This site has some neat maps that highlight many aspects of our society. Seems to cover everything from politics, to sociology, and humorous.
http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/
I found the coke v. pop v. soda to reflect my personal experience, though I question some of the reasoning behind the sweet tea analysis. I am from the South originally and it would be odd to find a place that served only sweet tea and no unsweet tea at all.
It appears that Berkeley Breathed is retiring Opus.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=95441421&ps=bb3
I grew up with Bloom County and Opus. As a kid, I didn’t always understand some of the more subtle aspects, but I liked Opus. His anxiety closet has always been an amusing visualization of our own inner fears.
One of my favority cartoons is A Wish for Wings that Work. I have an ancient VCR tape from an occasion when it aired on TV. A quick Amazon search shows me that it is available on DVD, so I will need to add that to my wish list. I am still amused thinking about the meeting of the “cross-dressing cockroaches in crisis”. 🙂
Farewell old friend. May you find lots of herrings and buxom women waiting for you.