I always get an extra chuckle out of a comic strip that speaks to me as a writer. Some of the messages are a little hard to take, though. Consider this first one. From B.C . Wiley, sitting under a tree with Clumsy Clark, is opening a box and says, "A gift from my agent." He reads a note he finds in the box, "Some writers are appreciated even more when they have passed on from this earth." Clumsy says, "That's sweet. What's in the box?" Wiley opens it, "A Noose." Oops, maybe it's a good thing not to have an agent. Now some wacky definitions from Wiley's Dictionary. Perfect pitch: Best-selling roofing tar Counterrevolution: The invention of Formica This one is from Peanuts : Charlie Brown has just finished writing a new story and is reading it to Snoopy. When he finishes, Snoopy shakes his hand. In the last panel Charlie Brown says, "I guess he didn't like it. That was his 'g...