Cartoon Saturday

Islamic terrorists (imagine that) murdered at least 195 people in cold blood and wounded another 300 in Mumbai; a Wal-Mart worker in New York was trampled to death by crowds anxious to enter the store for "Black Friday" savings; two men shot each other to death in a toy store in California; and paragon of brotherly love and understanding Ayman al Zawahiri crawled out from under his rock in Pakistan long enough to call President-elect Obama and other blacks serving in U.S. government positions "house negroes."

Fear not! Cartoon Saturday has returned to help you regain your perspective in a crazy world.

Some of the best cartoons put a goofy twist on the things we're used to. This one is a pretty good "what if"...

Spending time in the company of a 15-month old toddler brings back memories of how life changes. Call my son and daughter for confirmation...

Yep, the economy's still in the toilet. Now we get to see if President-elect Obama and the democrats can screw it up any worse than the outgoing administration. How are you coping...?

I just finished writing the annual Christmas letters to our closest friends, including the letter to a friend I haven't seen in almost 30 years. We met in 1979 across the baggage carousel at the Montgomery, Alabama airport as we were arriving to attend the Air Force's Squadron Officers' School, and last saw each other in 1981 or so at her wedding. I wonder if we'd still recognize each other...?

You have to admire people who are good at nonverbal communication. Sometimes, anyway. If you liked the classic cartoon, "Still mad?" from many Cartoon Saturdays ago, this one should appeal to you...

And finally, it can be really hard to cope with all the bad news about the tanking economy, terrorism, crime, and other stuff that fills up 2/3 of your daily newspaper. But don't do anything rash...


Have a good day. Tomorrow, the last report on Bilbo and Agnes's Marvelous Vacation, in which we answer important questions like:

* What do you do during three days at sea?;

* Does it really cost five dollars to go to the bathroom in Zihuatanejo?; and,

* How many burly security people did it take to drag Bilbo off the ship at the end of the cruise?

See you tomorrow.

Bilbo