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1. about 2 hours ago on Amanda the Great

   I just finished reading Patricia Craighead George’s “The Cats of Roxville Station.” She describes the hidden lives of some feral cats in a little NE US town, and a boy wants to make friends with one. How wonderfully good she is at describing how cats “speak”! How they act! Right away, one learns that cats live in a world of intensely smelled odors: Everything is a smell . .

2. 4 days ago on JumpStart

   George and Ira Gershwin. Ira was the elder brother. The song was introduced by Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire in May, 1937, in the film Shall We Dance, in the scene where they’ve been roller skating. However, Mr. Astaire also recorded “Let’s Call The Whole Thing Off” with Johnny Green and His Orchestra on February 19, 1937.

3. 4 days ago on Andertoons

   The kid has a point . .

4. 4 days ago on Amanda the Great

   “And many mower!” --the Lawn Ranger

5. 6 days ago on Amanda the Great

   I’ve never watched Saturday Night Live, either, turns out . .

6. 8 days ago on FurBabies

   Love is the most wonderful of all! What a fine cartoon strip! Wonderful . .

7. 8 days ago on Andertoons

   Four comments and still not yet a bland pun with “bear”! Good for you all!

8. 8 days ago on Amanda the Great

   Comedy is incongruity that need not be taken seriously. So much of it is never really hurtful at all—but “not pretty”? That might be, I don’t know, beside the point. But I’ll think about Mr. Martin’s observation.

9. 8 days ago on Skippy

   This is going to go badly . .

10. 9 days ago on Rose is Rose

    What whiskers??