Category Archives: comics
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Xylariums, Razors, and Pogo Sticks
Leave a commentJuly 24, 2025 by libroshombre
The poet John Dryden wrote, “Words are but pictures of our thoughts,” and a couple of new ones – …
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Comics, Maypoles, and Book Banning
Leave a commentMarch 12, 2022 by libroshombre
Carl Sagan is certainly missed; apart from his glowing cosmological credentials and general brilliance, he was insightful while maintaining his …
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Baseball, Gags, and the Power of Three
Leave a commentMarch 12, 2022 by libroshombre
The shutdown of major league baseball made a recent New Yorker cartoon by Roz Chast poignant. Chast is a …
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Anu, Dana, and Nero
Leave a commentFebruary 5, 2018 by libroshombre
Today’s word, pneumooultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis, came to my attention from A.Word.A.Day – “the most welcome mass email in cyberspace,” according to …
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John Wayne, Harry Potter, and Oscar Wilde
Leave a commentSeptember 14, 2016 by libroshombre
John Wayne once said, “I’ve loved reading all my life,” and on that score soul mates. However, I’m especially …
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Superiority, Incongruity, and Benign Violation
Leave a commentDecember 13, 2015 by libroshombre
Many of us feel strongly about the newspaper’s daily comics. Personally, I’ve cherished the inventive diversions comic strips supplied during …
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New Books To Foist Off Alzheimer’s
Leave a commentJuly 3, 2014 by libroshombre
“The Wells Fargo wagon is a-coming” theme from “The Music Man” always resounds in the background as I drive home …
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