1127: Everything In Moderation

I do believe nutrition should be something talked about in school from an early age. Allow kids to make smart choices then maybe they will be able to have their cake and eat it too. I'm not sure what Brutus is trying to say with his comment. Do stuff in moderation in moderation or was he trying to reiterate the advice and failed miserably?

1126: Can't Even Spell His Name Right, I Bet

All hail the return of the picture of himself on Veeblefester's desk!!

Ol' Rancid has a point. What's the point of learning from them if you continue to make mistakes? I also think you shouldn't tell your boss how often you make mistakes. Seems like a bad career move.

The Seals of Kansas

The Seal of the Territory of Kansas

The seal of the Territory of Kansas features a pioneer holding a rifle standing with Ceres, the Goddess of Agriculture, with a sheaf of grain, and a shield with a plow in the top part and a hunter and a buffalo in the bottom part. At the feet of the pioneer and Ceres is a tree and the ax that felled it.

Above the image is, in Latin, POPULI VOCENATA, which means "Born by the voice of the people."

The original draft of the seal of the State of Kansas was much more simple than the one eventually chosen. The seal shows a farmer and a businessman holding a book over a shield that features and image of a Native American hunting a buffalo. Above the men features the state motto "Ad Astra Per Aspera" and 34 stars.

The seal we all know and love that is used on the state flag. The rising sun represents the east, commerce is represented by the river and steamboat, agriculture and future prosperity of the state is represented by the settler's cabin and the man plowing the field. The train of oxen represents heading west while in the background, a herd of buffalo are pursued by two Native Americans.

Above the scene is the state motto and 34 stars.

Photos courtesy:
Kansas State Historical Society
KansasMemory.org

1125: That Waitress Is So Dead Inside

Wouldn't "non-decaffeinated" be caffeinated?

I remember several years, I finally got curious about what Sanka was. I heard it all the time on older TV shows where someone would ask for coffee and someone else would respond with "Is Sanka okay?" and just always assumed it was some kind of decaffeinated coffee. So I looked it up and learned that non-caffeinated coffee was invented in Germany where it was called Kaffee HAG (Handels-Aktien-Gesellschafft). It got the name Sanka when introduced in France. Sanka is short for "sans caffeine."

One of the major selling points Sanka used was that it was a coffee you could drink at night. Probably because you'd drink it, realize that it's not the same as coffee with caffeine and then crawl into bed sad and depressed.

1124: I Have Bright Yellow Work Gloves

I just realized what my biggest online regret is. Why didn't I name this blog "The Blog Loser"? I figured that out about a week ago and immediately lamented the lost opportunity. And after seven years, it's kind of odd to change the name now, right?

Gladys is so high right now. "Isn't it strange that gloves are both a part of us and yet not?"

1123: Juxtaposition

“How can I forget the smell of burning flesh that constantly filled the air? Or the heartbreak of children torn from their mothers? Those shouts of terror will ring in my ears until I am laid to rest.”
-Roman Kent, chairman of the American Gathering of Holocaust Survivors and Their Descendants, speaking at the 70th anniversary of Auschwitz's liberation.

"At Auschwitz-Birkenau, Holocaust Survivors, Ever Dwindling in Number, Gather to Remember."

"Haven't given it much thought"? It's this weekend! I don't know who I'm rooting for. I guess the Seahawks because Patriot fans have been real tools during this deflate-gate debacle. Why does the team get to touch and use game balls in the first place?

1122: What an Oddly Worded Second Panel

I don't care how many strips we get telling us that Brutus needs glasses, we are never going to see Brutus in glasses other than reading glasses.

1121: Is Uncle Ted Brutus' Last Surviving Relative?

Why are you ruining your rum with diet cola? Also, is Uncle Ted actually drinking a rum and cola while Brutus is drinking coffee or tea? Maybe it's a hot toddy.

1120: I Love Sitting At Home On Saturdays Watching TV

I always figured that Brutus and Gladys were the same age and they probably are but Brutus is lamenting the fact that Gladys married someone her own age 20-some years ago instead of someone 10 years younger because nothing says love like a 25-year-old marrying a 15-year-old.

I'm probably on some sort of list now for writing that.

1119: She Did It So He Suffocates

Maybe it's not a hairball. Maybe Kewpie ate too much food or drank too much water, or too much grass or not enough grass, or ate a leaf or got into something in the trash or re-ate her puke or ate her poop. Basically, if your dog is hacking something up, just assumed it ate the wrong thing.

As noted in the first strip--and in every other strip he wears that red sweater in, Brutus does wear only V-neck sweaters. But considering both the Thornapples and the Gargle seem to have big noses in the family, you would think Mother Gargle would've thought of that.