Julie R. Neidlinger: Lone Prairie Art Works (via Mowser)

I caricature myself out of envy.

written by Julie R. Neidlinger 6 comments link this post

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This graphic makes me giggle*. It leads to a blog called Milo's Turf Tips. Milo is one of the anchors of WDAZ, the "local" news (which is out of Grand Forks and really, all things considered, not so local).

The Quest for the Perfect Lawn is the sub name of the blog (which makes me want a sub name for my own blog).

There have been other quests throughout history, real and fictional. This includes the Holy Grail. Aeneas. Gilgamesh. Odysseus. Dorothy. Frodo.

But Milo is going for the perfect lawn.

This is a quest only a few select people have. It seems like a MacGuffin, serving little purpose than taking up some time on the nightly news and getting a few sponsors to put low-res graphics on the blog. I admire the panache, though. Why settle for bringing down Mordor when you can have the perfect lawn?

The perfect lawn, in my book, involves grass that does not grow. All else is irrelevant. It does not matter what it looks like otherwise, and requires no further work. Yet, I envy Milo's graphic, the professionalism of it, the "we're big league now" effect it lends to the WDAZ web site. The fact that sans serif font was used is also a plus for me.

I must have one of my own.

And, as you see, I do.

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*And, admittedly, the blog itself.

Labels: cartoons, humor, local

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6 Comments:

Well, that's one solution. Have you considered "Astro-Turf"? Of course, if that's too expensive you could always try to get hundreds of lime-green, indoor/outdoor carpeting remnents.

How about Lone Prairie Blog: All Julie, All The Time?

By Rey, at 15/5/08 10:21

All Julie, All the Time...ugh.

Trust me -- I'm quite familiar with that, and it's not so wonderful.

By Julie R. Neidlinger, at 15/5/08 11:15

Well, I suppose I must defer to your judgment. However, I refuse to believe that it can be as bad as all that.

By Rey, at 15/5/08 14:41

"The perfect lawn, in my book, involves grass that does not grow."

Amen to that Sister!

This is why I pray for a mini-drought or two during the summer so that the grass may be sufficiently stunned from growing anymore. With Jim leaving, I will also be facing more lawn-mowing myself (Jim, Joy and Kristin also help with the lawn now) - a prospect I do not look forward to.

By Will, at 15/5/08 14:51

You look so cute in that cartoon.

By David Cho, at 15/5/08 15:43

Yes, it's really flattering.

Also, it looks like a zombie.

By Julie R. Neidlinger, at 15/5/08 15:45

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