Cartoon Saturday

A bomb has killed a police officer at a bank in Oregon, everybody in Illinois except Governor Blagojevich thinks he should resign, Bettie Page has passed away, your tax money may soon be used to save the auto industry from its own ineptitude, and there's an acorn shortage in much of the country.

Good thing you have Cartoon Saturday to pick up your spirits.

I have to be careful which television shows Agnes is watching...

There's a great song by Erin McKeown called "Blackbirds" (from her album Distillation) that I could listen to a dozen times a day. This cartoon brought it to mind, although Ms McKeown's style isn't doo-wop...

The more I read about the crooked antics of Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich, the more I admire useful words like hubris...

The comic strip "Rhymes with Orange" is one of those that's either hysterically funny or goes right over my head. This cartoon from early this week is one that really hits the sweet spot where literary allusion, intellectual heft, and downright silliness intersect...

You all know I love to read, and that I think there's nothing quite like the feel and smell of a good book you can curl up with in front of a fire on a cold and snowy night. Of course, you can take the fun out of almost anything with enough technology...

Well, it's time to take a shower and get ready for a day of entertaining my hyperactive granddaughter so that my daughter can get some work done. There's nothing quite like an adorable 15-month old to make me feel every one of my 57 accumulated years...but the squeals of delight, the hugs and the wet, sloppy kisses, and the plop as she drops into my lap with a book that will hold her interest for three nanoseconds make it all worthwhile.

It's good to be the grandpa.

Have a good day. More thoughts tomorrow.

Bilbo