I caught a little bit of the Nebraska/Oklahoma State football game today (why? Cuz it was on...I don't really care about the game). And there's a player for the Cornhuskers, the center, number 51...Richie Incognito. I looked up his first name, but as I saw his uniform, I thought to myself, "Man, it would be so funny if his first name was Guy."

*gasp* This man is my exact double!
*GASP* That dog has a puffy tail!!!
Here puff! Here puff! Hee hee hee hee!

*sigh* Good times...
posted by Tim at 11:54 PM

OK, don't panic. Sure, the comic was a little late today, but it's up. If you've even noticed it was late, then either you've really got nothing better to do than to stay up late at night anticipating my updates, or you really really REALLY like my comic. Either way, you probably need help. Though I'd like to know if you fit the latter description ;-)

And if you've bothered to notice it's a really crappy copy-n-paste comic, then I don't want to hear it. I've landed a sweet 4-day weekend, and I'm going to force myself to get some comics done...quality ones! (Well, as much quality as you've come to expect from me.)
posted by Tim at 1:28 AM

Random thought: does anybody ever eat figs except those found in Fig Newtons?

posted by Tim at 12:56 AM

Does anybody else think this California governor recall thing is already getting out of hand?

Like many things in life, this counts as one of those which I find absolutely hilarious. But, as I think about it more, it just enrages me because it's so stupid. First off, the whole idea of a recall election seems like a mockery of the democratic process to me. You want to get rid of the governor? Sure, there's a recall election...at the end of the term. There's a reason why we hold elections every other year (I'd say 4, but I think it's different for senates and such). And wasn't Gov. Davis only re-elected last year? Gee, you'd think if he was doing such a lousy job, Bill Simon would be governor right now. So I'd say, you're stuck with your choice for 4 (or however many) years. I was thinking, well, could there be some way to get rid of someone in office? And I remembered, yes, it's called impeachment. But that seems more like a punishment for doing something really bad, as opposed to just general incompetence. Not that I'm saying Davis is incompetent, but then again, there's this $38 billion deficit and stuff to consider. Side note: "impeach" doesn't sound like the nasty kind of word it should be...it's got that "peach" in there.

Then we have the new gubernatorial candidates. And most of them really are goobers. (That's another dumb word: gubernatorial. Go ahead, say it. Don't you feel dumb?) We've got your "normal" guys, like Simon, Davis (I would laugh SO hard if he won again), and other political types. And then there's the freak show that the media is focusing its attention on. Sure, Arnold (I'm not going to repeat his last name, takes too long to spell right) seems like an odd choice, but I'm sure once he announces his platform, and considering he's married into a political family, he seems more and more like a sensible choice. And most definitely when compared to some of these others.

Like Gary Coleman. Here's a guy who's made a "career" of taking his 15 minutes (well, maybe 10) from 30 years ago and stretching it into this perpetual "I'm a loser!" schtick. Being short just lends it weight. Larry Flint, where the only thing I've read about his campaign is that he claims to be "a smut peddler who cares". Sorry, but I'd need more than just that for me to vote for you. Specifics on tackling issues, for starters. Or at least giving me free access to Pets or something. Besides, he's got that creepier, seedier, dirty-old-man-in-a-wheelchair vibe going for him. *Shudders* Now, Hugh Hefner is a guy I would vote for. He seems like the kind of guy who would know a thing of two about politics. But then, he's off living the ultimate male fantasy. That's a really hard gig to give up, I'm sure.

[Side Track]
And how about that gig, huh? Every day, the dude just hangs out at his huge mansion, in his pajamas, fucking beautiful women all day long. The guy has a hot blonde girlfriend for EVERY DAY OF THE WEEK. He must be the most revered and most reviled guy by every man in America. Hef, I both salute you, and wish you'd keel over from a heart attack after just signing me into your will. Seriously, what's gonna happen to the Mansion once ol' Hef expires during his daily menage a neuf (or whatever he does)? Just curious.

