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1. 1 day ago on Luann

   There’s no need to go overboard, Shipley, looking for exaggerated symptoms. There’s really a very likely explanation for a simple hypoxic faint. She was enthusiastically playing a wind instrument and could easily have neglected to breathe properly. I experienced something similar myself during a strenuous martial arts exercise. My woosiness was for a much shorter period, as I recognized what was happening before complete loss of consciousness and began to correct my error. But my prior training made me aware of the need for careful breath control and the possibility of such a problem. It is unlikely that Mrs.Horner was similarly trained or aware, hence her hypoxia induced full unconsciousness before her autonomic system could begin to restore the ingestion of sufficient oxygen to begin to restore her consciousness. Meanwhile the readers here have been treated to a public service announcement about the proper conduct of pre-CPR procedures and the danger of applying CPR when it is not actually needed.

2. 1 day ago on Luann

   Not sure about G&K’s intentions for the Vale character, but since he is cast as such a dim bulb he is at least depicted with the redeeming characteristic of respect for the knowledgeable authority he perceives in Luann and associates with his image of a licensed medical practitioner. It doesn’t excuse his prior history of plagiarism, but perhaps it offsets his initial “bull-in-a-china-shop” approach to Mrs.Horner’s fainting spell.

3. 5 days ago on Luann

   One should not jump to any diagnosis yet, such as narcolepsy. Since Luann is properly asserting herself, and it has been noted here that she has previously used her CPR training properly, we should expect her next actions to include appointing someone with a cellphone to call 911, and someone to go outside the building to watch for the EMTs to arrive and guide them to the room. Meanwhile she should begin looking for signs of breathing and heartbeat, to determine whether Mrs.Horner has merely fainted or if she actually needs assistance to breathe or compressions to pump her heart. Mrs.Horner may not need both. Keep in mind that she has just been exerting herself playing a wind instrument. She may have neglected to breathe sufficiently and thus deprived herself of oxygen, inducing a temporary faint. Overexertion at her age is not unlikely. Luann can apply whatever assistance is actually needed, without exaggerating the response. If others in the room are also properly trained in CPR techniques, Luann may take a supervisory role and direct their actions as needed until the EMTs arrive. Presumably they will be better equipped to measure and evaluate the symptoms and continue treatment enroute to hospital emergency care.

4. 7 days ago on Luann

   I think you’ve got it! Luann’s creativity is at its most fluid in her dreamstate. If she can remember it when she wakes, she will likely have another excellent story to write. Meanwhile, readers here may get their wish for a more interesting story arc.

5. 10 days ago on Luann

   As a budding writer, one might expect Luann to show more interest in language — at least in the languages that relate to English or are sources for some of its peculiarities. So it’s a bit odd that she should quail at the thought of learning one or more of them, possibly as a prelude to visiting countries where they are spoken — in this case, Italy being the first suggested opportunity. It’s also no big deal to obtain a passport. It’s worthwhile to have, and getting it is good experience in learning to deal with governmental bureaucracy.

   Even so, she needn’t travel anywhere. But if she pursues a class in Italian cooking, will she learn Northern or Southern styles, or both? Might a serious course include recognition of even more localized characteristics, such as Sicilian, Neapolitan, Bolognaise, Venetian, et al?

6. 13 days ago on Luann

   Isn’t that the old brand of Luann? I thought we just saw a new “blank slate” brand? Even so, it appears that neither brand appreciates the advantage of merely loading a dishwasher in place of washing and drying the dishes by hand.

7. 15 days ago on Luann

   Yes, I believe she is doing just that — and it may be the most intelligent statement offered in weeks. Luann is herself, and will be whatever she chooses to be, writing on her very own blank slate. Now, if only B&T will thereby recognize their error, perhaps G&K will offer a new story arc. (Or should that be the other way ’round?)

8. 18 days ago on Luann

   Ahh… to boldly brand where no brand has gone before… Whatever happened to their intention to use AI to analyze characteristics and develop a “brand”? A true intelligence might reveal the error they’re making. But I suppose they’re too far gone to retrace their original idea and the opportunity they missed weeks ago to develop a useable product of potential interactive progressive personal development evaluations.

   We may abbreviate that as “p.i.p.p.d.e”, to be pronounced “pip-i-dee”. For those willing to “do dat”, the slogan might become “pip-i-dee do dat”, since B&T like catchy slogans. Whether it can be done in the BATUBS remains to be seen.

9. 18 days ago on Luann

   Yes, and you typed it better than I did.

10. 19 days ago on Luann

    Are you trying to suggest they do a production of Les Miserable?