Recent Comments

1. about 19 hours ago on Pearls Before Swine

   I’ve never been to any live sporting event, high school, college, or professional. But somehow I can believe those prices.

2. about 20 hours ago on Frank and Ernest

   The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy tells you how to do it. Fall, and miss the ground.

3. 2 days ago on Reality Check

   Yes, I know, groaning at a pun is supposed to be a sign of appreciation. But I just laugh.

4. 3 days ago on Wrong Hands

   This painting is upside down.

5. 3 days ago on Working Daze

   Doughnuts are okay, I suppose, but for a mid-day snack, I’d prefer a banana or an apple. Or a tangerine, some grapes, a mango maybe…

6. 3 days ago on Wondermark

   I played Sammy Reshevsky in a simultaneous exhibition (a chess event where a group of us amateur players were sitting around in a large circle, and he walked around from board to board playing all of us). I drew our game, and he signed my copy of The Art of Positional Play. He was not exactly Mr. Personality, but he was nice enough. And we were glad to meet a chess legend.

7. 3 days ago on Super-Fun-Pak Comix

   Me tired of people saying that, so me officially change name to Frankenstein.

8. 3 days ago on Rubes

   She might do so accidentally if she doesn’t watch what she’s doing.

   Personally, I’ve never considered plastic surgery, but if I did, I’d prefer to pick my own nose, thank you.

9. 3 days ago on Ripley's Believe It or Not

   How about a saint who urged people to drink coffee? Heating the water ought to kill the bacteria, particularly if you bring it to a full boil and then let it cool down a little.

   Okay, I looked up St. Arnie, and he lived from 1040 to 1087 A.D., before Europeans had coffee or even tea (yes, I saw the tea post above). Man, life was rough back then. Arnie worked with what he had.

10. 3 days ago on Reality Check

    I’ve never understood why I’m supposed to respond to a pun by groaning. Puns are the highest form of humor, and that was a great one.