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Monday, January 20, 2020

My Entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #694

Sing, Muse, of my entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #694 for January 20, 2020. The drawing is by P. C. Vey.

"When he wasn't at the office

He kept all the sidewalk clear.

He relied upon a shovel

And his trusty balladeer."

January 27, 2020 Update: The Finalists

February 3, 2020 Update: I voted with Queens.

February 10, 2020 Update: The Winner

Note: In last week's Caption Contest, cartoonist Mark Thompson invented a jet pack suitable for a mouse in a maze. My caption was not nearly so innovative. See if you can find your way all the way through Contest #693.

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Friday, December 25, 2015

A Christmas Gift from Joseph Farris

Here in the northeast we've seen absolutely no snow yet this season. In fact it has been unseasonably warm with temperatures in my neck of the woods reaching into the 70's on Christmas Eve! Globally, we just experienced the warmest November on record and 2015 is soon going to be declared the warmest year on record. In the short term, our current spell of warm winter weather is a result of El Niño, but this is likely exacerbated by the long-term global warming trend.

Land & Ocean Temperature Percentiles Nov. 2015

NOAA

A Christmas cartoon by Joseph Farris was published by Penthouse in the December 1979 issue. It reminds us that snowfall generally has been a part of this season and there always has to be someone to clean it up.

"And this is for you, Timothy. Go outside and play with it on the sidewalks and then the driveway."
Joseph Farris, Penthouse, December 1979, page 212