Comic of the Day

| January 12, 2004

Pearls Before Swine has in the past year or so become among my favorite comic strips. How can you not love a strip in which the main characters are a pig named “Pig” and a rat named “Rat,” and in which Zebra remains optimistic about the course of zebra-crocodile relations? Though usually on the silly […]

Better but not good

| January 9, 2004

I’d like to take this wee-hours-of-the-morning moment to state, clearly and unequivocally: Back pain sucks. If you’ve ever had a back injury (as opposed to a mere backache) you know what mean. If you haven’t, consider yourself fortunate. Example: I’m running out of fresh groceries, but I cannot get my shoes & socks on to […]