I'm home today on sick leave; I'm just exhausted, and my little cold wants to become a big cold, which is frankly not to be borne. Not with Reno right around the corner. Meg has my Hugo dresses to be taken in (only a few inches, so it's not a major undertaking), I have my shoes, I'm almost packed, and I'm tired. So this is a day for being still ( Read more... )

10. Alice-short for Alice Price-Healy Little Liddel Abernathy McGuire-is six months old today, finally making the transition from "age measured in weeks" to "age measured in months." (This is followed by "age measured in years," but I try not to think about that too hard. It makes my brain make a funny and unappealing noise.) She continues to be ( Read more... )

First, the strip:

With Friends Like These... #82: Princess Perils.

Second, the footnotes:

Today's strip is a rare exercise in continuity, since it's a followup to strip #76 (Princess Problems). Both were inspired by The Stepsister Scheme by Jim Hines, a fun romp through the 'true stories' behind the fairy tales. Seriously, it's an awesome book ( Read more... )

So yesterday? Yesterday is so, so completely fired, from the 'so tired I literally fell out of bed slapping for my alarm clock' to 'creepy guy follows me to the art store' and 'art store is entirely out of the damn card blanks that I'm looking for.' About the only good things about Thursday were Indian food, Kate, and the Winchester brothers, and ( Read more... )

First, the strip:

With Friends Like These... #81: Meanwhile...Second, the footnotes ( Read more... )

For Brooke.Boredom's been setting in ( Read more... )

10. Two Counting Crows concerts in two days, both with Jeanne (who is one of my favorite concert buddies, as she gets just as dig-in-your-heels serious about what's going on as I do), both with 'Rain King' as the closing number. How can I complain about something so flat-out wonderful? Sure, I'm a little short of sleep, but sometimes you have to ( Read more... )

There's a fence around the vacant lot ( Read more... )

First, the strip:

With Friends Like These... #53: A Message For the Ocean.Second, the footnotes ( Read more... )

Oh, brain, you gotta be kidding me. After months and months of relatively peaceful, undisrupted sleep, you decide it's time for the return of the linear dreams? Did I do something to offend you? Was it all that popcorn I ate yesterday? Or maybe you just decided that I was sleeping too restfully. Whatever the case, last night was one long, ( Read more... )