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1. 1 day ago on Rip Haywire

   On the other hand, if Rip and Cobra were put into the sleep chambers at about the same time, then Rip didn’t get married! It was just part of the illusion! (I surely hope that’s not true.)

2. 4 days ago on Gil Thorp

   I was just thinking about that. Today’s viewpoint confirms that Marty broadcasts the softball action from a chicken coop. I suppose he hides his cases of Johnnie Walker underneath the hens’ nests.

3. 4 days ago on Bad Machinery

   I think I like Louise.

4. 5 days ago on Gasoline Alley

   Will the store that sells all sorts of batteries also be named “Electric Acres”?

5. 5 days ago on Arlo and Janis

   Yeah, talking about what’s beyond the universe is like talking about what’s north of the north pole. That’s just not the way things work!

6. 5 days ago on Arlo and Janis

   Expanding within itself. The space all around us is constantly growing.

7. 5 days ago on Arlo and Janis

   We don’t know for sure how large the universe is. We know how large the observable universe is, but it is entirely possible that there’s a lot more to it, and the light from those distant parts just hasn’t reached us yet because it would take longer than the current age of the universe for it to get here. Anyway, it is space itself that is stretching in all directions, from every point within the universe. The galaxies are just along for the ride.

8. 6 days ago on Brewster Rockit

   Great art work!

9. 6 days ago on Arlo and Janis

   If I were to start to make a list of the things that I don’t understand about the universe, that list too would expand at a rate that is proportional to its length. (Great art work on the space telescopes today, BTW!)

10. 6 days ago on Arlo and Janis

    Although it has long been believed (on the basis of observation) that the distant galaxies recede from us at a constant rate that is proportional to their distance, the value of that constant of proportionality (and indeed, its “constancy”) has never been regarded as truly “settled”, which is why the space telescopes were tasked with investigating the matter.