Jeff Mallet Gets It.

We have a subscription to the local fish wrap here in Denver. About once a month, I serious consider cancelling it. However, the paper serves a greater purpose as the highlight of the day for one of the dogs. Each morning he gets to roll out and bring said bird cage liner back in. For a labador retriever, there is nothing better. I crack up everytime he comes proudly trotting back to the front door looking like be bagged some giant water fowl.

I read the paper with only mild interst and only really pay much attention to the sports and weather sections as those are the only two that come with a minimum of political spin.

I gave up long ago reading the comics. In college, I had a room-mate who would laugh for 15 minutes straight as he read them each day. I would grab the comic section as soon as he was finished and read every one. Each time I was left wondering what was so damn funny. Sure, sometimes there was something was mildly entertaining, but nothing laugh out loud funny. As a result, by my junior year in college, I concluded that with the passing of The Farside from syndication, the comics page sucks.

My wife is not like that. She reads the comics each day. Occasionaly she will laugh out loud. Nothing like the old room-mate, but still occationaly she will. This often caused me to fall back into the trap of grabbing the comic section after she is finished and try and find the one that was so damn funny. Alas, nothing. Today, was slightly different. I heard the laughter. It was then followed by "You really need to come see this one." I did not laugh out loud.... but I was indeed struck in a humorous fashion.