Recent Comments

1. 17 days ago on Frazz

   Flip this around – I had a teacher who would have shown a play-on-words like this, because it’s a teachable moment about the difference between the format of the presentation and the data it presents. And having taught intro computer science courses, where I had to explain the difference between pointers and multi-indirect-pointer structures and the data being pointed to, some people just don’t get it. Caulfield, of course, not only gets it but braids it into a hat.

2. 2 months ago on Over the Hedge

   We saw “Over the Hedge” in the movies; then we saw it on a plane heading to Europe to see relatives; and then we took the relatives to see it in Dutch in the south of Holland. Never understood why it didn’t get another story.

3. 6 months ago on Non Sequitur

   At two different places, I’ve seen the guy who got all his work done for the day – and more – be the one to be laid off precisely because he looked “done” and didn’t look as busy (if you didn’t look at non-obvious indicators of amount of work completed). I’ve also seen the one guy who knew where all the bodies were buried laid off, which literally led to the shutting of the company.

4. 7 months ago on Frazz

   I used to leaf through our copy of Roget’s, and Bartlett’s Quotations. Think of them as highlight reels.

5. 7 months ago on Frazz

   The moon in her phases is found, the time and the wind and the weather; the months in succession come ‘round and you won’t find two Mondays together.

6. 7 months ago on Frazz

   Some of the classics are also more meaningful when one has a bit more experience than a high school student.

7. about 1 year ago on Frazz

   I don’t understand why people voluntarily subject themselves to Prohibition rather than aim at sensible moderation.

8. about 1 year ago on Over the Hedge

   As a comedian he “worked clean” and had such a great reputation – until the truth came out. Like with Woody Allen, it’s sad to lose good work because the creator was a bad person.

9. about 1 year ago on Over the Hedge

   “I wear a fez now. Fezes are cool.”

10. over 1 year ago on Frazz

    I have always wondered if Adams had some inspiration from Wodehouse: “A planter, apparently, does not consider he has had a drink unless it contains at least seven ingredients, and I’m not saying, mind you, that he isn’t right. The man behind the bar told us the things were called Green Swizzles; and, if ever I marry and have a son, Green Swizzle Wooster is the name that will go down in the register.”