Call Me Ishmael's Profile

Call me Ishmael Free
âWhat are the odds ?â âA fellow of infinite jest â/ Is no different from all the rest./ And I can attest/ That heâs not at his best/ when you saw a hole in his chest. Elderly, all too easily-amused, âleftishâ. The earthly remains of a âfitness buffâ, still trying to defy time and gravity. BIG fan of Joe Biden. Trump was a world-historical disaster. But you knew that⌠Update As of New Yearâs day 2025: The preceding was written in recovery from my quadruple bypass in 2022.Amazingly, three years later, I am still here. âWhat are the odds?â My existence is a product of Science! My good fortune is beyond comprehension. It behooves me at this point to mention/ That my lifeâs unlikely extension/ Is a product of Science/ And long-standing reliance/ Of avoiding (most) kinds of dissensionâŚ
Comics I Follow

Ballard Street
By Jerry Van Amerongen
9 Chickweed Lane
By Brooke McEldowney
Mike Luckovich

Clay Bennett

Over the Hedge
By T Lewis and Michael Fry
Herman
By Jim Unger
Doonesbury
By Garry Trudeau
Richard's Poor Almanac
By Richard Thompson
Luann
By Greg Evans and Karen Evans
Jeff Danziger

You will find, f you should become old/
Itâs a tale by an idiot told/
When it all comes to naught/
(All those battles you fought/
In pursuit of glory and gold.)///
If you were compelled to compete/
Just to keep your precarious seat/
And you made all your quotas /
(even if by iotas)/
Your lifeâs been remarkably sweet..///
A writer of high reputation/
Once endowed us with this sage quotation:/
With which I agree/
Most emphatic-al-ly:/
âMost men lead lives of quiet desperation !â/
- Henry David Thoreau