Some online notes

  • My 5-year old daughter was playing her favorite online game Poptropica, and suddenly called me over  to show me they’ve added a “Great Pumpkin Island” to the game, with Linus. Looks like they’re going to be adding more stuff to it soon.
  • Those of you going to the actual blog website will find that each AAUGH blog post is now followed by a series of icons. These are to make it easy to share the post via Facebook, Twitter, Myspace, Blogger, Reddit, Digg, Bookface, Smashmouth, Pigpen, DuckDuckGoose, SquishMe, Mobster, Chuckleheads, Overly8, and TwitterlyTwo, among other social networking services. Spread the word!
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Schulz/Peanuts news
The War on Snoopy

I subscribe to the print edition of The Onion, which is America’s Finest (made-up) News Source. This is actually a paper with a long history, but switched to web only for a while. When they came back to print, I jumped on board to help fund this very special outlet that …

Schulz/Peanuts news
Police vs. Peanuts on Parade

Peanuts ends up in the news in strange ways at times. There was a Snoopy float in the New Orleans Mardi Gras parade this year…. but everyone on the float got kicked off by the cops. Why? Well, as you may know, at Mardi Gras the folks on the floats …

Schulz/Peanuts news
Peanuts ownership changes

For those who like to keep track on big picture Peanuts business, there’s been a shift in ownership of Peanuts Holdings LLC, the owners of the key Peanuts intellectual property. Since 2018, the ownership has been split between the Schulz family, who owned 20%; WildBrain, who owned 41%, and Sony …