If a tree falls in the forest does it make a sound is a philosophical question involving observation and reality.  The question has been around since about 1890 when Alexander T. Jackson, one of the great minds of the 20th century, first posed it? At last we have the definitive answer. It’s obvious from the cartoon, which is [...]

I’ve been amused through the years about an apparent confusion between the state of Missouri and Minnesota with some individuals on the East Coast.  I first ran into this on vacation late one Sunday night in Miami.  I was hanging out at Sunday’s, my favorite watering hole at Crandon Marina where I kept my sailboat [...]

This week’s cartoon draws inspiration from a true American legend — T. Boone Pickens. You may wonder why the eco-friendly WoodChips admire and endorse this Texas oil man and energy investor. They do so because  T. Boone has turned green, pale green as he describes it, but green in a way that makes total energy [...]

Everywhere I turn these days, I hear about a purported loan crisis in this country.  Frankly, I think it’s just the news media being their usual dramatic selves.  To believe in the loan crisis means you have to believe in a lot of other foolish, silly things.  Seriously, this whole business is just not believable. [...]

I got another survey the other day.  It seems like businesses are always sending out surveys. I have a couple of thoughts on the subject. The first is — do a good job for your customers and you won’t need to send out surveys.  But that may be a touch crass, so if surveys are [...]

CARTOON DIALOG: Setting: The NeanderTrees are standing outside of their prehistoric cave.  One NeanderTree is showing the other how to drop a rock.  Beside them are a series of stone tablets that are the support manual, and a bird on a rock called the Support Help Rock. NeanderTree 1: It’s easy – drop the rock and [...]

It’s said everyone gets their fifteen minutes of fame and that recently happened for Captain Stumpy, the old seafarin’ WoodChip. In early September, 2010 the captain acheived number one ranking in the Google search engine (shown above) as well as position number four. For those of you familiar with web sites and search engines, it [...]