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    Brian in STL on The Sesquicentennial in The New YorkerJune 23, 2026

    Semiquincentennial https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Semiquincentennial

  2. Mark in Boston's avatar
    Mark in Boston on The Sesquicentennial in The New YorkerJune 23, 2026

    Our 250th is officially the Semiquincentennial (half of 500 years). Other terms are Sestercentennial (2 and a half centuries) and…

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    Mitch4 on The Sesquicentennial in The New YorkerJune 23, 2026

    So, what is the term constructed for 250, parallel to that sesquicentennial for 150?

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    Mitch4 on The Man in BlackJune 22, 2026

    See this Wikipedia article on the plague doctor costume. The pictures should make clear that the Macanudo "Man in Black"…

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    Andrew Millar on The Man in BlackJune 22, 2026

    I'm not totally sure, but he isn't a snowman. The Man in Black is a recurring character; he's just a…

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Category / Synchronicity

October 29, 2019 by CIDU Bill

Can you see the synchronicity?

  • Halloween, Synchronicity
  • Andertoons, Bill Bickel, comic strips, comics, humor, Mark Anderson, Mark Parisi, Off the Mark
  • 19 Comments

invisible ander

invisible mark

October 28, 2019October 25, 2019 by CIDU Bill

Avengers Synchonize!

  • Bill Bickel, Halloween, Synchronicity
  • Avengers, Bill Bickel, comic strips, comics, Francesco Marciuliano, humor, Sally Forth, Sherman's Lagoon
  • 7 Comments

Submitted by DanV:

avengers sally forth

avengers Shermans Lagoon

October 2, 2019October 2, 2019 by CIDU Bill

Synchronixity

  • Synchronicity
  • Argyle Sweater, Bill Bickel, comic books, comic strips, comics, humor, Perry Bible Fellowship, Scott Hilburn, X-Men
  • 31 Comments

x-sync-argyle

x-sync-perry

September 24, 2019September 24, 2019 by CIDU Bill

4th Wall Synchronicity

  • Bill Bickel, LOL, Synchronicity
  • Bill Bickel, Chris Hallbeck, comic strips, comics, Comics That Made Us Laugh Out Loud, humor, Maximumble, Mutt and Jeff
  • 24 Comments

4-mutt

4-maxi

And let’s give the Maximumble an LOL nod…

September 23, 2019September 23, 2019 by CIDU Bill

Not-So-Supersynchronicity

  • Bill Bickel, Synchronicity
  • Bill Bickel, comic strips, comics, humor, Nick and Zuzu, Nick Galifianakis, Non Sequitur, Superman, Wiley Miller
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Submitted by Kilby:

super nick

super sequitur

September 23, 2019 by CIDU Bill

Another Not-Really-Synchronicity-But-It-Might-Seem-Like-It-To-Us

  • Bill Bickel, Synchronicity
  • Bill Bickel, comic strips, comics, Dogs, Dogs of C-Kennel, humor, Mark Parisi, Mick & Mason Mastroianni, Off the Mark
  • 7 Comments

This was on Saturday’s Ewww page:

sept 21 ewww andrea Dogs of C-Kennel by Mick & Mason Mastroianni

while Sunday night, this showed up Monday’s Off the Mark:

off the scooter

September 23, 2019 by CIDU Bill

Okay, not QUITE synchronicity…

  • Synchronicity
  • Andertoons, Bill Bickel, Bizarro, comic strips, comics, humor, Mark Anderson, Wayno
  • 5 Comments

… but it seemed like it to me because this was on Sunday’s LOL page

ander afghan.JPG

while this showed up Sunday night as Monday’s Bizarro:

yarn.jpg

September 19, 2019 by CIDU Bill

Pollchronicity

  • Synchronicity
  • Bill Bickel, Brevity, comic strips, comics, Dan Thompson, Flying McCoys, Glenn McCoy, humor
  • 2 Comments

Submitted by Arthur:

poll mccoy

poll other

 

September 12, 2019September 12, 2019 by CIDU Bill

Milled Synchronicity on the Floss

  • Synchronicity
  • Bill Bickel, comic strips, comics, Dan Collins, humor, Lola, Looks Good on Paper, Todd Clark
  • 6 Comments

Boise Ed: Apparently, there is a dance call the floss (which I had never heard of, of course). These two were adjacent in my GoComics list.

floss lola todd clark

floss looks good on paper dan collins

September 11, 2019September 11, 2019 by CIDU Bill

Okay, THIS was super-weird…

  • Bill Bickel, OT, Synchronicity
  • The New Yorker
  • 24 Comments

I changed the site’s tag line to “Starting tomorrow, we’re going to let Shirley Jackson decide whom the Moderation Filter will target.”

An hour later, the New Yorker posts on Facebook that they’ve made The Lottery available for free download.

Coincidence, I’m sure…

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