Recent Comments

1. 14 days ago on Doonesbury

   Can I address the human shielding allegation as someone who has lived in Northern Ireland practically all of his life and has friends who were injured or traumatised by IRA bombs?

   The problem is that terrorists don’t move into areas when they become terrorists. They already lived there.

   The IRA and other terrorist groups in Northern Ireland, both republican and loyalist, are typical examples. If they had kept all their weapons in remote locations, there would have been a very high likelihood that the police and army would have found more of the dumps and caught people visiting them. That’s also why terrorists don’t move to remote places – it’s a dead obvious giveaway if dozens of people suddenly move.

   Logically, terrorists are going to keep weapons handy to where they have lived all their lives, among other people who may be innocent civilians or may also be terrorists.

2. 5 months ago on Bad Machinery

   Kylie Flinker was the first actor to play Lucy Robinson in Neighbours

3. 11 months ago on Big Nate

   The other day I was going “dude, she’s way out of your league and she’s told you she’s looking at you and what you do instead of listening to what her friends say, and she likes it. Say no.”

   Yay for Nate having some sense!

4. over 1 year ago on Frazz

   Caulfield the pedant being incorrect? 1609m in a mile, not 1663 :)

5. over 1 year ago on Frazz

   That day Caulfield made a meaningful difference to two people’s days.

   From Allie’s perspective, Caulfield made her smile and forget about how bad things were with her mum and dad. Took her out of herself, as we say.

   From Mrs Olsen’s perspective, Caulfield converted a little girl who wasn’t, as we say, in the same room as everybody else into a girl who was alert and engaged. There is little worse for a teacher than a kid who isn’t engaged.

6. over 1 year ago on Frazz

   We know that he gets enough money each year to keep the school library in books.

7. over 1 year ago on Frazz

   Frazz is 31 in the strip :)

8. over 1 year ago on Frazz

   I’m sure that if it were a real school, Mr Spaetzle would not have hesitated to make Caulfield skip a few grades. He’s a good man, and every time that Jef makes fun of him, it has nothing to do with his competence as a head teacher.

9. over 1 year ago on Frazz

   Because 2 x -1 = -2

10. over 1 year ago on Frazz

    And if you notice, it’s never anywhere private. Frazz is clean and seen to be clean.