Category: life

  • Always One Of Us

    I console myself that the cup I knocked over was just water, while the other cup contained bright red sticky juice. So at least the risk analysis made sense, okay? Callback: One Of Us

  • Laundry Time

    Laundry Time

    The washing machine knows it can get away with it, too. What am I going to do? It locked the door until the cycle completes. Cancelling just puts it into an even longer wait until it mysteriously decides it is ready to unlock the door.

  • Dangerously Cheesy

    Dangerously Cheesy

    It would be difficult to oversell how much I emphasized “GRATE” to make sure the kids would get it.

  • A Good Chip

    A Good Chip

    We can be glad the story ended on a positive note of not wasting a good chip.

  • Can I Tell You Something?

    Can I Tell You Something?

    I wanted to make a “nohello” IRL joke, but it will seriously be a sad day if/when my son stops doing this.

  • Can’t Leave Home Without…

    Can’t Leave Home Without…

    As my daughter was quick to point out: If you think forgetting your shoes is bad, imagine forgetting your kid. I may never live it down.

  • Socially Awkward Bane

    Socially Awkward Bane

    Credit to my husband for making this joke ages ago, and to me for finally getting around to drawing it.

  • Playing It Back

    Playing It Back

    It is weird to unexpectedly hear your own recorded voice.

  • Speed Bump

    Speed Bump

    This is a guest comic by my eldest daughter based on a sketch she made back when she was learning about the Oregon Trail. She informed me that people on the Oregon Trail did bury the bodies in the road itself, and something about wolves – apparently one reason was to discourage wolves from eating…

  • Meat And Potatoes

    Meat And Potatoes

    What can you do? Kids know everything already.