Muffy and the Big Bad Blog Arthur

# Every day you walk down the street Everybody that you meet

# Has an original point of view

-# And I say, hey!

-Hey!

# What a wonderful kind of day We can learn to work and play

# And get along with each other

# You gotta listen to your heart Listen to the beat

# Listen to the rhythm of the street Open your eyes! Open your ears!

# Get together, make things better By working together

# It's a simple message And it comes from the heart

# Believe in yourself For that's the place to start

-# And I say, hey!

-Hey!

-What a wonderful kind of day

# We can learn to work and play And get along with each other

# What a wonderful kind of day, hey! What a wonderful kind of day, HEY! #

Hey! DW!

-Hey!

-Whoa!

-Have you ever been with someone who...

-Wait! Wait! Slow down!

Arthur is saying, "Have you ever been with someone who..."

OK, you can keep going!

..someone who has to write down everything that happens?

-"Someone who has to write down everything that happens?"

-Stop!

I'm TRYING to play tennis!

Arthur misses the shot.

Your backhand needs some work.

-ARTHUR GRUNTS

-Arthur grunts when he serves.

What?! No, I don't!

Now Arthur is losing his cool.

I am not losing my cool!

I just don't like you writing down every single thing I do!

-Argh!

-Arthur, I think you would do a lot better

-if you pay more attention to the game.

-Ohh!

Excuse me! Excuse me! I have an announcement!

This holiday weekend, I will be going to Costa Rica!

If you want to learn more about my exciting adventures,

you can visit my new blog.

Thank you, Muffy. I'll try to swing by. Can I bring anything?

Blog is short for weblog.

When you blog, you write your thoughts in a computer file

and post them on a website for others to read.

Fascinating. I have to write this down.

As I was saying, even though none of you can afford to come with me,

don't feel bad - just read the Muffington Post!

Hey, hey, I'm Trip. Can I help you find something?

A USB port, peripherals, MP3s?

I'm looking to get a new computer.

One that can connect me to...the... internet.

They all do that. What kind of connection do you have now?

Er...none, actually. I do have a telephone.

A newcomer like you should start with our most...user-friendly version.

It's pricey, but well worth the expense.

All right, class.

Your next project will involve research on a favourite author.

-Now...

-I'm back!

-How was Costa Rica?

-Was it rainy?

Was it as great as you said in your blog?

How did you get to blog so much?

Now, now. I know you have lots of questions about my trip,

and I promise to answer them all later - on my blog.

Did you need to learn Costa Rican?

Binky! They speak Spanish there. I think.

Anyway, just post your questions on my blog.

Even though I'll only have time to respond to the best ones.

"The response to my blog was overwhelming.

"Many of you commented that my blog could change the face of blogging."

Now she's blogging about...blogging?!

Where are those instructions?

This is it?

But there's no writing on it.

Ah, I probably have to put it in the computer.

But how do I turn the computer on

without reading what's on this silver disc?

It's a paradox!

And with the MySmartphoney, I can connect to the internet anywhere!

Cool! Can you get on the internet now?

I've been on since I got up. In fact,

I should write about this right now in my blog.

-What are you writing?

-You'll just have to wait and see!

Hm.

Hey! Where'd they go? Probably running home to read my blog.

SHE GASPS But...I was in the middle of a post!

You can have this...calculator back at the end of class.

BELL RINGS

This is indeed a fascinating device.

But it's now allowed in the classroom.

And you need to do other things in life besides blogging.

That's true!

If I don't do other things, I won't have anything to blog about! Thanks!

Can we PLEASE do something else?

Hold on! I missed a lot of post today when Mr Ratburn took my phone.

But I came over to your house to do something together!

OK! Let's read my next post together!

I'd rather just talk to you.

Oh, Francine. Talking is so 20th century!

SHE SIGHS

All right. Booting up, and...

Huzzah! I'm connected to the internet!

'You have 17 new messages.'

My, that was fast.

"Earn money from home without doing any work"?

Now THERE'S an idea!

So, has everyone read my blog today?

