Breaking Cat News by Georgia Dunn for November 25, 2018

I keep my hair short because it’s a pain to handle when it’s long. I also don’t bother with bangs and just leave them the same length as the rest. I must admit to being impressed by long-haired people being able to take care of theirs!

I’m convinced mine just has a mind of its own. Even the part doesn’t want to cooperate.

You look fabulous!

I still have long hair, but it has thinned with age to the point that it is a piece of cake to wash, dry and brush. An advantage, I guess.

Now to lure The Man to “the love shack”..

[Groucho eyebrow waggle]

I’m too grumpy to style my hair anymore! I keep it short, if it takes me longer than 3 minutes to dry it I need a haircut. I used to have it long and I would blow dry and style it every morning before work. I kept it long so it could be styled around my veil. When we went to Germany I got it cut short because I had no idea who would cut it for me over there. I had a Dorothy Hamill for years but that is the only style I ever copied. In the morning I’m like the seven dwarfs. Sleepy, Dopey, Grumpy…

“Frivolous thing like brushing her hair!” Ha!

Gotta love all the charts!

I decided to have my long hair cut to shoulder length this year. Now I don’t have to put it up every night to avoid pulling it in my sleep. More astoundingly, the hairdo that is getting complimented by friends and family comes courtesy of my hubby – channeling his inner hair stylist! xD

At 36 she look’s like she oughta be some little kid from the turn of the last century to at least the ’40s with an all day sucker.

Georgia continues to make Pucky cuter and cuter as he is seen in the last panel. Such cuteness.

The B-52’s! Your hairstyle is Da Bomb! Now for dinner, prepare Rock Lobster.

Let it fly in the breeze

And get caught in the trees

Give a home to the fleas in my hair

A home for fleas

A hive for bees

A nest for birds

There ain’t no words

For the beauty, the splendor, the wonder

Of my…Hair, hair, hair, hair, hair, hair, hair

There was nothing wrong with it the way it was.

(As every husband has thought, if not said, at some time or another.)

The Woman looks like a famous fashion model! I’m very impressed.

Back in my thirties, I used to go to a special, long-hair-only salon in NYC, where my butt-length hair was considered nothing special (Crystal Gayle, with her floor-length hair, was a client). To say hair was a religion there was an understatement. It was fabulous until I started going grey at 35, so I decided to cut my hair so as to make coloring it easier. Even decades later, part of me misses those days.

Kinda looks like she’s rockin’ the 70’s stewardess look. (Wait… didn’t I see you in “Our Man Flint?”)

As a rule, a Maine Coon is not a threatening cat- at least to a human. People know these cats as being very even-tempered and distinctly lovable. An average ally cat… well, even a large alley cat, would have entirely different point of view (an effect that did not escape the eye of his former employer, Mr Nibbles). Max was by no means a bully, but he knew how to use his assets to get what he wanted. Intimidation was natural- he just had the type of presence that made other cats acquiesce. And in all honesty, he really preferred to “use sugar” rather than vinegar. But he was well aware that the path ahead would not be that simple, nor that easy. Yes, he was going to be engaging other cats, unknown cats- and he would be on their turf. But that was part and parcel to the job, and another cat- even multiple cats- had never been a challenge to Max. It was the unknown factor that he was concerned with. Should it be needed, he may actually have to go up against a dog. And if so, this would not be like that loudmouth Labrador back home. These were fighting dogs. They did nothing else. “We’ll just have to see how good Megan’s power of persuasion really is…”

“OMC Yas” is right! I love all of the woman’s different looks!

Myself, I have a new puppy, so I’m sporting the “unbrushed” look as well. Maybe I can style my hair in two years, when he’s grown up a bit!

What’s all the buzz about… Oh wait!

The boys know their furstyles.

LOL! I know exactly how the Woman feels. I’ve tried to give myself bangs every now and then when I feel like I can’t stand my look and I need a change, but every time I’ve done I instantly regret it. It just doesn’t work for my face. (sigh) I have curly hair but it’s messy curly and I’ve pondered perming it to get that curls contained within chaos look. That’s what I call it, haha!

Gotta agree with Elvis – some men can wear mustaches and some women can wear bangs but not everybody. Yeesh.

