Ballard Street by Jerry Van Amerongen for July 09, 2023

Patrick seems to have discovered my room

Patrick will find out what chaos really is when Doris discovers that he made drapes for his office out of her favorite dress.

Soon to be visited by his boss with a pink slip.

Chaos is notoriously unstable.

The best-laid schemes o’ in-out boxes an’ men. Gang aft agley.

Theory, heck. Ballard Street is the home of chaos.

Don’t let the secretary touch your desk

Days earlier in China, a butterfly flapped its wings.

Patrick and chaos are well acquainted. You might say, “good friends”. His boss is less understanding, but knows Patrick’s job is being shipped overseas in a few months, so it doesn’t really matter all that much.

Myrtle! Get in here and help me clean up this mess…..stat!

His “In” just went “Out”…

Save that glue, Patrick, you’re gonna need it!

His Mandelbrot just wouldn’t Set still… 益

No need to panic: Chaos visits Patrick all the time. In many ways it’s what his life is all about – constantly trying to bring some order into his world. This is probably also true for many of us.

Thought it was spelled KAOS . The International Organization of Evil .

I’ve had visits like that. In my house, it’s called cats and kittens.

Theory of Chaos: if anything can go wrong it will happen to Patrick.

Good morning, Ballardears!

This is why Patrick has to pay top dollar for a secretary, he get almost daily visits from that theory.

The chaos is Patrick………..

“Fact of Chaos”. As soon as you let your guard down, entropy wins.

Good morning Balladeers!

Patrick surmises Gravity — and The Tricky World of the Vertical — is responsible.

Just wait until Patrick goes paperless.

Sorry Patrick, some the chaos must have escaped from my house, when I straightened out that shelf earlier today.