LAUGHTER RATHER THAN PROZAC...

Valentine's Day came and went like a 15-year-old boy's first sexual experience. Hallmark is $$~loaded~$$ and I still have chocolate caught between my teeth. On that note, I leave you with a little belated Valentine's comic that represents so much:

Those of you with an I.Q. over 120 surely can appreciate the uniquely bazaar humor in Gary Larson's The Far Side. Larson's creative ideas often compared and contrasted the behavior of humans and animals. In his comics, the animals and other creatures were frequently presented anthropomorphically. The Far Side ran for 15 years, ending with the retirement of the strip on January 1st, 1995. Larson chose to end the cartoon because he felt it was getting repetitive, and did not want it to descend into what he called "the graveyard of mediocre cartoons." My admiration for Gary Larson stretches beyond the capacity of written word. Below are a few of my favorites. These in particular have poked and prodded at my funny bone and I must share them with you: