FlasshePoint

Life, Minutiae, Toys, Irrational Phobias, Peeves, Fiber

Warming The Outstretched Hand

I’ve been reading a lot lately about holiday tipping etiquette. I know I’ve been remiss in past years, and though not exactly motivated to change my ways, I don’t want to be known as the holiday Scrooge that I so obviously am*. I’m particularly fascinated by what to do about people whom you [...]

It seems hard to find a home for the words

This is another of those lame “I’ve been too busy and/or non-creative to do any blog entries lately” blog entries. Holiday stuff, and mostly work stuff, has left me little time or inclination for updates. Part of it is a creative malaise. I’ve been doing this for a year now, and [...]

‘Tis The Season To Be Visited By Your Future Self

It’s that time of the year again. Yes, it’s that time when many comic strips feature a story line parodying A Christmas Carol. But what amazed me today was that two strips, Frazz and Candorville both had gags involving the main character being visited by a future version of himself. In the [...]

Somebody Told Me

My friend Sue recently beat me to commenting on the Grammy nominations, and seemed to express surprise at Green Day being nominated. American Idiot is a fairly awesome album. But that nomination did catch me a bit off guard too, as did nominations for other bands whose albums I actually own and like, such [...]

Let’s Try This Again

Okay, I’ve installed a spam blocker, and you should be able to post comments again…

Out Out Damn Spam

Okay, I’ve had to turn off allowing comments until I can figure out how to prevent the spam deluge…

« go backkeep looking »