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1. over 15 years ago on Non Sequitur

   I love this – it’s a very funny twist on Mark Twain’s most un-funny story. I read it way too many years ago to remember the title. It ended in the realization that he and his wife and the other passengers of a ship bound for nowhere were only a meaningless speck under a microscope and being peered at with minor interest by some big Scientist in the Sky. It was a very dark vision, not at all funny or meant to be, written after his wife’s death and not published during his lifetime. I think it was called “The Great Dark” or something similar. The “Non Sequitur” version is much more fun.

2. over 15 years ago on Non Sequitur

   Evolution of Theories: Neither people who believe in atheistic evolution, nor those who believe that some superior intelligence designed creation, are necessarily stupid; but some are. There are actually all shades and variations of both evolutionism and creationism, and in the best of them, the two theories are totally compatible. The best scientists and the best theologians have the saving humility to incorporate new knowledge and to let their theories evolve and mutate accordingly. The problem is the people who tend to worship a rigid, unshakable dogma, then shut down their brains. And yes, they are on Both sides of the evolution fence.

3. over 15 years ago on New Adventures of Queen Victoria

   frites francaises – better than freedom fries any day

4. over 15 years ago on Non Sequitur

   Oops, the discussion is getting serious again. EMET BeeBeard, LOL stands for Laugh Out Loud (I had to ask recently, too) – something we all need to do more of

5. over 15 years ago on Non Sequitur

   EMET of the Bee Beard, you have taught us – almost taught– a new word, or a word new to me: chiastic. It’s not in my dictionary, but I assume it’s related to the Greek khiazein, “to mark with a Khi (letter X),” i.e., “to cross,” and especially to the past participle of khiazein, khiastos, “crossed. ” How this relates in the context of the conversation, though, in the sentence “Chiastic structure wins again!” is puzzling. Could you please finish the process of enlightening us? I’m new at this site, and this is the first commentary I have followed; but the cartoon itself certainly invited all kinds of spin-off – and got it!