Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for May 09, 2011

You need days for not thinking.

The future’s so bright… “Uh, where’s my umbrella??”

Danae makes me laugh..lol

It’s raining on Danae’s ponderings.

Contemplation leads to precipitation. I think therefore I’m damp.

Nothing like a nice wet horse blanket to dampen things.

In Li’l Abner, who had a black cloud over him all the time? I’d really like to remember, but you know how it is after your tenth disillusionment.

Lewreader —Joe Bflstyk was the little guys name

Lewreader: it was Joe Blyztzphk (i’m sure i misspelled it, but you know what i mean)

Danae’s wake up call is a storm cloud.

Lewreader, I think the name was Joe Blytzplik, but I’m not certain. I keep getting it confused with the imp that pestered Superman; Mr. Mtzyplizt. (I know both spellings are wrong, but frankly I’m not alert enough to do a search for the right ones. It requires mental calculations I’m not up to doing pre-caffeine.)

hey! future goth-slut in the making! bet she’d be a nasty one in high school…the sort of girl that only gets dates from the trench-coat boys that get beat up after football games….

It was Joe Btfsplk. And Mr. Mxyzptlk. Both were easy to find post-caffeine.

She doesn’t cry when it rains, it rains when she cries….Just like in Men In Black II………..

Yep, growing up ain’t all it’s cracked up to be, is it?

prrdh said, about 1 hour ago

It was Joe Btfsplk. And Mr. Mxyzptlk. Both were easy to find post-caffeine.

Thanks, prrdh. I had forgotten to check. :)

There is a solution to this problem - just don’t grow up.

I just have bigger toys now.

If every cloud has a silver lining, why isn’t Danae rich? Hmm, it’s snowing here again this morning- spring, like maturity, is relative.

Joe Btfsplk constantly had a black cloud that rained on him. But his distinguishing feature was that terrible things happened to other people when he walked by.

Eh. Those carefree days can easily turn into days of debilitating ennui. I may complain about the length of my to-do list at times, but I ultimately enjoy it.

Jack Kerouac used to write about Joe Btfsplk, but he couldn’t remember the name either. He used to call him “Gloom”, that little guy with the cloud over his head. But I remember as you do, mpk39; he always seemed to rain on other people’s parade. That’s why they didn’t like to have him around.

DFOWENSBY - “goth-slut”? Wow, with that attitude, I bet you were a real babe magnet (in your own mind).

And c’mon FishStix - She has black hair. Big deal. (The blue is cartoonist’s artistic license; I keep mine framed over my drawing board.)

Personally, I don’t think anybody has a carefree childhood after they get old enough to watch the news on TV.

I grew up fast during the Cuban Missle Crisis. A whole lot of us did. (And yeah, I bet that’s one reason why some became hippies.)

In 1961, there was already an active counter culture with the beatniks taking place. The hippies really arrived as a protest to the Viet Nam war. I have the yearbooks to prove it. In 1965, most of the boys had 50s style short hair. In 1969, the majority had long hair.

I kept running, hoping that age would never catch me. Damn! I’m 61, and some people claim I’ve never grown up! And I never intend to…all the way.

Thank God for Toys R Us .

NightShade09 – So true! Never slept well again after witnessing the Cuban Missile Crisis and reading “Fail Safe,” which I think was serialized in a magazine. Hair-raising!

On the plus side, summer vacation is only one month away.

Christopher Robin she ain’t!

Danae growing up? I thought she wanted to go into politics? That’s a job that requires an immature, unrealistic outlook on reality, the total inability to admit ever being wrong, never accepting responsibility for your own actions, and never comprehending that there might be views other than your own.

D’oh! I just described myself. :P

dflak - “The only difference between men and boys is the size of their toys.” - Unknown