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I have nothing to wear!!!Σ(ﾟДﾟ)

Posted by GeorgiePiyo

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At least that's how I felt for the last few weeks w

I feel like I have one day with good outfit and (´；ω；`)then 3 with bad outfits

when I say bad I don't mean ugly,

just not so well put together or that I don't feel so comfortable in.

the reason is,

there are many cold days and rainy days,

and styling outfits including an outer and a weather appropriate shoes (ww) became harder in the mornings

I plan my outfits ahead, but I don't usually try them on and also like I said, I could wear an outfit in the morning then spend a long time matching shoes and a coat!

so,

I decided that instead of saying I need new clothes (w) I'll try to make a lookbook for me to use every morning!

I coordinated some winter outfits last night,

including everything like accessories and bags! I'll show you what I did and talk a little about every outfit(´ω｀)

♡1♡

so the first outfit is very simple and cute,

I didn't add an outer cause I think it can go with many coats and jackets I own and I'll just pick the one I fel like wearing in the morning ~

the pastels are cute and I can layer a few top under the sweater!

point of fashion is everyday LizLisa!

this co*de will be perfect for days I feel lazy and wanna be cozy☃️

♡2♡

second outfit is like a date co*de for days I'm doing something after work!

at first I coordinated it with boots, but then I thought is could be cuter with pumps!

I can also wear with black tights(＾ω＾)

I struggled a little with matching a bag for this outfit, cause I feel like I wanna break the monochrome with a pop of color and i didn't know which

I think red could be cute,

but I don't own a red bag(´；ω；`)

omocha purple could also work or even pink if it's the right shade of it

I need to give it another thought! but definable don't wanna make it blend and boring with a black/white bag!!

also, the dress is long sleeved so I can layer it on top or something warmer (＾ω＾)

♡3♡

going back to sweet and cozy!

this outfit is inspired by gurigura or maybe Satomin☆

when I coordinated all those outfits I tried to make them as Ageha coded as I could, cause I wanna feel ageha vibe everyday w

so this one is more on the sweet model side of ageha!

the knit is super oversized and warm and it's an outfit that I'm not even gonna need a coat for in I layer it properly!

point of fashion is the leopard fur hat(*´ー｀*)

♡4♡

this outfit actually came out a little more Reiwa then I planned, but it's cute!

for days I wanna feel trendy or I have to be more "normal" (w)

this could work

it has seifuku vibes with the white blouse and the check scarf, but the engineer boots are breaking it a little and make it look more fashionable!

If I had a knee high type of engineer boots it would have been even cuter!

this outfit could go with a down coat or no coat if I wear more layers,

and it's good for rainy days cause of the boots and the hat!

♡5♡

another gurigura type outfit!

it's can also be cute for going out for a day date or with family!

because it has a lot of volume around the neck, I think it should go with an odango hairstyle!

that's why I added the ponpon shushu~

good for hairwash days ww

this dress is kinda tight so I can really layer too much under it,

but I can wear a down coat on top of the vest!

♡6♡

this one is Akipoyo meet worthy w

this is a casual agejo style outfit but the heeled booties make is a bit sexy( *´艸｀)

I think this would be cute also with sheer black tights

also if I wanna wear it in a casual way, I can wear black ugg! but i think those boots give it the perfect vibe(*･ω･)

♡7♡

another slightly Reiwa outfit w

I think of the reiwa gals when I see it

the boots are very high so I don't think it's for everyday (I could wear it casually with knee high platform boots though)

I think this outfit can go with any muffler and bag!

I f for example I don't feel like wearing monochrome, it can go with a colored muffler like purple or next blue,

or even red!

this is a type of outfit that can be repeated a lot cause the point of fashion (the Datura knit, it's the one that has 'LOVE' on the back) can be coordinated with almost everything and with every color!

so this exact way can be worn to an evening hangout or to the hairsalon or something~~

I have more but I think I'll take a break cause I'm hungry and I wanna take a shower too w

today is my day off and I have something exciting later(ﾟωﾟ)

I'll tell you about it later(ﾟωﾟ)

bye for now!

http://georgiepiyo.blogspot.com/2025/12/i-have-nothing-to-wear.html

Ian won the award because he’s the only male professor who turned down a sexual advance from a stude

Posted by Josh

https://joshreads.com/2025/12/ian-won-the-award-because-hes-the-only-male-professor-who-turned-down-a-sexual-advance-from-a-student-this-year/

https://joshreads.com/?p=47899

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Mary Worth, 12/16/25

There’s a lot of hand-wringing about “grade inflation” at elite universities, which I have for the most part thought is overblown, but, I dunno: if they’re giving Ian Cameron a “University Excellence Award,” maybe things really are bad.

