Recent Comments

1. about 3 hours ago on Breaking Cat News

   A guy I went to high school with lost a thumb to a match head rocket, or maybe it was a bomb. He was tamping match heads in a pipe.

2. about 3 hours ago on Swan Eaters

   “I dreamed I saw Joe Hill last night, alive as you or me. I said, ‘But Joe, you’re 10 years dead.’ ’I never died,” said he.’"—Labor union song

3. about 3 hours ago on Breaking Cat News

   They have a queen. I figured they would.

4. about 3 hours ago on Amanda the Great

   We have a closet that extends under the stairs. It’s a bit congested and has no light. I had to put in a battery operated LED motion sensor light. I knock it down with my head about half the time I go past it.

5. about 4 hours ago on Family Tree

   Use the cart to take them to the car. I’ve done it a, uh. few times.

6. about 4 hours ago on Adult Children

   There was a girl about 10 or 11 who cane into my dad’s store a lot. She was probably on the spectrum although the diagnosis hadn’t been invented then. She loved that gag and repeated it over and over for two or three trips. She was very gregarious and talked your ear off. Even though I understood that her brain wiring was different from mine I did get annoyed sometimes.

7. about 4 hours ago on Bliss

   English is a mixture of Celtic, Teutonic, and Romance. On top of that there’s Latin grammar which isn’t always a good fit. Diagramming sentences makes sense immediately in Latin.

8. about 4 hours ago on 1 and Done

   Getting away from the mustache?

9. about 4 hours ago on Batch Rejection

   I’m old. I’ve tried most and rejected them. It’s easy to pick.

10. 1 day ago on Breaking Cat News

    The cats are all wearing safety glasses. When kids the boy’s age play with vinegar and baking soda it’s a good idea. When I was a kid almost every household had enough matches to make match head rockets. These days not so easy.