Suckage

Posted on September 2, 2009 by kirabug

Sucks: when your husband is sick enough that you have to take an unscheduled trip into Philly to take him to the doctor.
Extra sucks: when you get sideswiped on the Schuylkill Expressway by an inattentive woman’s SUV on the way there and now have to get your car repaired.
Ultimate Suckage: when your finally reach the hospital, they decide your husband needs a “tune up” (run of IVs and therapy and such) to clean all the crap out of his system… starting Tuesday and lasting at least a week in the hospital and at least 21 days of IVs.

Yeah… my life’s going to be chaos for a little while. Expect sporadic updates at best.

But there are still 2 Idiocy comics in the queue for tomorrow and Saturday, so you’ve got that going for you.

Laughing to tears….

Posted on September 1, 2009 by kirabug

I don’t remember where I got the link to Passive-Aggressive Notes Dot Com (I think it was a tweet by @bbraithwaite) but OMG, these are going into my daily trawl.

The following ones made me laugh so hard I was crying. Click images if not large enough to read, safety for work not guaranteed:

Some suggestions for elevator small talk
The Pepsi Challenge (the last note especially)
Looks like someone owes some rent
Rocket Pubes – spittake warning!
And while we’re at it, here are some passive-aggressive cakes, a passive-aggressive design pledge, and some design enforcement stickers, which I’m hoping the folks at work won’t find or they’re likely to use against me.

In other news, my back’s feeling a lot better when I’m not using it for things like exercise… frustrated, because I’d like to get back to Tang Soo Do, but thinking I won’t rush it.

And here’s some caffeinated jerky in case you’re having problems falling asleep while eating regular jerky, I guess. And here are some disturbing Japanese ads with talking foods that spout random trivia in case you’re still falling asleep and want to have some seriously f’d up dreams.

Speaking of which, I need to get the snoring terriers to bed.

Yet another update, and even more weird shit

Posted on August 25, 2009 by kirabug

Ah, Twitter. You’ve opened up whole new worlds of weird shit on the Internet for me.

First, an update: hurt my back yesterday goofing off with the dogs – same way every other family member seems to do it. Just lucky I guess, or a genetic defect in my back which the whole family seems to share. But I’m gonna go with luck.

As such, haven’t spent a lot of time in front of the computer or drawing – more time spent lying down and groaning. Doc says here’s some stuff to treat it, call back in a week if it’s not better. I have no complaints, it was the answer I was hoping for. But something tells me I’m back out of Tang Soo Do for the week. Dammit.

Meanwhile, dogs who fought a stomach bug all weekend are feeling fine now, which is good because I don’t think I can run the carpet cleaner any more anyway. So things work out for the best I guess.

Now, for some weird shit:

scary winking pants
The breed most likely to bite is not any of the breeds you’d expect…. ok, well maybe… and if I were one I’d probably bite too.
I mentioned a bunch of New Yorker articles on health care before but I’ve read this article about the costs of health care and some of their potential driving factors and it’s pretty good (or I wouldn’t bother bringing it up, clearly) so here’s a link.
Walking or jogging for exercise? Want to see how far that dog walk is? Try Map My Walk, which leverages Google Maps and, if you use the satellite options, lets you trace sidewalks to calculate mileage. Very awesome.
This might be a repeat. Awesome little illustration.
Concept product: Bayer Didget – A Nintendo Glucose Meter… awesome, but good luck getting the school nurse to let you use it during the day!
Apple claims newest iPhone only visible to most loyal of new customers via The Onion
Crude but true tee-shirt
Maker’s schedule, manager’s schedule is an article about the difference between creative people and the people who generally run them, and oh boy is it true.
Lose it! is the best iPhone calorie counter I’ve found so far, and believe you me I’ve been looking.
Clowns kick KKK asses via the fine folks at AppleGeeks. WIFE POWER!
A follow-up to the lightning question and 9 other interesting questions kids ask

OK, bedtime.

What happens to fish when lightning strikes the ocean?

Posted on August 20, 2009 by kirabug

Inquiring minds at work wanted to know.

Science Netlinks has one of about a dozen answers on the web, most of which seem to say this too.

More weird shit.

Posted on August 19, 2009 by kirabug

Here’s another roundup of weird shit brought to you by the Internet.

Stilettos for babies
Wanna get the terrors some deer antlers but haven’t gotten around to it yet.
A wedding poem by Neil Gaiman
A nifty wool wedding gown
Strongbad’s take on designing webpages
And while you’re at it, The Onion’s take on opting out of Google.
The Mythbusters panels at ComicCon
Really sad chart that depresses the hell out of me
Van Halen’s “No Brown M&M’s” contract rider requirement explained.

Oh, and finally, this keeps cracking me up on TV:

I think Twitter’s just randomly redisplaying my favorites now, so that ought to hold you for a while.

Postal Experiments

Posted on August 7, 2009 by kirabug

Improbable Research.

Well, damn.

Posted on August 5, 2009 by kirabug

Don’t you hate it when you get halfway through drawing a comic and suddenly realize that hey, that character isn’t carrying a backpack… and hasn’t been for the entire scene… so why am I drawing one in now?

Crap crap crap. Have to redraw Cole for the whole damn comic.

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