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om19990101.gif: Kids are paying more attention than you think.
om19990104.gif: Read the fine print.
om19990105.gif: Fun with network news and a cardboard box.
om19990106.gif: And more news. Sort of.
om19990107.gif: Millie presents: ways to get out of doing work.
om19990108.gif: Ozy's dad dispenses fatherly, dragonly wisdom.
om19990111.gif: "Air guitar" is all a matter of musical tastes.
om19990112.gif: Can it be that Ozy has a life?
om19990113.gif: Millie finds more disturbing evidence.
om19990114.gif: Almost everyone has agonized like this over something.
om19990115.gif: Never let optimism get in your way.
om19990118.gif: Millie has to decide just how desperate she is.
om19990119.gif: Suddenly, Millie notices she doesn't even fit in with the misfits.
om19990120.gif: A low point.
om19990121.gif: Sometimes we find comfort in odd places.
om19990122.gif: Yet another thing Ozy's forgiven Millie for.
om19990125.gif: It's not what you do. It's how you do it.
om19990126.gif: The return of the prodigal Ozy.
om19990127.gif: And everything returns to normal.
om19990128.gif: Timulty vs. the bicycle.
om19990129.gif: Send the bad pun police after Ozy.
om19990201.gif: Sometimes, "silver lining" people are a pain.
om19990202.gif: With the right packaging, you can make just about anything cool.
om19990203.gif: Millie presents more ways to get out of doing work.
om19990204.gif: "When I look down, I miss all the good stuff. And when I look up, I just trip over things." - Ani DiFranco
om19990205.gif: We graduate from one end of the spectrum to the other.
om19990208.gif: Felicia explains coolness.
om19990210.gif: And you thought lampshade wearing was only for drunk people.
om19990213.gif: The relativity of shallowness.
om19990216.jpg: There was some debate about whether this strip would inspire religious controversy. It didn't.
om19990308.jpg: Ozy's dad's idea of "class."
om19990309.gif: Somebody was bound to ask Ozy about this eventually.
om19990310.gif: Feminists take the good with the bad.
om19990311.gif: Parental influence: it's always kind of a mixed blessing.
om19990312.gif: In the real world this technique doesn't always work.
om19990315.gif: With dragons, looks can be deceiving.
om19990316.gif: The principal would rather not deal with it.
om19990317.gif: Meanwhile, Ozy and Millie fear the worst consequences of parental intervention.
om19990318.gif: The harsh realities of nonconformity.
om19990319.gif: An intelligent solution.
om19990322.gif: The danger of stereotypes.
om19990323.gif: We don't all live in the same reality.
om19990324.gif: It doesn't solve much of anything, but it's satisfying.
om19990325.gif: Conclusion?
om19990326.gif: Morning cheer is sometimes unappreciated. Particularly when it involves Metallica.
om19990329.jpg: Stephan and the march of progress.
om19990330.gif: One of Millie's worst fears.
om19990331.gif: Ozy in drag. It was inevitable, really.
om19990402.gif: Yes, this threshold does exist.
om19990405.gif: The last taboos have fallen.
om19990406.gif: I'm allowed to make this joke. I'm a coffee addict.
om19990407.gif: An epic journey.
om19990408.gif: You were just waiting for Avery to show up, weren't you?
om19990409.gif: Ignorance is bliss.
om19990412.gif: Corporate roots run deep.
om19990413.gif: Even the geeks haven't escaped.
om19990414.gif: Just when you thought it couldn't get any more insidious...
om19990415.gif: And finally, the object of the quest.
om19990416.gif: Mixed morals.
om19990419.gif: Epilogue.
om19990420.gif: Smoke signals.
om19990421.gif: I repeat: kids are paying more attention than you think.
om19990422.gif: Dragon humor.
om19990423.gif: One way to use sci-fi types for your amusement.
om19990426.gif: Try this. It really works.
om19990427.gif: I really really hate that Titanic song.
om19990428.gif: After Teapot Dome, Ozy's dad became bitterly disillusioned.
om19990429.gif: A redeeming social message.
om19990430.gif: Did you ever figure Avery for a prophet?
om19990503.gif: Nonsense ensues.
om19990504.gif: Avery takes his message to the cardboard airwaves.
om19990505.gif: The dragon finds the silver lining.
om19990506.gif: Sometimes truth hurts.
om19990507.gif: The endless search for fulfillment.
om19990510.gif: More grownup wisdom.
om19990511.gif: Some sayings don't stand up to scrutiny.
om19990512.gif: Bumper sticker wisdom.
om19990513.gif: Jeremy obeys the letter of the law, if not the spirit.
om19990514.gif: Millie gets an idea.
om19990517.gif: Millie's mom takes on a client.
om19990518.gif: Ozy's reservations only go so far.
om19990519.gif: The media descend. And the school panics.
om19990520.gif: The big secret: grownups just <I>think</I> they're mature.
om19990521.gif: And then, sometimes there's such a thing as too much truth.
om19990524.gif: Wishful thinking.
om19990525.gif: Reality, meet Jeremy.
om19990526.gif: I believe she's made her point.
om19990527.gif: Millie's eyes are bigger than her stomach.
om19990528.jpg: You knew cloning would come up eventually, right?
om19990701.jpg: Never mind where Billy went today. You want excitement? Look where Stephan went!
om19990702.gif: The perils of waiting on dragons.
om19990705.gif: Happy belated fourth, everybody.
om19990706.gif: These conversations always seem deep at the time.
om19990707.gif: Accuracy is important.
om19990708.gif: Avery decides to become "edgy."
om19990709.gif: Avery gets a head start on vague angst.
om19990712.gif: Timulty is his usual helpful self.
om19990713.gif: When all else fails, originality is reassuring.
