Cartoon Saturday

Senator Edward "Ted" Kennedy, one of the longest-serving member of the senate and the last surviving Kennedy brother, has passed away; a girl kidnapped at age 11 has been reunited with her family at age 29, after being imprisoned by her kidnapper for 18 years in sheds and tents in his back yard and forced to bear two of his children; in the spirit of high-minded and issues-oriented campaigning, a spokeswoman for New Jersey governor Jon Corzine called challenger "a complete menace to society" because of a 25-year record of driving citations; in a magnanimous gesture toward healing the divisions of the recent election, Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmedinejad is calling for prosecution of his political rivals "for challenging the legitimacy of his electoral victory and tarnishing the image of the state"; and the Washington Redskins lost a preseason game to the New England Patriots 27-24.

Yep. You need Cartoon Saturday as much now as you ever have.

There's an old joke that John probably remembers about little Johnny's description to his parents about what he learned in Sunday school...the punch line is, "Well, if I told you what he told us, you'd never believe it!" You have to believe that someday, some child will come up with this as an alternative punch line to a variation of that classic joke...

If you're a man, life is good: you only need three pairs of shoes - black, brown, and sneakers. If you're a woman, you can't have enough shoes, and they have to be carefully coordinated with everything else you're wearing. Of course, you can go a bit overboard...

For another take on the same general topic, we have...
And if those activities should go awry, the perpetrators could end up here...

Dining in sidewalk cafes can be fun and romantic. Of course, it does have its drawbacks...

It can be difficult for police officers, always seeing the uglier side of humanity ... or can you say, "violinity?"

And an extra bonus cartoon for this week, because it's been such a long and ugly one. I loved this cartoon just for its wonderful twist on the cliched sports activity...

Agnes and I are headed to Wolf Trap tonight to see the movie "The Two Towers" on a huge HD screen, accompanied by a live orchestra. We've never seen a show like this before, and we're looking forward to it. I'm particularly looking forward to the hopeful realization that it's worth the cost of the tickets, particularly since I bought the entire Lord of the Rings movie trilogy for less than the cost of said tickets. Wish me luck.

Have a good day. More thoughts tomorrow.

Bilbo