The Born Loser by Art and Chip Sansom for June 08, 2022

You can always write: “Saved ink in my pen”.

I thought you had the weekends off.

That’s why I never bothered with a journal, either.

Anybody else would just quit since it made no sense to keep bothering with it.

Lucky you. You could have gone for a colonoscopy instead.

Brutus, just make things up and leave it where Mother Gargoyle will find it and read it!!! That should “make her day!!!”

/SHMIRK/

When things were going on in my life, it made a kind of sense. But now that I’m retired, it’s enough to just snark on the occasional comic strip.

Whoa, Brutus, dial back the excitement a little.

Another day in Paradise, Brutus.

So… we can expect tomorrow’s cartoon to look much the same as today’s?

And it only took him an hour to come up with “Ditto”

Add detail!

May 30: went to the cemetery with Uncle Ted

June 2: forgot to pick up milk

Jun 5: joined Uncle Ted for an in-home movie experience

June 6: put gas in car

June 7: chatted with Uncle Ted

It’s a good thing Chip keeps a visual diary for you.

Ditto

that was the second last journal entry i made in 2004, the very last one said “I will update this as soon as anything happens in my life.” I’m still hoping i will make a new entry someday.

maybe the book could transform into a Pokémon and take shape of you so it could do your stuff for you. ;)

January 4th my father passed away… :(

One of my sisters has been writing in a journal nightly for years. Is she hoping someday someone will read all those “books” ? I certainly don’t want anyone knowing my daily thoughts.

If your life is boring, it’s your choice Brutus.

Yes, there are the boring, mundane things. But each sunrise is differnt, each sunset, interesting things happen all around you every day. Use the journal to notice them.

sometimes he gets to add “showered” before “went to work”…

You gotta get a life, Brutus. Even going to the fitness gym to work out, you find people to chat with.

Lives aren’t that exciting for most of us. Join the club Brutus. If we do something outstanding or just live an exemplary life, people WILL notice. Let them write their books about you or in your case Brutus, assuming you are a Catholic, canonize you as a Saint. Saint Brutus, that IS catchy…..

Maybe he should try creative writing for a change.

Eulogy going to be a dilly dilly. Born – Died. Lot of ditto nothing between. Amen. Don’t worry Brutus – You’re the Apple of the Lords EYE. That ain’t bad.

You sound like Sam Wheat in GHOST…

Brutus is a Dittohead? Who knew……

Brutus the last thing a Born Loser needs to do is keep a record and relive his failures. It’s sort of like self flagellation.

I characterize my own life in a similar manner…. ‘Groundhog Day’ without the suicide attempts.

K.I.S.S. principle.

Bright side – Brutus will never have writer’s block!

I went through several failed attempts at journal-keeping. I typically didn’t keep up very well with making regular entries. Those early efforts were eventually jettisoned, because I felt too self-conscious about what I’d written.

I finally started keeping a daily journal almost seven years ago. I reached a point in my life where I felt comfortable enough with myself. Whether anyone ever reads it or finds it of any interest, I can only leave to the whims of posterity. But sometimes I go back and read old entries, and manage to surprise myself.

As for our friend Brutus, he needs to realize it’s a journal, not a date book. Then he needs to start stretching himself a little, creatively. What happened at work — share a good joke with a coworker at the water cooler? Ate dinner — was Mother Gargle there, and were the zingers flying around as freely as the food? And what about Wilberforce? Life is never boring with a kid around.

Get to work, Brutus.

He didn’t even get the day off for Memorial Day?