Monthly Archives: March 2012

Putting the Vanity in Vanity Plate

I’ve been continuing with my trick of using a text box for signs and plates in Bitstrips. That’s the easy way of doing things and I do wonder if I’ll find a way to make a non yellow box or … Continue reading

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Mercedes Woods

Is the closeness of the peace symbol to the Mercedes Benz symbol a coincidence? We at Many Rants doubt it. The Mercedes Benz symbol was established first so somehow that car company, through chicanery, got the peaceniks to adopt a … Continue reading

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Foiled by a Simple Law

“I figured out how to shut the library computers down!” said my friend in a whisper though I could hear the exclamation mark. I was an easily distracted York University student in the late 1980’s so I simply said “Wha?” … Continue reading

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Mostest Burger

I finally figured out how to use ‘scenes’ in Bitstrips. Of course I had a problem with layering in the middle panel where Charles is in front of the fire hydrant but from perspective he should be behind it. Maybe … Continue reading

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Don’t Worry, 2030 Will Come At Long Last

The saga of the baby boomers has filled the media for many of the last decades. Like no other group before them or since, they have been coddled. Except possibly in their most recent life milestone, where retirement ages have … Continue reading

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Survivalist Tipping Point?

Survivalists and their ilk are probably more common right now, what with the rumoured Mayan end of days coming up (the official story is that just the Mayan calendar runs out – it’s not really an end of life on … Continue reading

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The Curse of the Cyclops

Since Bitstrips has a cyclops available for use, I couldn’t resist joking about the one thing I know about a cyclops. There’s lots to play with at the Bitstrips site. I’m going to post a cartoon with that site’s help … Continue reading

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Rush Limbaugh Gets Cartoond

Rush Limbaugh gets cartoond for calling a female university student a slut and a prostitute. So why didn’t I put any specifics about Rush in the cartoon? Well you see I have this feeling about Rush. This cartoon remains general … Continue reading

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Polymath as Remedy

I hate novels about writing. I hate songs about music. I hate movies or television about Hollywood. I hate art that asks “what is art?” The first three of these were developed by me as a simple member of the … Continue reading

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