Family Circus, 12/16/25

Honestly love Thel’s wary expression here. She specifically told Dolly not to talk to Santa like a dumbass, but she’s clearly talking to Santa like a dumbass, and Thel’s too far away to stop her. The way the composition draws your eye to her is great, and I’m imagining a Vertigo-style dolly zoom shot on her face as she listens to this nonsense unfold.

Luann, 12/16/25

Sorry I started doing Luann on this blog again after like a decade only to become fixated on shoving the “Ugh, Brand and Toni have an active erotic life and it’s disgusting” strips in your face. This one I enjoy because I’m imagining the DeGroot parents sitting forlornly around their living room thinking “When is Brad going to come over and aim the snowflake projector at our house? He said he would do it, but where is he? He better not be fucking.”

Slylock Fox, 12/16/25

What really jumps out at me in both versions of this panel is how old these pirates look. No wonder they seem so upset at this joke of a treasure! They’ve wasted the best years of their lives!

Barney Google and Snuffy Smith, 12/16/25

Damn, Maybelle Pratt! Turns out Snuffy Smith straight-up does not like you. It’s a good thing you’re leaving town!

https://joshreads.com/2025/12/ian-won-the-award-because-hes-the-only-male-professor-who-turned-down-a-sexual-advance-from-a-student-this-year/

https://joshreads.com/?p=47899

Eros/thanatos

Posted by Josh

https://joshreads.com/2025/12/eros-thanatos/

https://joshreads.com/?p=47895

Gil Thorp, 12/15/25

It’s often unclear to me how old anyone in a comic strip is supposed to be, and Gil Thorp in particular has historically had a quirky implementation of comic book time where the kids get older but Gil and the adults seem to stay more or less the same age, but I’ve always assumed that Gil is in his mid-to-late 40s while Beth is somewhat younger? Anyway, I get the feeling that most of my readers, like me, are or are rapidly approaching A Certain Age, so you probably won’t like being informed that the Golden Girls actresses were all in their 50s in the early seasons of the show. What I’m trying to get at is that Beth thinks what’s going on here is “cute” but in fact Gil is slurping ramen and, through a feverish haze, getting hornt up in an age-appropriate way over Rue McClanahan rather than her.

Slylock Fox, 12/15/25

Slylock faces the dilemma familiar to any more-or-less honest cop working within an authoritarian regime: you get into the game to protect small businesses from thieves or stop sideshows from defrauding innocent customers, but you do have to spend a certain amount of time humoring an absolute dictator sitting on a gold throne about their extremely specific problems, which have no real-world impact on anyone’s lives. I’m sure that Slylock figured out the answer to this riddle as soon as the situation was described to him, but I appreciate that he’s humoring Max by taking the magnifying glass from him momentarily before calling for the royal scales. What do you think happened to the thief who came up with this botched scheme, by the way? Probably being tortured to death in the palace prison, right?

https://joshreads.com/2025/12/eros-thanatos/

https://joshreads.com/?p=47895

Not-so-funny animals

Posted by Josh

https://joshreads.com/2025/12/not-so-funny-animals/

https://joshreads.com/?p=47890

Dick Tracy, 12/14/25

For a month now, we’ve all been like, “Who or what is the Ghost Cat? We’ve been told he’ll appear when needed — obviously that will be some time during this storyline but when?” Well, today we’ve got answers. What is the Ghost Cat? He’s Batman, or at least as close to Batman as you can get without infringing on the intellectual property rights of DC Comics, Warner Bros. Discovery, and Netflix/Paramount Skydance [TBD by 2027]. He’s close enough to the real deal to strike fear into the hearts of criminals, anyway, so much fear that they self-censor when saying even mild swear words. Who is the Ghost Cat? Well, it seems pretty clear that he’s just Buford, the lawman who showed up in Neo-Chicago with this case yammering about the Ghost Cat in the first place, in an elaborate costume.

Honestly the part I’m most unsure about is the “when” component. Sure, sometimes the conventional law enforcement apparatus can’t deal with a specific injustice and only a costumed vigilante can restore righteous order, that’s something we understand and believe, but Dick and Buford were in hot pursuit of some suspects after an informant planted a tracker on their vehicle, and then said suspects ran out to confront them while they were just parked legally at the curb, a scenario where I’m pretty sure the police-friendly Neo-Chicago courts would give retroactive license for them to go nuts, so I’m not sure why he felt like he had to go “Ghost Cat” mode. Who am I to judge, though? If he needs a fursuit to fight crime properly, that’s his business.

