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Hoosier Guy Free

Born in '54 near the bucolic, pastoral town of Hitchcock (also known as "Oxonia") in southern Indiana, within earshot of the celebrated Monon railroad ("The Hoosier Line"). Admiring my perpetually drunk, brawling, leg-breakin' WWII Battle of the Bulge veteran uncle, I grew up as a hell raisin', fist fightin', hard drinkin', drag racin', jail-bound ne'er-do-well teenager. But I soon learned the err of my ways, before any major tragedy occurred, fortunately. Today, I am widowed, repentant, reclusive and retired, just barely living off of Social Security, near the idyllic, sylvan town of Furnessville in northwest Indiana, within earshot of the historic South Shore railway. My final goal now is to try to outlive and take care of the stray cat and her three kittens that my beloved late wife and I rescued back in '19. They are the last of the many dogs and cats that we rescued over the years. Quite a few jobs, many lessons learned, far too many regrets, but even more stories and memories.

Comics I Follow

Pluggers

Pluggers

By Rick McKee
Calvin and Hobbes

Calvin and Hobbes

By Bill Watterson
Monty

Monty

By Jim Meddick
Ziggy

Ziggy

By Tom Wilson & Tom II
Peanuts

Peanuts

By Charles Schulz
Peanuts Begins

Peanuts Begins

By Charles Schulz
Drabble

Drabble

By Kevin Fagan
The Dinette Set

The Dinette Set

By Julie Larson

Recent Comments

  1. 25 minutes ago on The Dinette Set

    She did the comics several weeks in advance. 10 more months would push it way into 2016. She stopped making comics in November, 2015.

  2. about 6 hours ago on Calvin and Hobbes

    Dr. Lecter’s meal (census taker’s liver, fava beans and Chianti) weren’t based on his taste predilections, he was making a medical joke. Monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs) could have been used to treat his psychological disorders, and what are the three things you’re not allowed to eat while taking them? Liver, beans and wine. Another way of saying that he was “off his meds”.

  3. about 6 hours ago on Calvin and Hobbes

    “There’s no such thing as a tough child — if you parboil them first for several hours, they always come out tender.” — W.C. Fields

  4. about 7 hours ago on The Dinette Set

    I believe that we are approaching the end of the run for the Dinette Set. Julie Larson retired from this in November 2015, and the copyright date for today’s comic is 2015.

  5. about 7 hours ago on Calvin and Hobbes

    Other reasons are the use of tigers parts in traditional Chinese medicine, even today. For example, the tiger tail is ground up as a “cure” for skin cancer; male tiger genitalia is used as a “cure” for impotence; mixing tiger brain with oil a a “treatment” for laziness and acne; and so on… fetching high prices for poached tigers on the black market.

  6. 1 day ago on Peanuts Begins

    At least Randy was kind to the contestants. That British guy (I can’t remember the name) was honest, but rude to a lot of them.

  7. 1 day ago on Peanuts Begins

    “You’re a bit pitchy there, dawg.” — Randy Jackson

  8. 1 day ago on Calvin and Hobbes

    I wonder if I can dress like that to get out of jury duty.

  9. 1 day ago on Pluggers

    And artificial lenses from cataract surgery.

  10. 3 days ago on Pearls Before Swine

    I live in NW Indiana, which has always been blue in a generally red state. A few minutes ago, I drove passed the polling place in beautiful downtown Beverly Shores, and I haven’t seen a crowd that big since the 2008 election. In 2008, Indiana went blue, giving its electoral votes to Obama. I hope that’s a good sign.