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East Oregonian
PEANUTS
COFFEE BREAK
Wednesday, September 21, 2016
DEAR ABBY
BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ
Husband feels overworked
at his job and in his bed
FOR BETTER OR WORSE
BY LYNN JOHNSTON
B.C.
BY JOHNNY HART
PICKLES
BY BRIAN CRANE
Dear Abby: I am 23, married for
and losing patience. Is there a graceful
four years and have three children. My
way to bow out? — Getting Stressed
wife and I have always had strong sex
Out In Virginia
Dear Getting Stressed: Probably
drives. I recently accepted a dream job
not. However, because you feel the
that pays very well. On the downside,
responsibility has become more than
I work 12 to 14 hours a day, and by the
you are able to handle, you need to
time I get home I’m exhausted.
tell your ex she needs to make other
I love my wife very much and want
arrangements for a sitter for her son.
to meet her needs, but she wants sex
Jeanne
every night. I’m afraid if I tell her I Phillips Because your relationship with her
ended a year ago, I doubt she’ll be
have to save my energy for my job,
Advice
surprised. But do not expect her to
it will cause problems. How can I
welcome the news or like it.
get around this? — Overworked In
Dear Abby: I can’t wait until election
Arkansas
Dear Overworked: The shortest path to a season is over. One side of my family is
goal is a direct line. One thing more important liberal; the other side is conservative. At my
in a marriage than sex is communication. Talk request, they don’t argue when we are all
to your wife. If you don’t, she may think that together. There are occasional disagreements,
after three children you ind her less attractive. but fortunately, they never escalate.
The problem is, when I spend time with
Sex is most satisfying when both partners
enjoy it. To some women, their standard of any of them separately I am lectured nonstop
living is at least as important as frequent sex. about the “evils” of the other side. They
It’s time to ind out if the woman you married don’t quit. I just want to scream, “Shut up!
is one of them. (If she’s not, you may have to Shut up! I don’t care!” I am at the point that
I no longer want to vote. I don’t know what
change jobs.)
Dear Abby: How do I tell my ex I no to do. There’s no way I can avoid my family
longer want to baby-sit her son? The boy is completely. Please advise. — “Shut Up!” In
not mine. When we lived together she found New Mexico
Dear S.U.: Please don’t allow your family
a job, and I told her I would watch her son on
drama to stop YOU from voting. Try this: The
weekends while she was working.
I moved out of the apartment we shared next time your relatives inject politics into the
a year ago. Between working nights at my conversation, smile, look them in the eye and
job and her son having special needs and say, “Let’s talk about something pleasant,
requiring full-time attention, I’m exhausted shall we?” and change the subject.
DAYS GONE BY
BEETLE BAILEY
GARFIELD
BY MORT WALKER
BY JIM DAVIS
100 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Sept. 21, 1916
Lee Caldwell, champion buckaroo of the
world and winner of the 1915 Round-Up title,
was slightly injured yesterday at Round-Up
Park during the tryouts. He was riding a
new horse and had inished the ride when
the animal bolted through the fence catching
Caldwell’s boot and dragging him on the
ground for some distance. The Pendleton lad
was unconscious for a short time after being
kicked in the head. His injuries were not
serious and he will be able to compete today.
50 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Sept. 21, 1966
Pendleton television cable viewers can
have their cake and eat it too … if they want
to pay for it. This was the upshot of the latest
proposal by the Pendleton Community Tele-
vision Cable Co. to bring Portland television
to Pendleton. Currently Pendleton receives
four Washington television signals and one
from La Grande. Wes Stone, manager of the
cable company, said letters have been sent
to all television cable customers asking if
they would approve a 95 cent a month rate
increase so the cable company can install a
microwave system and rebuild its line to add
ive Portland television stations. Stone said
Pendleton would then have a greater variety
of television than any place in the country.
25 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Sept. 21, 1991
Veteran hunter Dale Gaylord of Hermiston
made good on a once-in-a-lifetime chance
last week, killing an “awesome” Rocky
Mountain Bighorn sheep near Hell’s Canyon
high above the Snake River. The big ram’s
curl scored just 13 points shy of making the
prestigious Boone and Crockett trophy roster.