Mary Worth, 12/14/25

A lot of Sunday strips just pad out what could’ve been a two- or three-panel gag and don’t take full advantage of their length. Not today’s Mary Worth, though! Today’s strip takes us on an emotional roller coaster, from the highs of “Ha ha, Sunny shat in Ian’s shoe!” to the lows of “Oh, man, the reason Toby and Ian never had kids is because Toby knows, in her heart of hearts, that Ian would beat them.”

Marvin, 12/14/25

Speaking of shitting, Marvin is, of course, primarily about shitting and pissing. But it’s also about a set of characters who actively dislike each other, and that’s why I refuse to believe that Bitsy thinks of Jeff as “dad.” He almost certainly just refers to him by name, or, if he refuses to learn his name on principle, as “that asshole.”

https://joshreads.com/2025/12/not-so-funny-animals/

https://joshreads.com/?p=47890

Guns (not in Andy Capp, that’s knifecrime territory)

Posted by Josh

https://joshreads.com/2025/12/guns-not-in-andy-capp-thats-knifecrime-territory/

https://joshreads.com/?p=47884

Andy Capp, 12/13/25

Hartlepool is part of the Tees Valley Combined Authority, a conurbation of 700,000 people in the far northeast of England, and it’s frankly sad that brain surgeons are so thin on the ground there that this young (?) woman would call the profession “exotic.” Ditto for pilots, especially given the poor state of the British rail system! Anyway, I used to read Andy Capp as a kid and one of the strip’s running bits that puzzled and disturbed me the most was when women at the pub would flirt with Andy. How old were they supposed to be? Were we supposed to read them as attractive? Didn’t they know he’s married? These questions still haunt me today, but not as much as this woman’s unnaturally located and shaped breasts, which I think is a 21st century addition to the strip.

The Phantom, 12/13/25

Hey, kids, were you wondering what the Phantom was up to? Well, there’s a lot of plot I haven’t gotten into over the past few months, but frankly you don’t have to know about any of it to enjoy this drawing of him just firing two pistols down a hallway at nobody in particular. The Phantom: The Superhero Whose Superpower Is Guns™!

Dick Tracy, 12/13/25

Speaking of guns, were you wondering what clown-criminal Rojo Ozob was up to? Well, it seems that rather than “playing it cool” when a potential adversary is parked out front of his hideout, he instead orders his underlings to charge out with whatever weapons they have at hand, which can lead to unpleasant results if the potential adversary turns out to be the cops. I guess this guy really is a clown, ha ha! (I’m using “clown” here in the metaphorical sense, so as to highlight his incompetence.)

https://joshreads.com/2025/12/guns-not-in-andy-capp-thats-knifecrime-territory/

https://joshreads.com/?p=47884

Metapost: 12-12-Twomments of the tweek

Posted by Josh

https://joshreads.com/2025/12/metapost-12-12-twomments-of-the-tweek/

https://joshreads.com/?p=47881

Your top comment is here, and it’s spectacular!

“You have to wonder about the parents who remain in line with their children. They can see, right? They know what awaits them at the front of the line, correct? ‘Just twenty more minutes, Tyler, and you can be the one awkwardly perched on the lab of the unsettling pizza box automaton.’” –Joe Blevins

Your hilarious runners up are also a delight!

“Henry wears a lot of layers for just reading the paper at home. Maybe he’s one of those low-thermostat guys (laudable).” –Joe Friday I’m In Love, on Bluesky

“Writers advise avoiding ‘shoe leather,’ the depiction of how characters get from one scene to the next. Just go straight from one interesting part to the other, they advise. These writers never had to fit a two-panel joke into a Sunday strip.” –matt w

“One of my peeves is comics that mix speech balloons for adult humans with thought balloons for animals and babies yet both supposedly work as communication with others so I guess we’re to assume that horrifying telepathy exists in these worlds and nobody says anything about it. However, if a thought balloon was just a thought balloon, it makes this comic actually amusing if it’s just a bartender staring at the dog sitting at his bar with a big stupid grin on its face, unaware that its joke wouldn’t make sense even if anyone could hear it.” –Tabby Lavalamp

“Look at that smile and sudden healthy glow in the third panel, we’re about to launch into Gil Thorp’s Day Off.” –Charles Louis Richter, on Bluesky

“That’s some look on Hi’s face in the last panel. He knows he’ll surely die if he sticks around to watch this racy(?) action-packed(?) film, but he’s going to anyways. It’s like if they made The Ring for middle-aged dads.” –pugfuggly

“Thor lives in the emptiest cave ever half-imagined into existence. Get some rock-based furniture, a fire pit, some skins, guano, anything to liven the place up!” –Victor Von

