James Langdell
@jclangdell.bsky.social
Retired technical writer, still-functioning musician. Longtime Balloon Juice lurker and sometimes commenter.
Unless you interpret the letters as O = Operating and I = Inactive.
December 9, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Unless you interpret the letters as O = Operating and I = Inactive.
Cages by Dave McKean?
December 8, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Cages by Dave McKean?
At the tail of the decade in 1979, The Far Side and For Better Or For Worse launched.
December 1, 2025 at 12:13 AM
At the tail of the decade in 1979, The Far Side and For Better Or For Worse launched.
Glad to see Bud is keeping the books of strips and the website going. He was a presence in the early Internet days, I think before the word "Blog" was widespread. His online report from a Reuben Awards event was one of the funniest things I've read anywhere.
December 1, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Glad to see Bud is keeping the books of strips and the website going. He was a presence in the early Internet days, I think before the word "Blog" was widespread. His online report from a Reuben Awards event was one of the funniest things I've read anywhere.
So which of the Internet's weak points will be the first to make the epic XKCD epic "TIME" panel from 2013 unviewable?
xkcd.com/1190/
xkcd.com/1190/
xkcd: Time
xkcd.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:48 PM
So which of the Internet's weak points will be the first to make the epic XKCD epic "TIME" panel from 2013 unviewable?
xkcd.com/1190/
xkcd.com/1190/
The Winter League games are starting today!
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Winter League Schedule: LIDOM, LVBP, LMP, and LBPRC Games Today
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November 3, 2025 at 11:37 PM
The Winter League games are starting today!
www.mlb.com/ligas-invern...
www.mlb.com/ligas-invern...
Is the Canadian equivalent of DOGE's Edward Coristine known better as BIG CRUNCH PICKLE BALLS?
October 31, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Is the Canadian equivalent of DOGE's Edward Coristine known better as BIG CRUNCH PICKLE BALLS?
I'm the best there is at what I do, and pretty or not, that's pretty much what I do.
--Confused Logan
--Confused Logan
October 31, 2025 at 9:21 PM
I'm the best there is at what I do, and pretty or not, that's pretty much what I do.
--Confused Logan
--Confused Logan
But will he be able to convince Canada to turn on the gigantic valve to deliver enough water pressure to assure a satisfying flush from these new high-flow toilets?
October 31, 2025 at 9:11 PM
But will he be able to convince Canada to turn on the gigantic valve to deliver enough water pressure to assure a satisfying flush from these new high-flow toilets?
Glad to see that Nihilist Arby's has landed on BlueSky.
October 30, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Glad to see that Nihilist Arby's has landed on BlueSky.
I recall they (or at least MSNBC did at the time) broadcast THREE separate rebuttal speeches by parties claiming to be the Tea Party representatives.
October 20, 2025 at 3:20 AM
I recall they (or at least MSNBC did at the time) broadcast THREE separate rebuttal speeches by parties claiming to be the Tea Party representatives.
Steve Rogers could probably apply his artistic skills to drawing illustrations while telling a story. He'd rise to his new assignment.
October 16, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Steve Rogers could probably apply his artistic skills to drawing illustrations while telling a story. He'd rise to his new assignment.
Is he smoking cigarettes while doing whatever this is?
October 15, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Is he smoking cigarettes while doing whatever this is?
Discovered new warning message
October 13, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Discovered new warning message
Homer: Ummm.... Pie....
(Drops pie on kitchen floor.)
Homer: Ummm..... Floor pie....
(Drops pie on kitchen floor.)
Homer: Ummm..... Floor pie....
October 1, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Homer: Ummm.... Pie....
(Drops pie on kitchen floor.)
Homer: Ummm..... Floor pie....
(Drops pie on kitchen floor.)
Homer: Ummm..... Floor pie....
The Camille Syndrome
September 16, 2025 at 4:46 PM
The Camille Syndrome
I suppose so. "Not all evil creators!"
September 16, 2025 at 3:44 PM
I suppose so. "Not all evil creators!"
Still waiting for the Fantagraphics Pogo volume to appear with complete strips from the Pandemonia era. Publication was recently pushed out to 2026.
September 13, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Still waiting for the Fantagraphics Pogo volume to appear with complete strips from the Pandemonia era. Publication was recently pushed out to 2026.
"The Aristocrats!"
September 12, 2025 at 8:35 PM
"The Aristocrats!"
I think that was the same legal situation last year in Pennsylvania.
September 11, 2025 at 3:38 AM
I think that was the same legal situation last year in Pennsylvania.
I attended a talk by Peter Asher, who described how often Chad & Jeremy and Peter & Gordon were confused with each other during that heyday, and how graciously they all handled that. When respective partners were unavailable to perform for years, Peter & Jeremy performed and recorded together.
September 9, 2025 at 12:44 AM
I attended a talk by Peter Asher, who described how often Chad & Jeremy and Peter & Gordon were confused with each other during that heyday, and how graciously they all handled that. When respective partners were unavailable to perform for years, Peter & Jeremy performed and recorded together.
There was a vast accumulation of malodorus slime.
[That's a longtime favorite sentence of mine, after typing it on a temp job for the Rose Exterminator Company, transcribing the notes from a report by an inspector.]
[That's a longtime favorite sentence of mine, after typing it on a temp job for the Rose Exterminator Company, transcribing the notes from a report by an inspector.]
September 3, 2025 at 7:23 PM
There was a vast accumulation of malodorus slime.
[That's a longtime favorite sentence of mine, after typing it on a temp job for the Rose Exterminator Company, transcribing the notes from a report by an inspector.]
[That's a longtime favorite sentence of mine, after typing it on a temp job for the Rose Exterminator Company, transcribing the notes from a report by an inspector.]
I'm not a painter, but I stumbled across the retail store and classroom for a San Francisco-based maker of watercolor paints: Case For Making. They sell individual blocks of color, or set up metal cases of various sizes with your choice of colors. Have you encountered this brand?
caseformaking.com
caseformaking.com
Handmade watercolors, workshops, paper goods and curated art supplies.
We believe all people are creative, so our line of 100+ handmade watercolors, letterpress paper goods, and custom studio supplies are crafted to inspire curiosity and play! Start a new project, spruce...
caseformaking.com
August 30, 2025 at 3:24 PM
I'm not a painter, but I stumbled across the retail store and classroom for a San Francisco-based maker of watercolor paints: Case For Making. They sell individual blocks of color, or set up metal cases of various sizes with your choice of colors. Have you encountered this brand?
caseformaking.com
caseformaking.com
If this rider-mower had been used as the vehicle in "The Straight Story", it would have been a much shorter movie.
August 23, 2025 at 4:16 PM
If this rider-mower had been used as the vehicle in "The Straight Story", it would have been a much shorter movie.