Maybe a beehive like Mary Huff’s (bass player for Southern Culture on the Skids)

Puck how many stylists have stood over their clients in the chair at the salon and thought those very words – it’s a bold look she’ll regret immediately. And then I’ll have to fix it.

According to the “fun colors” chart (Pucky Toe beans!), the Woman had green hair as a new mom. Why don’t I remember the Woman with green hair?

The Woman is rocking that hive! Heck yeah.

Well, folks, looks like we have a hairy situation here.

Don’t let Puck get his paws on the Woman’s hair dye.

I’m 22 years old. This frivolous things like brushing my hair are in the past already

You know… it’s nearly Georgia’s birthday! I wish I could remember the exact date of it, but I know it’s at the end of November because I’m only a few days older than she—my birthday was November 16, 1981 and she was also born in ‘81 and I remember a few years ago she mentioned what her birthday was and I thought it interesting because she just missed being a Scorpio by a hair! She’s a Sagittarius and it makes a lot of sense because they are extroverts, optimistic and enthusiastic, and like change whereas Scorpios, like me, tend to be moody and introverted. :-)

Who wouldn’t want a moustache on her forehead?!!!

I want it long, straight, curly, fuzzySnaggy, shaggy, ratty, mattyOily, greasy, fleecy, shiningGleaming, streaming, flaxen, waxenKnotted, polka dotted, twisted, beaded, braidedPowdered, flowered and confettiedBangled, tangled, spangled and sphagettied

(©Andrew Lloyd-Webber {??})

Just as long as she doesn’t start singing Love Shack.

Was Lupin’s side part just a gratitude feast thing?

If you were going to Beehive, koi ought to have dyed it blue first.

I retired and cut my hair. It takes me about 2 minutes to dry it, if I want to take the time. However, I think my cats don’t like it as they would sit on the counter and play with my hairties and brushes while I dried.

Good morning and happy bunday, orbsters and orbabies. My hair is shoulder length (bangs have long since disappeared into the general mass) and am searching for a style to wear to mother-in-law’s wedding in early January. I don’t want to wear it loose because sister-in-law and I will be decorating the hall in early afternoon before we get gussied up. I am thinking of a French braid with a bun at the bottom, but I have seen a lot of interesting styles on the internet. But, I can’t spend too much time at the hairdresser’s because I have to whip Paul into presentability for the wedding (he’s a track pants and t-shirt guy and bitterly resents being forced into anything else). Oh well, I’ll figure something out.

Love this one, and it’s #5 today! Heck YEAH!!!

On the crawl….Werk???

I love that Georgia has an existential fashion argument with herself through the strip. Each part of her thought process is taken up by one of the Boys.

Thank the Universe for Ms. Dunn. After my family, her strip is one of my favorite things.

Yes indeed, bangs are not for everybody. I hate them. My Momma loves them. But wasn’t allowed to wear them as a child. So guess what I wore until I was old enough to fight back. To this day, Momma is still trying to get me to wear them.

The boys seem a lot better informed about this than they were when the Man cut off his tail.

I like the beehive better, but that’s just me

“It’s a bold look she’ll immediately regret” should be on a poster in every hair salon in the world (full disclosure: I only go to my hair stylist (god bless her for putting up with me) when I absolutely have to…she carefully, professionally and with great love styles my long hair and bangs (without bangs, my forehead is approximately the size of Montana), puts in some highlights and lowlights, and then lets me slide out of the chair 1/2 way through the blow-dry because that’s about as long as I can handle someone working on my hair)…cut my hair once to shoulder-length for “something different” and did, indeed, immediately regret it!

I wanted bangs as a child but my mom would not allow me to have them, stating that my “forehead is too low”. Not sure what her reasoning was, as my forehead is and always was quite high enough. She finally relented when I was about 12. Wore them for several years until fashion changed, then went back to them in the 80s and kept them with my long straight hair until a year ago when I grew frustrated that nobody seemed to be able to cut my baby fine hair evenly. I let them grow out enough to get a “fresh start”, then got out my barber shears, sectioned the hair evenly and combed it down over my face. And then stopped in my tracks because the hair has thinned to the point that there’s not enough for decent bangs. According to the dermatologist, the stresses of the last two years are probably at least part of the cause, and it “may” come back eventually. So I am unhappily bangless and mom is probably clapping with joy wherever she is. ; ) The only advantage is without bangs I can shampoo less often—so keep that in mind, Woman and all other exhausted moms!

