Yes, but in so being, it is also a symbol of greed, opulence, and pretension.
Haven’t you heard the Gospel according to (Elton) John? The parable of Benny and The Jets is a cautionary tale of losing sight of the important things in life, warning against selling out your principles to chase money and fame. It reminds us not to let the man tempt us away from the True Funk with the lure of vapid and fleeting material possessions.
There’s also the Value Village/Value World. (Although the one at Fountain Square recently closed. I guess that they were getting too much competition from the Goodwill at the former Bud’s Market location.)
If you’re thinking of those rumors stating that “CEO and owner of Goodwill Mark Curran makes $2.3 million per year”, you’d better think again. Every time someone posts that nonsense on facebook, I go through this same routine.
First, no one named Mark Curran has ever owned or been a CEO of any branch of Goodwill. Second, no CEO of any branch of Goodwill, nor of Goodwill Industries itself, has ever made $2.3 million. The current CEO (since 2008) of Goodwill Industries, Jim Gibbons, is legally blind, and his highest salary was $412,000.
89% of the money Goodwill takes in goes to its charity programs (fiscal year 2015). It is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, so all of its financial statements, including the salaries of its executives, are publicly available.
And just for reference, in that same fiscal year, the “charity” National Veteran Services Fund spent a whopping 69% of its money on fundraising, and less than one third on its charitable programs.
There are thrift shops all over the place to support hospice, animal rescue, halfway houses, etc. Access to Funk is limited only by your hunting drive.
Probably. Ira will be revealed as a latent mad scientist, whose early symptoms were mistaken for senility/extended memory erasure. He has built the weather machine and is testing it in preparation for world domination, hiding under Tigerlily’s nose so she’ll get the blame when the Institute shows up. Or he thought it was a waffle iron.
She said you can be funky and good. She didn’t say she could.
Well that actually sounded kinda sad. Just kinda.
She’s a funky Mad Scientist.[1] She’s inescapably wedded to the Dark Side of the Funk.
[1] True, there are good mad scientists, but according to Narbonic they seem to be profoundly non-Funky.
You just want to skewer them on a meathook, don’t you?
I see you remember that strip too. 😀
Definitely. I go back and read through the archives on a regular basis. I never get tired of it!
And their creepy little sidekicks, too.
Panel 1 is all “Luke and Yoda”, and then it devolves into… something else.
Ew. Mohair.
Sorry… I saw your comment and my first thought was “Edward Mulhare”. o_O
Sounds much worse than it is, mohair is the hair of the angora goat, which is really nice and super expensive.
Yes, but in so being, it is also a symbol of greed, opulence, and pretension.
Haven’t you heard the Gospel according to (Elton) John? The parable of Benny and The Jets is a cautionary tale of losing sight of the important things in life, warning against selling out your principles to chase money and fame. It reminds us not to let the man tempt us away from the True Funk with the lure of vapid and fleeting material possessions.
It doesn’t count if you steal it. Well known fact.
To be fair, Goodwill is the first and only second hand store chain.
We have a Salvation Army store locally, so I am assuming there are others as well. It’s much like the Goodwill store, only about 3 times bigger.
There are also St. Vincent Dr Paul thrift stores, but they are exclusively non-funky.
When I was in high school, my friends and I all wore vintage clothes from SVdP. I dispute its non-funkiness.
There’s also the Value Village/Value World. (Although the one at Fountain Square recently closed. I guess that they were getting too much competition from the Goodwill at the former Bud’s Market location.)
Goodwill is not a charity. It is a corporation. Not paying for what is sold has made the guy who owns it a multimillionaire.
If you’re thinking of those rumors stating that “CEO and owner of Goodwill Mark Curran makes $2.3 million per year”, you’d better think again. Every time someone posts that nonsense on facebook, I go through this same routine.
First, no one named Mark Curran has ever owned or been a CEO of any branch of Goodwill. Second, no CEO of any branch of Goodwill, nor of Goodwill Industries itself, has ever made $2.3 million. The current CEO (since 2008) of Goodwill Industries, Jim Gibbons, is legally blind, and his highest salary was $412,000.
If you want to read more about it, here’s one pretty good article. There are lots of other ones as well. https://www.719woman.com/2017/09/12/do-goodwill-ceos-make-millions/
89% of the money Goodwill takes in goes to its charity programs (fiscal year 2015). It is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, so all of its financial statements, including the salaries of its executives, are publicly available.
And just for reference, in that same fiscal year, the “charity” National Veteran Services Fund spent a whopping 69% of its money on fundraising, and less than one third on its charitable programs.
My niece works for Goodwill.
Artists error, or do men just become better groomed in her presence? 😀
If they do, it’s short-lived, since the scruff is back in the other panels.
It’s a trick of the lighting.
I mean, it’s possible. If that’s your thing.
Also salvation army has better quality of stuff at good prices even for used stuff.
Our Salvation Army stores tend to pull anything nice and put it in the overpriced “boutique” shop.
There are thrift shops all over the place to support hospice, animal rescue, halfway houses, etc. Access to Funk is limited only by your hunting drive.
“Angry with the sky”, prolonged rain, snowstorm in Alaska/Canada: related?.
“Bartholomew and the Oobleck?”
Probably. Ira will be revealed as a latent mad scientist, whose early symptoms were mistaken for senility/extended memory erasure. He has built the weather machine and is testing it in preparation for world domination, hiding under Tigerlily’s nose so she’ll get the blame when the Institute shows up. Or he thought it was a waffle iron.
…or a clock radio.
Rain may also mean redemption
“We’re gonna tear the roof off that bunny-hugger! Ow we want the funk, give up the funk!”