Beautiful workmanship. I would not have known that the setting was Brazil, nor would I ordinarily associate the name Pamela Sullivan with Brazil, but it is clearly a run-down block in an urban setting. The people who live here are not well-to-do.
I thought it might have been an illustration from one of those “101 Uses for a [Dead Cat]” books. Or a reference to “swing a dead cat” lines. (e.g. You can’t swing a dead cat in this city without hitting a homeless person.)
My only attempt at growing catnip had the completely opposite effect.
It was far from soporific.
When my then cat was little she had no use for catnip… so the plant spent its early life in safety, apparently unrecognised.
….
One day she woke up to it… suddenly, with no warning, catnip turned her into a ravening beast.
She attacked her previously ignored catnip mouse with a fury, and chewed, clawed, ran and rolled with it till it was soaked, and she was exhausted and panting.
When I realised what was happening, I took it away from her and hid it…
but I woke up the next morning to a scene of slaughter.
She’d found the poor plant, which she had never paid any attention to, and ripped it to shreds… there were bits of it all over the apartment, and she was sleeping on her back like a stone kitty, with a piece in her mouth.
I tried to clean it all up, but every now and then, for maybe a month, she’d find some stray bits and go nuts for half an hour.
….
I ended up buying a little box of dry catnip, and every few weeks or so I’d tie a teaspoonful in an old sock, and let her have it for a little while… to her immense glee… then toss it.
Yes, I guess I was running a kitty drug dispensary.
Catnip (and silver vine) are not at harmful to cats of any size.
They don’t get cats stoned on nip like alcohol or drugs do us. It’s more of a pheromone that cranks up their social feelings. And what do two friend cats want to do? Rub on each other and play. Then take a nap after.
The thing is, half an hour later they are no longer stoned and can do it again. 😀
No harm done! Except to the furniture and any od dust collectors you have sitting around.
Now, i’ve got to go someplace this morning and buy a lottery ticket. I spelled pheromone without spell-check correcting me.
Last July I shared how my 12-year-old computer died, then revived. However, just a few days later, it went down again and luckily, I was able to get the same computer I had originally bought, and they hadn’t wiped the computer yet, so everything was still there. I kept my old computer and did some work on it. I knew something was overheating and determined the CPU fan had problems. I ordered a new fan, but in the meantime, I cleaned the old fan and last week, tested its operation by putting it back online. Of course, a week or so later, Gocomics went down. It has been working fine with all old components until today, when it froze up. I think the fan is still bad and the replacement came in yesterday. However, I hooked the new computer back up (I’m using it now), and after getting updates, I checked Gocomics and it too, is back up.
Obviously, you’re the entire problem with GoComics and all of us missing many days of comics. I have my lawyers drawing up a class-action suit against you even as I type this. I’m sure many others will join us. Maybe we can advertise on TV, slandering you and your 12-year-old computer. (I think a total of 42 cents should be enough punishment to deter you from ever pulling this stunt again.) {^¿^}
Total! And if we get more than 42 people signing on, we’ll just give them non-fungible pictures of bitcoins instead of pennies.
BTW, the comics you missed seem to still be there. You can go back to see them, like them, and comment on them. You’ll probably have a ton of replies and likes to any of your comments waiting for you.
But then again, I may have fixed the problem if somebody from Gocomics reads Cleo and Company because in yesterday’s comments, part of mine was: I’m familiar with programming practices and development requirements, and unless something blew up in the program (without creating a backup first), there’s no reason for the outage.
Maybe someone saw my comment and remembered they DID have a backup in a file cabinet somewhere and reloaded the old website because I certainly don’t see anything new about it.
They are. Sort of. I can see my comics page, and the comments posted on those pages. I can enter my own comments. But when I try to email GC customer service about the multi-day outage they just had, I cannot get past the Captcha test. I’m getting the grid with the demand that I click on all boxes containing a ______. I follow the instructions, click the submit button, I get a check mark in the Captcha box, but there is a message at the very top of the page saying Captcha incorrect, please try again. I can believe I missed a box once or twice, but not a dozen times. My message to GC never leaves the screen, and nothing indicates that it has been either sent or received. Whatever the issue(s) was, it is still not fully resolved.
My folks got me a “computer” back in the early 60’s (for Christmas, I think). It was plastic sliders powered by rubber bands and programed with bits of soda straw stuck on posts on the sliders. based on a Babbage machine, perhaps.
Miss Peggy Lee was only 22 in that video, but that wasn’t her first hit song…
and yes, it was a a hit song for her, as well as Benny Goodman, even though she doesn’t seem to have a lot to do.
She’d been singing on the radio since her teens, at first locally, then on network radio shows.
…
Adding to her legend…
She was, according to the designer, the inspiration and prototype for Miss Piggy, the Muppet, who was initially called Miss Piggy Lee, and more imitative of her gestures.
I’ve read that they dropped the “Lee” for television to make her more universal.
