Levy ≠ Levity

So that “crazy wacko” Becky’s mom is gonna take her ball and go home if the people of Westview shoot down the school levy. That oughta learn ’em a lesson. What does her resignation accomplish, anyway, besides setting up today’s punchline? It’s about as plausible as a basketball team forfeiting a playoff game after their star player gets hurt.

Batiuk Blogs Updated!
I always like to give you, dear snarker, a heads up when TB makes the occasional post to the official FW “blogs” (I still snicker at the plural usage). Batty’s latest missive is “a few impressions from” the  (real-life) Lisa’s Legacy run. While he doesn’t mention whether this year’s was “the best turnout ever“, he does take credit for the good weather, since he purposely made it rain on the fictional event:

I figured that, if I made it rain on the Lisa’s Run in the comic strip, Fate (who, when it wants to be entertained, plops down on the couch with a big bowl of buttered popcorn, puts its feet up on the hassock and turns on me) would make it a bright sunny day just to make me look like a fool.