Site of the Day for Friday, November 16, 2007 Basic Instructions From the easel of professional comic Scott Meyer, today's site presents his engaging take on essential life skills. Gentle Subscribers will discover a wryly amusing perspective on a smorgasbord of the common situations of modern living. "Your all-inclusive guide to a life well lived. ... 'Basic Instructions' is a comic strip. Any advice contained herein is intended as humor, and should not be followed as actual instructions or advice." [Something, in this litigious age, which must be explicitly stated, even for a comic strip.ed.] - from the website This weekly comic strip rolls up its metaphorical sleeves to come to grips with the most pressing issues of 21st century life -- like "How to Remember the Name of That Song ... You Know, that One", or "How to Tell your Spouse about your Day". With practical advice on problems such as these, "Basic Instructions" provides a primer for everyone puzzled about how to respond to the dilemma of "How to Open a Snack Quietly" and the always useful "How to Apologize without Accepting Any Blame". With archives dating back to July 2006, there's lots of material for happy browsing. Hop over to the site for a spirited look at the pitfalls of life and how to cope with them at: http://www.basicinstructions.net/ A.M. Holm <admin-sotd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Manage your subscription and view the List archives on the web at: <//www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/webpage?webpage_id=sotd> and <//www.freelists.org/archives/sotd> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ UNSUBSCRIBE by sending a blank email to sotd-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with unsubscribe in the Subject field.