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1. about 14 hours ago on The Born Loser

   Score one point for Brutus!

2. 4 days ago on Herb and Jamaal

   You’ll get a piece of toast I’ll never eat.

   The fight for dominance by the respective sides of the toast-cat — toast versus feet — would cause it to rotate as it falls. (Keep it in midair and you might have the basis for a perpetual motion machine.) But eventually gravity would pull it down, and random chance would determine what hits the ground: toast, feet or side of cat.

   One thing is certain — by the time the experiment is over, the cat will be toast.

3. 4 days ago on The Flying McCoys

   Random musings:

   He’s taunting the tree, but he had to do the work of raking up all those leaves.

   I hope that wasn’t a toupee at all, just nature getting back at him.

   The tree could also be thinking, “Ha! I get a full season to rest, and then my leaves will grow back!”

4. 4 days ago on Cornered

   (1) One of the less-than-bright people in my company’s payroll department sends out emails to let us know if an upcoming holiday will throw off the processing schedule, so we have to get time sheets in a little earlier than usual. And she always refers to these notices as a “friendly reminder.” Makes me cringe every time I see one of her emails.

   (2) Well, students have to learn somewhere. And since he said it was a hospital, I assume the patient is there voluntarily.

5. 4 days ago on The Born Loser

   They need a two-minute warning to know when the work day is winding up? So Veeblefester doesn’t allow clocks, watches or other time-keeping devices on the premises? Well, actually, that isn’t a total surprise, is it?

6. 4 days ago on Betty

   There are some workarounds to minimize the annoyance of commercials. My wife records movies from On Demand and fast forwards past the commercials. I often work at my computer while watching cable on my second monitor. It’s easier to ignore the commercials, or if a really annoying one comes on, I hit the mute button on my keyboard until it’s over. But I miss the good old days, 35 years ago, when I first got cable and discovered the remarkable array of commercial-free offerings on non-premium channels like AMC. Used to be one of my favorite channels. No longer.

   The worst offender for commercial deluge is TVLand. Their morning reruns of M*A*S*H are shown in a 35-minute time slot, plus they cut little snippets out of each episode in order to cram even more commercials in. Disgusting.

   But my favorite method to avoid commercials is to create my own streaming service. I do this by treasure hunting for favorite movies or TV shows on DVD at thrift stores, where they can be found at bargain basement prices. They also come with a lot of fascinating special features and background information that you won’t find on streaming services. And I kill two birds with one stone, making my way through them a little at a time, while riding my exercise bike for about half an hour a day.

7. 4 days ago on Aunty Acid

   Five-story apartment building of more than 30 apartments. Four regular size washers and dryers in the basement, which frequently operate inefficiently or breakdown. Neighbors who don’t promptly remove their clothing from the machines. All that can add up to a lot more work than you might imagine.

8. 4 days ago on Agnes

   Nobody can say Agnes doesn’t plan ahead.

9. 4 days ago on Mutt & Jeff

   He’s lucky the guy didn’t button his lip.

10. 4 days ago on Zack Hill

    Careful, Zack. DC went to court against Captain Marvel for a lot less imitation than that — and won.