Is Cherry on salary with the SSS or is she putting in all this free time as charitable work which she can use to write off taxes? That is, she does have a garden and landscape business. Yet, it seems to be less and less of a necessity. This is odd, considering the fact that Mark has also not had a paying assignment for quite some time.
But I like how in panel 3 Cherry answers her own query she posited in panel 2. This rhetorical trick is popular with politicians, sales staff, and other hucksters, as it saves so much time and keeps the sucker one step behind. Cherry deftly proposes that local Lost Forest businesses should shoulder the burden of support for an activity promoting another private business (The Sunny Soleil Society, which acts on behalf of an HOA). Dang! If Cherry can pull this off, she should run for Mayor.
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Time is never tax deductible, especially as a donation.Anyhow, from Bluesky, I asked Jules (along with panel 2’s picture of Mark in a wig)For a paycheck, Mark has been working at Sunny Soliel, hasn’t he?
lovejoolz.bsky.social replied:
Mark does help Cherry out with gardening jobs sometimes but he lives in a beautiful fantasy world where his freelance writing paychecks actually cover his living expenses.
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How interesting that Rivera actually responded! “Fantasy world” sounds about right for Mark. But as I’ve noted, he hasn’t exactly been doing any actual “work” lately. Maybe THAT’s why we don’t see much of Doc. They are forcing him to work night shifts at some burger joint to help pay the home bills! :)
Maybe I should join BlueSky to keep up with her other posts!?
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BlueSky is still quite nice. I seem to be the only one there talking to her about Mark, so it makes sense that she replies. Usually very ambiguously, but they do tend to support your theorem that she’s goofing with this Happy Family stuff. I don’t have any invites available yet, but will be happy to pass one along in a few days.
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