The Lyrids aren’t due until mid to late April but they’re expected to give us almost 20 meteors an hour. You just have to get out sometime after midnight when Lyra rises in the East.
Interesting juxtaposition – a comic strip using no words tells us much about the value of TV. While TV, of course uses lots of words. Lots and lots and lots of words. Many times, words that won’t be found in comic strips. So many lessons in here…
I like the night sky. And I live in a town that brags that it gets over 300 days of sunshine a year… but somehow, if there is a meteor shower or a comet, it is ALWAYS cloudy that night…
Panel 3 quite well sums up most of TV for us. We dropped TV part of our internet/TV package in December. Have not missed TV programs at all, and we do not stream.
hey !…the original ‘the day the earth stood still’ with michael renee is absolutely the best sci-fi flick ever…with a positive moral….and Gort too! ( klaatu barada nikto )
I thought this might have been a reference to the fact that the International Space Station was supposed to have been visible last evening appearing as a thin line of light.
tnaujack Premium Member over 3 years ago
So true, so sadly true!!
KenTheCoffinDweller over 3 years ago
Bad move of watching the “News”? Or “The Day the Earth Stood Still” or some end of world disaster movie?
kgornick Premium Member over 3 years ago
Good taste!
Da'Dad over 3 years ago
The Lyrids aren’t due until mid to late April but they’re expected to give us almost 20 meteors an hour. You just have to get out sometime after midnight when Lyra rises in the East.
nosirrom over 3 years ago
In sharing a romantic moment like this there is a good chance that not only will Orion rise. (check the star pattern in panel 4)
dsikkema over 3 years ago
Television is pure garbage… People talk about the tripe, and I am so glad I kicked that out the door. I haven’t watched TV in 10 years.
timzsixty9 over 3 years ago
Mother Nature (by the hand of GOD) puts on the best show, anyway!
akachman Premium Member over 3 years ago
Less TV, more nature. Fixes a lot of ills.
Jeffin Premium Member over 3 years ago
Nature more better.
jonesbeltone over 3 years ago
Good choice-outside again.
snootbag over 3 years ago
How about getting a telescope?
Michael G. over 3 years ago
It’s nice, but what is it trying to sell to us? :-o
david_42 over 3 years ago
We have good sunrises at this house, but never see the sunset.
V45mikky over 3 years ago
The “stars” are not shinning on TV so they went outside to see them.
Going Nuts over 3 years ago
If Andy or Raymond didn’t say it, I don’t want to hear it.
Tyge over 3 years ago
As one ages TV becomes less relevant.
Out of the Past over 3 years ago
If you have a lot of time on your hands, TV can be a comfort. Otherwise, not so much.
aeakrs over 3 years ago
That’s the way I feel every time I turn on the TV anymore. Outdoors is far more interesting especially with my dogs.
timbob2313 Premium Member over 3 years ago
300 channels and nuttin on.
bwmathews Premium Member over 3 years ago
hitting on the nose this a.m., Jimmy.
MuddyUSA Premium Member over 3 years ago
Togetherness!
Saddenedby Premium Member over 3 years ago
to intentionally misquote Marx – “TV …… is the opium of the masses”.
formathe over 3 years ago
I do not find sitting outdoors on my deck after dark in -5C weather to be enjoyable.
bobbyferrel over 3 years ago
Is this 4 seasons?
Bruce1253 over 3 years ago
Throw out your TV, there is an entire world out there full of wonder if you have eyes to see.
someotherotherguy over 3 years ago
https://genius.com/Frank-zappa-im-the-slime-lyrics
royq27 over 3 years ago
No, watching pretty much anything…
poppacapsmokeblower over 3 years ago
I like this. Life isn’t always funny, though it often seems like a joke. There are times life is a joyful moment that we participate in.
Thank you for reminding me.
Plods with ...™ over 3 years ago
Soon. Still a little chilly for stargazing
WestofthePecan Premium Member over 3 years ago
Interesting juxtaposition – a comic strip using no words tells us much about the value of TV. While TV, of course uses lots of words. Lots and lots and lots of words. Many times, words that won’t be found in comic strips. So many lessons in here…
Homerville Premium Member over 3 years ago
Light the fire pit. TV such a waste until college football.
trainnut1956 over 3 years ago
I like the night sky. And I live in a town that brags that it gets over 300 days of sunshine a year… but somehow, if there is a meteor shower or a comet, it is ALWAYS cloudy that night…
RaydarA over 3 years ago
Panel 3 quite well sums up most of TV for us. We dropped TV part of our internet/TV package in December. Have not missed TV programs at all, and we do not stream.
MCProfessor over 3 years ago
I love days like that. Minimum words maximum joy.
kennnyp over 3 years ago
hey !…the original ‘the day the earth stood still’ with michael renee is absolutely the best sci-fi flick ever…with a positive moral….and Gort too! ( klaatu barada nikto )
morningglory73 Premium Member over 3 years ago
Yes. Good choice.
JymDyer over 3 years ago
Hippies.
JoHo Premium Member over 3 years ago
Anyone notice Arlo lost his cap?
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] over 3 years ago
The Walking Dead can at times look like a pastoral cowboy show till the walking corpses show up.
WilliamDoerfler over 3 years ago
Cartoonist has gone crazy.
Back to Big Mike over 3 years ago
The perfect day.
paulcfx over 3 years ago
I thought this might have been a reference to the fact that the International Space Station was supposed to have been visible last evening appearing as a thin line of light.
Lightpainter over 3 years ago
One of my favorite drawings in panel three of Janis.
Craig Westlake over 3 years ago
Nothing made by man is as beautiful as nature…(except maybe a centerfold)…
Ukko wilko over 3 years ago
A warm, starry night beats anything on TV, every time.
jmmorris10 over 3 years ago
They are appalled at the news. (so many shootings) So they go back out to nature.
David Huie Green LoveJoyAndPeace over 3 years ago
We stayed outside last week and enjoyed watching the fireflies in the evening. I am easy to entertain.