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1. 4 days ago on Cul de Sac

   Yeah, the few times we had the sugar cereals, my dad tried to get us to cut the sugar by mixing half Product 19 with the sweet stuff. Way to ruin good cereal.

2. 5 days ago on Tom the Dancing Bug

   That I can believe.

3. 5 days ago on Tom the Dancing Bug

   I’m so sorry for the loss of your son.

4. 5 days ago on Tom the Dancing Bug

   I think of that often, after growing up hearing about the sacrifices my own family made during WWII, not to mention finding ration books that belonged to my dad’s family while he was still in HS.

5. 5 days ago on Lio

   Can confirm. I know Mark Tatulli’s elementary school art teacher. Glad I’m not the only one who immediately thought of the long-gone Fox.

6. 9 days ago on Peanuts

   “If the U.S. had just replaced the old system rather than converting back and forth, it would have caught on long ago.” This is the truth!!

7. 9 days ago on Non Sequitur

   I wholeheartedly agree that language changes over time. I’m still going to teach standard English – or would, if I wasn’t retired.

8. 10 days ago on Peanuts Begins

   It looks like Schulz is already printing actual compositions when Schroeder is playing in panel one. Anyone more knowledgable than I in piano literature recognize what he’s playing?

9. 10 days ago on Pearls Before Swine

   Here’s the sneaky problem with “Made in the USA:” It can be made by a foreign company that cuts corners (e.g., paying pennies for piecework), but as long as it’s in a US territory, they can use that label. When I see “Union Made,” especially in the USA, I will be happy.

10. 10 days ago on Non Sequitur

    Not if I’m your teacher, it isn’t.