Ballard Street by Jerry Van Amerongen for April 18, 2015

Scooter has a future as an official scorer at baseball games.

Scooters hoping for a break soon.

Scooter is a menace to pedestrians….

“I’m so happy they finally repaired the sidewalk.”

“maybe I can dig up another section”

He’s looking for fresh concrete…

Yes…. penmanship, ice cream portraits, playing with delicate mechanisms…Scooter has far better small muscle control than most dogs…

But as you can see by the water balloons and the “trip” count, he loves to witness and mock human clumsiness…

He is NOT an easy dog to deal with:

Anyway, I’ve had an exhausting few days…

I’ve tried to thank everybody who gave me such a wonderful time on Thursday’s strip…if I missed you, I truly apologise….

Shika… your comments at the very end didn’t show up on my computer when I refreshed for the last time before bed…. and I didn’t see them till today….but thank you so much!

And Brian…. I appreciate the thought….not everyone makes cards or does fancy stuff on the computer…I love what some can do…and it feels great that they spend that time and create those things for me…

but please never forget that the good wishes are truly what matters, with or without frills and furbelows.

Trippy…

Good morning all Ballardears. Nice sunny morning. I’m off to breakfast. Have a great day everyone. :) Peace.

I always thought that dog was keeping score!!

Scooter keeps score of tripping pedestrians. I think he would balk at a trippy cat! LOL Wild, man!

Hi bev. I like descriptive pet bowls.

Susan, I am glad I got to post on your birthday. I have been absent a lot!

Hi Bev! Hi Shika!

There are still a few leftovers from Thursday night in the Tiki fridge …if the Monkey hasn’t eaten them all.

Would you like some birthday cake?

Keeping score on Ballard St. is what Ballard St. is all about!

Good ‘sundae’ morning to all of you BS’rs out there today. StelBel,you posted a funny 1 panel,suprise,today. Tooting his own horn,by Mr Amerongen. Watch for a swinging handbag. Duck. :) Peace.

Came across this in my travels from Calvin and Hobbes yesterday:

Hobbes GoComics PRO Member said, 1 day ago

To all Calvin and Hobbes readers:

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I am concerned that GoComics is struggling financially, and I would like to encourage all of you to consider upgrading to a GoComics Pro membership, for 99 cents a month, if you can afford it. It is a real bargain.

By purchasing a Pro membership, you will no longer have to view the pop-up ads on GoComics, and you will receive several other benefits. For a list of the Pro benefits, please click on the link below. To upgrade to a Pro membership, click on the link below and then scroll down to click on “Upgrade Now.”

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I would also like to encourage everyone to visit the GoComics archives frequently. Every time you click on a GoComics page, or return to your current GoComics page, or refresh a page, or click on an ad, you are helping GoComics to obtain more advertising revenue.

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I will go along with that sentiment, been a PRO since I started here in 2008. WELL WORTH THE INVESTMENT! 99 cents a month! Can’t beat that! And even if they raise the price, it wouldn’t be by much, and it would still be worth it.

Oh! Tripping!