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Ben Sears April 17, 2026
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Ben Sears April 17, 2026
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Clare Briggs April 24, 2026
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Weekend Plans Post: Purple and Pink (A Childhood Street Game from the 70s)

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If You are French and She is German, What Do You Talk About When You One-Step?

Clare Briggs April 23, 2026
Advice I could have used in college.
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MAGA’s FAFO Moment MAGA FAFO

MAGA’s FAFO Moment

David Thornton April 23, 2026
When the votes were counted on Tuesday, there was much weeping, gnashing of teeth, and rending of...
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POETS Day! Apes in Hell Apes in Hell

POETS Day! Apes in Hell

Ben Sears April 23, 2026
This excerpt gives the sense: the maid claims innocence and purity, the wife lives in the hoped...
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As Long as the Motor Goes Round

Clare Briggs April 22, 2026
Here's another one that could have been written yesterday.
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mRNA in the USA

David Thornton April 22, 2026
There are few areas where MAGA has been so dramatically, tragically wrong as it has been with...
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No Fair Peekin’!

Clare Briggs April 21, 2026
Hide and Go Seek
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So What Does Winning in Iran Look Like?

Jaybird April 21, 2026
At the end of the day, what does victory look like?
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A Visit to Paris

Clare Briggs April 20, 2026
I assume "Chaumay's" was "Chaumet's".
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Twelve Months (Up to December)

Jaybird April 20, 2026
August up to December. Four Months, I guess.
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Pack Up Your Troubles In Your Old Kit Bag and Smile, Smile, Smile

Clare Briggs April 18, 2026
A surprisingly dark song for a surprisingly dark strip.
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Saturday Morning Gaming: The Rise of the Golden Idol

Jaybird April 18, 2026
More of what you liked about the first one (this is a compliment!)
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How Sad!

Clare Briggs April 17, 2026
The Thrill of Defeat, the Agony of Victory
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POETS DAY! Keats Gets Snippy About Wordsworth Keats Gets Snippy About Wordsworth

POETS DAY! Keats Gets Snippy About Wordsworth

Ben Sears April 17, 2026
Keats either let anger warp memory or embraced a soothing slander. The poem letter came after some...
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Weekend Plans Post: The Good Stuff catnip

Weekend Plans Post: The Good Stuff

Jaybird April 16, 2026
If you sow it, the cats won't know it.
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What Do You Talk About when You Maxixe with the Wife?

Clare Briggs April 16, 2026
I swear, each of these is a "this happened last weekend" strip.
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The Mystery of the Missing Aircrew Missing aircrew

The Mystery of the Missing Aircrew

David Thornton April 16, 2026
There is almost certainly a coverup of some sort going on, but it’s related to garden variety...
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The Merry Motorist Gets Pulled Over

Clare Briggs April 15, 2026
Nothing has changed.
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Public Service Announcement: Your Conversations with ChatGPT are not Privileged

Jaybird April 15, 2026
A court case where a CEO followed ChatGPT's advice and it gets brought up at trial
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