Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for May 12, 2022

Knock, knock

Who’s there?

Not opportunity

which book, Hobbes? any of Calvin’s comic books?

Calvin talks a good game but i not so good at executing it

Anytime now

Amateur’s mistake. People go through life expecting something epic to come to you when it’s you who should be searching for it.

Epic.

If an apple falls on Calvin’s head, maybe he’ll discover gravity.

I wanna survive a plane crash into an actively erupting volcano. Then I want to retire to Dayton Ohio.

There. That’s my life’s ambition.

Opportunity is an endless chase that most people never catch.

I prefer to sit and have a beer while I wait for opportunity to find me

Lots of us waiting.

In crisis there is opportunity, right now, plenty for us all to be getting on with.

He has the right approach. Harms no one as well.

Any minute now, my ship is coming in / I’ll keep checking the horizon / …I’ll stand on the bow / I already have a plan / I’m waiting for my real life to begin. – Colin Hay

Life is what happens while you’re making other plans. John Lennon.

Or….Man Plans, God Laughs. Terry Taylor.

Buy a lottery ticket first, then wait.

The biggest opportunities I ever got came when I needed to pay the biggest bills I ever ran up. Funny how buying a house or a new car can shine a light on jobs that pay more.

good, now it knows where not to look. ;)

Oh, to sit in the shade on a summers day, with my best pal next to me.

“Initiative comes to thems who wait” – Alex, A Clockwork orange

Nothing good ever happened to me until I went out and started doing things.

Then, things started to happen. Opportunity doesn’t knock, you have to.

What Bill Waterson depicted as ridiculous entitlement 30 years ago has become today’s expectation.

Wrestling the issues got harder since they joined the MMA and belong to the unlimited weight class

opportunity never knocked for me… it just rang the doorbell and ran away

Gov. Abbot had opportunity hit him under a tree. It may be unfortunate for others it did not take him out.

That’s right, Hobbs. “Sure it’s coming, Calvin. But I ain’t holding my breath!”

Bill Watterson really fell off

Getting to the age now where I probably wouldn’t hear it knocking or couldn’t get to the door fast enough. Guess I will have to be satisfied with opening my eyes in the morning and greeting another day.

“And I’m gonna be ready to pounce as soon as it comeZZZZZ”

I was still thinking that way when I was much older than Calvin.

And while Calvin is sitting and waiting, his mother finally has an opportunity for some peace and quiet.

One of my own original axioms: “Don’t knock opportunity until you’ve tried it.” :)

Shortly you will emerge out of that place for your meals made by mom. Changing the world can wait for some more time.

When will bill make new comics

The world could use a little changing right now…but I think I’ll turn elsewhere.

Of course! Doesn’t everybody know that ambition and drive both look exactly like lying on the ground, blathering nonsense, with your head propped up against a tree?

As an apex predator Hobbes should understand the value of patience.

And then the internet was invented – giving everyone the opportunity to change the world.

Time to take a nap.

life your life to the fullest.

Always

“Most men live lives of quiet desperation”

If you wait long enough, your wife may show up..

Calvin, I refer you to " Career Opportunities" by the Clash.