Recent Comments

1. about 2 months ago on Doonesbury

   Really dangerous! I mean, under Harris/BIden we have the largest and strongest economy in the world! Fastest growing GDP of the G7. Among the lowesyt inflation rates in the world – the lowest rates are running just below 3%, and we are right there at 2.5%. The largest producer of both oil and gas in the world. For at least the last year, wages have grown faster than inflation, and household income is up 7%. Unemployment hit a new low in 2023, and has stabilized at about that level. I mean, DANGEROUS! Who in their right mind would want four more years of that!!!! Especially when we coduld have a lying, cheating, racist misogynest who tried to overthrow the government instead!

   Oh, and for those who think Harris is a communist or a socialist – get a Dictionary, becaues those big words don’t mean what you think they mean. And while youre at it, try reading Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith, the Father of Caplitalism, and see what he thought of monopoly and oligopoly and how those entities should be regulated.

2. 2 months ago on Arlo and Janis

   I saw a comment from him a while back that he was retiring in something like 2 years. It’s been about that. I’ve been reading the strip for over 40 years, so it the day is coming. I figure Arlo and Janis moving is the end of the story line and the beginning of retirement…

3. 3 months ago on For Better or For Worse

   Malls are going out of style because they kicked kids out – they had mall security tell them to “move on and stop loitering” and kids had purchasing power – they let their food courts deteriorate, their rest rooms were dirty, and their rents were high so prices were high. Meanwhile, the anchor stores cut customer service, rolled back departments as places like IKEA, the Apple Store, and specialty shops offered better selection. Even Whole Foods took away their specialty food shops. Changing tastes closed their gift and china departments, They failed to keep up with changes in consumer tastes. Shootings at malls are rarer than shootings at schools…

4. 6 months ago on Arlo and Janis

   I saw a post he made a while ago about his planned retirement. At that point, it was still like 18 months off – and that was a while ago. I always thought that they would eventually move, be starting a different life, and that would be the end of the strip. So yes, I think that is coming. Lots of uncertainty leading up to it – the boat, the condo, the guests house – where they would live – cleaning out the family home, and the challenges – and this is still a “trying it out” because they won’t leave Ludwig behind But these are exactly the things you work through as you think about retirement…and yes, that day is coming.

5. 7 months ago on For Better or For Worse

   Interesting. Glad I don’t know you.

6. 8 months ago on Luann

   Luann used to work in a preschool and loved it and is training to be a teacher….

7. 9 months ago on Arlo and Janis

   I know! Inflation under 3%, consistent new jobs growth, increased manufacturing capacity, increase in small business start ups, historically low unemployment, real wages are finally growing, and stock market hits new highs! Absolutely wrecking the country, lol. Not.

8. 9 months ago on Baby Blues

   Bought a sno cone machine this past summer when our granddaughter was visiting for the 4th of July Worked great. Under $40.

9. about 1 year ago on For Better or For Worse

   No, the puppies do not belong to the Pattersons even if Farley is the father. Yes, they adopt one. In many breeding contracts, the owner of the stud gets a puppy and a stud fee. This was not a planned breeding, and the Pattersons do not own half of the puppies- nor did they pay half of the vet fees, etc.

10. about 1 year ago on Baby Blues

    lolololol. Kids move faster than I can turn around. Can’t leave them home alone. Can’t leave them in the car. Three kids outnumber parent by a wide margin. My very worst experience – my two kids were 6 and 4. We were at the mall before Christmas so it was crowded. They were picking out Christmas presents for their dad. I was first in line going down the escalator – kids were on the two steps directly behind me. I stepped off the escalator, turned to my left and took three steps so we were out of the way, and went to grab each kids’ hand.

    Only one kid was there. It was like the 6-year old had vanished into thin air. No sign of him – anywhere. I looked in all the stores on the hall on either side of the escalator. I did a circle around the entire structure of the escalator. I was in a total panic….I got a security guard and the mall police.

    The anchor store at the end of the hall was Montgomery Wards. When I walked in there, a voice over the loudspeaker was asking Joe’s Mom to come to the register in bedding. When I got off and turned around to get him and looking where he was supposed to be, he was paying zero attention to me and walked straight down the long hall into the end store.

    He was a good kid, and a bright kid, and knew when he couldn’t see me to ask a clerk for help. In a store I had never entered, had never intended to enter, and missing things like the toy store right next to it.

    And truly, to this day, I don’t know how I could have kept better track of him.