Frog Applause by Teresa Burritt for May 11, 2011

Naughty Elmo!

I guess Elmo got his two test tickles, snerk!

This ‘revised comics site’ is a mess!

The flowers on the blog are a species tulip called ‘tarda’.

I know I’ve got “man boobs” – there’s no need to draw attention to them.

Kramer did invent the “Bro”

I posted “Make it a game” on my fridge and am almost finished packing.

I see the GoComics Overlords have been thinking again. Not sure I like the changes@Nargueritem – Thanks for the info on the tulips! They are lovely.

How many arms are there in this strip?? I think I see two on each side. Also looks like he is tickling himself. Is that known as pocket pool???

Looks like someone has come down with an acute case of avatar envy.We may not see mom around here for awhile. She liked being a Genius. But Pro? Not so much.

No genius tag anymore!

Gocomics is getting comics.com and maybe their problems too. And I don’t like the “Social bar” they have added. They told me that by clicking the arrows at the right it would go away until I cleared cookies. It goes away until I go to the next toon!! Come on guys, clean this mess up!!!!

Loved the manners list. Stolen and shared on my Livejournal.

Anyone else notice the air quality looking down the Sunset Strip in the old clip?

Not only has LawGiverBob dissed you (again), GoComics doesn’t even deem FA worthy of “hi-res zoom.”

I think I’ll stroll over to The Fusco Brothers and keep clicking on it until my mouse button overheats.

I think elmo is actually into piggyback.

As often as B.I. complains about the strip it would seem that he would have to be counted as a regular reader, that is to say, part of your demographic. I see the same thing on some of the comics that have a distinct liberal political bias… The comments section rapidly fills with complaints from extreme conservatives who, apparently, only read it in order to have something to complain about. If B.I likes to complain that the comic is opaque/obscure/inaccessible, well, he’s got what he wants doesn’t he? Personally, I think I’d count him as a fan.

From The Blog, on “the speed of darkness”: I recently read a book titled The Speed of Dark by Elizabeth Moon. It’s written from the viewpoint of an autistic man who often ponders the question of whether dark is faster than light. The more important question is whether he should take an experimental treatment to cure his autism and risk becoming another person. It’s not my favorite kind of book (not much action), but Moon has an autistic son, and reading from his viewpoint and seeing how his mind works and what decision he finally arrives at is really fascinating.

Re the escaping dog on the blog:

Wow, that photo brings back memories. My dad has a poster of it that features Walt Whitman’s words, “From this hour, freedom!…Going where I want, my own master…”