We hope none of our friends in North America did this with the eclipse yesterday. … [Read more...]
joy
Happy Easter! … [Read more...]
self-reliance
I've been thinking again about self-reliance lately. I like to believe I accomplish things all by myself, but I've been keenly aware of how much I rely on the work of others to accomplish the things I do. For example, just to create today's strip, I relied upon: (1) collaboration with my co-author Michelle McCauley; (2) the engineers and employees of Wacom, who created the … [Read more...]
showering
The Lovely Shower. No doubt our kids describe us as a bit nutty about environmental care. But long showers are nice. And our on-demand water heater never stops providing the glorious warm wash our teenagers adore. So we spend an embarrassing amount of time chiding our children to take shorter showers. It would all be easier if our reasons were a bit more concrete... … [Read more...]
huge
Americans have had a HUGE couple of weeks what with both major political parties holding their conventions back-to-back. Here at HURRY UP PLEASE, we held our breaths waiting to hear the candidates' plans for our nation's climate change efforts. Well, we both turned blue and started to go faint until our autonomic nervous systems vetoed the breath-holding plan. Now that it's all … [Read more...]