Heh-

Dark Side of the Horse by Samson for January 07, 2025

Dark Side of the Horse Comic Strip for January 07, 2025

https://www.gocomics.com/darksideofthehorse/2025/01/07

Frazz by Jef Mallett for January 07, 2025

Frazz Comic Strip for January 07, 2025

(I just got my first debit card this past Nov.)

https://www.gocomics.com/frazz/2025/01/07

Free Range by Bill Whitehead for January 07, 2025

My kind of place, this is!

Free Range Comic Strip for January 07, 2025

https://www.gocomics.com/freerange/2025/01/07


Jim Benton Cartoons by Jim Benton for January 07, 2025

Jim Benton Cartoons Comic Strip for January 07, 2025

https://www.gocomics.com/jim-benton-cartoons/2025/01/07


Super-Fun-Pak Comix by Ruben Bolling for January 07, 2025

Super-Fun-Pak Comix Comic Strip for January 07, 2025

https://www.gocomics.com/super-fun-pak-comix/2025/01/07


Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for January 07, 2025

Calvin and Hobbes Comic Strip for January 07, 2025

https://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/2025/01/07

The Skeleton Dance, Voted the 18th Best Cartoon of All Time, Is Now in the Public Domain (1929)

The final lines of this strong recommendation add that ‘all takes place in a graveyard.

Source: The Skeleton Dance, Voted the 18th Best Cartoon of All Time, Is Now in the Public Domain (1929)

 

(I started a post, looked for a share link, and got this. We’ll see how it goes. I’m not up to much today, but this is so good I want to share it. Totally off topic, just enjoy.)

A Nice Old Poem

Find out all about it by clicking the title to see it all. (Also not proselytizing.)

January by Robert Bridges 1844 – 1930

Cold is the winter day, misty and dark:
   The sunless sky with faded gleams is rent:
And patches of thin snow outlying, mark
   The landscape with a drear disfigurement.

The trees their mournful branches lift aloft:
   The oak with knotty twigs is full of trust,
With bud-thronged bough the cherry in the croft;
   The chestnut holds her gluey knops upthrust.

No birds sing, but the starling chaps his bill
   And chatters mockingly; the newborn lambs
Within their strawbuilt fold beneath the hill
   Answer with plaintive cry their bleating dams.

Their voices melt in welcome dreams of spring,
   Green grass and leafy trees and sunny skies:
My fancy decks the woods, the thrushes sing,
    Meadows are gay, bees hum and scents arise.

And God the Maker doth my heart grow bold
   To praise wintry works not understood,
Who all the worlds and ages doth behold,
   Evil and good as one, and all as good.

This poem is in the public domain. Published in Poem-a-Day on January 4, 2025, by the Academy of American Poets.

Music in the Morning

It’s a slideshow, with links. I love The Isley Brothers’s work!

Heard of The Isley Brothers? The Legendary Group is the Only Musical Act in History to Achieve This One Feat

After decades in the music business, the Cincinnati-born siblings have been covered by everyone from The Notorious B.I.G. to Ice Cube.

By Angela Johnson

Even if you weren’t around when the band got their start in the late 1950s, you’ve definitely experienced the music of The Isley Brothers. With a sound that combines R&B, rock, funk and soul, their music has been been heavily sampled and covered by the likes of Ice Cube, The Beatles and Whitney Houston.

But while you surely know their music, you may not know that the Cincinnati, Ohio-born siblings who were known for producing sexy love ballads actually started singing gospel music as teens. Despite label changes, family tragedies and a lawsuit between two of the original members, founding member Ronald and younger brother Ernie Isley still entertain fans with the songs that first made them famous in the 1960s.

To this day, The Isley Brothers are the only act in history to hit the Billboard Hot 100 in six consecutive decades: The 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s and 2000s. Here is their story. (snip-go see the photos, listen to the music. While going through the early slides, why not turn on this? or this? )

https://www.theroot.com/heard-of-the-isley-brothers-the-legendary-group-is-the-1851732498

Kinda.

(Probably been reading too much, but not enough comics, yet. Miss Scarlet’s Mysteries and Sherlock are helping. Enjoy.)

C’est la Vie by Jennifer Babcock for January 04, 2025

C'est la Vie Comic Strip for January 04, 2025

“Cloud Forest Beauty”

Good Morning, Scottie’s Playtime

Some Comics on New Year’s Eve Day

Free Range by Bill Whitehead for December 31, 2024

Free Range Comic Strip for December 31, 2024

https://www.gocomics.com/freerange/2024/12/31

The Lockhorns by Bunny Hoest and John Reiner for December 31, 2024

The Lockhorns Comic Strip for December 31, 2024

So do I.

https://www.gocomics.com/lockhorns/2024/12/31

Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for December 31, 2024

Pearls Before Swine Comic Strip for December 31, 2024

https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2024/12/31

Scary Gary by Mark Buford for December 31, 2024

Scary Gary Comic Strip for December 31, 2024

https://www.gocomics.com/scarygary/2024/12/31
Ten Cats by Graham Harrop for December 31, 2024

Ten Cats Comic Strip for December 31, 2024

https://www.gocomics.com/ten-cats/2024/12/31

Truth Facts by Wulff & Morgenthaler for December 31, 2024

Truth Facts Comic Strip for December 31, 2024

https://www.gocomics.com/truth-facts/2024/12/31

Wannabe by Luca Debus for December 31, 2024

Wannabe Comic Strip for December 31, 2024

https://www.gocomics.com/wannabe/2024/12/31

Be Extra Kind To Yourselves Today-

do your best to give yourself a little gift! And have a giggle from Playtime:

Christmas Eve Cover Snark!

These are so funny! Worth the click. I have AdBlock Plus on my puter; the link shows disable ad blocker even though I did because I love SBTB. Just ignore that on this page, and go read-it’s worth it, and the ads interestingly sometimes correlate (they’re all for books)!