Thomas A. Long
@thomasalong.bsky.social
Law-talking guy. Writer/editor. IP enthusiast. Uptown Chicagoan. Stronger Than Dirt Pete Moss. Colicky Baby Records and Tapes.
It's always Halloween season for Wednesday Addams the cat, here enjoying the afternoon gloom with her buddy Yorick.
October 19, 2025 at 7:54 PM
It's always Halloween season for Wednesday Addams the cat, here enjoying the afternoon gloom with her buddy Yorick.
"Hatch Act? We don't need no stinkin' Hatch Act!"
October 1, 2025 at 8:49 PM
"Hatch Act? We don't need no stinkin' Hatch Act!"
RFK: "We're gonna cut off your johnson, Johnson & Johnson!"
September 22, 2025 at 9:52 PM
RFK: "We're gonna cut off your johnson, Johnson & Johnson!"
Gonna start a rumor that GLR was actually Eddie Applegate from "The Patty Duke Show." Nobody will care, but I have free time.
September 11, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Gonna start a rumor that GLR was actually Eddie Applegate from "The Patty Duke Show." Nobody will care, but I have free time.
An old roomie kept a copy of "You Can Do It!: Senator Proxmire's Exercise, Diet and Relaxation Plan" in the bathroom. It wasn't particularly radical, but it was funny. (He was the "Golden Fleece Awards" guy, which you might recall.)
September 11, 2025 at 6:38 PM
An old roomie kept a copy of "You Can Do It!: Senator Proxmire's Exercise, Diet and Relaxation Plan" in the bathroom. It wasn't particularly radical, but it was funny. (He was the "Golden Fleece Awards" guy, which you might recall.)
What's going on in Chicago? Well, this, for instance. Could use some national guard troops with brushes and soapy water up here, maybe.
September 7, 2025 at 12:23 AM
What's going on in Chicago? Well, this, for instance. Could use some national guard troops with brushes and soapy water up here, maybe.
Shermy got all the lines in the very first strip. The last I recall seeing him was the 1965 Christmas special (griping about always being a shepherd). Then he went to the same place Chuck Cunningham went: character limbo.
August 21, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Shermy got all the lines in the very first strip. The last I recall seeing him was the 1965 Christmas special (griping about always being a shepherd). Then he went to the same place Chuck Cunningham went: character limbo.
drop an old person that you're going to turn into in the future
"Rome was destroyed. Greece was destroyed. Persia was destroyed. Spain was destroyed. All great countries are destroyed. Why not yours? How much longer do you think your country will last? Forever?" - "Catch-22" (1970)
"Rome was destroyed. Greece was destroyed. Persia was destroyed. Spain was destroyed. All great countries are destroyed. Why not yours? How much longer do you think your country will last? Forever?" - "Catch-22" (1970)
August 7, 2025 at 6:59 PM
drop an old person that you're going to turn into in the future
"Rome was destroyed. Greece was destroyed. Persia was destroyed. Spain was destroyed. All great countries are destroyed. Why not yours? How much longer do you think your country will last? Forever?" - "Catch-22" (1970)
"Rome was destroyed. Greece was destroyed. Persia was destroyed. Spain was destroyed. All great countries are destroyed. Why not yours? How much longer do you think your country will last? Forever?" - "Catch-22" (1970)
What perfect album came out when you were sixteen?
July 27, 2025 at 1:30 AM
What perfect album came out when you were sixteen?
It will now refer to itself very cleverly as "Mr. Hilter."
July 15, 2025 at 7:39 PM
It will now refer to itself very cleverly as "Mr. Hilter."
"No one must ever know my secret."
July 14, 2025 at 11:36 PM
"No one must ever know my secret."
Undisclosed location alert
July 3, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Undisclosed location alert
Way to miss the point, Gemini!
June 14, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Way to miss the point, Gemini!
Well, he lived at 1060 W. Addison St., right?
June 11, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Well, he lived at 1060 W. Addison St., right?
I'm thinking this implies that Pope Leo XIV loves the Cubs *and* the White Sox. It's a new era of peace and harmony. But probably not, sadly, of the Sox non-sucking.
May 8, 2025 at 9:46 PM
I'm thinking this implies that Pope Leo XIV loves the Cubs *and* the White Sox. It's a new era of peace and harmony. But probably not, sadly, of the Sox non-sucking.
I think you might have gotten him.
May 8, 2025 at 8:37 PM
I think you might have gotten him.
Leo XIV (fka Robert Francis Prevost) looks kinda like another Robert Francis -- Robert Francis "Bobcat" Goldthwait.
May 8, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Leo XIV (fka Robert Francis Prevost) looks kinda like another Robert Francis -- Robert Francis "Bobcat" Goldthwait.