Lyke-Wake Dirge

This ae nighte, this ae nighte,
Every nighte and alle,
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Mutts Moments

Mutts Moments by Patrick McDonnell

Another year of Mutts. Not many story lines, though Mooch and Earl are zombies for Halloween, but variations on a theme. Such as asking a bee what kind it is. Shelter stories. Superheroes. Meta strips on being a strip. And a lot of stand-alones.

tidbits cross time

The contribution of the taxis carrying to the Battle of the Marne was, strategically, less than it is generally portrayed as. As a piece of propaganda it was of wonderful effect.

Different railroad companies in Britain took to GMT at different times, so that one schedule was in it, and another in local time.

A quartz ladle in ancient Rome could be worth a hundred times the working man's typical annual income.
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