“I don’t blame Ian for being upset. After all, Othello’s autograph is pretty rare.” –seismic-2

“You have to respect Sunny’s ability to distinguish Ian’s possessions from Toby’s. Though maybe Toby put all her stuff safely away a couple days ago, when she realized parrots have no bowel control.” –Ken

“‘Sir Richard Wellbottom’ sounds like an adult film star who specializes in Shakespeare parodies: Much Ado About Pegging, King Leer, Romeo and Juliet and Rosaline…” –TheDiva

“If there’s one thing Herb loves, it’s staring off into the middle distance while making smug faces for no reason as a mysterious omnipotent narrator rambles incoherently.” –ectojazzmage

“Some might point out that Ian’s accusation doesn’t really imply the bird can read at all, as there’s a number of simpler ways a parrot could notice an association between the Playbill and Ian. However, that actually makes Toby’s accusation itself logically consistent, as she herself can’t read and assumes that Ian’s daily wistful stroking of the cover is what constitutes the act.” –NotImportant

“Of course birds can’t read! But Othello is a play, they just need to listen and watch it! Think, Toby, think!” –Ettorre

“Due to the scrawly font I misread ‘platforms’ as ‘flatworms’ and, honestly, I think it was an improvement. Alice would at least have an opinion on those.” –Hergen

“And so the fumbling attempt to unionize Dithers & Co comes to an abrupt end. The workers shouldn’t have picked a foreman who’d sell them out not even for spare ribs, but for the idea of spare ribs.” –Schroduck

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https://joshreads.com/2025/12/metapost-12-12-twomments-of-the-tweek/

https://joshreads.com/?p=47881

Unsettling Friday

Posted by Josh

https://joshreads.com/2025/12/unsettling-friday/

https://joshreads.com/?p=47877

Blondie, 12/12/25

Mr. Dithers is no doubt all too well acquainted with Dagwood’s relationship with food, so he’s no doubt well aware of how transgressive a statement he’s just made to his employee. Dagwood’s thing with food isn’t about sex — it’s much, much deeper — so fortunately for Dithers this doesn’t fall under sexual harassment regulations. Honestly, employment law doesn’t even have a name for what just happened here, but that doesn’t make it any less shocking.

Dennis the Menace, 12/12/25

“There can be no punishment greater than to no longer feel the gaze of God upon you. But if God knows that you will never transgress against His commandments, will He not inevitably look away?” is some pretty menacing theology, I have to admit.

Alice, 12/12/25

Hello, friends. Have you been looking for opinions about the new crowdfunding platforms? Well, I’ll tell you one place you shouldn’t look: the syndicated newspaper comic strip Alice. Alice doesn’t think about the new crowdfunding platforms. She doesn’t think about them at all!

https://joshreads.com/2025/12/unsettling-friday/

https://joshreads.com/?p=47877

That bird is pure evil and I love it

Posted by Josh

https://joshreads.com/2025/12/that-bird-is-pure-evil-and-i-love-it/

https://joshreads.com/?p=47872

Mary Worth, 12/11/25

Sorry to be a killjoy, but I’m deeply concerned that Ian appears to own the exact same robe that Wilbur does. Yes, they’re different colors, but we all know the coloring in the daily strips is done by the syndicate and isn’t canon. At first I thought that this was simply clip art of Ian’s head put onto an existing drawing of Wilbur’s body, but I’m reasonably sure we never had the opportunity to look at a berobèd Wilbur from this angle, given that the pet he had a weird emotional relationship with floated around at eye level most of the time. Anyway, this just raises a lot of questions, like is there a standard-issue Charterstone robe that all male inhabitants are assigned upon arrival? Troubling. Still, I don’t mean to take away from the main event, which is that Toby is shrieking “Don’t be ridiculous! Birds can’t read!” and somehow she’s the voice of reason in this conversation. That part’s good.

Wizard of Id, 12/11/25

Is this really the sort of thing that works for politicians? I think of their classic move as being more along the lines of “I tell people something good will happen. Then, when it doesn’t, I say it did, actually, and moreover I’m responsible for it.” I guess I don’t live in a pseudo-medieval kingdom ruled by a hereditary monarch working in tandem with a chaotic wizard, though, so maybe I’m operating out of context here.

https://joshreads.com/2025/12/that-bird-is-pure-evil-and-i-love-it/

https://joshreads.com/?p=47872

姫デコ🎀

Posted by GeorgiePiyo

http://georgiepiyo.blogspot.com/2025/12/blog-post_11.html

New deco project is completed!

