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Olympia, Washington

Morty Comix # 2632

Morty Comix # 2632 was folded and camouflaged among the coffee additives as my daughter and I had a nice breakfast at the International House of Pancakes, Olympia, Washington. This time she didn't roll her eyes but she did shake her head quietly and sadly.

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Morty Comix # 2351

Morty Comix # 2351 was left on the counter at of one those many places in Olympia where you wait 10 minutes for an overpriced cup of coffee. Getting a cup of coffee in that town is much more complicated than it needs to be. See my Bezango column in Olympia Power & Light, August 11-September 22, 2010 for an alternative.

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Resistance is Useless

My new coffee grinder came with an instruction booklet that included the warning: "Do not attempt to defeat the cover interlock mechanism."



But did I pay heed? Unfortunately not. Instead I took this as a challenge.

And the result was humiliation and shame.


First I attempted to threaten the grinder with a cane but realized I was resorting to violence. And that will never do.


So I challenged the grinder to a gentlemanly game of Operation (The SpongeBob Squarepants edition!) and the grinder won every time!

"Do not attempt to defeat the cover interlock mechanism."

City Limits Gazette # Mermaid, mermaid, have you ever seen blood? (Sept. 1992)

Logo by Chad Woody, the number for this issue came from a song my innocent little daughter just made up while playing on the swingset, Bob Richart on Wayno and Wow Cool!, Gary Usher joins us, not buying Comics F/X, comix reviews by Lynn Hansen, Edward Martin III compares Morty and Garfield, Michael Neno on the Fred question, CLG reader profile of Lynn Hansen, Bil Keane Watch by Mike Lee, CLG reader profile of Michael Dowers.

I'm including the Morty/Garfield strips Ed is talking about. The Morty strip was drawn in 1986 for The Cooper Point Journal and reprinted in Morty Without Tears ; and, Planet of the Bobs (1989)

Bezango: Revisiting Woody

Olympia Power & Light, August 11-September 22, 2010

My second column featuring Woodrow "Woody" Barker. One of my all time favorite columnists was Chicago's Mike Royko. He created a character called "Slats Grobnik" as a foil for the old days compared to the modern. Woody is the Slats for my corner of the world.