I was offered a job at the Cincinnati Post as their editorial cartoonist in a trial six month arrangement. The agreement was that they could fire me or I could quit with no questions asked if things didn't work out during the first few months. Sure enough, things didn't work out, and they fired me, no questions asked.

Even when you look for it, you're never prepared for it.

Hey Dad, will you buy me a flame thrower? Of course not. Don't be silly. Even if I didn't use it in the house?

The only permanent rule in Calvinball is that you can never play it the same way twice! (Calvin)

Talking with you is sort of the conversational equivalent of an out of body experience.

I thought my life would seem more interesting with a musical score and a laugh track.

For no reason I can think of, I've wandered far astray. And that is how I got to where I find myself today.