Yesterday Noichi and I decorated our accessories boards(・∀・)

mine had another design that I took off,

I planned to decorate it for so long and finally I did w

Went for something Liz Lisa inspired that matches my room(ﾟωﾟ)

ウフフ( *´艸｀)💐

I really love the result!.+:｡ヾ(◎´∀｀◎)ﾉ｡:+.

I have another board that I wanna decorate,

I wonder if I should do it the same (it's bigger) or a bit different,

it's going to be for all the purikura and stuff that we took if Tokyo(＾ω＾)

we'll see!

I have to find time to plan it w

I'm now omw to work and it's so cold!

they say there will be a storm today(　ＴДＴ)

I hate winter!!!

http://georgiepiyo.blogspot.com/2025/12/blog-post_11.html

Someday they’re gonna reveal who’s under the boxes and I promise it will be extremely underwhelming

Posted by Josh

https://joshreads.com/2025/12/someday-theyre-gonna-reveal-whos-under-the-boxes-and-i-promise-it-will-be-extremely-underwhelming/

https://joshreads.com/?p=47867

Mary Worth, 12/10/25

We all know, of course, that Mary Worth takes place in a world similar to but not exactly like our own, where America’s most famous 20th century actor is the handsome Saul Lewman and Sonia Sotomayor served out her career as a Superior Court Judge in Santa Royale County. But I’m sorry, the proposal that the greatest stage actor who ever lived in this universe is someone called “Sir Richard Wellbottom” is simply too much for me to believe. This man would be haunted by the cruel nickname “Dick Goodass” and would never find the strength to perform on stage!

Crankshaft, 12/10/25

For years there was a running bit in Funky Winkerbean about a guy/monster/entity that looks like a person made out of pizza boxes who haunted Montoni’s, and as near as I can tell I never bothered commenting on it or even thinking about it all that much in my years of blogging about the strip, but post-Funky, this being has migrated to Crankshaft for some reason and I just want to be on the record as agreeing with this little girl. It isn’t right! This shouldn’t be in the newspaper! It’s dumb and weird and nobody cares!

Herb and Jamaal, 12/10/25

The full quote here is “When they study our civilization two thousand years from now, there will only be three things that Americans will be known for: the Constitution, baseball and jazz music. They’re the three most beautiful things Americans have ever created.” Why do you think this strip left out the “only”? Is it because it wants you to believe, against all evidence, that in the distant future there will be four things Americans will be known for: the Constitution, baseball, jazz music, and the comic strip Herb and Jamaal? It could happen! You never know!

https://joshreads.com/2025/12/someday-theyre-gonna-reveal-whos-under-the-boxes-and-i-promise-it-will-be-extremely-underwhelming/

https://joshreads.com/?p=47867

What vile Scots obscenity is Ian shouting here? Sound off in the comments

Posted by Josh

https://joshreads.com/2025/12/what-vile-scots-obscenity-is-ian-shouting-here-sound-off-in-the-comments/

https://joshreads.com/?p=47863

Blondie, 12/9/25

I’m pretty impressed that Alexander and Cookie have figured out how to mirror both their phones to the TV simultaneously, and even more impressed that they’ve managed to seize control of the wheeled TV stand, turn it 90 degrees from its usual position facing Dagwood, and roll it towards the viewer, yet somehow still have it visible to Blondie. I’m not impressed that Cookie thinks a circa 1985 camcorder is going to help her with her vlogging career.

Mary Worth, 12/9/25

Ah, yes, Ian has awoken to discover that the eternal struggle between man and bird has escalated yet further during his slumber! Is Toby to blame for this latest attack, since she bought Sunny an ample cage in which one might expect him to be confined at night, but then didn’t close the door? Well, maybe, but surely any animal clever enough to identify the particular bit of hoarded detritus to which Ian is most fiercely emotionally attached couldn’t be held back by some feeble latch.

Dennis the Menace, 12/9/25

Gotta say I’m intrigued by how philosophical Mr. Wilson looks here. Another birthday to celebrate, and the only people who showed up are his wife, who lives there anyway, and his most hated enemy, who is also a five-year-old child … truly, life is a funny old thing, and you never know exactly where you’re going to end up.

https://joshreads.com/2025/12/what-vile-scots-obscenity-is-ian-shouting-here-sound-off-in-the-comments/

https://joshreads.com/?p=47863

ヘアメイク🎀

Posted by GeorgiePiyo

http://georgiepiyo.blogspot.com/2025/12/blog-post_9.html

this week's meet hairmake!

