Recent Comments

1. 26 days ago on Basic Instructions

   I seem to remember someone getting caught putting fake arrows in an Ikea one time that led people on a crazy loop instead of “out the door”. The concept is amusing at the least.

2. 29 days ago on FoxTrot Classics

   Gotta agree with that Looney Tunes reference where Bugs is mockingly calling Elmer “Nimrod”. Add in Biblical illiteracy and people thought that it was an insult, not sarcasm. That may or may not fade out – language is a funny thing. :)

3. about 1 month ago on Phoebe and Her Unicorn

   I think 222B runs the risk of stray bullets going through the walls. :)

4. about 1 month ago on Breaking Cat News

   You need a credit card on file to use the ink service. And some have found that if their card expired … HP shut down their printer. I had to cancel my dad’s account and had all sorts of warnings about what would stop working as we canceled the subscription. I’d much rather just buy separately. But I’ve also been burnt by ink/chips/nonsense in the past and really don’t want even more of that in my life. :)

5. about 1 month ago on Breaking Cat News

   One reason I don’t want an HP printer. Same stuff if you use their ink subscription service. If your card expires – you can’t print. Ugh.

6. about 1 month ago on Ripley's Believe It or Not

   Now try proving that “nap” thing to US managers. I know that’s a thing in many other cultures, but a hard sell in the US. :)

7. about 1 month ago on Breaking Cat News

   Our printers rarely sit idle for more than a day or two. So . much . printing. :)

8. about 1 month ago on Calvin and Hobbes

   Depends on the paper – they still had a lot of sensationalism and “fear/panic sells”. Thus the whole “above the fold” placement of stories and headlines. And newspapers still had/have a bias to them that you have to watch for. My dad had a couple of subscriptions going – for a crazy price point – and the “news” that he was getting delivered that way was … not. It was heavily editorialized points of view with a smattering of facts to make it appear legit – for anything other than local news.

   That said – the Comics area was usually one of the better sections and as noted, one of the reasons many of us are likely here. :)

9. about 2 months ago on Close to Home

   This – so . much . this. College was affordable before everyone could get a guaranteed loan and then the rates hiked at a crazy rate and still do. Add in that everyone was told they needed a degree, despite some people not cut out for that, and colleges seeing a cash cow from all of this loan money … and costs go through the roof for absolutely worthless pieces of paper. :/

10. 5 months ago on Brewster Rockit

    The problem was when they tried to reach you about your extended warranty…..