From crispen@INTERNIC.NET Sat Feb 21 23:03:57 1998
Date: Sat, 21 Feb 1998 15:25:19 -0500
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Subject: TOURBUS -- 19 FEB 98 -- MORE COMICS
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TODAY'S TOURBUS STOP: MORE COMICS!
TODAY'S ADDRESSES:
Creator's Syndicate
http://www.creators.com/
United Media
http://www.comiczone.com/
Creator's Syndicate Comic Strips
http://www.creators.com/comics/comics.asp
Creator's Syndicate Editorial Cartoons:
http://www.creators.com/editorial/edit.asp
Universal Press Syndicate
http://www.uexpress.com/
Universal Press Syndicate Comics
http://www.uexpress.com/ups/comics/index.html
Universal Press Syndicate Features
http://www.uexpress.com/ups/features/index.html
UPS Opinion Columns and Editorial Cartoons
http://www.uexpress.com/ups/opinion/index.html
Dear Abby
http://www.uexpress.com/ups/abby/index.html
News of the Weird
http://www.uexpress.com/newsoftheweird/index.html
Well, it looks like Big Chief Squirrel made another silly mistake.
Last week I wrote that while British telephone users probably did not
need to worry about the "nine zero pound" scam, I was sure that BT
users were currently dealing with their own "dial q-seven-pi-cromwell-
eleventeen-tomato" scam. What I meant to write, of course, is that I
am sure that BT users are currently dealing with some sort of "dial q-
seven-pi-*WINDSOR*-eleventeen-tomato" scam. I am happy to set this
matter straight. :)
Before we get today's tour underway, I have a quick public service
announcement to share with you. If you are an educator involved with
project-based learning, you really should try to attend the Autodesk
Foundation's 6th Annual Conference on Project-Based Learning. The
conference will be held on March 13th and 14th in the Bill Graham
Civic Auditorium in San Francisco (and, best of all, it only
costs US$175 to attend the full two-day conference, or $95 to attend
the conference on Saturday only). This reason why I am mentioning
this is that the Autodesk Foundation's Conference is the United
States' premier PBL conference and is also a great professional
development experience for practitioners and educational leaders
engaged in reforming our nation's schools (something with which your
fearless bus driver is deeply involved). For up-to-date information
on this conference (including online registration and the full
conference program) and on the PBL Network of Schools, visit the
Autodesk Foundation's World Wide Web site at
http://www.autodesk.com/foundation
or contact Ms. Ross Kleinberg by phone (415-507-5664) or email
(ross.kleinberg@autodesk.com).
With that said, it is time to pay some bills. Make sure to visit
today's TOURBUS sponsors and thank them for keeping our bus on the
road for another week (and don't forget to look at today's TOURBUS
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And now, on with the show. :)
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MORE COMICS!
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Two weeks ago, we pulled our little bus of Internet happiness into a
couple of the neatest online comic strip archives. Since that post
was so successful, I decided to write another TOURBUS post about some
of the other online comic strip archives I have recently found.
Our first stop is at the Creator's Syndicate's new Web site at
http://www.creators.com/
Much like United Media (http://www.comiczone.com/), Creator's
Syndicate distributes several of the comic strips that appear in your
local newspaper. In fact, Creator's Syndicate distributes fourteen
comic strips including favorites such as B.C. [my second favorite
comic strip!], The Wizard of Id, Momma and more. You can find a
complete list of the Creator's Syndicate's online comic strips by
clicking on the "comics" icon on the Syndicate's main homepage, or by
pointing your Web browser to
http://www.creators.com/comics/comics.asp
Creator's Syndicate's Web site also includes an archive of editorial
cartoons by Chip Bok (of the Akron Beacon Journal), Bob Gorrell (of
the Richmond Times-Dispatch), and 1995 Pulitzer Prize winner Mike
Luckovich (of the Atlanta Constitution). You can see these by
clicking on the "editorial cartoons" icon or pointing your Web browser
to
http://www.creators.com/editorial/edit.asp
This Web site also includes an archive of columns by Ann Landers, as
well as opinion columns by Mark Shields, Susan Estrich, Robert Novak,
and Tony Snow (although, as I write this, those opinion columns seem
to be temporarily offline).
Our next stop is at yet another press syndicate, this time the
Universal Press Syndicate at
http://www.uexpress.com/
Universal Press Syndicate's Web site has a _HUGE_ collection of online
comic strips, including Calvin and Hobbes, Cathy, Doonesbury,
Garfield, and Ziggy. A complete list of these comics can be found by
clicking on the word "Comics" at the top of the Syndicate's main
homepage or by pointing your Web browser to
http://www.uexpress.com/ups/comics/index.html
The Syndicate also offers a pretty impressive collection of opinion
columns and editorial cartoons (at
http://www.uexpress.com/ups/opinion/index.html). You might also want
to check out Universal Press Syndicate's "Features" page
(http://www.uexpress.com/ups/features/index.html), which includes such
well-known columns as Dear Abby
(http://www.uexpress.com/ups/abby/index.html) and News of the Weird
(http://www.uexpress.com/newsoftheweird/index.html).
Now if only we could convince Universal Press Syndicate to give _me_
my own Internet column, life would be oh so sweet. Oh well, we can
always dream.
That's it for this week. I still have a bunch of other online comic
strips that were suggested by your fellow TOURBUS passengers, but I am
going to visit those strips in a few weeks. I figured it would be
best if we visited the big three press syndicates first. :)
Have a safe and happy weekend!
TODAY'S TOURBUS STOP: MORE COMICS!
TODAY'S ADDRESSES:
Creator's Syndicate
http://www.creators.com/
United Media
http://www.comiczone.com/
Creator's Syndicate Comic Strips
http://www.creators.com/comics/comics.asp
Creator's Syndicate Editorial Cartoons:
http://www.creators.com/editorial/edit.asp
Universal Press Syndicate
http://www.uexpress.com/
Universal Press Syndicate Comics
http://www.uexpress.com/ups/comics/index.html
Universal Press Syndicate Features
http://www.uexpress.com/ups/features/index.html
UPS Opinion Columns and Editorial Cartoons
http://www.uexpress.com/ups/opinion/index.html
Dear Abby
http://www.uexpress.com/ups/abby/index.html
News of the Weird
http://www.uexpress.com/newsoftheweird/index.html
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TODAY'S SOUTHERN WORD OF THE DAY
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BOTTLE (noun). A military engagement.
Usage: "Betcha the South woulda won the Bottle of Gettysburg ifn Bear
Bryant was thar!"
(Special thanks to me for today's wurd)
YOU CAN FIND ALL OF THE OLD SOUTHERN WORDS OF THE DAY ON THE SOUTHERN
WORD HOMEPAGE AT http://www.brigadoon.com/~crispen/word.html
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