Phoebe and Her Unicorn by Dana Simpson for July 26, 2024

My thoughts are a niche market, and you don’t strike me as the right kind of audience.

Is “being all like” the same as “thinking”?

How thoughtless of her!

I cannot turn off my mental talk-talk-talk. At least not without resorting to meditation and even then only for pretty brief moments. My son, though, when in grade school, seemed to be able to do it for hours at a time (mostly while in school of course). I actually confronted him one time while he was standing in his room just staring: “What are you thinking about?” … “Nothing”… “Really? Nothing at all? Not thinking about supper or a friend or Legos?”… “Nope. Nothing”. This was before the onset of full-blown puberty, so I took it to be the actual truth. Amazing.

“I’ll live.”

Phoebe can live with that. Or rather, live without that.

That’s OK Marigold!

Must be an interesting bush!

No hay for Phoebe. She can ruminate, but that doesn’t make her a ruminant.

Sure, but, take the cash equivalent.

It reminds me of one of my favorite Kliban cartoons. It shows a cat staring at the corner of a wall and the thought bubble showing what that cat is thinking of is the corner of the wall.

A bush without Lord Splendid Humility is kinda boring.

Eat the artisanal hay with milk and strawberries for breakfast.