THEY ALL SIGH

Why not? I wrote about the colours I'm thinking of

for the new curtains in my room.

Muffy, your blog is getting a little...boring.

SHE GASPS

You can't just write that you had a salad for lunch.

Who wants to read that?!

A blog needs to have an angle. Something people CARE about.

Jules Verne began his career writing for Opera.

PHONE RINGS

Hello?

Francine, I found an angle, just like you said!

-Are you at your computer?

-Yeah, but...

-Go to my blog!

It's important!

SHE SIGHS

"Your humble blogger dissed by BFF. Take the poll -

"Was Francine right or wrong

"to refuse to read her best friend's blog? Vote now!"?!

Ooh! I can't believe her!

"Dear Muffy, you have no right to take a poll

"about whether I should read your silly blog."

I don't think there was anything wrong with your e-mail to Muffy -

-No matter what the polls say.

-How do you know what was in my e-mail?

Muffy posted it on her blog.

She what?!

Francine, that fight we had we great!

It generated the most traffic I've had in a week!

(That was just between you and me! Can't anything be private?!)

That's a good topic for discussion! I'll post it!

My mom says, "Never put anything in an e-mail

"that you wouldn't want on the front page of a newspaper."

Newspaper! That's it!

Taking the Frensky Star online makes good business sense.

All set - the online edition is up and running.

"It has long been the policy of the Frensky Star

"to speak out against injustice.

"Therefore, we must condemn a new bully of the blogosphere."

Aren't you supposed to cover news?

Our motto is "the latest in Elwood City news and opinion."

But that's ALL opinion. Where's the news?

I've got it!

"Breaking news - The Frensky Star is now online!"

"Bully of the blogosphere"?!

Ha! "Some people aren't just bad friends.

"They're also copycats.

"How much of a copycat do you think Francine is?

"Copycat-ish, very copycat-ish or extremely copycat-ish?

"Vote now!"

The nerve!

"Just when we thought it couldn't get any worse,

"The Muffington Post hits a new all-time low."

PHONE BEEPS

COMPUTER BEEPS

THEY GASP

"Dear M Ratburn, Congratulations!

"You have won a great deal to buy swamp land in Florida." Goody!

Close... No! Not more windows. Close! Close!

Have you been following Francine and Muffy's feud on the Internet?

It's better than the time

the bionic bunny battled Darth Bunny in the 7th dimension.

Don't you feel bad that you're enjoying their fight so much?

I felt bad for enjoying Bionic Bunny's galactic exile,

but that didn't stop me from watching it.

I did not. You started it. >

-I was just blogging.

-You wrote that I wasn't your best friend any more.

-You wrote that I betrayed your trust.

-Well, you did!

Hey, guys! You've got to come look on the library computers.

-There's a whole website devoted to Muffy and Francine's feud!

-What?

"And the funniest part is they're both doing the same thing

"they're accusing the other one of." Signed, Mr Chatterblog.

He has no right to say those things about us.

-Who is this Mr Chatterblog anyway?

-So, do you like my blog?

-You?

-You?

-Hey, I call 'em as I see 'em. I already got 112 hits.

-We don't need to take this, do we, Francine?

-No, we don't.

-From now on, if I insult you it's going to be in private.

-Ditto!

"Frensky Star and Muffington Post announce merger."

That's right! We're pooling our resources.

And we're starting a new advice column called She Said, She Said.

You send in your problem and get two opinions about what to do.

Muffy! You were completely ahead of the curve on this internet thing.

My new Boysenberry allows me to post from just about anywhere.

You're writing a blog, Mr Ratburn?

It's called The Rat's Nest. It's mainly devoted to

correcting common solecisms and grammatical errors.

You should post your comments.

Er...maybe later, Mr Ratburn.

-Want to go to the park?

-I thought you'd never ask.

There are also some delightful puns on my blog.

And word problems and photos from my trip to Reykjavik.

# Every day when you're walking down the street

# And everybody that you meet

# Has an original point of view

-# And I say, hey!

-HEY!

-# What a wonderful kind of day

-HEY!

-# What a wonderful kind of day

-HEY!

-#