For your Sunday amusement… a comic!

I’m just going to come right out and say it: I really outdid myself on this one.

Odd how a small thing can stir a huge memory. One Saturday morning, on NPR’s “It’s Only a Game,” the talk had turned to the versatility of a noted sports writer, who was not, said commentator Glenn Stout, “just a one-note pony.” My body jacked bolt upright in its recliner, my Ovaltine sloshed into my lap, and my mind barely choked off an expletive so crude that it is now commonly reserved for strolling gangs of teenage girls. One Note Pony? Who in the name of Gypsy Rose Lee would possibly remember!

Tuneful ponies are, of course, rare, and nowadays seldom noticed.

For your Sunday amusement… a comic!

Originally, the Great Eyebrownie was going to be a permanent member of the Ben & Winslow cast, until his sudden and completely unexpected death (the cause of which was, according to medical reports, “fatal tripping and falling on an arrow”). In honor of the Great Eyebrownie, Apple created the iBrownie tablet hypnotist, and Ben & Jerry’s came out with Eyebrownie Swirl (a delicious swirl of vanilla and chocolate ice creams with double chocolate brownie pieces).