Recent Comments

1. almost 13 years ago on Yenny Lopez

   I don’t know if it’s still true, but here in LA the cops used to park under bridges at midnight, until the bullets stopped coming down.

2. almost 14 years ago on Frog Applause

   I have also written Vlad to beg for re-admittance.

3. about 14 years ago on Tank McNamara

   Maybe better than being outside where you can be hit —

4. over 14 years ago on Brewster Rockit

   Did you know that opossums aren’t “playing” possum? Their cerebral wiring is such that when faced with danger, they pass out. As most predators won’t eat animals they haven’t killed, the wiring was a survival trait and was preserved.

5. over 14 years ago on The Academia Waltz

   The other really funny part about Three Mile Island was that the total radiation released was less than that from the radon from a coal-fired plant for one day.

6. over 14 years ago on Rabbits Against Magic

   Again, thanks to Jonathan for your kind consideration.

7. over 14 years ago on Candorville

   FWIW, the actual proximate cause was Northern states wishing to tax exports of cotton to Britain - they wanted all of the cotton as raw material for manufacturing. The Emancipation Proclamation was a late ploy by Abraham Lincoln to prevent Britain from entering the war on the side of the South.

8. about 15 years ago on The Academia Waltz

   Of course, the total radiation leakage from TMI was less than the daily radiation from a coal-fired plant (from the radon in the coal)

9. about 15 years ago on Doonesbury

   Garry probably just missed the posting deadline - gocomics does a week’s worth of reruns if that happens.

10. about 15 years ago on MythTickle

    ChukLitl - IIRC, yes