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1. 2 days ago on Wallace the Brave

   Mermaids tried to broker a peace in the GFWs.

2. 2 days ago on Wallace the Brave

   I think we all know where Wallace gets his sense of adventure and imagination.

3. 3 days ago on Wallace the Brave

   SHe might have more apps running in the background

4. 3 days ago on Arlo and Janis

   I have neighbors who pave over Thanksgiving by turning on their Christmas lights the day after Halloween. That’s the crime against nature.

5. 3 days ago on The Buckets

   My family is still unclear on what I do. Something techincal, they think. I tell my nieces and nephews that I’m the guy their IT department calls when they’re stuck for answers.

6. 3 days ago on The Buckets

   I remember the panic among teachers and parents when one of my nephews invited his older brother (also a nephew, obviously) to a career day event. The older brother was an active duty Marine. A blizzard of emails went back and forth among the snowflakes afraid that fine example of American youth might bring a weapon to the school or having a member of the military might send the wrong message. He was allowed to speak after the parents were assured there would be no weapons. Instead he spoke to the students about the history of the Marine Corps, what it takes to succeed in any field (brains, hard work and discipline) and pointed out that a military career is not for everyone. But asked that they please give it consideration.

7. 3 days ago on Pearls Before Swine

   Yes, I do remember that. And I miss those days. Of course there were exceptions when it was perfectly acceptable to discuss one of those topics at respective gatherings: Politics at Conventions; Religion at Church groups; Sex –at Orgies

   But for a good time, never mix the three.

8. 4 days ago on Pearls Before Swine

   To show the futility of they / them as a gender neutral pronoun I copied a chapter from one of my novels and replaced he or she with they and gave it to people to read. Very confusing even I couldn’t follow what was gong on.

9. 4 days ago on Pearls Before Swine

   I noticed in the past few months since the quiet departure of the DEI director at my company that pronouns in email signatures have declined.

10. 4 days ago on Pearls Before Swine

    It’s like the TV news people, in their lust for gory videos from any source, preface with a warning for ‘our sensitive viewers’.