Recent Comments

1. about 2 hours ago on The Boondocks

   “And name me at least six songs that were created into beats that helped formulate Hip Hip!”

   Don’t you mean “Name six songs that were pirated into rap & hip hip by sampling, without the actual musicians’* permission, because rappers and hip hoppers have no creativity?”

   I have said it before and I will say it again: Rap, like punk & grunge, is predicated on the basic philosophy of “How dare you try to deprive me of my natural-born right to be a Rock Star, just because I can neither write, sing, or play?1?1?”

   And you you disparaged them for not really being who they pretend to be; thus asking if you’d like them better if they were what image they present is a quite reasonable query.

   *And before you ask: Yes, I am absolutely saying that rappers & hip hoppers are not musicians.

2. about 2 hours ago on The Boondocks

   MA in US History – concentration in US 20th Century Radical and Labor History, secondary field in Global History; research interests in development of the Constitution, Civil War, women in US Western expansion, and a convergence of gender, religious, and educational history in 19th century Illinois.

   Award-winning papers to my credit, and some college teaching.

3. about 10 hours ago on Doonesbury

   Our boys are now 47, 42, and 39; I still tell them “Shut up; it’s too soon to be telling mother that s***!”

   My mother protested hearing some of the things we told her in our 60s – her 80s.

4. about 17 hours ago on Daddy's Home

   You haven’t heard me……..

5. about 17 hours ago on Doonesbury

   I could not tell you how many parents I’ve heard say “My child tells me everything”.

   I can tell you exactly how many of them were right……..

6. about 17 hours ago on Daddy's Home

   Depends on how loosely you want to define “play”; for 45 years, I have been The World’s Worst Guitar Player.

   But I did play nose flute in a jug band in the late ’70s.

7. about 18 hours ago on Bloom County

   Fun fact: cockroaches are not nearly as big a health threat as houseflies.

8. 1 day ago on The Argyle Sweater

   What’s the difference between a violin & a fiddle? Beer stains.

   What’s the difference between a violin & a fiddle? One has strings, the other has strangs.

   What’s the difference between a violin & a fiddle? When you’re buying it, it’s a fiddle; when you’re selling it, it’s a violin.

   What’s the difference between a violin & a fiddle? Neither one’s a guitar, so who gives a crap?

9. 1 day ago on The Argyle Sweater

   A cruciverbalist; it can mean either one who makes (not me) or one is fanatic about working (me) crossword puzzles.

10. 1 day ago on FoxTrot Classics

    It’s not really a leisure suit unless you wear it with the Full Cleveland (white tie, belt, and shoes).