🎀

CL are my favorite candy magic King brown♡

the most classic and natsukashii(＾ω＾)

lip color is a combo of pink ramune, nude pink & visee baby pink glittery gloss on top!

top lashes are my usual daiso and bottoms are diamond lash cute eye(ﾟωﾟ)✨️

I used purple eyeshadows for this look💜

as for hair I curled it with a flat iron, but I didn't completely straightened the roots so it will have more bounciness and volume (＾ω＾)

I think I'm gonna do this more often!

also if I sleep with a silk hair cover it stays cute for a long time!

I usually curl all my hair inward but this time I curled every section to a different direction

it's a bit more work but it looks cute☆

Today I'm so tired

it's cold and wet and I dont feel like going out

but I have to go to work(´；ω；`)

I hope today I'll have more energy after work to continue my room cleaning

I didn't finish last night,

but I did a lot!

still a lot more work to do..

(　ＴДＴ)

http://georgiepiyo.blogspot.com/2025/12/blog-post_9.html

Monday is for teens

Posted by Josh

https://joshreads.com/2025/12/monday-is-for-teens/

https://joshreads.com/?p=47859

Hi and Lois, 12/8/25

Let’s forget for a moment the incomprehensible/not funny punchline of this one and try to understand the lead-up to it. Why is Chip telling his father, who is watching exactly the same movie that he is, that there’s a parental warning on it? Shouldn’t Hi be just as capable of reading it as Chip is? Is it written in some format that only teens can read, like, uh, Minecraft font? Is there a Minecraft font? Is Minecraft still a thing that teens like, in the year 2025?

Zits, 12/8/25

Honestly, while I’m fine with the Zits parents (who were my boomer parents’ age when the strip debuted in the ’90s) staying the same age but becoming Gen Xers, I’m a little unsettled by Jeremy (who was just a few years younger than me when the strip debuted in the ’90s) staying the same age but being into things that contemporary teens are into, like Minecraft. I mean, Minecraft is still a thing that teens like, in the year 2025, right? “Watching” Minecraft? Surely the syndicated newspaper comic strip Zits wouldn’t steer me wrong about teens!

Gil Thorp, 12/8/25

In 1966, Gay Talese transformed the art of magazine writing with “Frank Sinatra Has A Cold,” a profile that turned Sinatra’s refusal to give an interview into a central part of its structure. Will Gil Thorp do the same for the newspaper comics with “Gil Thorp Has A Serious Respiratory Illness Of Some Kind”? I mean, maybe? Or maybe Gil will just sweat a lot, who knows.

B.C., 12/8/25

The characters in B.C. live with a strange mix of stone age technology and modern conveniences and attitudes. This is not a criticism! I get that this is, in fact, the central joke of the strip! However, today’s installment does make me wonder if one of the modern things they have access to is the rabies vaccine. I worry!

https://joshreads.com/2025/12/monday-is-for-teens/

https://joshreads.com/?p=47859

National candle day🕎

Posted by GeorgiePiyo

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Yesterday's brunch with Mayu♡

we ate at Benedict,

I don't really like this place w

but it was the closest

it feels like a family restaurant ww

I had shakshuka

do you know what it is?(ﾟωﾟ)

but it was nice and we also had matcha latte🍵

so apparently because it's Hanukkah, it's national candle day!🕎

it was last week, but Bath&Body Works are having a week of sale! all candles are on sale and in such good prices!

Had to buy something ♡

I bought 2 big candles for 120₪! it's so cheap!!!

the rose was Mayu's recommendation cause she knows how much I love rose smell🌹

and the warm vanilla sugar is my favorite smell by bath&body works!

most of their Christmas smells are way too strong though (´；ω；`)

I'm so happy I bought them!

I also bought some accessories and Christmas decorations,

but I'll show you next time!

bye for now♡

http://georgiepiyo.blogspot.com/2025/12/national-candle-day.html

Agejo🎀

Posted by GeorgiePiyo

http://georgiepiyo.blogspot.com/2025/12/agejo.html

Today was my day off and we had an Akipoyo meet!💋

classic agejo look once in a blue moon w

actually it was fun!

I wish I had more clothes in this style!

we visited Noichi's shop✨️

those are best seller ww

they're so cute!

also before that I had brunch with Mayu and we took some photos outside cause we wanted to make a little photoshoot in the soft lighting ♡

I'll post the pics tomorrow maybe(＾ω＾)

ageha team🎀

I have too many things to post so for now it's just photos from my Nokia w

I have to go to sleep now so I'll see you tomorrow!

http://georgiepiyo.blogspot.com/2025/12/agejo.html

I get the sense that Henry is a lot pettier than we give him credit for

Posted by Josh

https://joshreads.com/2025/12/i-get-the-sense-that-henry-is-a-lot-pettier-than-we-give-him-credit-for/

https://joshreads.com/?p=47855

Dennis the Menace, 12/7/25

I feel like Henry’s “He’s gone too far this time!” line actually explains a lot about this strip. Like there’s some kind of beef going on between him and Mr. Wilson that dates back years, before Dennis was even born. “That’s right,” Henry thinks, every time Dennis heads over to the neighbors. “You menace that asshole, kid. You menace him good.”