om19990714.gif: The key to quashing rebellion.
om19990715.gif: Everybody's afraid of something...
om19990716.gif: Old traumas die hard.
om19990719.gif: Fear is a double-edged toothpick.
om19990720.gif: They don't make dental tools like they used to.
om19990721.gif: Some words of dragonly wisdom are lost to the world.
om19990722.gif: It's hereditary.
om19990723.gif: Move over, Descartes. Here comes Felicia.
om19990726.gif: Ozy does Dylan.
om19990727.gif: Nonsense words are fun.
om19990728.gif: We all have our crosses to bear.
om19990729.gif: Adulthood is never all it's advertised to be.
om19990730.gif: If intelligence were interesting to watch, Bobby Fischer would be a regular on ESPN.
om19990802.jpg: But then again, I'm no expert on finance.
om19990803.gif: Modern crusaders.
om19990804.gif: Well, sometimes it's fun to fan the fickle flames of fortune.
om19990805.gif: Ms. Mudd gives her legal opinion.
om19990806.gif: The dragon calls a bluff.
om19990809.gif: No less normal than usual, really.
om19990810.gif: Even a raccoon can rapidly change his stripes.
om19990811.gif: The phenomenon of trendy grief.
om19990812.gif: Isolated incidents?
om19990813.gif: Reverse psychology.
om19990816.gif: One of the grosser strips.
om19990817.gif: Well, it would explain a lot.
om19990818.gif: Attention Bob Dole...sometimes it <I>is</I> hard to quit smoking.
om19990819.gif: Timulty the sage.
om19990820.gif: No, this information is not real.
om19990823.gif: Hope springs eternal.
om19990824.gif: What Aesop didn't know.
om19990825.jpg: Avery fails in his efforts to teach his brother correct priorities.
om19990826.gif: Imagine there's no homework. It's easy if you try.
om19990827.gif: One of my favorite poems invades the strip.
om19990906.gif: Dragon houses have their pros and cons.
om19990907.jpg: Do you have these things in your couch?
om19990908.gif: Millie gets her bearings.
om19990909.gif: Degrees of incoherence.
om19990910.gif: "Curiouser and curiouser."
om19990913.gif: Well, it's not any more impractical than the current arrangement.
om19990914.gif: Is there no haven?
om19990915.gif: Ships passing in the night.
om19990916.gif: Aiming high in life.
om19990917.gif: Meanwhile...
om19990920.gif: Some life skills aren't taught in school.
om19990921.gif: Ozy either over- or underestimates Millie.
om19990922.gif: Millie takes her parting shot.
om19990923.gif: Oh yeah, the game.
om19990924.gif: Everything is of interest to <I>somebody.</I>
om19990927.gif: Well, that's one explanation.
om19990928.gif: Orwell called this "doublethink."
om19990929.gif: Finally, a good use for Sonny and Cher.
om19990930.gif: Zen.
om19991001.gif: Disillusionment courtesy of Stephan.
om19991004.gif: It's all in how you define "happiness."
om19991005.gif: Yet another AveryQuest.
om19991006.gif: I guess it isn't any sillier than "Do the Dew."
om19991007.gif: Thought and advertising: a poor match.
om19991008.gif: The hidden link between ad men and beat poets.
om19991011.gif: For once, something Avery does actually seems to work.
om19991012.gif: The wind shifts. It always does.
om19991013.gif: No rhyme, either.
om19991014.gif: No matter who you are, your four-year-old brother thinks you're cool.
om19991015.gif: An Avery compliment.
om19991018.gif: There's always hope.
om19991019.gif: "Morally I have no problem with drugs at all. To me drugs are like food." - Jerry Garcia
om19991020.gif: Philosophy does have its practical applications.
om19991021.gif: More free speech.
om19991022.gif: Sometimes, the meaning isn't the point.
om19991108.jpg: It may be after Halloween, but I still had to do a strip to observe it.
om19991109.gif: Nature abhors perfection.
om19991110.gif: Impeccable reasoning.
om19991111.gif: Millie is principled, but not immune.
om19991112.gif: Oops.
om19991115.gif: Some days the universe seems to hate you.
om19991116.gif: All's well that...ends.
om19991117.gif: My Seattle roots show. Around here it will always smell like Teen Spirit.
om19991118.gif: Another strip that couldn't be done with humans.
om19991119.gif: Comic strip poker.
om19991122.gif: Cerebral.
om19991123.gif: Cerebral again.
om19991124.gif: Don't you hate it when this happens?
om19991125.gif: Happy Thanksgiving, everybody.
om19991126.gif: I do realize that technically that should say "whom." But nobody talks that way.
om19991129.gif: Getting inside Ozy's head.
om19991130.gif: Ozy has this problem regularly.
om19991201.gif: Touche.
om19991202.gif: Well, sort of a victory.
om19991203.gif: A real solution.
om19991206.gif: It's a family tradition.
om19991207.gif: Who decides who's crazy?
om19991208.gif: "What a waste it is to lose one's mind." - Dan Quayle
om19991209.gif: With adults it tends to be less regulated.
om19991210.gif: A solution?
om19991213.gif: Mixed messages.
om19991214.gif: When to be honest with your child.
om19991215.gif: Know thyself.
om19991216.gif: Rebellion.
om19991217.gif: Maybe this isn't so bad.
om19991220.gif: 'Tis the season.
om19991221.gif: Signs of the season.
om19991222.gif: The best laid plans of raccoon children...
om19991223.gif: Value.
om19991224.jpg: Happy holidays.
om19991227.gif: Post-holiday and post-Schulz letdown.
om19991228.gif: No offense to readers!
om19991229.gif: Practical home experiments.
om19991230.gif: Eh, whatever works.
om19991231.gif: Perspective is seldom exciting.
