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Well, as 0ne reader commented, the Arday affair may have died down, but the Cofnas affair, closely connected to it, is in full swing. Read the JustTheNews article below (click on screenshot) to see what’s happening, but it’s not much more than this: Nathan Cofnas, who uncovered plagiarism in Jason Arday‘s Ph.D. thesis, igniting a … Continue reading Ghent University suspends Nathan Cofnas for his …

There will be no Readers’ Wildlife for the forseeable future, as I have no submissions. But here is a reposted Jesus and Mo strip, announcing a compilation of the best of the strips. A friday flashback from 16 years ago. A “best of” Jesus & Mo collection is in the pipeline with about 150 strips … Continue reading Jesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ the Universe

Welcome to the tail end o’ the week, for it’s Friday, August 21, 2026, and National Senior Citizen’s Day. Below you can see a senior citizen spending the night with an orphan duckling in 2022, as the rehab people couldn’t take the duckling until the morning.  I couldn’t put it in a box with food … Continue reading Friday: Hili dialogue

The Jason Arday mess his died down (I hope), there’s not much news save the U.S. national debt is pushing 40 TRILLION dollars, so now is a good time for some restful and beautiful wildlife photos. Today we present part 2 of the photos that Bruce Lyon of UC Santa Cruz posted; the photos were … Continue reading Readers’ wildlife photos (and video)

Welcome to Thursday, August 20, 2026, and National Bacon Lover’s Day (note the misplaced apostrophe, implying that only one bacon lover is being fêted).  Who is it? Anyway, here’s a maple and bacon donut I ate in January, 2025 at Blinkie’s  Donuts in California (h/t Michelle). It was terrific! And here’s a slightly salacious joke … Continue reading Thursday: Hili dialogue

I thought the media fracas about Jason Arday would settle down soon after he died (likely via suicide), but it hasn’t.  Now people are busy affixing blame for his behavior, and death, with blame attaching to his fabulism, his  plagiarism and obvious lies, the press, and the lack of proper oversight by Arday’s Ph.D. committee … Continue reading Still more on Jason Arday

The author of Jesus and Mo is again recycling old strips, but I haven’t seen this one, called oops2. Here Jesus questions the notion of a personal God, whereupon that God punishes him by raining on his parade, proving that Jesus’s assertions are wrong: x x x

It’s been a while since Bruce Lyon has sent us photos, but he’s been off the in the wilds of Alaska studying birds. Here’s the first part of his odyssey, starring everyone’s favorite seabirds: puffins and auklets.  Bruce’s captions and IDs are indented, and you can enlarge his photos by clicking on them: I spent … Continue reading Readers’ wildlife photos

Welcome to a Hump Day (“Küürupäev” in Estonian), August 19, 2026, and National Hot and Spicy Food Day. Here’s my heartthrob Jennifer Lawrence tasting and commenting on a row of increasingly spicy chicken wings. She cries in pain when she gets to the really hot ones, about 17 minutes in. She also discusses her career … Continue reading Wednesday: Hili dialogue

This comedy video, starring Barack Obama and Larry David, shows that the ex-President is a natural actor and comedian. (I’ve added a Facebook post below that also shows Obama’s comedic talents.) Here the Calm Man interacts with the Neurotic Man.  As for the tan-suit thing, Wikipedia has whoe article on “Barack Obama and tan suit … Continue reading Barack Obama, Larry David, and the tan suit

I swear, I don’t know why anybody with more than a few neurons listens to The Young Turks any more (young folk do, but their complement of neurons hasn’t yet connected properly). The show is disgustingly progressive, with founder Cenk Uygur regularly embarrassing himself by having tantrums on the show and in other places, including … Continue reading Cenk Uygur blows it again, this time about spo…

Allow me once again to enchant/bore you with photos of my babies. The ducklings were one month old on Saturday, but they entered the pond the next day, so their official “monthiversay” as pond denizens was Sunday. They’re in their second month now, and are rapidly growing feathers and longer wings. By the end of … Continue reading Tuesday duck report

Welcome to The Cruelest Day: Tuesday, August 18, 2026, and it’s National Bad Poetry Day. Finding horrible verse is a hobby of mine, but two names stand out; William McGonagall and Julia A. Moore, the former a Brit and the latter American.  Here in its entirety is Moore’s “Little Libbie” Moore was sometimes called “The … Continue reading Tuesday: Hili dialogue

In his latest “New Rules” report, Bill Maher takes on immigration, favoring it but promoting assimilation, all while defending liberal American values—values like supporting gay and women’s rights, even when they class with religious (in this case Muslim) values. One issue: Maher seems to defend the practices of different cultures, like child marriages, so long as … Continue reading Bill Maher on…

For this edition we include the Sun and Moon as wildlife, as Jan Malik reports on the solar eclipse of April, 2024. Jan’s captions are indented, and you can enlarge the photos by clicking on them.  Oh, and Google “solar eclipse 2024” and see what you get! The recent total solar eclipse in Europe reminded … Continue reading Reader’s wildlife photos

Hi-ho, hi-ho, it’s back to work we go.  Yes, it’s another Monday and the beginning of the “work” week for those who take weekends off; to be precise it’s August 17, 2026 and National #2 Pencil Day, celebrating the only pencil worth using. (I cannot abide mechanical pencils.) Here’s how they’re made, but the process … Continue reading Monday: Hili dialogue

Yes, I can hear you thinking, “Here goes Professor Ceiling Cat again arguing that popular music reached its apogee in his youth and has gone downhill ever since.” Well, you’re right. I do think that, but I think the same thing for all the arts save photography, literature and film. The decline of the arts, … Continue reading A stream of consciousness: The decline of the Broadway musical

Welcome to the Sabbath made for goyische cats: it’s Sunday, August 16, 2026, and it’s National Tell a Joke Day.  Here’s a grammatical joke, and it may even be true: France’s greatest lexicographer, Émile Littré, was once found by his wife, in flagrante delicto, and in the conjugal bedroom at that, with their housemaid. “Emile,” … Continue reading Sunday: Hili dialogue

I wanted to remind readers of the “Roolz” (the commenting rules) for two reasons. First, there are some new commenters who should read them, as some people violate them from the get-go (e.g., calling other readers names or being generally uncivil). Second, even long-time readers who know the rules should be reminded about the frequency-of-posting … Continue reading Reminder of the posting Roolz: …

I haven’t been able to post duck photos or videos for a while as I changed computers (orders of the University, which is a bit authoritarian about such things). Anyway, a crack IT guy helped me restore things, and I have some pictures and photos to post. More will be coming as I get up … Continue reading Saturday duck report