How to Finally Piece Things Together

NOTE:

I am NOT going to take Basic Instructions in a more political direction, but lately, I just keep remembering an episode of the HBO series John Adams, where a tax collector was being tarred and feathered, and a friend of Adams’ was silent. John Adams kept asking him, “Do you support this, Sir?”

If you want to avoid any mention of the current world situation, feel free to stop reading this commentary now, and rest assured, I plan to go back to the usual nonsense next week.

So, no, I definitely do not support this. I don’t think I’m going out on much of a limb, politically, when I say that the armed men in masks who attacked and killed both a woman who was trying to drive away, and a man who was trying to help a person up off the ground, are NOT the heroes of this, or any conceivable story. The idea that anyone might be offended to hear me say that shows how far we’ve fallen.

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How to Remember Toys from Your Childhood

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How to Complain about a Science Fiction Franchise and/or a Nostalgic Toy Line

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How to Have a Philosophical Discussion

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How to Have a Frank Discussion About a Recurring Issue

First new comic of the new year. The optimistic beginning of our fresh new lap of the drain, as it were. I hope you and everyone you care about have had good holidays and will have a good year. As for me, I can’t really complain.

Well, as I’ve said many times, I can complain, but no one will want to hear it because I am, in fact, the luckiest person any of you know. You’re all a big part of that, and I appreciate it.

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How to Absorb the Wisdom of Others

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How to Cope With the Vagaries of Language

Yes, I said I was taking two weeks off, and I did, but I realized I could post my newest comic a week early so you wouldn't have to endure two solid weeks without my nonsense. Truly, my benevolence knows no bounds. There'll be no comic next week, then we'll be back to normal.

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How to Follow Up on Your Suspicion

NOTE: So, a little bad news, I will need to take the next two weeks off. By the time you read this, I will be back, but Missy and I have to go back to Eastern Washington for a funeral. Sorry for the inconvenience.

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Scott suspects that in the first draft of the Billy Joel song "Always a Woman," anywhere the word "woman" appears, it was originally "A-hole." Whoever she is who can kill with a smile, wound with her eyes, and ruin your faith with her casual lies, Billy Joel doesn't seem to like her. Wikipedia says he wrote it about his first wife. Rick's reaction is that it's a love song, not a like song. Love and like are very different things. Just ask his ex-wives.

How to Think Deep

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How to Understand What Your Belongings Say About You

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