Mother Goose and Grimm, 12/7/25

I think one of the reasons that jokes about fire hydrants in comic strips with sapient dogs bug me so much is that much of the schtick of a talking-dog strip is playing around with the question of “what are the human equivalents to these objects or experiences in a dog’s everyday life?” but for whatever reason the ones that deal with fire hydrants always seem to rapidly lose their grip on whatever metaphor they’re trying to establish. But kudos to Mother Goose and Grimm for going beyond the hydrant into other realms of doggie existence, where the metaphors also don’t work. Take alcohol, for instance. Is toilet water like alcohol, for a dog? Well, no, not really. How about the kind of vaccines a dog would typically get at the vet? Are those like alcohol? No, that’s not right either, but keep at it, you’ll get there one of these days.

https://joshreads.com/2025/12/i-get-the-sense-that-henry-is-a-lot-pettier-than-we-give-him-credit-for/

https://joshreads.com/?p=47855

Literally, nobody wants to give pluggers the time of day

Posted by Josh

https://joshreads.com/2025/12/literally-nobody-wants-to-give-pluggers-the-time-of-day/

https://joshreads.com/?p=47852

Mary Worth, 12/6/25

I was going to make some comment about how Toby is confusing Sunny’s ability to mimic words with an ability to fully understand what she’s saying as she explains complex concepts to him, but then I caught sight of his face in the second panel. That’s a bird who absolutely understands what’s being said. He agrees with it in part — the part about his cage door being left open, that part’s good — but has no interest in giving Ian some space, and a lot of interest in fucking Ian’s shit up.

Hagar the Horrible, 12/6/25

Most ordinary medieval people — even relatively high-status ones like the second-in-command of a mid-sized Viking warband — lived in homes that were essentially one room, so no, I don’t find this one realistic. Hagar and Lucky are about to be torn to pieces by hungry wolves!

Pluggers, 12/6/25

You’re a plugger if you’re so cut off from contact with the world that you become unmoored from the passage of time, and also your phone doesn’t have the day and date right on the lock screen for some reason.

https://joshreads.com/2025/12/literally-nobody-wants-to-give-pluggers-the-time-of-day/

https://joshreads.com/?p=47852

Metapost: Wintry COTW

Posted by Josh

https://joshreads.com/2025/12/metapost-wintry-cotw-3/

https://joshreads.com/?p=47849

Cold enough for ya??? Well, warm yourself in the bright glow of this week’s top comment:

“Augie should just explain to Summer that, in accordance with their namesake seasons, she is hot and boring whereas Autumn is cool and interesting.” –Violet

And of course your hilarious runners up will keep the chill away:

“I choose to believe that the “squawk” box in the last panel is also part of Ian’s dialog.” –Dmsilev

“Ok, that’s all good and well, but why is he eating outside? Turkey farts? Probably turkey farts.” –pugfuggly

“He’s depressed in advance about how much pie he’s going to lose in that beard.” –MKay

“Humpty didn’t crack open his fellow carton-mate, but he did feast on the albumeny innards of the predeceased, a crime so heinous they have no law against it.” –Rex Thrillho, on BlueSky

“Dustin has embraced his inner Crankshaft, God help us all.” –TheSodorViaduct, on BlueSky

“We see these occasional departures where the strip explores the lives of popular nursery rhyme characters. Is the titular Mother Goose telling these stories to entertain children? Or, since we’ve never seen her with any kids, does she make these stories up to ward off children? Probably the latter, right?” –Victor Von

“I’ve never seen an egg-human with such a small face before. Not clear why I find this vaguely unsettling.” –some guy vaguely unsettled by a cartoon of an egg

“That look on Augie’s face is perfect for someone who has tried over and over to explain the concept of a fictional character inspired by a real person. ‘Please don’t ask for details. You said yourself that she’s smart. I don’t want to admit that that’s one of the differences.’” –Nevin, on Patreon

“You got any six-day old food? Does your disgusting filthy restaurant have any meat that’s just been sitting around since last Thursday? I don’t want to go to work tomorrow, and a bit of violent food poisoning would do the job nicely.” –Schroduck

“Listen, when I texted you ‘semiotic theory and chill?’ this is not what I had in mind.” –I’m Not Cthulhu, But I Play Him On TV

