I have registered for this year’s National Cartoonists Society conference and awards dinner. I booked roundtrip flights from Boston to Columbus, and I reserved three nights at the hotel. Renting a car doesn’t seem to be necessary, but that’s subject to change. I’ll probably rent a tux for the dinner.
Let’s check in with author Doug Pratt.
Someone who I don’t know once wrote to me, asking how he could contribute money to support my site. I replied, “Thanks for the offer, but I don’t need the money.”
Which was true, but I also don’t want the hassle that would come with managing a side hustle. Not that I’d expect to make much money anyway. I enjoy having the freedom that comes with being financially independent.
That offer was why I added this statement to my Contact page: “This is a self-hosted, ad-free hobby blog. It isn’t a source of income in any way.” Which is how it will stay until I decide to stop doing this. Having to tackle just one more technical problem with hosting WordPress, like the ones I’ve beaten down before, would be sufficient motivation for me to quit.
Remind us again, Zoltar, what you said on New Year’s Day when asked if there was any hope for 2026.
America, not Iran, is the country that’s being forced to surrender after Trump’s deranged threats. As Trump’s niece Mary has said, “There is no worst with Donald. Each day is worse.” So here we are again, with Trump backing down with another two-week delay. It’s always two more weeks with Trump. He will continue to drag us from one manufactured crisis to another until he is gone from office. But when will he finally be gone?
There is more than enough reason to not bother with the impeachment process for a third time, and instead to invoke the 25th Amendment to remove Trump from office. But whose responsibility is it to do that? Of course it’s VP J.D. and Trump’s cabinet of incompetent lick-spittles. We are all so totally fu*ked.
One bright spot is the Artemis 2 Moon mission. I’m looking forward to the crew’s return, when they will display their fantastic new super powers from cosmic ray exposure.
An interesting pair of clues on today’s J! First, about an old time radio serial …
… then about a very up-to-date streaming TV series.
As Ken said, tomorrow The Boys returns on Amazon Prime. Today, there is a new episode of Daredevil: Born Again on Disney. Thursday, The Pitt team of superheroes will work their everyday miracles on HBO Max.
“As I’ve mentioned, I was recently the victim of a robbery — and what really hurts is that I know who did it and it was someone I trusted a lot and not for a short time.”
— Mark Evanierhttps://www.newsfromme.com/2026/04/07/more-about-the-missing-masterpieces/
A robbery implies the theft occurred while Mark was present. I’m thinking it’s probably more likely that he is the victim of a burglary, committed while he was away at WonderCon.
Today by direct deposit I received the refund on my Massachusetts income taxes. The thing is, I didn’t pay any income taxes to the state last year. My accountant knew one simple trick. It’s genius!
My federal refund hasn’t appeared yet, marking the first time ever the state came through first. An effect of Elon’s DOGE kiddies, no doubt. I can infer the federal return was accepted, however, as the state won’t process a return until that has happened.