I like when a woman’s hair can fall in front of her face. To “brush your hair back from your eyes” is a wonderful moment.

The ladies are free to do what they want with their hair. I just know I love a woman with long hair, the thicker the better.

“A messy bun for bees” =?= a honey bun?

For six years now, I have shaved my head. What I had was thinning and turning white and grey. The look has apparently shaved some years off of me, too, as most people I encounter seem to think I’m in my 50s, instead of my mid-60s.

The B-52’s reference in the last panel is on target. http://instereo007.tumblr.com/post/85828007206/b-52s-kate-pierson

If I didn’t know better, I’d swear the Woman was a contemporary of my mom, particularly with the high-school hairstyle.

As for me, I’m an Army brat (sort of … my dad was in the National Guard) so I default to something that isn’t quite a buzz cut, but isn’t a whole lot longer, either. (The last time I got an actual buzz cut was as a show of support for my SIL who was undergoing chemo at the time. This was when I learned I have developed a prominent widow’s peak.)

Good look.

Well, this is timely…. I have an appointment with a stylist in a few weeks and, yes, I’m considering bangs… and possibly going as short as just-below-shoulders. I haven’t had it that short since second grade when my mother cut my long hair up to my jaw (I still haven’t forgiven her for that….).

. . . Newton Update! Sorry, for the delay. Pictures of Newton were posted yesterday and a video, the day before. Regretfully, they were really too dark to share. Here is one of them, that I “tweaked” to make it lighter, so that you can see more of Newton at home. I also “trimmed the noise”. I have shared it on fb, so that BCN and Newton’s “staff” are aware of my actions. “So far, so good.” FYI, if anyone cares, I’m doing better. lol! :) https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10213097519092978&set=p.10213097519092978&type=3&theater

“Is that you Mo-Dean?”

Love the news ticker under Panel 3. Kate Pierson! I love you!! :)

High school in the early 70’s. Hair so long I was able to grow it long enough to sit on, one year after my Dad told me his Mom, my beloved Grandma, had hair long enough to sit on. Kept it that way for 20 years, then found out the weight of it was pulling my neck out of whack. Been shoulder-length ever since. Which is another 20+ years ago now…flies time when you’re fun having.

For a couple of years after my neck fusion, I wore my hair collar length in the back to cover the scar. This earned me condemnation to hell when a street preacher visited the University of Rhode Island campus and quoted 1 Corinthians 11:14 at me. Asked him what Paul said about covering up a surgical scar due to a medical condition and was told that the need for the surgery was a consequence of my rebellion against God.

And that’s the story of how it took four people to physically drag me away to keep me from assaulting an able-bodied man a foot and a half taller than me.

I love how happy she is with the result!

As someone who is yet again growing out ill-advised bangs, I’m going to get a print of today’s comic and hang it next to my bathroom mirror. “It’s a bold look she’ll immediately regret” “Like a mustache for your forehead” – LOL!!!

Georgia posted photos of her real life hairdos and hair colors on her Instagram. It’s a slide show, so be sure to click the arrow to see all.

https://www.instagram.com/p/Bqno0QdFCR4/

When I was not quite 2 I fell and got half inch horizontal scar right in the middle of my forehead. My mother insisted that I wear bangs to “cover up that ugly scar!” Then she wanted my hair short in a pixie cut because it took too long to take care of long. When I was about 10 my cousin showed me how to cut my own hair and I refused to let my mother come near me with scissors again. My hair now is halfway down my back, fine, ultra straight, and just going silver-gray in the front so it looks like I have platinum blond highlights in dark blonde. Every few months I go to the local beauty college and let one of the students trim the split ends. Other than that, I just brush it in the mornings and if I want something fancy, my oldest daughter does incredible braids.

As a child, my mother didn’t want the hassle of dealing with long hair, so I had short hair up until I could start taking care of it myself. My hair goes just a little past the top of my shoulders. As much as I would love longer hair, I can’t stand when I’m stilling and I have to pull my hair out of the way or else start pulling on it. Kind of hard to explain, but those with long hair understands.

Georgia, you’ve already got a shade of red that most people would kill for…

Puck is such a fashionista!

I’m loving that “High School” was basically Rogue from “X-Men: Evolution.”

B52’s meets Far Side…LOL