Thursday, May 8, 2008

Doonesbury Widget 1.1

I am a long-time fan of Doonesbury, having started in on it back in December of '74 at the tender age of 9.  

An Aside: Before you go thinking that I am either (1) a political prodigy, or (a) consumed by all-things-Watergate, or (i) lying, I will say here that what drew me to Doonesbury at that early age was the artwork.  Then, as now, Gary Trudeau's pencils stood head-n-shoulders above most of the scribbles found on the typical comics page...or the editorial page, where the strip has often found itself.

OK. Back on track...  As the years passed, and I DID grow into a political prodigy with a Watergate obsession ;-) I continued to follow Doonesbury...through Trudeau's sabbaticals, through the Broadway musical (yes, I CAN say I saw it), through the strip's move onto the Internet...etc.  

Much to my regret, despite the easy availability of Doonesbury -- heck, for over seven years now I have had it delivered to me every morning via email (but who can be bothered to open every email, right?) -- I have at times drifted...but no longer.  After 30+ years of tuning into Mike, Zonker, B.D., Duke, Boopsie, and the rest in ways and media various and sundry I have FINALLY found the perfect delivery method for my daily fix...Doonesbury Widget 1.1, installed to AppleKory's Dashboard. Now, every day, there is Doonesbury -- in full color -- securely anchored in the lower right-hand corner of my Dashboard.

Take away my MacBook?  Only once you peel my cold, dead fingers off of its glossy white plastic hide.

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