Take It Back

 Honestly. Not only is it silent, it doesn't even make the second "e" long or the "g" soft. It's derelict in its duties. Get rid of it.

This Weeq's Sneaq Peeq

I'm planning to draw another cartoon for
the Racine Post this week also, although its publication could possibly be delayed. At any rate, this is a sneak peek at the Q Syndicate cartoon, and that's the reason for the misspelled blog entry title.

Speaqing of spelling, I discovered a peculiarity of English when sending this cartoon off to the syndicate. Did you know that retract takes "able" to become "retractable," but extract, detract, and distract all take "ible" ("extractible," "detractible," "distractible")? I may have to go back into my files to find out if I misspelled the word in my Greater Milwaukee Business Journal cartoons about Miller Park's retractable roof.

Tea Partiers Take Up Another Cause

The Washington Post reports that the National Spelling Bee is being protested by advocates of phonetic spelling.

Or shouldn't that be fonetik speling?