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The elephant in the room

Steve — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:55:09 +0000

The dialogue from this belated strip was my Facebook update the morning after the Massachusetts election to fill Senator Kennedy’s Senate seat. Republican Scott Brown defeated Democrat Martha Coakley. The pundits were in overdrive explaining how this happened and what lessons could be learned. After every election, the winning side calls it a referendum on [...]

Gotta give the man props

Steve — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 07:15:11 +0000

This is the kind of gag I come up with when I have a few weeks off. I was thinking back to the last time we had a divide in the U.S. and one side believed that the majority party was fudging the numbers to advance their agenda. Colin Powell’s prop vial of “anthrax” at [...]

Holiday wishes

Steve — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 19:27:49 +0000

Look for more Socks and Barney comics in the new year.

Prized

Steve — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 09:31:11 +0000

From Wikipedia… Alfred Bernhard Nobel (Stockholm, Sweden, 21 October 1833 â€“ Sanremo, Italy, 10 December 1896) was a Swedish chemist, engineer, innovator, armaments manufacturer and the inventor of dynamite. He owned Bofors, a major armaments manufacturer, which he had redirected from its previous role as an iron and steel mill. Nobel held 355 different patents, [...]

Wrogue

Steve — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 08:14:17 +0000

Thumpety Thump Thump… Look At Frosty Go

Steve — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:45:26 +0000

This strip was posted as a bonus in 2007 and got lost when I upgraded the site to WordPress. Click here to see the full four-part series.

Mistakes Were Made

Steve — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:44:46 +0000

This strip was posted as a bonus in 2007 and got lost when I upgraded the site to WordPress. Click here to see the full four-part series.

A Freakin’ Christmas Miracle

Steve — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:38:50 +0000

This strip was posted as a bonus in 2007 and got lost when I upgraded the site to WordPress. The next two strips finish the series. Click here to see the full four-part series.

The Fierce Urgency of Duh

Steve — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:06:14 +0000

Going Rogue

Steve — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 05:15:54 +0000

Yeah… a Sarah Palin and World of Warcraft joke. Guilty.