When I finally got home on Monday night, I had been away for so long that Bela displayed at me. His bubble nests had gone to rack and ruin, but as soon as I parked myself at my desk he began building new ones. I wonder why that is. Is he happier with me around to stare at? Does the sight of my tapping fingers make him think that a girl might come along any minute? Among the people I visited on...

Previously , and see also here . Proof or not, I totally bet he did. If he didn't, it would have been through spectacular self-restraint, and Walter was not known for that quality. Incidentally, that's my friend and webmaster substitute in the first panel. We really had that exchange, too. He understands me. I would say more but I'm juggling five editing projects at the moment and...

"'Geek Culture' is a terrible excuse for the behavior of people who can't take the time and energy to be respectful of other people." — substitute

Now that the NanciiPelosii Kult has been unmasked as the full moon sushi, we have to wonder if the horrors of Obamanation will Nationalize Elf Storage as well. ( cf THE WORLD OF THE UNEXPLAINED SURROUNDS US ) I mean when one gets comments like Gnomes of Zürich roll + grilled Servant of Cthulhu, plz. AND NOT SO MUCH WASABI THIS TIME! who can argue that nanciiPelosii MUST be behind it...

Oboy it's busy lately. Moving to the new apartment has begun! We got a cargo van today and took over all of the boxes we'd packed already, which included all of our books, CDs and DVDs, and four winter tires mounted on rims (ie, the heavy things). There are 41 stairs to our apartment; I took 44 trips up them with about 20 lbs. (We repacked boxes that were over 40, so I figure 20 is probably a decent...

i stole this from substitute http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&t=p&msa=0&msid=106484775090296685271.0004681a37b713f6b5950&source=embed&ll=28.07198,-106.040039&spn=23.914599,43.813477&z=5

Very Diff'rent Strokes .

At the library today: A guy and a kid come up to the front desk to check out a couple art history books. The kid's maybe 10 or 12, the guy mid-40s, black t-shirt, leathery skin almost completely covered in tattoos--"PAIN" written across the knuckles of his right hand is the one I noticed--and the designs are all that bread-mold blue color that says they've been there a long, long time. The kid gives...

I hope I can check out laser cannon for the weekend. Sometimes good threads just go bad...

I ganked this from substitute , so let's blame him for making me think at the ridiculous time of almost 11AM :) My Political Views I am a center-left moderate social libertarian Left: 2.55, Libertarian: 2.04 Political Spectrum Quiz Oh, have I mentioned it's COLD here? OK, it's COLD here.