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  Tank McNamara from the brilliant adroit pen of Bill Hinds Remember comicstrips?  Remember newspapers? Well, for those too young ➖ or too old ➖ to remember either of the above mentioned items, they used to run hand-in-hand.  Legend has it they still do.  Back in the day when handheld newspapers were all the rage (no, seriously, they used to be bigger than social media), countless numbers of people read the comics page before anything else. Comics pages were populated by comicstrips, essentially humorously drawn panels that told a clever story, joke or gag. These strips were produced by artists who generally worked for outfits who syndicated them to newspapers that subscribed to their content.  If by chance you still subscribe to a handheld newspaper, don't forget to take all your daily medication and check the calendar to see if you're forgetting one of your grandchildren's birthday, because chances are you're, uh, old.  And while you're at it, make a note...

  Cole Brauer, American Badass She did it.  American skipper Cole Brauer completed what had to have been an absolutely grueling, painful, lonely, thrilling, life-affirming, inspirational and rewarding journey around the globe. The Long Island sailor spent 130 days at sea, by herself, as part of the Global Solo Challenge. In doing so, she made history, becoming the first American woman to sail solo nonstop around the world.  Appropriately, Cole piloted her 40-foot racing yacht "First Light" just after 8 AM local time Thursday in Spanish port city of A'Coruna,  completing a round-trip voyage of 30,000 miles.  Brauer, 29, was the youngest racer in a field of 16 boats. Several of the other vessels were unable to complete the journey.  Along the way Brauer amassed better than 450,000 followers on her Instagram account. Speaking as a fan of the 5-foo-2, 100-pound giant of a human being, it was an absolute thrill to follow her journey via Instagram. For those aren...