[ANYway...]
Also entering the fray is the comedian Gallagher. Now, I would possibly accept this, because his stand-up is usually funny, and, like most stand-up comedians, has a good perspective of the world and its operations. Unfortunately, I haven't heard a peep out of him for at least 10 years, and even more unfortunately, all he's really known for is smashing fruit with a giant hammer. So that puts him with the other nutjobs. Then we get your civilian weirdos, like Angelyne (or something like that, I wouldn't know how to pronounce it), who's basically this blonde bimbo, the girl who's financing her campaign by selling thongs, the sumo guy, etc. etc.

Now, I'm saying all of this like I'm from California and I'm going to vote in this election. Well, I'm not. I did live for a breif period in California, but not now. But I do get to hear about this, thank to today's media coverage. So I get to shake my head with the rest of the country, laughing at the Parade of Insanity that is this recall election. To paraphrase Lewis Black: "Jesse Ventura shows us what is great about our country: that anyone can be elected to any office. It also shows us what is wrong with our country, which is that anyone can be elected into any office." Also special thanks to O.J. Simpson, for creating the media circus, now affording us those of us outside the direct influence of events the opportunity to hear about these events that we really shouldn't be caring so much about.

Like Kobe Bryant. If it were any other regular shlub, this'd be a quick, quiet case, and we'd go on with our lives never hearing about it. But no, this man happens to play basketball for the Los Angeles Lakers, and now Eagle, Colorado (or is it Eagle County, CO? I'm sorry for not knowing off the top of my head) is bursting with reporters over something which should be a privately-handled personal issue.

Looking forward to the media's next flavor-of-the-month story... =P
posted by Tim at 12:47 AM

So...very.......tired.......

I was going to do a little ranting, and I will, in a minute. I just noticed my previous entry, and as it turns out, we did discuss things...very briefly. And it appears as though we aren't even "still friends" in the bad way, let alone the good way. Why that is, I have absolutely no friggin' clue. I was really upset at the beginning of the week, but I've been getting progressively better, and I've been less and less angry. But I'm not going to bog you all down with my personal problems here. If any of you care enough, and are crazy enough, to be bothered with my personal problems, you can contact me.


Now on to something a tad more light-hearted...

So I've seen the first few episodes of Teen Titans on Cartoon Network. And frankly, I'm disappointed. I was expecting another Justice League. As it turns out, they've gone a more anime-style route, and to me, it's too anime, and it's almost painful to watch. Plus we haven't gotten an origin story yet, so accepting the fact that there's 5 teenagers living by themselves in their own tower is a little difficult to swallow. In addition to that, I'm sure we'll get our share of stories that take a more personal look, in the sense of "being a superhero is easy...being a teenager is hard!" (and I'm pretty sure that was used in some of the marketing!) So, sorry guys, thumbs down from me. Ah well, now if I can only catch some Justice League episodes, then I'd be happier...

I wanted to discuss a couple things that bugged me about the Pirates of the Carribean movie. I may include some SPOILERS here, so if you haven't seen it (and shame on you if you haven't already!), and don't care to know what goes on, may as well move on.

First thing, a quick one - I noticed that after several days out at sea, and on various islands and caves, with no stays at home in a nice bath or anything, that Keira Knightley (Schwing!) maintained an awfully high level of cleanliness. As in, makeup was perfect and everything. And, to a lesser extent, Orlando Bloom was too.

Then there's the whole turning-into-a-zombie thing. It bugged me that you just kinda pick up the gold, and poof, you turn into a zombie. I just think it would've added a little more weight if they were dead for a long time - granted, you could've died within a few months of starvation, but 10 years seemed like a short amount of time for a cursed pirate ship to be sailing around. Then it just turns off again...you'd think after being clinically dead for 10 years, they'd just...disintegrate or something once the curse was lifted. I don't know...it's a little thing that irked me, but the more I think about it, the more it kinda makes sense...then I think, "Well, they have to do it that way, or the story doesn't work." Then I think, "So what? I enjoyed the movie, sometimes you have to forget things like that!" This is a Bruckheimer production, folks...the amount of entertainment is inversely proportional to the amount of thinking you apply to the movie.

So I guess that's all for now...be on the lookout for a very special comic coming up in a couple weeks. In the meantime, Share and Enjoy!
posted by Tim at 1:12 AM