Phoebe and Her Unicorn by Dana Simpson for March 13, 2022

Your “thing” is that you’re (kind of) a gender-flipped Calvin.

Holey hats, Phoebe!

She’s a relatable everyman. Or, every-girl, as the case may be.

And a hat that really says that is a red beanie.

“Remember that girl with that unicorn?”

You’ve gotta stop wearing those hats Mari, they let the rain in!

“What’s my ‘thing’?”

(suggestions an answer to this question in this cartoon)

A being (or creature) who could be very expressive.

Well, it’s a raspberry beret. Somebody wrote a song about that!

You’re the main character of this story. Unless you smell like feet in “real” life; then that can be your thing.

To sum up complexity in a simple way, you can’t improve on Walt Whitman:

Do I contradict myself? Very well then I contradict myself. (I am large, I contain multitudes.)

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“arrogant”? Maybe narcissistic…

Saw the hat thing coming as soon as I saw her wearing it. I’ve always felt I was off the charts, a triangular peg in a world of square or round holes — and I always score somewhere out in left field on aptitude and personality tests. I usually hate that kind of test because I often don’t care for any of the optional answers for a question.

She does look cute in that hat, but it’ll be warm in summer.