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"Classified Ads" over a sexy sixties roadster.

Classifieds

Best of the Classifieds with Arnie and Vera

Six gems from our Classified section, with exclusive commentary by Arnie Tackleman and Vera Maraschino.

12 Feb 2023
"Sunday Soapbox" beside an uncomfortably candid image of used bath soap.

Editorial

At Least It's Cool Stuff We'll Die From

The guys in the Big Writers' Room Upstairs have crafted a script where anything can happen, no matter how nerdcore-future-fantasy and we'll go, "Yeah, I saw that coming."

05 Feb 2023
A simple salad, with brass silverware and the text "Sunday Food Moment."

Food

Chicken Soup Two Ways

One recipe for making soup when you aren't sick, and another for when you are.

29 Jan 2023
The text "Health Beat" over a stethoscope and some very medical note paper.

Health

Old Wounds and Adversaries

Scurvy's effect on old wounds, and confrontation of new injuries inadvertently dealt.

22 Jan 2023
Text that says 'Ask a Genie' over an admittedly janky clip art lamp.

Advice

Introducing 'Ask a Genie'

Advice from the Sunday Casual-Observer's very own staff genie.

15 Jan 2023
An arrangement of fine cheeses, pickles, oil, wine, unknown powders and gold coins.

Crime and Punishment

A busy week, a disappointment for the publisher, and a break-in at C-O Central.

08 Jan 2023
"Best unread email of 2022" overlayed over an obnoxious corporate newsletter.

Awards

The Best Unread Email of 2022

I give an award to the best email I received, but did not read, each month in 2022

01 Jan 2023
A sad tycoon poses in front of his snow-covered, ice-glazed automobile.

Business

Stockyard Paul's Holiday Hotlist

Publisher's note: The weather has me stuck away from C-O central, so I called the news desk to see who could fill in. The staff being slim these days, I wasn't sure anyone would answer, but I managed to find a reporter on duty through the

25 Dec 2022
A festive image of a music book, with chords and notes for the bizarre Burgundian Carol.

Good Help and Good Oxen

My solution to an attempted fleecing, and the worrisome lyrics of a Christmas song from 1701.

18 Dec 2022
Tom holds a pen to his lips, looking wistfully at the viewer, in his hoody pajamas.

Tom George Buys a Newspaper

I have news. Literally! I bought a newspaper!

11 Dec 2022
Newspaper with the headline, "MEN ROCK ON MOON."

C-O Finds New Owner

After tense negotiations, the Sunday Casual-Observer announced today a change of ownership, ending the long, we can now say exhausting, tenure of former publisher, Gertie "Wordy" Bird III. Newspaper tycoon (he would like you to know) Tom George purchased the storied paper in exchange for future stock futures

04 Dec 2022
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