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1. about 1 month ago on Adam@Home

   Have you read the poem “Mending Wall” by Robert Frost? Frost is saying just the opposite. Read the first line of the poem where the narrator says, “Something there is that doesn’t love a wall,’ It is the neighbor, who the narrator is helping, who says “Good fences make good neighbors.” The narrator does not agree. Though the narrator comes together with his neighbor to repair the wall, he regards it an act of stupidity. He believes that in fact both of them don’t need a wall. He asks why should there be a wall, when his neighbor has only pine trees and he has apples. How could his apple trees go across the border and eat his neighbor’s pine cones. Moreover there is no chance of offending one and another as they don’t also have any cows at their homes. While the narrator tries to make his neighbor understand that they don’t need a wall, his neighbor is a stone-headed savage, who only believes in his father’s age-old saying that, “Good fences make good neighbors.”

2. 3 months ago on Family Tree

   See “Calvin and Hobbes” today.

3. 5 months ago on Garfield

   Garfield doesn’t just love to eat food but he also has a handful of cookbooks too. One of the most popular Garfield recipe books is called “Garfield – Recipes with Cattitude.” Some of the recipes in the book include lasagna (of course), pizza, meatball subs, potato salad, banana berry smoothie, the very best stuffing, smoky grilled corn, garlic oven friend, crispy bacon breadsticks and much more! Which recipe would you choose to try out first if you got your hands on Garfield the Cat’s famous cookbook?

4. 5 months ago on Garfield

   Many people don’t know this, but the world-renowned comic strip featuring Garfield is set in Muncie, Indiana. Muncie, Indiana has a population of around 70,000, but the cat population of the city currently remains undiscovered (shall we try and find out?!). Jim Davis is said to have taken all of the human faculties, that we do not like discussing and anthropomorphized them in our ginger friend. Seems like it was a good idea as Garfield the Cat is now well-recognized in households all over the world.

   Garfield, the ginger-furred feline comes with an array of endearing and exciting qualities. His adventures are memorable and his distinctive personality makes him one of the most lovable furry friends in cartoon history. You may not know some of the facts mentioned here; Garfield The Cat certainly has a whole lot of history!

   So why is June 19 the day we celebrate Garfield the cat? Well, on this day, in 1978 the first publication of Garfield, which chronicles the life of the lead character was released.

   Garfield The Cat Loves Food and Hates Mondays, But Who Doesn’t?!

   Within the comic strips, some of the topical subjects focused on are obsessive eating, love for consuming food, and a distaste of Mondays (does anybody really enjoy Monday though?!). His absolute favorite food is lasagna and many people recognize this as his signature trait. He also regularly expresses his hatred for going on diets and getting up early. He is well known for his lazy attitude and is also a self-confessed coffee addict! Food and laziness definitely make Garfield distinctive compared to other famous cartoon cats over the world.

5. 5 months ago on Garfield

   National Garfield the Cat DaySettle in with some coffee and lasagna as a nod to the pop culture icon Garfield, the cat who captured our hearts first as a comic strip, then in movies and more.

   June 19thNational Garfield the Cat DayGarfield is a famous, fun-loving, fictional cat from the famous comic strip Garfield which was created by writer Jim Davies. The character was named after Jim Davis’ grandfather, John Arbuckle and his lovable pet dog Odie. In the comic strip, a beagle named Odie makes a regular appearance as Garfield’s co-character. Apparently, Odie (who has his own day in August) was originally owned by John’s roommate before John decided to adopt the cute canine as his own.

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6. 7 months ago on Frazz

   “Flatter me, and I may not believe you. Criticize me, and I may not like you. Ignore me, and I may not forgive you. Encourage me, and I will not forget you.”-—William Arthur Ward, college administrator, writer (1921-1994)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

   History of National Teacher Day

   The origins of National Teacher Day are murky. Around 1944Arkansas teacher Mattye Whyte Woodridge began corresponding with political and education leaders about the need for a national day to honor teachers.Woodridge wrote to Eleanor Roosevelt, who in 1953 persuaded the 81st Congress to proclaim a National Teacher Day.

   NEA, along with its Kansas andIndiana state affiliates and the Dodge City (Kan.) Local, lobbied Congress to create a national day to celebrate teachers. Congress declared March 7, 1980 as National Teacher Day for that year only.

   NEA and its affiliates continued to observe National Teacher Day in March until 1985, when theNEA Representative Assembly voted to change the event to Tuesday of the first full week of May.

7. 8 months ago on Brewster Rockit

   Happy PI π Day. The Greek Letter π was first used as shorthand for π by Welsh mathematician William Jones in 1706—more than three hundred years ago. Also somewhat ironically, Albert Einstein was born this day in 1879, and Stephen Hawking died this day in 2018—Hawking was born on January 8, the day Galileo died. Quite a pair of bookends to Hawkings life.

8. 9 months ago on Pearls Before Swine

   Have you read the poem? Frost is saying just the opposite. It is the neighbor, who the narrator is helping, who says that. The narrator does not agree. Though the narrator comes together with his neighbor to repair the wall, he regards it an act of stupidity. He believes that in fact both of them don’t need a wall. He asks why should there be a wall, when his neighbor has only pine trees and he has apples. How could his apple trees go across the border and eat his neighbor’s pine cones. Moreover there is no chance of offending one and another as they don’t also have any cows at their homes. While the narrator tries to make his neighbor understand that they don’t need a wall, his neighbor is a stone-headed savage, who only believes in his father’s age-old saying that, “Good fences make good neighbors.”

9. 11 months ago on Lola

   None before just finding this—According to Wikipedia:

   “The cat’s meow,” an expression referring to something that is considered outstanding; coined by American cartoonist Thomas A. Dorgan (1877–1929)

   Dorgan is generally credited with either creating or popularizing such words and expressions as “dumbbell” (a stupid person); “for crying out loud” (an exclamation of astonishment); “cat’s meow” and “cat’s pajamas” (as superlatives); “applesauce” (nonsense); “cheaters” (eyeglasses); “skimmer” (a hat); “hard-boiled” (tough and unsentimental); “drugstore cowboy” (a loafer or ladies’ man); “nickel-nurser” (a miser); “as busy as a one-armed paperhanger” (overworked); and “Yes, we have no bananas,” which was turned into a popular song. In addition to his humorous and sports-related cartoons, Dorgan also drew political cartoons, such as this example, “The Road to Dividends”, in which a young child is weighed down by a heavy burden while several wealthy men march behind her.In the New York Times obituary, he was bracketed with George Ade and Ring Lardner as a popularizer of “a new slang vernacular.” His obituary also credited him as the originator of “Twenty-three, Skidoo,” “solid ivory,” “Dumb Dora,” “finale hopper,” “Benny” for hat, and “dogs’” for shoes.1 W. J. Funk, of the Funk and Wagnall’s dictionary company, placed Dorgan at the top of the list of the ten “most fecund makers of American slang.”

10. 11 months ago on Lola

    Perhaps, but he said “rhyming animal parts.”