Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for October 22, 2023

Happy that Rat is taking his writing career seriously.

How ironic.

For a minute there I thought Rat had been replaced by a look alike.. Or that Pig was dreaming all this.

Either that’s a pretty light filing cabinet, or Rat has been eating his spinach.

When I left my job to work for myself my boss gave me full unemployment benefits. Almost killed me, I did nothing until I woke …took several months

Rat should/could be writing about procrastination!

The benefit of procrastination when writing is that you can have your second thoughts before you even wrote down the first thoughts.

I wish my procrastination was that productive…

So Rat is taking on the Jack Nicholson role and Pig is subbing for Shelley Duvall.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Yes, I am fully aware that this is stupid, annoying awful, ridiculous and inane and pointless to say, but I feel I have to say this, so let the negative comments fly!!!!Today is my birthday. Today is my birthday today is my birthday. Today is my birthday and I was not supposed to be alive 33(thirty-three) years after my first medical near death crisis!!!! To quote dante hicks from the clerks trilogy, “I’m not even supposed to be here today!” Now let those comments roll, I don’t care if you’re negative or positive I just want to win the game for the day and get the most comments possible I’ve got to beat that awesome wonderful, amazing perfect and cool basilBruce today. I’ve just got to! Dan aka the KING of the “creeps!”

I should be sleeping.

If all the writers live on the same street, would that be a writer’s block?

It’s not so much procrastination. It is ‘thinking time’ and ‘mulling things over’ and ‘getting inspired’.

For a short time I thought Rat turned over a new leaf!

reminds me of when I had to study for final exams in college. I had the cleanest room on campus.

If you’re doing chores, it’s not procastination! My boss disagree, though… :D

Avoidance is the mother of productivity!

Writing isn’t that hard, you just have to stay focused and not let yourself get distrac…..look a squirrel.

You’re not procrastinating, you’re just stupid and lazy. Might as well not write at all.

Btw, Pastis’s book signing at Garden District Bookshop in New Orleans is today: >

Procrastination may have beneficial side effects.

Could this be autobiographical? Is “writer” code for “cartoonist”?

No writer has ever been that productive while procrastinating.

I wondered why Rat was so nice today. Procrastination will do that to a guy.

If I had a nickel for every comic strip that was about writer’s block, I’d have…Hmm, I can’t think of any way to end that sentence

Go Libras!

Rat should have this attitude at the coffee shop when there was the job.

A true “Pro” doesn’t even take the time to think about what they are not wanting to accomplish! They fly by the seat of their pants! Some day I’ll become “Pro”!

Not really I’m satisfied with mediocrity.

May you make it to three score and a decade plus one.

Is it possible to bottle writer’s procrastination?

as a famous author once said, “if it wasn’t for writing, the housework would never get done.”

ADD at its finest. Good luck with that. Take one item to put away in another room and you will come out that room with perfectly organized drawers and closets and the item still in your hand.

How many of us fans were getting really worried by panel 3?

Thank my lucky stars that never happens to Stephen King.

As a professional writer, I can confirm this truth.

It wasn’t for procrastination, nothing would get done.

That wouldn’t sit write with rat.

They say to write about what you know, and I love to procrastinate about writing about procrastination.

Pig, leave him alone! He’s being useful for a change!!

Happy Birthday! May you have many more!

Did some work for a banker many years ago. He had just purchased the largest (read: most expensive!) Curtis Mathes tv. They had a little boy who wanted to help mommy clean house, and took the windex and sprayed the tv screen…and sprayed…and sprayed…and sprayed… It ran down the screen and flooded the circuits…poof! I’m so glad I wasn’t around when he got home!!

Autobiographical much, Pastis?

“While wasting our time hesitating and procrastinating, life goes on.” — Seneca.

To all of you who wrote, and to all of you who think, and to all of you who breathe defying the rules of the mean doctors who say otherwise thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you now can I breathe now thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you Dan aka….

Technically, Pig’s conclusion is probably correct; but that would take all the fun out of Rat’s procrastination!

Apparently, Rat is only nice when he is procrastinating.