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1. 4 days ago on Ballard Street

   There’s a Ballard St in Ypsilanti Michigan.

2. 5 days ago on Ballard Street

   Glad you’re back. You were missed.

3. 6 days ago on Ballard Street

   A previous renovation of GoComics is part of why they left. We couldn’t post pictures and such anymore. Then they cracked down on urls which is why Liverlips had to spell out dot and put spaces in to the new site’s.

   MonkeyBluz (by several versions of that name) was Ballard’s sheriff and his deputy was one of the dogs.

   Dennis is Seattle was the proprietor of the Men’s Wear Shop responsible for all the cardboard inserts that Ballard’s men wear in their pants. Sadly, he passed away a year of so ago.

   Susan kept track of the birthdays of those who shared them with her. Issued invites to the party to those whose emails she knew. StelBel would create glitzy, glittering cards for the honoree. Then everyone would post pictures of fabulous buffet spreads and bars, make cakes, and join in celebrating. She used to do that on Cleo, too, until StelBel became ill and could no longer make the cards.

   You really should come over and check Cleo out.

4. 6 days ago on Ballard Street

   Not on Ballard Street. The zany ways that its residents use to spice up their walks are all part of its charm.

5. about 1 month ago on For Better or For Worse

   In high school I wanted to grow my hair out from a pixie cut. Went to the lady down the street who had a salon in her basement. While I walked there, my mom called and told her to give me another pixie. Never went back to a salon until I wanted my long hair styled (Gibson girl look) for my wedding.

6. about 1 month ago on For Better or For Worse

   Butterflies have 6 legs, even as caterpillars. Then they can have up to 5 pairs of prolegs which disappear during metamorphosis.

7. 2 months ago on Non Sequitur

   Just because you never heard it doesn’t mean it’s not true.

8. 2 months ago on For Better or For Worse

   I had all 4 out at once by the worst oral surgeon in the city (referred by regular dentist’s receptionist since he was out of town – He was horrified when he found out). Just Novocaine – 30-40 shots of it over 6 hours. Top two came out easily. Bottom 2 seriously impacted – had to be broken up and a bit of jaw had to come out too. Hadn’t had breakfast or lunch that day (although the surgeon took a break for his, leaving me sitting with mouth propped open on rubber block) so all I wanted at that point was a milk shake. Wrong! Sucked out clot from last hole and I developed a dry socket. Worst pain ever.

9. 3 months ago on Pickles

   Ahem. Also from Wikipedia singular they began in 1375

   According to The Oxford English Dictionary, the singular they showed up in writing in 1375—over 600 years ago! The OED also suggests the usage is even older since written language usually reflects trends already present in spoken language.

10. 4 months ago on Zen Pencils

    And in 2020