It was the 66th Rocky Mountain Bighorn
killed in Oregon since the state established a
hunting season 12 years ago.
THIS DAY IN HISTORY
BLONDIE
DILBERT
THE WIZARD OF ID
LUANN
ZITS
BY DEAN YOUNG AND STAN DRAKE
BY SCOTT ADAMS
BY BRANT PARKER AND JOHNNY HART
BY GREG EVANS
BY JERRY SCOTT AND JIM BORGMAN
Today is the 265th day
of 2016. There are 101 days
left in the year.
Today’s Highlight in
History:
On Sept. 21, 1996, Pres-
ident Bill Clinton signed the
Defense of Marriage Act
denying federal recognition
of same-sex marriages a day
after saying the law should
not be used as an excuse for
discrimination, violence or
intimidation against gays
and lesbians. (Although
never formally repealed,
DoMA was effectively
overturned by U.S. Supreme
Court decisions in 2013 and
2015.)
On this date:
In 1792, the French
National Convention voted
to abolish the monarchy.
In 1866, English novelist
H.G. Wells was born in
Bromley, Kent.
In 1897, the New York
Sun ran its famous editorial,
written anonymously by
Francis P. Church, which
declared, “Yes, Virginia,
there is a Santa Claus.”
In 1925, the Rudolf Friml
operetta “The Vagabond
King” opened on Broadway.
In 1938, a hurricane
struck parts of New York
and New England, causing
widespread damage and
claiming some 700 lives.
In 1957, Norway’s King
Haakon VII died in Oslo at
age 85. The legal mystery-
drama “Perry Mason,”
starring Raymond Burr,
premiered on CBS-TV.
In 1964, Malta gained
independence from Britain.
In 1970, “NFL Monday
Night Football” made its
debut on ABC-TV as the
Cleveland Browns defeated
the visiting New York Jets,
31-21.
In 1976, Orlando Letelier,
onetime foreign minister to
Chilean President Salvador
Allende, was killed when
a bomb exploded in his car
in Washington D.C. (The
bombing, which also killed
Letelier’s assistant, Ronni
Mofitt, was blamed on
Chile’s secret police.)
In 1989, Hurricane Hugo
crashed into Charleston,
South Carolina (the storm
was blamed for 56 deaths in
the Caribbean and 29 in the
United States). Twenty-one
students in Alton, Texas,
died when their school bus,
hit by a soft-drink delivery
truck, careened into a water-
illed pit.
In 1996, John F.
Kennedy
Jr.
married
Carolyn Bessette in a secret
ceremony on Cumberland
Island, Georgia. The board
of all-male Virginia Military
Institute voted to admit
women.
Today’s
Birthdays:
Poet-songwriter
Leonard
Cohen is 82. Author-co-
median Fannie Flagg is 75.
Producer Jerry Bruckheimer
is 73. Former Kentucky
Gov. Steve Beshear is 72.
Musician Don Felder is
69. Author Stephen King
is 69. Basketball Hall of
Famer Artis Gilmore is 67.
Actor-comedian Bill Murray
is 66. Hall of Fame jockey
Eddie Delahoussaye is 65.
Former Australian Prime
Minister Kevin Rudd is
59. Movie producer-writer
Ethan Coen is 59. Actor-co-
median Dave Coulier is 57.
Actor David James Elliott
is 56. Actress Serena Scott-
Thomas is 55. Actress Nancy
Travis is 55. Actor Rob
Morrow is 54. Retired MLB
All-Star Cecil Fielder is 53.
Actress Cheryl Hines is 51.
Country singer Faith Hill
is 49. Rock musician Tyler
Stewart (Barenaked Ladies)
is 49. Country singer Ronna
Reeves is 48. Actress-talk
show host Ricki Lake is 48.
Rapper Dave (De La Soul)
is 48. Actor Rob Benedict
is 46. Actor James Lesure is
45. Actor Alfonso Ribeiro is
45. Actor Luke Wilson is 45.
Rapper Wale is 32.
Thought for Today: “The
crisis of yesterday is the joke
of tomorrow.” — H.G. Wells,
English author (1866-1946).
PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN
BY DANA SIMPSON
BIG NATE
BY LINCOLN PEIRCE