…
And one of the many competing origin stories for the Margarita (drink) was that it was likewise named after her, after she requested a drink similar to one she’d had in Mexico, and the bartender tried to recreate it.
He supposedly named it the Mexican version of “Margaret”, “Margarita” … (Peggy is a nickname for Margaret)… even though Peggy Lee is not her real name.
Thank you. I celebrated by having a brake job on my birthday, cataract surgery the day after and today a malfunctioning furnace. It’s been a very expensive week. Fortunately, the furnace seemed to be an issue with a fuse box. The repair guy suggested bypassing the fuses and letting the breaker do the job if needed. Came same day and only charged me $75.
OK, I’ve finally done it and registered for this site, didn’t get the email during the registration process, so I’m hoping I’ll stay registered! One quick question, it won’t let me log in, would this be because I didn’t receive the registration email?
Just wait a little longer; it took a while back then – I just checked my emails; I must have sent my apply two times because I’ve gotten two confirmation emails about 2 hours apart.
I did try again, and it said my username was already registered. I then tried to log in and it said my password is incorrect, which is probably something to do with not receiving the email and doing the confirmation step. It’s all fun! (For a given value of fun)
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That’s a portrait pose if I’ve ever seen one.
LOL… I thought he was asleep.
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BUNNIES!!!
And they mean business!
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The artist is Pamela Sullivan>
The medium is cardboard.
The sculpture represents a Brazilian slum.
Beautiful workmanship. I would not have known that the setting was Brazil, nor would I ordinarily associate the name Pamela Sullivan with Brazil, but it is clearly a run-down block in an urban setting. The people who live here are not well-to-do.
and on top of that, they’re pretty darn small, too
Maybe they’re as small as these guys, and maybe not.
This is a fun kids’ show I used to watch because it is fun.
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I thought it might have been an illustration from one of those “101 Uses for a [Dead Cat]” books. Or a reference to “swing a dead cat” lines. (e.g. You can’t swing a dead cat in this city without hitting a homeless person.)
My only attempt at growing catnip had the completely opposite effect.
It was far from soporific.
When my then cat was little she had no use for catnip… so the plant spent its early life in safety, apparently unrecognised.
….
One day she woke up to it… suddenly, with no warning, catnip turned her into a ravening beast.
She attacked her previously ignored catnip mouse with a fury, and chewed, clawed, ran and rolled with it till it was soaked, and she was exhausted and panting.
When I realised what was happening, I took it away from her and hid it…
but I woke up the next morning to a scene of slaughter.
She’d found the poor plant, which she had never paid any attention to, and ripped it to shreds… there were bits of it all over the apartment, and she was sleeping on her back like a stone kitty, with a piece in her mouth.
I tried to clean it all up, but every now and then, for maybe a month, she’d find some stray bits and go nuts for half an hour.
….
I ended up buying a little box of dry catnip, and every few weeks or so I’d tie a teaspoonful in an old sock, and let her have it for a little while… to her immense glee… then toss it.
Yes, I guess I was running a kitty drug dispensary.
Catnip (and silver vine) are not at harmful to cats of any size.
They don’t get cats stoned on nip like alcohol or drugs do us. It’s more of a pheromone that cranks up their social feelings. And what do two friend cats want to do? Rub on each other and play. Then take a nap after.
The thing is, half an hour later they are no longer stoned and can do it again. 😀
No harm done! Except to the furniture and any od dust collectors you have sitting around.
Now, i’ve got to go someplace this morning and buy a lottery ticket. I spelled pheromone without spell-check correcting me.
Gerald Harvey Jones

They’re BACK!
https://www.gocomics.com/ballardstreet/2022/11/22?ct=v&cti=384240
Coincidence?
Last July I shared how my 12-year-old computer died, then revived. However, just a few days later, it went down again and luckily, I was able to get the same computer I had originally bought, and they hadn’t wiped the computer yet, so everything was still there. I kept my old computer and did some work on it. I knew something was overheating and determined the CPU fan had problems. I ordered a new fan, but in the meantime, I cleaned the old fan and last week, tested its operation by putting it back online. Of course, a week or so later, Gocomics went down. It has been working fine with all old components until today, when it froze up. I think the fan is still bad and the replacement came in yesterday. However, I hooked the new computer back up (I’m using it now), and after getting updates, I checked Gocomics and it too, is back up.
Hmmmmm.
Obviously, you’re the entire problem with GoComics and all of us missing many days of comics. I have my lawyers drawing up a class-action suit against you even as I type this. I’m sure many others will join us. Maybe we can advertise on TV, slandering you and your 12-year-old computer. (I think a total of 42 cents should be enough punishment to deter you from ever pulling this stunt again.) {^¿^}
Total or per person?
Total! And if we get more than 42 people signing on, we’ll just give them non-fungible pictures of bitcoins instead of pennies.
BTW, the comics you missed seem to still be there. You can go back to see them, like them, and comment on them. You’ll probably have a ton of replies and likes to any of your comments waiting for you.
Even thefarside.com goes back one week!
