Blogs

Remembering the "fatty french fries" scandal at McDonalds from a half-decade ago, here's Bizarro from August 10, 2010:

A rather amusing comment on syntax is included in this Strange Brew take on the old clichéd saying, from January 3, 2014:

Some members of the Board of Directors have put up matching funds to be used in a Challenge Grant, a la public television’s challenge grants. On December 5, 9 am - 9 pm Pacific Time, for every $3 donated online or in person, an additional $1 will be given to Mickaboo. Party-goers can watch the money grow via a thermometer chart!

Another Jason Love "Snapshot" starts off the last month of the year.

Looking for something to get us back into mainstream toons after our Thanksgiving marathon, I found this recaptioned photo from Cheezburger of November 14, 2014.  It got me wondering about whether there really are vanilla-flavored Peeps so I Googled and discovered that there are ... but they are made for Independence Day, not Christmas!  (No charge for additional trivia.)

To wrap up our Thanksgiving-themed toon parade, Speed Bump from November 23, 2014.

Another post-Thanksgiving laugh, from Diamond Lil of November 30, 2014.  It should be noted that a running seasonal gag in the strip is that Lil is so bad a cook that the local senior center rebuffs her volunteering to cook Thanksgiving dinner there every year.

An appropriately-themed "Noodles" for the day after Thanksgiving.  Judging from the calendar page, this was drawn in 2011.

For Thanksgiving Day itself, we have the Mutts strip that appeared the day after, two years ago (November 29, 2013).  Happy Thanksgiving, indeed!

MyPetShirts is offering a wonderful opportunity to raise funds for Mickaboo Companion Bird Rescue! MyPetShirts donated a t-shirt toMickaboo for our holiday fundraiser, and then thought, "Hey, they are doing great things for the birds and the bird people!