This isn’t a post about the Roku video player. Roku was the sixth startup venture for founder Anthony Wood, and roku is Japanese for the number six. Today was the sixth anniversary of this blog, and admittedly I’ve lost some momentum recently, but I promise that I’m not completely idle.
‘Toon Treasures
It’s a beautiful late summer Sunday, and before I get motivated to do my stretching routine and put some miles on my running shoes I’m enjoying a book I picked up last week at the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art. It’s the TOON Treasury of Classic Children’s Comic Books. The book came out a few years ago, and I was interested in it then, but now it’s a must-get item at a giveaway price of only $16. The audio player has a review by NPR’s Milo Miles, who provides some excellent background on the material.
[audio:https://s3.amazonaws.com/dogratcom/Audio/2012/08/ToonTreasury.mp3|titles=Review: Toon Treasury]Birther rebirth
You’re right, Mitt. We’re not interested in your birth certificate. But we sure would like to see your tax returns.
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/romney-makes-birther-joke-michigan-no-one-ever-165422639.html
Reading Left to Right
According to Amazon’s Election Heatmap, books catering to conservatives sell better in most states than books for liberals like me. The “bluest” and “reddest” states are Vermont and Mississippi, respectively.
Legitimate pregnancy
Representative Todd Akin of Missouri, a resolute abortion opponent, said of the possibility that pregnancy will result from a rape, “If it’s a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down.” Following that logic, legitimate murders (where the victim doesn’t want to die) shouldn’t result in death.
Richard Thompson closes his ‘Cul de Sac’
Cartoonist Richard Thompson has announced that he is ending his celebrated comic strip, Cul de Sac. A few years ago, Thompson announced that he had been diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease. The young-onset variety, like Michael J. Fox has. A couple of months ago, Thompson’s friend and ally Chris Sparks raised money for the Fox Foundation with Team Cul de Sac: Cartoonists Draw the Line at Parkinson’s. I’m so glad that Thompson was able to delay his announcement until after the release of the book. In the heyday of newsprint Cul de Sac would have appeared in 1000 papers. It’s been one of the reasons why I’ve kept home delivery of The Boston Globe, and I will miss it.
