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... )

First, the strip:

With Friends Like These... #95: A Guide to Cats.Second, the footnotes ( Read more... )

First, the strip:

With Friends Like These... #90: Books-A-Million.Second, the footnotes ( Read more... )

Last night, Kate and I devoured roughly two-thirds of our backlogged television in a veritable television orgy. Two episodes of America's Next Top Model, the first episode of Castle, and two episodes of Supernatural, no waiting. This is why we love the Tivo. This is why we honor the Tivo. And this is why, at the end of things, the Tivo is ( Read more... )

Literally -- the sun is out today for the first time in roughly a week, and San Francisco has that glorious post-rain 'just scrubbed clean by the sky' look, where everything glitters given even the slightest encouragement. I've finished a Velveteen story this week -- the second half of 'Velveteen vs. The Eternal Halloween' has been posted, ( 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... )

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): The most expensive bat mitzvah in history took place at New York's Rainbow Room in November 2005. David Brooks, a billionaire defense contractor, spent $10 million on his daughter's rite of passage. Among the stars he hired to perform at the bash were Aerosmith, Tom Petty, Nelly, and 50 Cent. Promise me, Capricorn, that ( Read more... )

First, a song fragment that's been kicking around my 'in process' file for a billion years, not getting finished. Perhaps some distance will make it appealing:

I don't need diamond rings ( Read more... )