Finally responding to Jill’s call for taking the phrase “April Showers Brings May Flowers” and showing what it means to me. In Cincinnati it is a well known fact that if you don’t have allergies when you get here, that you will once you stay for a while. Pollen season is going like gangbusters here already and my eyes are a little itchy.
And don’t forget to vote for the caption cartoon contest.
The entries are in and the top five have been chosen. This was a very scientific method that involved algorithms, spreadsheets and asking my wife which she liked best. I had to reword some due to size limitations but the nominees are Carlo, Dave, Tony, Friggin Loon, and Roland. Good luck and start the voting. I’ll announce the winner on Friday.
One of my achilles heels is drawing caricatures of actual people. I can whip out an entire cartoon in an hour from start to finish as long as I don’t have identifiable people. Those can take me an hour each just to sketch them out.
Starting to work on a large undertaking and this guy is in it. Let’s see if I came even close. Can you guess who this is????
Ever since Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi stated so eloquently about the Health care Bill, “…we have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it…”, I have been questioning what exactly was in the bill. Now that it is passed of course the add ons are coming out. Included is a rider that now effectively eliminates the banks as a middle-man for student loans. Instead the loans would be provided by the government. Again this was in the Health Care Bill!
So what else do you think will come out that was hidden in the Health care Bill? Are you funny? We like funny? Submit your thoughts in the comments section. Next Monday I’ll post my favorites for all my readers to vote on. The winner will get a signed copy of the final cartoon and have their banner ad posted to the right for at least 2 weeks.
If you don’t have a banner ad already on my links page, why not? Send me a link or the banner (125×125). Don’t worry if you have a blog/site but can’t make the banner. If you are the winner, I’ll also make one for you.
Bonus points for people who promote this contest on your own blog, facebook or share via one of the social bookmarks below. (just let me know in the comments).
Remember, your entry doesn’t have to be anything related to health care. Also anyone know what is meant by a “Hidden Mickey” (the title of the toon)??
John Cusack has a new movie out called Hot Tub Time Machine where he and his friends go back to the 80’s. This cartoon was inspired by a conversation with a friend who wanted to know if someone would buy a used mattress on craigslist. Craigslist is an online classified ad site. I figured anyone would buy anything on craigslist and a quick search proved me right.
Which suggests many questions:
– What is the weirdest thing you have bought online or saw for sale online?
– If you could go back in time, what year would you go back to?
– If you could go back in time, what would you tell your younger self (and no using the obvious around giving yourself ways to make easy money like lottery numbers, stock tips, etc)?
In the market for a new car? This is a great time to buy a used Toyota and especially a Prius. Sudden acceleration problems have been blamed in over 100 different crashes. But it seems people are blaming Toyota for their accidents, even when it is driver error.
So now, if you are the owner of one of these gems, you have a window of opportunity to blame Toyota for your crash, even if your dumbass shouldn’t be behind the wheel of a car in the first place.
So the Healthcare Reform Bill was passed into law today. Now as Nancy Pelosi said we will finally figure out what was in it. But I wonder while everyone will now be insurable will it do anything to really lower the cost of healthcare. And do we as Americans really care?
I put myself in this camp. If I had a shoulder problem and the doctor suggested a $500+ MRI, I would make a different decision if I was footing the entire bill. But with insurance, it is a no brainer to pay the $25 copay to get the MRI.
It used to be I would pay my copay to the dentist, he would submit the claim to insurance and they would only pay their negotiated rate. Well the dentist got wise to that and now he requires I pay the entire bill upfront. He still submits the claim to insurance but now they send their negotiated rate check to me. So he gets what he asks for and I get stuck with the leftovers. All of the sudden I started making different choices for my dental care including asking how much the insurance company would cover for procedures beyond cleaning. If I feel insurance doesn’t cover enough, I will look at different options including other dentists.
We all want the sports car but only want to pay for the smart car.
I have stated on the web months ago that the Tea Party Movement needs to keep in check the fringe element that continues to attend their rallys spurring hatred versus discourse. And with the Republican party leaning heavily on the momentum of the Tea Party, they have not done a good enough job vetting the folks that claim to be a part of it.
Now we have stories of people in Tea Party protests yelling “nigger” as Rep. John Lewis walks by among other things. Before people think I am calling every Tea Party member or every Republican a racist, I am not. I honestly believe there are no more racists in the Republican Party than the Democratic Party. HOWEVER, there has for the past 40 plus years a perception that Republicans are more heavily racist. So they should be extra careful with whom they associate. As for the Tea Party, not only the leadership needs to come out strongly and consistently against this fringe element but the rank and file members need to weed out the haters and the racists.
Why? Because now no one is talking about any potential arguments you may have against the healthcare bill; they are talking about how racist you are. And like in the cartoon, you are letting the fringe element define your agenda and others perception of you.
This cartoon was inspired by Jill at Elemental, My Dear Blog. She asked people to capture the phrase “march comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb” in words or pictures. I of course think of March as the end of Winter and the beginning of Spring and of course Daylight Savings Time.
Not only does it mean I lose an hour in my day but it also means that it will stay lighter longer. All of which makes sense to me even though we aren’t farmers who need the extra light anymore. What kills me is actually in the winter when we push back the clocks an hour. All that means to me is that it is dark when I go to work and gets darker that much earlier so I come home in the dark too.
What’s even crazier is that some locales in the States honor DST and others don’t. So some cities that part of the year are an hour behind are now the same time. I always forget when which makes it fun for when I visit those cities for work. I am either on time or an hour late.
What are your thoughts? Any benefit to it anymore or should we dump the whole system?
I am not going to go into the entire explanation of this because my better half said she didn’t get it until I explained it to her. I want to know if it makes sense as is without an explanation. Anyone??
The only reference I will give is for all my non US visitors and non news reading US visitors is to define what Cash for Caulkers means. It is a new government funded program. Essentially it gives on the spot rebate for people who buy energy saving equipment for their homes.
****UPDATE****
Ok so some get it and some don’t. Here is the background. The wife says that I tend not to pronounce the “L” in certain words yet I swear I say it but it comes out so fast that she misses it. Case in point “Cole Slaw” she claims I say “Co Slaw”. So as this new government program came out, many newscasters have been rolling fast over their “L” too. So indeed it sounds like they are saying “Cockers” versus “Caulkers”. An industrious hooker might want to take advantage of the situation claiming that as a professional service.
HOWEVER, Jill’s husband, The York’s simple explanation that she simply misunderstood it as “Cash for Call Girls” is even better so I am going with that from now on in my explanation.
Hey what do you want from a Hack Cartoonist? But even if it sucks, I am going to get a nice search engine life from those looking for Hookers.