But then again, I may have fixed the problem if somebody from Gocomics reads Cleo and Company because in yesterday’s comments, part of mine was: I’m familiar with programming practices and development requirements, and unless something blew up in the program (without creating a backup first), there’s no reason for the outage.
Maybe someone saw my comment and remembered they DID have a backup in a file cabinet somewhere and reloaded the old website because I certainly don’t see anything new about it.
Maybe I’ll countersue for the $.42.
They are. Sort of. I can see my comics page, and the comments posted on those pages. I can enter my own comments. But when I try to email GC customer service about the multi-day outage they just had, I cannot get past the Captcha test. I’m getting the grid with the demand that I click on all boxes containing a ______. I follow the instructions, click the submit button, I get a check mark in the Captcha box, but there is a message at the very top of the page saying Captcha incorrect, please try again. I can believe I missed a box once or twice, but not a dozen times. My message to GC never leaves the screen, and nothing indicates that it has been either sent or received. Whatever the issue(s) was, it is still not fully resolved.
LOL.
I’m sure we’re all locked out till they think the whole thing has blown over.
It’s the GoComics motto:
“Ask me no questions and I’ll tell you no lies.”
I was just able to send them a message asking for an explanation. We’ll see…
Great to see you on Cleo!
Thanks, and don’t be a stranger!
Enjoyed all the three add-ons but especially Anything Goes. They don’t make em like that anymore.
sure they do……there’s one right there
Did that ensemble come with a wobbly chair on wheels?
You whippersnappers…
Mocking everything.
I’ll have you know my first computer was NOT coal fired.
…
No….
….
I couldn’t afford coal-fired.
It was Band-aids and rubber bands that made that puppy run.
My old paper cup and string modem could transmit data fifteen feet!
My folks got me a “computer” back in the early 60’s (for Christmas, I think). It was plastic sliders powered by rubber bands and programed with bits of soda straw stuck on posts on the sliders. based on a Babbage machine, perhaps.
Regarding yesterday’s page: FYI
I just left a few reply comments to those of you who left get-well wishes for me on yesterday’s page. Thank you all again!!!!
We miss you. 🙂
just REALLY glad you’re back!!!
Miss Peggy Lee was only 22 in that video, but that wasn’t her first hit song…
and yes, it was a a hit song for her, as well as Benny Goodman, even though she doesn’t seem to have a lot to do.
She’d been singing on the radio since her teens, at first locally, then on network radio shows.
…
Adding to her legend…
She was, according to the designer, the inspiration and prototype for Miss Piggy, the Muppet, who was initially called Miss Piggy Lee, and more imitative of her gestures.
I’ve read that they dropped the “Lee” for television to make her more universal.
…
And one of the many competing origin stories for the Margarita (drink) was that it was likewise named after her, after she requested a drink similar to one she’d had in Mexico, and the bartender tried to recreate it.
He supposedly named it the Mexican version of “Margaret”, “Margarita” … (Peggy is a nickname for Margaret)… even though Peggy Lee is not her real name.
That story, however, is rather suspect.
love Peggy, and Piggy!!!!!
WHERE THE PEGGY LEE NUMBER COMES FROM
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Anyone ready for some flame-roasted cinders?
Saucy1121 Happy belated Birthday!
Thank you. I celebrated by having a brake job on my birthday, cataract surgery the day after and today a malfunctioning furnace. It’s been a very expensive week. Fortunately, the furnace seemed to be an issue with a fuse box. The repair guy suggested bypassing the fuses and letting the breaker do the job if needed. Came same day and only charged me $75.
OK, I’ve finally done it and registered for this site, didn’t get the email during the registration process, so I’m hoping I’ll stay registered! One quick question, it won’t let me log in, would this be because I didn’t receive the registration email?
Just wait a little longer; it took a while back then – I just checked my emails; I must have sent my apply two times because I’ve gotten two confirmation emails about 2 hours apart.
I did the registration about 24hrs ago, I thought that would have been enough time. I’ll wait awhile longer and see if it comes in.
Try again then. It doesn’t hurt.
I did try again, and it said my username was already registered. I then tried to log in and it said my password is incorrect, which is probably something to do with not receiving the email and doing the confirmation step. It’s all fun! (For a given value of fun)
Good luck…
You may already know this, but I’m trying to be helpful not insulting (click to make it bigger).
All help is appreciated, just tried that and get the same issue. Thanks for the assistance though.
Cleo thinks she’s so darn clever! coal indeed. that was for the dino bones!
the Blues were great even in old videos. never get tired of watching them.
It’s greens and plantains month.
A ‘floppy desk drive’? I guess that desk does look a little floppy.
Thus my comment with the wobbly chair on wheels…
I had an old kitchen chair that had a tendency to grab the rug when trying to scoot in and out of the desk. I went over backwards more than once.
Kingfishers amaze me.
Wow!
And with good reason.
Did Cleo get a shout out on Sunday’s Rip Haywire?
Rip Haywire by Dan Thompson for November 20, 2022 – GoComics
f not it should be!