Recent Comments

1. 27 days ago on Dogs of C-Kennel

   Basically a bunch of pet haters, primarily dog haters, have got together to try to find anything they can use to convince the government to not allow dogs in public places and maybe someday get pets banned altogether. That’s what’s started this.

2. 27 days ago on Dogs of C-Kennel

   I only found out because someone from this movement started commenting on a cat page I follow, so I started looking into it. There are apparently a few groups of scientists actually involved, but no one takes it seriously save those actually involved. Still, I figure it’s better to know these things since sometimes these “little fires” can get out of hand if not swiftly nipped In the bud and put out for the silliness they are.

3. 27 days ago on Dogs of C-Kennel

   So there’s this whole “Background” social media movement – not a gigantic one, I’m glad to say, and mostly relegated to the darkest depths of YouTube where you have to search for it in a roundabout way – about “the future being pet free” that argues scientifically that pet ownership is just an addiction to keep us from interacting with each other as humans because we use animals as an easier “crutch”. They use scientific documents to point out any and all ‘dangers’ associated with animaI ownership, including apparently some studies linking pet ownership and alcohol addiction as concurrent “avoidance of reality” tactics. Basically the whole argument is animal ownership isn’t just dangerous (supposedly "You can never 100% be sure any animal is safe, and if you have an affectionate pet is is just doing behaviors it learned to get food out of you) but is a ’coward’s way out’ of social interaction. I personally disagree because as a socially awkward person, the thing I can use to start a conversation easiest is if the other person has a pet. Also there are many couples married today who met when they were both walking dogs or something. Also this movement is started by those who are either vegan, admittedly have dog or cat-phobia and/or dog or cat allergies, or are grossed out by the ‘germiness’ of animals. Some even argue that if a barking dog causes insomnia it should be culled as a community health hazard. It’s really overdone and almost silly.

4. about 2 months ago on Calvin and Hobbes

   Hobbes is neither imaginary nor real. Watterson makes it clear it’s not something that needs to be analyzed. He wrote, quite clearly, that the strip simply shows two versions of reality, what Calvin perceives and what others perceive. The “muddiness” of how these perceptions could interact is a gimmick of the strip but it is not meant to be picked apart.

5. 2 months ago on Calvin and Hobbes

   It’s just the sidewalk. Not a whole driveway.

6. 2 months ago on Calvin and Hobbes

   Depends on material. Old rope/twine hammocks can definitely stretch/warp.

7. 2 months ago on Calvin and Hobbes

   As someone who has worked with kids for nearly 20 years in various capacities, my experience has been badly behaved girls are WAY more stressful to deal with. They tend to be more spiteful/vitriolic/nasty in general. A bad boy usually is just doing his own thing and doesn’t listen and isn’t actively trying to emotionally hurt people. There’s a reason more girls are far and away the ones who get in trouble for things like cyber bullying and shaming. However, there are exceptions so it’s not a hard and fast rule.

8. 2 months ago on JumpStart

   It’s been FREEZING (by NC standards) where I am for the last couple weeks.

9. 3 months ago on Grand Avenue

   Stephen Nedoroscik anyone?

10. 3 months ago on Garfield

    My cat got a mouse for the first time in his life yesterday (it ran in the house past me when I opened the back door, it’s cold out where I am, and I couldn’t save it). He caught it, badly wounded it, dropped it in a corner, and SNARLED at it for about two minutes before he killed it when I tried to intervene. Like, deep-throated growling that cats only do when they’re really, really mad. I think he was a wee bit creeped out by it since he hadn’t seen a live one before.