The problem with this cartoon is that it threw people’s ability to distinguish between “gnome” and “genome”.
Garden Variety Genomes
Tag: #PetePossum
Bee Keeping
My oldest son and his wife keep bees. They asked me to do a cartoon for the label on the jars of honey they gifted. It looked a lot like the second panel above.
Scopes Monkey Trial
One of the low points in human history. If only the guy defending the Bible had read it.
Headgear Ole!
This really is how I got in the habit of wearing a hat. It helped my hospice patients distinguish me from other visitors.
Celtic Women
I like the Celtic Women, for a song or two, but it’s not the kind of thing I want to sit through a whole concert of.
Expert Speaker
Now me, I’ve been a whiz at remembering names ever since I took that Bill Carnegie course.
Quite a Tic There
I’ve read information agreeing with and disagreeing with Pete’s assertion in the first panel. Who knows?
A Comic Book?!?!
This is me, almost. I bet I’ve watched every episode and movie of Superman, but I’ve read–maybe–a dozen comic books.
Butter or Brittle?
Personally, I think this sounds like a good idea. But it probably would be a little hard on the teeth.
A Span or So
I have often thought about how imprecise such measurements are, which is why actual people didn’t use them that way. “Go figure” indeed!