Recent Comments

1. 6 days ago on Phoebe and Her Unicorn

   “When in danger or in doubt, run in circles, scream and shout.” R. A. Heinlein

2. 7 days ago on Andertoons

   There are a number of parents who have attempted to dump their responsibility for teaching their children how to behave properly in public onto school teachers. This may have been pointedly directed at them.

3. 7 days ago on Non Sequitur

   Proper gammar and semantic correctness are not the same thing. For example, “The sky is blue.” is grammatically correct. However, it is not semantically correct. “The volume of space immediately visible above us is a frequency of the electromagnetic spectrum usually refered to as part of the color grouping ‘blue’.” is closer to a semantically correct statement.

4. 8 days ago on Non Sequitur

   I somehow seemed to have missed the request for that. Otherwise I would have started my original post with the phrase "To the best of my ability to recall such things, "

5. 9 days ago on Non Sequitur

   I have yet to be in a coversation in which anyone wanted me to speak semantically correct English. :)

6. 9 days ago on One Big Happy

   Things get lost in the Cloud as well, and the various companies that supposedly maintain clould storage are not required to inform you of the loss. Not to mention the lack of strong enough security to prevent unauthorized access. Sigh.

7. 12 days ago on Kliban

   When I’m in a restaurant that states items are home made, I usually ask whose home they are made in. :)

8. 12 days ago on Baldo

   So, just out of curiosity, when the Tip of the Andes ciffee was $6 how much was the Folgers?

9. 13 days ago on Baldo

   Back in the ‘50s the family budget didn’t allow for imported coffee. And, in my opinion, it’s an acquired taste anyway. Kind of like prefering Earl Grey tea over Lipton’s.

10. 13 days ago on WuMo

    Sometimes I find it difficult to read in the proper tone of voice. Should have caught that, sorry about that.