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Monthly Archives: March 2021
Sunday’s Best: A Place for Poetry
It’s good to see poetry having a place in the comics, even if it is as a kind of weapon in childhood games. Today’s classic Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson: (image from gocomics.com)
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Sunday’s Best: Saving Daylight, Losing Supper
A little (sadistic?) daylight saving’s humor from Charlie Brown and Snoopy today. (image from gocomics.com)
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Caulfield in March
Caulfield has a lot to say about March this week, and there’s some real truth to all of it. From Frazz this week: And then: (images from gocomics.com)
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Sunday’s Best: Worse Than a Comma Splice
I feel like the 90s version of this was the comma splice or a split infinitive. I also feel like we weren’t as consistently tired as students seem to be these days. It’s funny: in education these days, failure is … Continue reading
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Saturday at the Cinema
Life is slowly but surely returning to the movie theaters. Last week it was Tom & Jerry (not for me) that brought back some families. This week there was a new Disney animated feature, Raya and the Last Dragon, and … Continue reading
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Smallville, One Way or Another
I have to admit that there was a moment early on in Superman & Lois episode 2 that I hoped they would cut to a scene of a meteor crashing through the Smallville sign with Remy Zero’s “Save Me” playing … Continue reading
Lookout!
I’m glad to say that Wednesday was a back-to-normal day. Had a good night’s sleep Tuesday night. Woke up right on time Wednesday morning for a full, non-stop day at work. I even survived missing lunch completely (that reheated pulled … Continue reading
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And then WHAM!
A few words on the continuing story of the week. I received my second Moderna dose Monday at 9:50 AM. I was fine for the rest of the day, all the way to going to bed. I had a hard … Continue reading
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Suiting Up as February Turns into March
Well, the deed is done. The shot has been got. I made my way down to the pier this morning after a few hours of work to get the second dose of the Moderna vaccine. It was a very easy … Continue reading
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Running Out of a Certain Kind of Time
Today I get the second round of the Moderna vaccine. I keep telling myself that tomorrow will be some kind of day off for me, even though I’ll be teaching regardless of how I feel (as we’ll all mostly be … Continue reading
