2008happynewyear1024

TexTech Free

First off, my screen name. I am a Texan working in a technical field. I did NOT attend Texas Tech. I went to a real university in Texas. Born and grew up in Houston, then spent about 24 years in Austin, back to Houston, and then in Indiana, first time to live outside of Texas. Back to Austin ten years and now 26 months (as of late August, 2021) in Miami, FL. Work keeps me moving around. I am now on my way to North Carolina. While only living in three states, I have passed through or visited 35-40 of the lower 48 states. I have missed the Big Sky country (Dakotas, Wyoming, Montana) and upper New England states. As should be obvious from my comments, I am a yellow dog Democrat with views on social justice based on the teachings of all the great religious teachers. I love music of most types. Not opera. I can tolerate some C&W. Have heard very little rap I can tolerate. My music is traditional Blues and 60s-70s rock. Also like classical and easy listening.

Comics I Follow

For Better or For Worse

For Better or For Worse

By Lynn Johnston
Luann

Luann

By Greg Evans and Karen Evans
Tank McNamara

Tank McNamara

By Bill Hinds
Garfield

Garfield

By Jim Davis
B.C.

B.C.

By Mastroianni and Hart
Wizard of Id

Wizard of Id

By Parker and Hart
The Boondocks

The Boondocks

By Aaron McGruder
Shoe

Shoe

By Gary Brookins and Susie MacNelly
Doonesbury

Doonesbury

By Garry Trudeau
Non Sequitur

Non Sequitur

By Wiley Miller

Recent Comments

  1. 29 minutes ago on Garfield

    Maybe it is something besides the lips. Something we cannot discuss in a family comic strip.

  2. about 21 hours ago on Tank McNamara

    I’m not sure the standard balance beam would be able to hold Tank. Might need some kind of reinforced model.

  3. 2 days ago on Wizard of Id

    Lived in Miami-Dade for two years and managed to avoid any storms. Got the heck outta town before the next big one blew through.

  4. 2 days ago on For Better or For Worse

    I’m not so sure this is about health. It may have more to do with simply looking good. Vanity knows no age limit.

  5. 3 days ago on Tank McNamara

    From what I have read from people who study these things (and not just something I heard), our economy is headed for a big deep slide in the next 20-30 years simply because of a lack of workers. Our birthrate is not keeping up with our industrial and business growth. So what is the solution? The same one they used in the early 20th Century when they admitted lots of Irish and Italian immigrants into this country. It is immigration that will save our economy unless stupid people stand in the way of it because these folks aren’t Americans. Maybe you remember all of the ugly slurs we had for the Irish and Italian (among others) immigrants. Let’s not return to those bad old days.

  6. 6 days ago on Non Sequitur

    There is a great cartoon by the late Gahan Wilson. It shows a police car on a narrow curving road on the side of a mountain with a string of cars behind it. The driver of the police car says to his partner, “Let’s see what they’ll do at 15 MPH.”

  7. 6 days ago on Non Sequitur

    I hate those folks who can’t drive a steady speed. I always use cruise control on the freeway. Drives me nuts to pass one car, get passed by it five minutes later and then I pass it again five minutes after that with not change in my speed since cruise control is keeping my speed constant.

  8. 6 days ago on The Boondocks

    Hard to be a quitter when you never really start!

  9. 7 days ago on Non Sequitur

    There is far too much sad truth in that statement.

  10. 7 days ago on Non Sequitur

    The Republicans seem to need a sign that says chaos is power. At least that seems to be their current way to run things.