In 2007 the ASPCA began using the 1997 Sarah McLachlan ballad, “Angel” in their animal abuse commercials. They chose that song because its melancholic tone, played with the images of suffering animals, would evoke an emotional response from viewers. In[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Another thing that helped lead to my boredom, while sitting in mass, when I had to go to church when I was a kid (along with the fact that I had to get up early on a Sunday morning when[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
By the end of the night (and I’m sure because of the rain it was ended earlier than normal) I only had 25 trick-or-treaters show up. I felt bad that I couldn’t give comic books with the candy this year,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I realize that shopping malls weren’t made for people like me. When I lived in Audubon and the few times I’d go to nearby King of Prussia Mall (mostly because they had an Apple Store) the majority of the shops[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This comic is 100% true. I DID see all of these kids (with their families) at 3:30 on a Monday afternoon (what time do kids get out of school?) and yes, I did see that fat guy wearing shorts* on[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I know, I know. I’m being petty. I know that sitting behind a school bus that stops, then starts. Starts, then starts. Starts, then stops. In the overall picture isn’t that being a deal. But when you’ve gotten stuck behind[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I didn’t mean to infer that the school bus was so close and so noisy that I could hear it through my windows. In the summer I usually sleep with the windows open (and with the screens in) unless it’s[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This is only my second Halloween in this house and neighborhood, so I still haven’t gauged the amount of trick-or-treaters that could stop by. I’m still judging this neighborhood from when I was a kid. It always seemed so large[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
None of the kids drawn in this strip are patterned off of anyone. They’re just generic little kids. It wasn’t until after I’d scanned it and was cleaning it up in Photoshop that I noticed that the blonde kid in[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…