Ozy and Millie
Wisdom for short attention spans.
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- Nick nick nick nick na nick nick nick, Nickelodeon June 19, 2020Woo, so I neglect this blog, don’t I? I mostly figure news about what I’m doing is available elsewhere. …mostly I’m just bad at keeping up with details. But this is worth sharing: we’re close to a movie/TV thing with Nickelodeon! Read more →
- Happy to announce this book September 6, 2019So I’ve illustrated a picture book! Its co-author is young Maddox Lyons, a 12-year-old trans boy, and it’s about a little trans boy trying to be understood by his parents and the world. I think this is a wonderful project and I hope it opens some minds! It’s available to preorder now. Read more →
- Apparel! May 29, 2019So there’s a shirt on Topatoco now! Read more →
- So I screwed up my PO box December 12, 2018If you’ve gotten fan mail back, it’s my fault. I failed to keep my PO box paid up, and I know some people got mail back. I’m really sorry! Feel free to send stuff along to the new address: Dana Simpson PO Box 6347 Santa Barbara, CA 93160-6347 Again, I’m really sorry for the inconvenience! […]
- The unicorn of Today July 9, 2018So the Today Show had Amazon.com list some summer reading books for young reluctant readers. I’m #8! I’m almost more excited that Breaking Cat News, by my friend Georgia Dunn, is #2. Go Georgia! Go kitties! Read more →
A friend of mine once said he considers the Grammar Nazis to be the ones who use poor grammar, because they’re actually the bad guys.
I bet he would have spelled the plural as “Grammar Nazi’s,” too.
No, that’s exactly right, since most of the ‘rules’ are made up, even purposefully invented. As a linguist I’m pretty glad for any expression which emphasizes this.
This is my favorite Millie moment of all time.
If I am ever an English teacher, this is going on my door.
Is Avery wearing a Green Lantern shirt?
I wouldn’t be surprised. We’ve seen him reading comic books several times.
Ven Fraulein Millie says
It should be, ‘her and I’
Ve HEIL!
HEIL!
In Fraulein Millie’s eye!
Avery, say something about ATM machines and PIN numbers to Millie. Go ahead! 😀
Notice how Millie was insulted by being called “sometimes” weird.
I thought Millie was a proud American! I won’t believe that Millie is allied with the Germans! I REFUSE to believe that she is a traitor!
…
God Bless ‘Merica.
I loved this strip so much that I linked to it with comments here: https://shlomif.livejournal.com/53966.html . This sparked an interesting discussion. I later on crossovered it with xkcd ( https://xkcd.com/406/ ) and Chuck Norris facts and the muppets here: https://www.shlomifish.org/humour/Muppets-Show-TNI/Summer-Glau-and-Chuck-Norris.html where Summer Glau and Chuck Norris are two ruthless Grammar Nazis who aim to unite Grammar Europe under the reign of The The Third Grammar Reich. (And is about as politically incorrect as I can get.).
For the record, I think calling people who are overly strict “nazis” is appropriate because the Nazis problem was that they were overly strict (see the Nuremberg defence of “I was just following orders”.),. And for rthe record I am Jewish, and my grandfather (whom I knew when I was younger) who was born and raised in Warsaw, lost most of his family during the holocaust.
Hoping my comment get through… 😀