Recent Comments

1. about 1 year ago on Mike du Jour

   The “Orwell” quote belongs to Alexander Butcher, winner of the Orwell Youth Prize 2016, years 12 and 13. His essay can be found on the Orwell Foundation site.

2. over 1 year ago on Dilbert Classics

   After Adams’ recent disgusting interview where he seriously advises white people to stay away from black people, I no longer follow Dilbert.

3. almost 4 years ago on Prickly City

   That it is thought to be there is due to a common cadence in the recitation: There is almost always a pause as people recite it.

4. almost 4 years ago on Prickly City

   I’ll be a little picky here: this reading contains a common error: The comma after the word “Nation” doesn’t exist in the official version.

5. almost 5 years ago on Pickles

   This is a quote within a quote. The quote is from Lewis’s work Mere Christianity. And Lewis is actually quoting the original source: Gordon MacDonald.

6. about 5 years ago on Peanuts

   Is there anything where somebody can just read it without trying to disprove or correct?

7. over 6 years ago on Doonesbury

   The colorist could have left it a slight gray which would be accurate enough.

8. over 6 years ago on Doonesbury

   That’s why I mentioned it. Obviously BD has been away from the service too long.

9. over 6 years ago on Doonesbury

   “Colonel”?

10. about 11 years ago on B.C.

    Our town was so narrow, the dogs had to wag their tails up and down.