Pharaoh RutinTutin

Thousands of something is just ten times more than hundreds of something. So depending on the observer's point of view and position on the Hyperbole-Understatement scale, "hundreds" or "thousands" may be referring to the same number. This is one of those times when you really need Grandma to show up and explain to the kiddies exactly what it is they have been using as toys in the attic.

I know the answer is "Magic". However... For the Magpie to knock the Golem off panel in one blow would suggest that the Bird is far more massive than appearance would suggest, or moving at bullet-like speed, or both.

Be kind to your web-footed friends For the Duck may be somebody's Mother Be kind to your friends in the swamp Where the weather is very damp Now you may think that this is The End Well it is

Not too long ago I found myself thinking about the Demonic Duck. I was thinking that Dan's story telling style and abilities had changed so much over the years that he probably would not need gimmicks like the Demonic Duck anymore. I also thought that DC did not need gimmicks like Bat-Mite any more.

As useful as the current Magic Detection Wand? Perhaps. However, I am guessing that Kevin may be incredibly annoying in his own way.

There are so many types of "Power" that have been desired and used throughout human history. Who would have thought that spinning magnets in coiled wires would be the power that could most effectively build and destroy civilizations?

April 21 753 BC – Romulus founds Rome. The Star Empire came later. 1509 – Death of Henry VII of England. His son's Coronation Anthem would later become a hit for Herman's Hermits. 1898 – The United States Navy begins a blockade of Cuban ports. When the U.S. Congress issued a declaration of war on April 25, it declared that a state of war had existed from this date. Engaging an enemy before formally declaring war is a strategy that will certainly never be used against the US. 1918 – German fighter ace Manfred von Richthofen, better known as "The Red Baron", is shot down and killed over Vaux-sur-Somme in France. Some of the most intense fighting of the First World War breaks out between various allied units claiming responsibility for the kill. 1926 – The Duchess of York gives birth to a girl. Although third in line to the throne at birth, no one really expects Elizabeth Alexandra Mary to ever become Queen. 1934 – The "Surgeon's Photograph", the most famous photo allegedly showing the Loch Ness Monster, is published in the Daily Mail. In 1999, it is revealed to be a hoax. Who would have thought that the Surgeon's Photograph might have been doctored? 1962 – The Seattle World's Fair (Century 21 Exposition) opens. It is the first World's Fair in the United States since World War II. Its most enduring legacy is the ability to quickly identify the location of series "Frasier" simply by the outline in the title. 1963 – The first election of the Universal House of Justice is held. This is regarding the establishment of the supreme governing institution of the Bahá'í Faith. Not the longstanding team up of Superman, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, Batman and Robin. 1977 – The musical "Annie" opens on Broadway, giving radio and TV weathermen their most overused musical cue ever.

He who lives by the summoned sword...

We know felines, despite being vertebrates, are so much more flexible than humans that they are effectively liquid. Catgirl Catalina. We know the cat ears are cute, the night vision is useful, and the retractable claws can be a nasty surprise. But the flexibility would seem to be the characteristic that should define what it is to be a felinized hominid.

I really did not want to post this. But it is a cosmic force compelling this action. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ug75diEyiA0

The older you get, The more you forget To remember what you should recall. You fill up the blanks in your memory with things That may not have happened at all.

That is ridiculous. The second Ibis would make the name feminine.

Spelling Conventions? I've been to Political conventions. Floral conventions. Sci-fi conventions. Chili conventions... I even thought about attending the Procrastinator's convention, but never got around to it. But I have never heard of a Spelling Convention. Is that an event for Wheel of Fortune fans?

No. Marco Polo just told a good story. (Yes, Egypt and Italy had a complicated relationship over the years. Juli, Cleo, and Mark set some ... interesting ... precedents.) And his story is about all that endured in the Two Kingdoms. That game of his didn't prove so popular when the only available water was infested with crocodiles.

Time to reassess the threat level. This could be bad. This could be very bad. This could be interesting...

Kevin? Mittens? The magical mind of the wand must be either extremely confident or completely crazy to use names like that. Either way, I am now prepared to eventually feel a greater level of fear toward Kevin than I currently feel towards the Golem. I probably shouldn't be so ready to label my emotional assessment for this part of the story. My opinions for Magus have bounced all over the place from sympathy to confusion to anger to annoyance and repeatedly back to confusion. With the way things are going, we may find out that the Golem is actually the good guy and principal victim in this mess.

I was thinking Susan might play the part of Moe. But Moe was never embarrassed by the antics of the other Stooges. Annoyed? Soitenly. But never embarrassed.

I just wish people who make a living off being wrong would confine their rantings to the appropriate forums. Like Politics.

I miss the City of R'lyeh.

The characters are essentially their own persons within the mind of the author. If the author makes the character do something that the character does not want to do, then the character resists and the creativity stops. If the author lets the character run free, the character eventually goes beyond what the author can imagine and is lost to the story.

Barbara Bush née Pierce 1925 – 2018

"Où est la bibliothèque?" was one of the first phrases we learned in my high school French class. I didn't realize that it is exactly what you are supposed to ask when waking up in a strange place. As for the automaton? Was anyone else reminded of the Silver Age version of the Batman villain Killer Moth? (If you don't recall that version of Killer Moth, you didn't miss much. His most noteworthy accomplishment was being Detective Comics' Bad Guy of the Month when Barbra Gordon began playing the part of Bat Girl.)

The 1964 World's Fair. Where GM gave us "Futurama", Disney gave us "It's A Small World", and US Royal's giant tire rolled to Michigan where can still be seen on the side of I-94 near Detroit.

Am I the only one who expects Susan to turn and slap the others in classic Stooge fashion?

The government IS prepared for a Zombie Apocalypse. www.egscomics.com/egsnp.php?id=265