Ballard Street by Jerry Van Amerongen for January 05, 2017

Edna doesn’t appreciate the gravity of the situation.

Gravity waves give you migraine.

He’s trying to find the dark matter, which current physics models say makes up 25% of the universes mass. No one can find it, so far.

Susan? Suzie Creamcheese? You are missed!

Hi all….

Big thanks to those who sent out the search parties…. I’m fine.

It’s not enough, I guess, that my internet has been sporadic for weeks now….

Last night there was a huge rainstorm, (which we need, in California, so I’m not complaining….)

and it knocked out all the power in my neighborhood, from not long after the turn till 8 or 9 this morning.

No computer, no internet, no comics….. eeek…. no comics!

I have a smartphone but it doesn’t get a signal in my house….

normally it’s OK cos my provider lets you call and text on Wi-Fi.

But of course, no power means no Wi-Fi…. no calls, texts… or internet.

And you don’t think I kept a corded phone, do you?

That would be way too brilliant.

All cordless….

so no calls either.

Sudoku by flashlight isn’t really a great substitute

Sigh…..

Meanwhile…. through 35 years of marriage,

Edna has always supported Gene in his hobbies and interests…

Scraped knees, ruined carpets…. that one hole in the porch ceiling …

She didn’t even leave after the swordfish thing,

or the fireworks fiasco.

But this new fascination means it takes 40 minutes to walk to the Tiki for lunch…..

and it’s only 2 blocks!

That’s plumb crazy!

Whos gravity?

Aside from the fact that Gene is built like a plumbob, he has always been “slightly out of plum” – Or as I prefer to say, He’s a bubble off !

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Life is never dull for Gene – nor for anyone around him, for that matter.

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It’s no wonder that Edna starts lunch off with a double, dirty vodka martini !

Love her reaction

Edna should just continue to gravitate her way on to the Tiki.

Though , I just simply wonder why it is that primarily the men of BS seem to be weighed down with what some would call “issues” .

Those of us so afflicted prefer to cal it “gifted”.

I think Gene should change his name to Bob. Then wewould have a Plum…. oh, forget it.

Love the woman’s face….I’d be doing the same thing….

He just won’t admit that his stumbling is due to clumsiness instead of gravitational variance.

I believe Gene Therapy is in order here…

Gene has conclusively shown that his present location is directly above the center of the Earth.

Fremont is a neighborhood in Seattle (adjoining Ballard) that claims to be the center of the universe.

Is 1872-76 HMS Challenger sailed around the world taking (among other things) gravitational readings.

I used to work for a company that manufactured and sold Gravity Meters. It happens that large pockets of oil or gas slightly reduce the gravitational pull.

Ballard Street is one of the funniest comics out there! I love it!