I'm back

Been goofing off -- but this cartoon decided me I needed to get back to sharing funnies and other stuff with the world.

More on the Meaning of Life

Of course, it seemed even clearer back then, didn't it?

At last, the Meaning of Life revealed!

Wiley Miller's Non Sequitur is one of my favorite comic strips. Like Bill Watterston and Berke Breathed before him, he has a way of looking at things and cutting right through the BS -- with a sense of humor, too!

Today's strip is a fine example:

Finally made it!

I am now an officially rejected author.

Back in May, I pitched my middle-reader ghost story/hidden treasure story Haunted Hacienda to Anna Webman of Curtis Brown.

Just yesterday, Ms Webman told me in a nice letter that she needs to love something to represent it, but that she "couldn't quite find the connection" that she would have hoped for in my manuscript.

She just couldn't find the love...

Ah, well. She was too young for me, anyway.

I'm off now in search of a list of agents, among whom there must be one in whom I can engender at least a spark of like, if not love.

Suggestions welcome.

Civil Discourse

Photo courtesy DemoOkie, who didn't say where he got it:

I guess this means Brrrthrrs, too!

August 17, 2009

In Move to Appease Critics, Obama Promises to Extend Health Care Coverage to Morons

Appeal to Key Demographic

Facing opposition to his health care reform proposals, President Barack Obama has decided to reach out to a key demographic: morons.

Starting this week, Mr. Obama will host a series of town halls to roll out new features of his health care plan which will extend health care coverage to "all idiotic Americans," in the words of one White House source.

"We clearly underestimated the role that doofuses and dimwits were going to play in this debate," the source said. "We want to send them the message that this plan will give them coverage - but we need to come up with a one-syllable word for ‘coverage.'"

But critics of the President's new plan worry that extending coverage to every American who is a few bricks shy of a load could triple the size of the nation's deficit.

"The sheer number of lamebrains in the U.S. is much greater than the Administration estimates," says Davis Logsdon, who studies the demography of idiots at the University of Minnesota. "Just look at Glenn Beck's ratings."

In other news, Michael Vick said he would renounce violence and rejoin the NFL.

America begged Woodstock celebrants to keep their clothes on.

A study shows that most marriages fail because of uncontrollable time-traveling.

Apple unveiled a new iPhone app that lets you talk to people on the phone.

Steven Tyler and Aerosmith released a new single, "Walker This Way."

And former presidential candidate John Edwards said, "There are two Americas, and I have children in each of them." More here.

Keep your shirt on

Okay, so it's been three weeks since I posted last.

I've been busy, and distracted, and reading books. I'd rather read a book than grumble here, any day.

I'll catch up on my "read" and "reading" lists, maybe tomorrow.

Meanwhile, why don't you go read something?