Recent Comments

1. about 3 hours ago on Pearls Before Swine

   Since my Boy Scout days, I always liked the term “knapsack”, but now everyone calls them “backpacks”. I’ll bet my Millennial kids don’t even know what a knapsack is.

2. about 4 hours ago on Wizard of Id

   I thought Northern Exposure was great, so when my kids were in med school, I bought them the first couple seasons on DVD. Being Millennials, they thought the pace was excruciatingly slow.

3. about 4 hours ago on Frank and Ernest

   I would not look forward to a visit from Tom DeLay.

4. about 6 hours ago on Pearls Before Swine

   No offense taken at all! I just still think it’s funny that all that religious ed never got through to my brain. I would love to see that test and all my wrong answers to see where my 13 yo brain was at at that time.

5. about 7 hours ago on The Born Loser

   “Fire roasted” sounds so much better than “burnt”. Kind of like sloppily preparing food, and calling it “artisan” so that it can be priced 20% higher.

6. about 7 hours ago on Pearls Before Swine

   After 8 years of Catholic grade school and daily Mass and religion classes, we were given a capstone religion test at the end of 8th grade. I was an A/B student, but my parents were really mad when I got a D- on the religion test.

7. about 8 hours ago on Pearls Before Swine

   See my reply to Doug K above.

8. about 8 hours ago on Pearls Before Swine

   How about a little ditty from “Oklahoma”:

   Oh, what a beautiful mornin’,

   Oh, what a beautiful day.

   I got a beautiful feelin’

   Ev’erything’s goin’ my way.

9. about 8 hours ago on Pearls Before Swine

   And the happy wanderer:“ Val-deri,Val-dera,Val-deri,Val-dera-ha-ha-ha-ha-haVal-deri,Val-dera.My knapsack on my back.”

10. about 8 hours ago on Pearls Before Swine

    Reminds me of a later David Bowie song that I never understood but for some reason always liked: “I’m afraid of Americans. God is an American.”