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1. about 6 hours ago on Peanuts Begins

   After I was married, my mother wanted to give my husband “a gift he really wants and can use.” I asked her to see if she could get him The World at War on video (back in the 80s). She gave him—you guessed it—The War of the Worlds. Almost just exactly what I didn’t write in my letter.

2. about 6 hours ago on Pearls Before Swine

   Similar to the Welsh expression, “Ah, God love him”, or “Love him, too.” Used in response to the kind of remark or action that causes elderly Southern ladies to “bless your heart.”

3. about 8 hours ago on Pearls Before Swine

   I was actually speaking of John Wayne. Whatever.

4. about 12 hours ago on Peanuts Begins

   My mother never let her kids believe in Santa. These days with TV and the Internet I wonder how kids can believe it. It didn’t matter what we put on our wish lists, we could be pretty sure not to get anything we actually asked for. Even after we were all grown and gone, she had the incredible ability to get you just what you didn’t ask for.

5. about 12 hours ago on Calvin and Hobbes

   There’s famous, legendary and infamous. Saw a few things about the fuss with one Johnny Somali, a Youtuber who got banned from Japan and is now being held in Korea. Sounds like a toddler who never grew up, but SK may teach him a little about the consequences of one’s actions. He’s no kid, he’s 24.

6. about 12 hours ago on Pearls Before Swine

   Like when a little old grandma says, “I’ll pray for you.” Depends on her facial expression whether that’s a promise or a threat.

7. about 12 hours ago on Pearls Before Swine

   Of course I can. I can even imitate some 17th century “procesado” script, used by scribes in Mexico in the court system. Spent 3 years working in Archivo de Indias and learned to recognise the hand of certain scribes.

8. about 12 hours ago on Pearls Before Swine

   I need more coffee. I had a mental image of you riding on a literal stick, like a Halloween witch…and thinking, “What???”

9. 1 day ago on Calvin and Hobbes

   Yup. I remember in London seeing painted on the street in great big old letters: LOOK RIGHT FIRST. There’s a reason for that. I’d also consistently get into the car on the wrong side; my friend Derek finally just handed me the keys. And I can’t even drive.

10. 1 day ago on Pearls Before Swine

    He just ignored it, like he ignored anything that might make him look bad. Which was a lot of things.