Wes Phillips

This could have dangerous ramifications for my day job.

Bagheera is strict, but fair. I have been warned.

Portly? Could be your genes. Beautiful? You may be a genetic lottery winner. Your personality, though, that's probably 80% your fault.

Bagheera flexes her claws at even the suspicion I might dream of petting her.

Remember kids, open flames and hi-fi are a volatile mix.

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I loved Doug Marlette. His political cartoons were so sharp that I almost always laughed out loud—even when he slaughtered some of my sacred cows. I suppose that's one of the signs of really good political humor, since all of us can laugh at the other side's foibles.

Back in college, I used to spend waaay too much time in the morning contemplating all the text on the label of Dr. Bronner's Magic Soap. One day I realized that this was a bad way to start the day before coffee and I began to decant the stuff into unlabeled bottles. Still do, for that matter. If you've never seen the original, the quotes are no less random in sequence.