Cartoon Saturday

Egypt is jubilantly looking to an uncertain future in the wake of the resignation of President Hosni Mubarak; Republican representative Mike Simpson of Ohio has raised the spectre of a shutdown of the government if conservative Republicans don't get their way in budget reduction talks; an anti-terrorism court in Pakistan has issued an arrest warrant for former president Pervez Musharraf in conjunction with the assassination of former premier Benazir Bhutto; the California Supreme Court has ruled that retailers cannot ask for a customer's zip code to complete in-store credit card transactions; and a huge gas pipeline explosion in Ohio lit up the sky for 40 miles and sent flames 200 feet into the air, but caused no injuries.

Just five of the many reasons you need Cartoon Saturday at the end of another week.

Many of our old and cherished traditions are being irrevocably changed by technology ...

Would you look for this app for your smart phone at iTunes or Home Depot ... ?

Updating the classics ...

I think people all across America feel like this at this point ...

As an amateur gourmet chef of some experience, I thought this was especially funny ...

And I thought this one was, too ...

Me, most days ... just ask my daughter ... or Agnes ...

Those legal loopholes, you know ...

And finally, a cartoon that speaks directly to me after years of watching women shell out large wads of cash for very small bottles of the latest keep-you-beautiful-forever snake oil ...

Well, the weekend beckons as our temperature is expected to start a march toward the mid-50's by Monday. This means, of course, that Mother Nature is probably smiling at us while she hides another big, slushy snowball behind her back. But we can dream of warm beaches and sunshine and picnics, can't we?

Have a good day. Do the Bring-on-the-Spring Dance. More thoughts tomorrow.

Bilbo