Roundup

[scarfman]

Prediction The winner of the 2008 US presidential election will be the first Democrat to ignore the war issue and promise to reduce gasoline prices.

Cultural literacy I was in my twenties or thirties before I knew that the voice Mel Blanc used in Looney Tunes for the characters that were big, dumb, and probably mentally handicapped ("I will hug him, and squeeze him, and call him George") was an impression of the voice Chaney used as Lennie in Of Mice and Men. I suppose that's what Steve and the guys were thinking when they gave the Rain Man voice to that dog.

License revoked qtrhorserider and I are without home internet or cable till our tax refund comes. AKOTAS will be updating only Monday through Friday till then; there'll still be cartoons Saturday and Sunday but they won't update till Monday. Details in the newspost below tomorrow's cartoon, which should update about 21:00 GMT today. Meanwhile it might do me good to have to entertain myself for awhile. There may be lots of fanfiction.