…The Ruben Bolling/Tom the Dancing Bug nod to Calvin and Hobbes shown above is just plain funny.
And, yeah, a damn fine lesson in satire as well.
Social satire. No politics here, nosirree!
In other words:
>he-he-he<
LYMI
LB
Category: Cartoon
The Truth About Brody Forest…
by LB
Yes, it’s true. Brodyworld contains its own forest, and while it’s a hell of a lot of fun to take part in the goings-on there – especially for Layla the Lithe – we’ve also discovered a few negatives.
Especially allergies – Gwen the Beautiful’s, mine, and, yeppers, Layla’s too.
Cedar, it turns out, can be lethal.
Who knew?
On the other hand, I never was much for camping anyway. Mostly, I just liked to look. And now I can look without leaving the comfort of our living space. And with the windows closed.
Except for activities involving the pooper scooper, that is.
In other words, the comic strip above is ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
And that’s really not such a bad thing.
LYMI,
LB
Today I Learned…
…That even the least consequential life event can be a true learning experience.
TIL (that’s “Today I Learned,” according to the wise users of Reddit.Com) that Mary Worth’s boyfriend (did you know his name was Jeff? I already did so I’ll just move on) is rich? I didn’t either.
Until I saw this:
But that’s not all I learned. I also learned that not only is Jeff not just another comic strip middle class something or other he’s also the kind of rich motherfucker who happily has had the VERY SAME NOSE JOB as Mary her very self:
So much for middle class, down-to-earth Mary…Jeff.
Or, to belabor a point I’ve clearly made all to often on this blog:
>sigh<
Mary Worth is of course 
As Close as I can come to a Thought for Today
by LB
Reading and then posting last week’s “Live! From Paradise!” about the death of Rosie the Romantic young mare brought back so many strong memories and feelings that I haven’t been able to bring myself to even look at what happened (“happens?”) next in the column. And I admit that at this time I’m not sure I’ll ever be able to go back to the final 20 or so episodes.
In other words, it turns out I have more old pain to deal with than I ever suspected. My apologies to those who’ve been following the story of Gwendolyn L. Brody‘s and my Ozarks education, adventures, and misadventures. I do believe that I can safely tell you that as soon as I know I’m ready to continue the project, so will you all.
For now, I offer everyone this bit of more worldly wisdom from cartoonist John Hambrock via Comics Kingdom:
LYMI,
LB