1/3.

   But I used to hang with a number of people with doctorates who argued about it.

10. 16 days ago on The Other Coast

    A booby prize behind two doors? The famous Monty Hall scenario doesn’t apply. (Three doors. One with a prize, one with a booby prize, the third with nothing. You choose a door. Another door is opened, showing it has nothing behind it. You are given the chance to switch your choice. Should you? Does it matter? The answer is yes. You’d have a 2/3 chance of getting the good prize.)