I got this cartoon idea from the late, great Arthur C. Clark, British science fiction author, inventor and futurist extraordinaire.  He fired my imagination as a young man, and I believe I’ve read virtually all of his books.  You may know of him from the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey.

Someone once asked him what his sign was.  And he replied, “I don’t believe in astrology — I’m a Sagittarius, and we are skeptical.”

I selfishly changed the sign to Virgo.  You may gather that I am a Virgo.  We are said to be yawn-wide boring.  I wonder if Mitt Romney is a Virgo?

Oh, and I am skeptical.

Have a nice day – J. Daniel

Cartoon Dialogue:
Mimosa, at the Bark n’ Barley Bar:  “What’s your sign, Woody?”
Woody: “I don’t believe in astrology, Mimosa.  I’m a Virgo and we are skeptical.”

Okay, so some of you may think the bus looks a lot like an Etch-A-Sketch.

And some may think I am picking on Republican political candidate Mitt Romney – who, by the way – just had a staffer say that after the primary election was over they could just reset him (implied – on the issues) like shaking an Etch-A-Sketch and making the screen blank again.

Hmmmm … well, you are right about the bus.  Strangely, it does resemble an Etch-A-Sketch, what with those straight connected lines and the white bus wheels that seem to resemble Etch-A-Sketch control knobs.  Funny how that worked out, really.

But you’re only a little bit right on me picking on Mitt.  I am, perhaps, going for bigger fish.  Like politics in general – in America – and around the world – in the history of mankind (we think big here at WoodChips Central).

You see, Mitt’s developed a near fatal problem in the past few days.  And you will NEVER guess what it is.  I’m not talking about the fact that Read the rest of this entry »

This cartoon was inspired by a Facebook post from Kim G.  Kim has now been made an Honorary WoodChip for her insightful question and inspiration.  You can see her name listed among other luminaries in our prestigious Honorary WoodChips list – click here at Honorary WoodChips.

Kim is also the Go To Guru of all things in Social Media.  So whether you are a professional looking to increase traffic to your site, or a FaceBook poster that wants to be better at it than all your friends (not that any of us are competitive or anything, heh, heh), you will want to visit her site at Kim’s Site – click here.

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And have a nice day – J. Daniel

OK, so a lot of you have gotten your free 2012 WoodChips Calendars by now.

And then, some others haven’t gotten around to it yet.  Hey, it’s only March, right? (chuckle).

So for you ultimate procrastinators, and believe me, I admire your staying power, we’ve created the Ultimate Procrastinators Calendar, featuring the Mayan End Of The World – which, oh by the way, ends before the year is out.

Our top level meetings here at WoodChips Central lead us to believe this would help you get around to downloading the calendar.  This special calendar has the holidays after the end of the world conveniently grayed out so you won’t accidently plan something.

So go ahead and click here to get your free calendar, featuring all the cool holidays like Belly Laugh Day, Black Friday, Talk Like A Pirate Day and many more – before the world ends. And yes, it has all the old boring holidays as well.

And I’d get cracking on that bucket list while your at it (chuckle).

Have a great day – J. Daniel

Here’s a new word for you that recently showed up on the internet – Ineptocracy.  It was brought to my attention by astute WoodChips reader Marty C.

Ineptocracy noun. (in-ep-toc’-ra-cy) – a system of government where the least capable to lead are elected by the least capable of producing, and where the members of society least likely to sustain themselves or succeed, are rewarded with goods and services paid for by the confiscated wealth of a diminishing number of producers.

This word kind of confirms a nagging suspicion I’ve had that our politicians are granting political favors to blocks of voters so they can get re-elected.  Now that’s rather cynical of me, but I keep running into these things that make me think we have the best government money can buy.

Like alcohol, for instance.  Only the government could screw up such a wonderful product. You just aren’t going to believe this.  Now, I’m not talking about the good kind of alcohol, but rather it’s anemic cousin used for fuel to run your car.  This kind of alcohol is supposed to be a Read the rest of this entry »

Cartoon Text:

Elmer: What are Chip and Cherry doing?
Maple: They’re playing their favorite game called Federal Government.
Elmer: It looks like they are just kicking a can down the road.
Maple: Like I said, they are playing Federal Government.

Wow, no arguing with Mimosa on that one – she’s sharp as a tack, isn’t she?

I guess Woody was expecting a more conventional answer like the Giants or the Patriots.  Anyhow, have a great Super Bowl Sunday — and I hope your favorite team wins – J. Daniel

Text of Cartoon:
Woody: So who’s going to win the Super Bowl, Mimosa?
Mimosa: That’s easy, Woody.  The team with the most points.

Can you believe some of the things these Presidential candidates are saying these days?  I swear, some days I think they will say and do anything to win the election — but that’s just cynical and crass of me, now isn’t it.

Have a nice day (and wear your hip boots) – J. Daniel

Cartoon text:
Presidential Candidate: And I am not a Flop Flipper.
DeadWood: It’s Flip Flopper.
Presidential Candidate: Uh, for the record, I was a Flip Flopper before I wasn’t a Flop Flipper.
Caption: Well, that certainily clears things up

Sometimes after I’ve drawn a cartoon I come up with a variation that may be better, have a different meaning, or be clearer.  In this case I took out the Y2k reference and just kept it simple, i.e. the Mayan’s calendar ended in 2012 just because they ran out of steps.  I think this variation is clearer to most people.

The Y2k reference, which I like as well, is really pretty subtle.  What do you think?

Have a nice day – J. Daniel

Text of cartoon:
1st Mayan: So why did you stop at 2012?
2nd Mayan: I ran out of steps.
1st Mayan: Ha, that’s so far in the future no one will ever notice.
Caption: How the ancient Mayans 2012 end of the world prediction really happened

So here’s how the Mayan Calendar really came to predict the end of the world.  And being such an advanced civilization, they invented the first Y2k problem as well.  Jeez, now we’re going to have to go through the whole Y2k problem all over again.  In 2012.

And then the worlds is going to end.  Again.  This time on December 21, 2012 – the winter solstice.

Just thought you might want to know – J. Daniel

P.S.  The Mayans also were the first to invent silly hats (chuckle) – I think for the tourist, maybe.