Recent Comments

1. 30 minutes ago on JumpStart

   I stopped watching TV back in 2001, I think, when A&E idiotically cancelled their best series, “Nero Wolfe”, in favor of such prime fare as “The History of Underwear.” I watch DVDs while I exercise, and occasionally curl up for an actual movie. I cancelled my service when I realized that I was paying to watch the ball drop on New Year’s Eve and absolutely nothing else.

2. 39 minutes ago on Baby Blues

   A bowl of milk? Couldn’t hurt, may help.

3. 40 minutes ago on Baby Blues

   The return of “World War II”!

4. about 1 hour ago on Shoe

   He reminds me of a cool fantasy print I saw long ago. A wizard (in full robes) in an absolutely classic wizard’s study—candles, skulls, potions, things hanging from the ceiling…and a computer on the desk. Caption: “Spellcheck.”

5. about 1 hour ago on Wizard of Id

   Oh, how cute! I love miniatures!

6. about 22 hours ago on Rose is Rose

   Uh, Corky…what about your wife and child?

7. about 22 hours ago on Rose is Rose

   Note how Rose stirs with with her pinky daintily extended.

8. about 22 hours ago on Rose is Rose

   I love how they did the candy—no actual brand names shown, but enough lettering and the correct font so that they are instantly recognizable.

9. about 22 hours ago on Rose is Rose

   There was an old Sunday strip (and I still wish that they could put the old Sundays into the archives!) where Jimbo was shown as a returning Civil War veteran, wounded and disheveled, but holding a flower. Rose, as a southern belle, tripped lightly out to meet him. In “real” time, Jimbo commented on her enthusiastic embrace, and Rose replied “You look different when Pasquale is staying with his grandmother”. She ought to paint him THAT way!

10. about 23 hours ago on JumpStart

    I have the whole set. She was called the Queen of the police procedurals. Not to everyone’s taste, but I love them. She started out slow, with one case in the first book, then gradually added more, until they were well packed with many cases in various stages of investigation. The only really implausible point to them (you need a little suspension of disbelief) is that the main cop, Mendoza, is a millionaire (hmm, shades of Burke’s Law) who came into his money after he joined the force. Born cop. Best read in order, because the characters grow and change.