Cartoon Saturday

Once more unto the breach, dear friends* ...

At least 17 people are dead and dozens still unaccounted for in the wake of a huge landslide in Washington state; tensions remain high in Ukraine in the wake of Russia's seizure of the Crimea; David Samson, chairman of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, resigned on Friday as the latest casualty in the growing "Bridgegate" scandal that has enveloped New Jersey governor Chris Christie; nine Air Force commanders at a base in Montana were fired in the wake of a scandal involving systemic cheating on tests by nuclear missile officers; and a man suspected of killing a young mother and her two year-old son in 2010 was arrested in Nicaragua one day after he was named to the FBI's Ten Most Wanted list.

March came in like a lion ... stayed like a lion ... and forget the lambs, it's going out like an ocelot. Good thing we've had the cartoons to keep us sane.

This week's theme collection of cartoons deals with one of my favorite topics - books and reading. Let's get to them ...

What horror stories do you suppose books tell around the campfire? ...

I suppose it's a consolation of sorts ...

The dawn of problems with lending your books ...

Backing up your data ... one way or another ... is always a good idea ...

Today's children grow up with a very different concept of "books" ...

Turning to other cartoons, I could use a few mental health days, too. And I should probably keep one of those nice canvas jackets at the office ...

It's a good idea to be careful when you're scheduling meetings ...

 An obvious joke, but I've never seen it as a cartoon before** ...

There are things the real estate agent never seems to remember to mention when he's showing you the properties ...

Finally for this week, thinking for oneself is not always encouraged nowadays. Unfortunately ...

And there you have it: the last edition of Cartoon Saturday for March of 2014. It's going to be a rainy weekend here in NoVa, so my yard will remain untended and my garden unplanted for yet another week. Oh, well ... there's still laundry to be done and indoor spring cleaning to be started. Assuming, of course, that Spring is actually here. We'll see.

Have a good day and a great weekend. More thoughts tomorrow.

Bilbo

* Sorry, Henry V.

** One of my coworkers uses a great expression to refer to mindless agreement with dumb ideas: "Doin' the drinking duck."