New Year’s Eve 1922
At the Hotel Astor with Florence Foster Jenkins.
Orange Crate Art
Last call
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Nancy New Year’s Eve
Olivia Jaimes continues the Ernie Bushmiller tradition of taking holidays off.
Updating
More and more George Santos lies.
Today’s Saturday Stumper
“Expression of wishful thinking.”
Word of the day: game-changer
It’s in a Julia episode set in 1963. Did people really say “game-changer” in 1963?
Hi and Lois watch
An odd thermostat.
“Older person”
In The Washington Post, Gary Abernathy writes about ageism and how it grates.
A dawn hater
Snappy dialogue from The Dark Corner (1946).
EXchange names on screen
In a real telephone directory, I think. From The Dark Corner (1946).
MSNBC, sheesh
“. . . whomever is going to be Speaker.”
A Jerry Craft interview
From NPR. He has a new book, School Trip, coming out in April.
Rudolph and reindeer, explained
“Quick etymology.”
Word of the day: commuter
It appears in a Nancy strip in 1950. How old is the word?
Nut sorter, dowel inspector, egg processor
The Washington Post reports that the Social Security Administration evaluates disability claims by using a Dictionary of Occupational Titles, last updated in 1977, to determine what kinds of work a person with a disability might be able to do. But many kinds of work described in the dictionary would be difficult or impossible for anyone, with or without a disability — because the work itself is obsolete or nearly so. See the first six words of the post.
Recently updated
With a link to a New York Times obituary for Terry Hall.
EXchange names on the screen
From She Played with Fire (dir. Sidney Gilliat, 1957).
Twelve movies
Waiting for Guffman and others.
iCloud Drive (Archive): delete?
I went looking for an explanation of why my Mac showed iCloud Drive (Archive), iCloud Drive (Archive) - 1, and iCloud Drive (Archive) - 2. I found the answer.
Uffizi e-mail etiquette
Eike Schmidt, the director of Florence’s Uffizi Gallery, has made rules for staff e-mail.
NPR, sheesh
“These cookies have taken on new meaning as an adult.”
Nancy Christmas 2022
A Bushmiller-like bit of whimsy.
Christmas 1922
“Santa Drops Twelve Feet.”
Today’s Saturday Stumper
“Anyone can play this.” “One will play this.”
Nancy at Christmas
“From the legendary Ernie Bushmiller to the cutting edge current work of Olivia Jaimes, Nancy has long been the home to some strange Christmases” (Comic Book Resources).
The view from here
I’m not Wallace Stevens, but I do have a window, and plenty of ice.
Latest in Dancing
British Pathé, 1962.
Dance Craze
For anyone who needs to know: the 2 Tone documentary Dance Craze (dir. Joe Massot, 1981) is streaming at streaming at the Yousual place.
The January 6 report
The Final Report of the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol is available from the committee’s website.
Thomas’ missing carriage
But when did the horses, the carriage, and the people disappear from the Thomas’ English Muffins package?