Recent Comments

1. over 1 year ago on The Academia Waltz

   As a retired teacher of 71+ years, one skill one develops is reading many types of writing..and in that, you are often doing this while facing the student, reading it upside down

2. almost 2 years ago on Strange Brew

   Huh?

3. almost 2 years ago on Gray Matters

   A mimeograph machine is a duplicating machine that works by forcing ink through a stencil onto paper.This doesn’t have a strong odor. A ditto machine is also called a “spirit duplicator”. This refers to the methanol ,a major component of the solvents used to disolve the “inks” on the ditto masters in these machines. The alcohol is the smell people remember.

4. about 2 years ago on Over the Hedge

   Looks like Ernie Kovaks.

5. about 3 years ago on Gray Matters

   Plus..those trucks are filled with liquid helium, about 0.125 grams per cm3…much denser than air which has a density of .001225 g/cc.

6. almost 4 years ago on Zack Hill

   Ran out of green ink

7. about 4 years ago on For Better or For Worse

   actually the final measured total was 14 inches…finally got our power back yesterday!

8. about 4 years ago on For Better or For Worse

   And snows! Almost a foot of heavy wet fell last night in this part of Maine

9. about 4 years ago on The Meaning of Lila

   I realize this is a cartoon and not an online astronomy class….but I see these zooming comets mentioned in comics and in movies…for those who have never seen a comet…hear is a FYI..“Comets are going really fast. However they are also really far away. This means that from our viewpoint on Earth, it will just change its position in the sky over several weeks. So, there isn’t that ONE TIME you will be able to see it. It should be visible in the sky for weeks.”

10. about 4 years ago on Big Nate

    I agree!