So, my newly remodeled website is up and running on my new, upgraded server. In a further effort to simplify my life I will no longer be posting comics or news directly to Live Journal, but all of that material can still be accessed via my rss feed at basicinst_feed2Basic Instructions started out solely as a Live Journal blog, and I appreciate all my readers here ( Read more... )

There will be a major upgrade to basicinstructions.net rolling out within the next day or three.

The downside of this is that the rss feeds you are currently using will stop working. If you wish to continue receiving my feed you'll have to subscribe to the following:

http://feeds.feedburner.com/basicinst

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Sorry about that. The repeat is due to the holiday weekend and a sinus infection.

Have a happy Thanksgiving! I'll be giving thanks for the fact that you all read my comic.

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My last two comics each contain a kernel of truth. My cat decided he needed to mew nonstop for an hour or so each night for about a week. He has since stopped.

We were considering getting one of our nephews a toy Indiana Jones bullwhip
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I have very little to say about this strip, except that it's the rare strip where Rick wins one. What can I say, I was feeling magnanimous.

So, as I said a couple of posts ago, I've written a blog post for Powell's Books. It contains another story from my childhood. It is a true story. I fictionalized "the big reveal" a bit for dramatic purposes, ( Read more... )