“I enjoy Dick Tracy helpfully providing a balloon labeled ‘machine gun.’ They need to go the full nine here, though! ‘Dick Tracy’s Hand!’ ‘Cigarette!’ ‘Thinking Cop’s Chin!’ Oh, the possibilities!” –A Grave Mind

“I struggle to believe that cars in the Alice-verse are that expensive. I mean, they’d just be made out of vague abstract shapes like everything else in this comic.” –ectojazzmage

“Well, you’re certainly a plugger if you read your mail while standing by your mailbox, as opposed to, say, walking a few feet into the comfort of your own home where you can sit down; it’s easier to read; there’s a letter opener; etc.” –Bob Tice

“TIRED: Wilbur is bad at raising a pet
WIRED: Ian emerges menacingly from the mist to visit his wrath upon a pet” –Dan

“I’d be more upset about Jeffy pulling her coat down off her neck to ogle her nape. Probably why Thel wears a turtleneck in the house.” –Hibbleton

“Look at that disaster! Wishing well? More like wishing badly!” –Ettorre

“I’m intrigued by Jeffy’s odd facial expression and posture. I can only assume he’s imitating long-dead variety show host Ed Sullivan, which would be spot-on for this strip.” –Joe Blevins

“In an attempt to stay relevant, Heathcliff has adopted Netflix’s strategy of having characters explain everything that’s happening in detail so that viewers can still keep up with the plot while being glued to their phones. Tomorrow’s caption: ‘The stench of rotting meat has attracted the Beings, and we are all in grave danger.’” –Austria

https://joshreads.com/2025/12/metapost-wintry-cotw-3/

https://joshreads.com/?p=47849

One-panel Friday

Posted by Josh

https://joshreads.com/2025/12/one-panel-friday-15/

https://joshreads.com/?p=47846

Heathcliff, 12/5/25

I really enjoy today’s Heathcliff for the way it manages to remain legible despite its one-panel nature collapsing a whole sequence of events into a single moment. Heathcliff tosses a coin into the well, makes a silent wish, garbage begins to fall from the sky in great, repulsive chunks, and a bird remarks on it: it’s all drawn as happening simultaneously, but our minds can put everything in the correct sequence.

Dennis the Menace, 12/5/25

George has clearly been on edge all day, just waiting for Dennis to show up, and now cannot even relax over the course of what should be a pleasant evening. In a way, simply by doing nothing, Dennis has pulled off one of his greatest menacing episodes yet.

Family Circus, 12/5/25

I love how sad this lady looks! Like, when this child started climbing around on the couch behind her and nobody tried to stop him, she was probably worried he was going to sneeze on her or something, but then he said this and it was actually much worse.

https://joshreads.com/2025/12/one-panel-friday-15/

https://joshreads.com/?p=47846

Gertie is going to have the first ever divorce trial broadcast on Fox Sports 1

Posted by Josh

https://joshreads.com/2025/12/gertie-is-going-to-have-the-first-ever-divorce-trial-broadcast-on-fox-sports-1/

https://joshreads.com/?p=47842

Mary Worth, 12/4/25

“Good lord, Josh,” you’re almost certainly saying, “it’s been days since the first unpleasant Ian-Sunny encounter and you haven’t kept us updated, what is going on?????” Well, Ian has beaten a tactical retreat to the shower, where he is fuming, fuming at his humiliation. This oddball is going to grandstand like never before! The stakes could not be higher!

Gearhead Gertie, 12/4/25

Gertie marital dysfunction watch: Gertie’s husband, learning about a new venue for NASCAR racing, has preemptively compromised on their next vacation, hoping to combine some of the racing action his wife loves with a relaxing beach day of the sort that you’d think would appeal to just about anybody. “No,” says Gertie. “Fuck you. That’s not how this works. You know that’s not how this works.”

Daddy Daze, 12/4/25

I can never really figure out to what extent the conversations between the Daddy Daze baby and the Daddy Daze daddy are supposed to be “real,” and I guess that question can be extended to basically anything you see happening in the strip. Still, I feel like “your pre-verbal, non-walking baby is roaming the house in the middle of the night” is a scenario where you get out of bed and put them back in their crib, rather than just going back to sleep? I dunno, I’m not a parent, maybe the conventional wisdom has changed on this.

Pluggers, 12/4/25

You’re a plugger if you get invited to the sort of social events whose cancellation you’re notified about via a formal notice delivered by the U.S. Postal Service.

https://joshreads.com/2025/12/gertie-is-going-to-have-the-first-ever-divorce-trial-broadcast-on-fox-sports-1/

https://joshreads.com/?p=47842