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1. 28 days ago on Nancy

   Her own personal albatross.

2. about 1 month ago on Calvin and Hobbes

   This one’s exceptionally dark. I choose to believe that it has more to do with the breadth of Calvin’s (and Bill’s) imagination than any inherently depressive aspect of their personalities.

3. about 1 month ago on Doonesbury

   Look at that beautiful view. Zonker has chosen a path that differs from society’s dictates … but it’s clear that Garry Trudeau has a lot of affection for him.

   I certainly do … I’m still following that different drummer.

4. about 2 months ago on Too Much Coffee Man

   Even in this enduring myth, it’s women that reach for the fruit of the tree of knowledge … and are forever blamed for Adam following along. Take responsibility for your own choices, dude!

5. 3 months ago on Doonesbury

   I’m wondering how the “we were blond and pretty” fits into the overall scheme of things.

6. 3 months ago on B.C.

   When I grew up in Bellevue, Washington in the ’60s, Tacoma had a vibrant wood pulp/paper industry. We would encounter it on long family drives, and called it “the aroma of Tacoma.”

   I haven’t been back to my beloved Pacific Northwest since ’74, and don’t know what Tacoma is like today. (Though I imagine Bellevue is like the town square in the second Back To The Future movie … all holograms and hoverboards.)

7. 3 months ago on Kliban

   What I really like is when the book pokes you back. I’ve made some friends for life that way.

8. 4 months ago on Calvin and Hobbes

   We had a Zenith Space Command black & white console – the first to have a remote control. The remote had buttons that vibrated aluminum rods, producing ultrasonic tones that controlled the TV.

   That console got us through the Kennedy assassination and the lunar landings. I never saw programs in color until I left home for school in the ’70s … it was a treat to finally see Star Trek in color.

9. 4 months ago on Too Much Coffee Man

   I wonder if the light bulbs indicating “IDEA!” will evolve to more efficient LEDs, or remain incandescent.

10. 5 months ago on Monty

    “Help meee! HEEEEELLP MEEEE!!”