Me

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Born in '54 near the pastoral town of Hitchcock in southern Indiana, within earshot of the famed Monon railroad. Admiring my ever-drunk, brawling WWII veteran uncle, I grew up as a fist fightin', hard drinkin', drag racin' hell-raiser. By good fortune, I came upon the teachings of Ĺšri Chaitanya, learned the err of my ways, leading to an astonishing visit to the land of Vraja. I am now a reclusive, ahimsa-practicin', nature-lovin', bird feedin' retired widower, barely living only off of Social Security in the Indiana Dunes region, in earshot of the historic South Shore Line railway. My final goal now is to try to outlive and take care of the stray cat and her three offspring that my beloved late wife and I rescued back in '19. They are the last of the many, many deeply-loved dogs and cats that we rescued over the years. I have an almost-constant heartache for my dear wife and pets who have passed. Many mistakes made and lessons learned. And a few regrets. Only sweet memories sustain me.

Comics I Follow

The Barn

The Barn

By Ralph Hagen
Pickles

Pickles

By Brian Crane
Rubes

Rubes

By Leigh Rubin
Ballard Street

Ballard Street

By Jerry Van Amerongen
Bottom Liners

Bottom Liners

By Eric and Bill Teitelbaum
Pearls Before Swine

Pearls Before Swine

By Stephan Pastis
Ripley's Believe It or Not

Ripley's Believe It or Not

By Ripley’s Believe It or Not!
Non Sequitur

Non Sequitur

By Wiley Miller
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
Drabble

Drabble

By Kevin Fagan
The Dinette Set

The Dinette Set

By Julie Larson

Recent Comments

  1. 1 day ago on Rubes

    Then that’s not milk!

  2. 1 day ago on Pickles

    The living room used to be called the “drawing room”, while the bedroom was called the “withdrawing room”.

  3. 3 days ago on Pluggers

    Even worse are those bags that come with those Ziploc-type “self-sealing” plastic strips. They rarely work, and if they do work, it’s only once or twice.

  4. 3 days ago on Non Sequitur

    “I want a shot at redemption / Don’t want to end up a cartoon / In a cartoon graveyard” — Paul Simon (“You Can Call Me Al”)

  5. 4 days ago on Rubes

    Is the “Dark Side” the name of a restaurant in the Darth Mall?

  6. 5 days ago on Ripley's Believe It or Not

    And Grapenuts cereal contain neither grapes nor nuts.

  7. 5 days ago on Pearls Before Swine

    And reworded by George Harrison in his album, “All Things Must Pass”.

  8. 7 days ago on Peanuts

    More good advice is: “Avoid loud and aggressive persons; they are vexatious to the spirit.” — Max Ehrmann (from"Desiderata", 1927)

  9. 7 days ago on Non Sequitur

    Many funerals have the services right at the gravesite, not at the funeral home.

  10. 8 days ago on Drabble

    There’s no Shenanigans Restaurant nearby?