Phoebe and Her Unicorn by Dana Simpson for November 23, 2022

How about “Blondie”?

If you use his real name, but say that you’re not using his real name, Max will be the only one they don’t suspect.

Phoebe wrote a new Far Side caption.

Hmm. Whom might Dana have had in mind when she came up with Thog’s full name?

Before I retired from teaching, I taught fifth grade. I developed one of the very first elementary aged computer based writing systems. My kids wrote for a half hour (or more) every day.

When they were writing fiction or needed to change a name for privacy, I has a couple of those little books, “What shall We Name the Baby,” that you see at supermarket checkouts. For last names, they would open the phone book with their eyes shut and touch a page. The name under their finger became their character’s last name.

Or maybe he just looks at the pictures. But they’re very informative and enlightening pictures.

Suggestions1 Dakota2 Xam3 Maxine 4. Sam5. Larry6. Morton Aloisius Xzavior 7. Mr. Fleischer8. Mr. Headroom9. Zarrakk the Destroyer of worlds , Champion of Gragaknax and Juggler of poodles. 10 Raymond Luxury Yacht (pronounced ‘Throatwobbler Mangrove’)

After years of watching Ben Schwartz on Jake and Amir, I’m adept at coming up with fake names. How about… Rhombus… Fiddles… Rhombus Fiddles. A perfectly normal name.

Hey, I could also be called Glasses Human! Someone write an essay about me!

Instead of Max, call him Min?

Or Joe, the completely regular guy who’s friends with an electric dragon?

That sounds like something that Calvin would write.

How about “a human with fancy digits, who is indistinguishable from any other human”?

I wonder if I wore glasses would Phoebe write about me? [sic]