Mitch Wagner

A starfish is a “disembodied head walking about the sea floor on its lips,” according to recent research.

I did not plan to have nightmares about starfish this weekend but here we are.

Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for September 22, 1971. Zonker has a Maynard Krebs vibe.

Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for September 21, 1971. Introducing Zonker.

Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for September 19, 1971. Mike tries to meet a woman at a bar. At first it goes well.

Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for September 15, 1971. Introducing Boopsie. She evolves over the years.

Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for August 30, 1971. Nixon goes to China.

Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for August 17, 1971. Meanwhile, here in 2023, there’s a dispensary on every corner.

I’m attending an event in a few days for which I’ll be wearing a suit and tie, which means I had to bring my suits in to be cleaned and pressed.

The last time I wore a suit was on my last business trip, December 2019. I figured then that I had no travel scheduled until February, so I the suits in a pile in my closet to be brought to the cleaners.

And they’ve been sitting in that pile for nearly four years.

Telling Julie “I’m bringing my suits to the cleaners” and then doing so was weird and retro, like using a rotary phone.

The dry cleaner hasn’t changed. They still give out a paper claim ticket, rather than using a fancypants app.

Ron Rosenbaum is from Long Island. The Long Islandest part of Long Island—South Shore. And yet he hates Billy Joel. Is that allowed?