OT: CBJ Lounge XX (All Non-Sports, Non-Political Talk Here)

[JACKETfan]

Berkley Breathed's "Bloom County"
But you youngsters are probably too youngster to know about it.

 

[SuperGenius]

Berkley Breathed's "Bloom County"
But you youngsters are probably too youngster to know about it.

Early Bloom County is second favorite comic of all time. Only trails Calvin and Hobbes.

My favorite Bloom County strip, still relevant today:

 

[Double-Shift Lasse]

Early Bloom County is second favorite comic of all time. Only trails Calvin and Hobbes.

My favorite Bloom County strip, still relevant today:

Bingo. Bloom County was brilliant and demented. Although I would rate it third behind C&H and Peanuts.

 

[BluejacketNut]

Far Side and C&H were my all time favorites

 

[JACKETfan]

Early Bloom County is second favorite comic of all time. Only trails Calvin and Hobbes.

My favorite Bloom County strip, still relevant today:

Bingo. Bloom County was brilliant and demented. Although I would rate it third behind C&H and Peanuts.

Breathed won a Pulitzer for it and walked away two years later because he thought most strips didn't age well and didn't want his work to suffer from success. Always respected that.

 

[Double-Shift Lasse]

Breathed won a Pulitzer for it and walked away two years later because he thought most strips didn't age well and didn't want his work to suffer from success. Always respected that.

Indeed. He did come back with Outland or some-such name. It was wiggity-wack-ier. My recollextion is it wasn't around long.

I read an interview recently (the interview itself may have been older) with Bill Watterson, who did Calvin & Hobbes. Apparently he never does interviews, is kind of a recluse (like Mattlund). Anyway he was asked about ending the strip, and he said basically the same.

 

[JACKETfan]

Indeed. He did come back with Outland or some-such name. It was wiggity-wack-ier. My recollextion is it wasn't around long.

I read an interview recently (the interview itself may have been older) with Bill Watterson, who did Calvin & Hobbes. Apparently he never does interviews, is kind of a recluse (like Mattlund). Anyway he was asked about ending the strip, and he said basically the same.

If only Mattlund and Samkow would have heeded the sage advice.

 

[Randy BoBandy]

Can a guy get something to eat around here, preferably a damn cheeseburger!

 

[Derby]

Recently been in touch with Eva aka: Mt-Svk and she wanted to let the CBJ HF posters know she is still a Blue Jackets (and Sens) fan, but is unable to watch the NHL games late into the night as she has in the past due to recent medical issues. In case you didn't know she lives in Slovakia.

Of course, she is keeping up with the KHL and misses posting here. Hopefully, she will return to our board soon.

Just an FYI for those wondering. Sending her our best, I'm sure!

 

[Double-Shift Lasse]

Recently been in touch with Eva aka: Mt-Svk and she wanted to let the CBJ HF posters know she is still a Blue Jackets (and Sens) fan, but is unable to watch the NHL games late into the night as she has in the past due to recent medical issues. In case you didn't know she lives in Slovakia.

Of course, she is keeping up with the KHL and misses posting here. Hopefully, she will return to our board soon.

Just an FYI for those wondering. Sending her our best, I'm sure!

Thanks for the update, Derby, and for conveying our best to her.

 

[Fro]

thanks for the update!

 

[pete goegan]

Recently been in touch with Eva aka: Mt-Svk and she wanted to let the CBJ HF posters know she is still a Blue Jackets (and Sens) fan, but is unable to watch the NHL games late into the night as she has in the past due to recent medical issues. In case you didn't know she lives in Slovakia.

Of course, she is keeping up with the KHL and misses posting here. Hopefully, she will return to our board soon.

Just an FYI for those wondering. Sending her our best, I'm sure!

Thanks for the update, Derby, it's a shame that one of the biggest CBJ fans has been unable to follow this recent stretch of good play. Wish her well from us all when you next communicate with her.

 

[Socks]

I want to leave Michigan but my uncle won't stop showing us videos of my cousin wrestling! Ahhhhhhhh!!!!!

 

[joshjoshjosh]

Ryan Lambert watched The Notebook for the first time today and livetweeted it. I thought it was hilarious.

https://twitter.com/twolinepass

 

[JACKETfan]

Ryan Lambert watched The Notebook for the first time today and livetweeted it. I thought it was hilarious.

https://twitter.com/twolinepass

Hilarious. It's like I watched a movie that I never would.

 

[End of Line]

Columbus Named Most Intelligent City In America

http://www.nbc4i.com/story/21859068/columbus-named-most-intelligent-city-in-america

This is certainly interesting.

 

[Double-Shift Lasse]

Columbus Named Most Intelligent City In America

http://www.nbc4i.com/story/21859068/columbus-named-most-intelligent-city-in-america

This is certainly interesting.

Criteria did not include an analysis of comments on the web site of the city's daily newspaper.

 

[Viqsi]

Columbus Named Most Intelligent City In America

http://www.nbc4i.com/story/21859068/columbus-named-most-intelligent-city-in-america

This is certainly interesting.

S-M-R-T!

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Criteria did not include an analysis of comments on the web site of the city's daily newspaper.

Allow me to depress you by suggesting that even those moments of horror are potentially above average for such fora.

"Even our boneheaded idiots are better than your boneheaded idiots."

 

[Double-Shift Lasse]

S-M-R-T!

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Allow me to depress you by suggesting that even those moments of horror are potentially above average for such fora.

"Even our boneheaded idiots are better than your boneheaded idiots."

Yeah I know. It just was fun to post. I like to poin out when other people are stupid. (Don't like it as much the other way 'round.)

 

[joshjoshjosh]

Starting a class soon that has exclusively electronic reading materials (I guess books are dead) Went to the store and sort of got suckered into buying an iPad. It's pretty neat. Netflix in bed is certainly an exciting prospect

Can anyone tell me how it how it knows to turn on when I peel the screen cover back?

 

[Samkow]

RIP Plain Dealer (essentially)

 

[Double-Shift Lasse]

RIP Plain Dealer (essentially)

Good grief. What a mess of an announcement, BTW. Mostly in an effort to put a happy face on the whole thing.

http://www.cleveland.com/metro/inde..._media_gro.html#incart_river#incart_big-photo

 

[Skraut]

dang it, this means the Dispatch goes back to being "Ohio's Greatest Newspaper" by default.

Not exactly a high bar there...

 

[Jaxs]

Does this mean we get Tom Reed back?

 

[Double-Shift Lasse]

Whoa, whoa. Read the announcement. As pertains to the PD,

It will continue to be published 7 days a week in print and digital formats.

with home delivery offered three days a week, including Sunday.