Comic for Thursday, October 5th, 2006

Posted: 12:01 am, Thursday, October 5th

Piehole shouldn't be hyphenated there, but I think I'm going to be lazy and not change it.

I really have no explanation about this - I guess it's because Wood mentioned the pimpmobile in the comments yesterday.

No sooner did I mention that I'd try and scare up Halloween costumes every day of the month, I totally forgot for a few days. Well, thankfully, Retrocrush is there to bail me out. Here are the worst costumes ever. I think the Asteroids one is the saddest. My parents, for what it's worth, never let me wear store-bought costumes back in the day. Mom was big into making them for me - and this wasn't some cost-cutting move, she made me some freaking complicated outfits. I was, and I'm not making this up, a birdbath one year.

Kind of an interesting piece from the Times Travel section about Sutter Creek, California, an old mining town. It sounds pretty cool, and I will always have a soft spot in my heart for the Sierra Mountains. The Times Union, back up in Albany, has a travel section, too. This past weekend, they wrote about Dumbo, and now my mother is obsessed with visiting Dumbo next time she's down here. My mother can be really weird some times. (What with the birdbath costume.)

Dave Eggers has a new book coming out - he talks about it, with the subject of the book, here.

I am super-confused by this Snoopy v. the Red Baron trailer. Shouldn't Snoopy be flying his doghouse, and not *actually* a Sopwith Camel? Why are only the explosions drawing in Schulz's style? Shouldn't this be a cel game instead of 3-d models? Well, whatever.

The Morning News redid their page recently - as with all change, I initially dislike it. Part two of their little serialized thing is up, but I haven't actually read it yet, so if this installment sucks, don't hold it against me. Also, there's this op-ed that I don’t think I fully understand due to a labored analogy involving Congress and He-Man. But because I fucking loved He-Man as a kid, I’m linking to it anyway.

Man, Iggy Pop (or his roadie) is hilarious.

I was doing research for a strip I was just drawing, and happened across this insanely in-depth page about the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway. I don't expect anyone to read it, but, wow, it's detailed.

LOST SPOILER ALERT: ISH: I put this up in the comments last night, but, shockingly, none of you ran to your computers to see what I thought of the Lost premiere after it ended - so, at the end, was that lady's "she's happy," all BS? Nothing she told Jack couldn't be obtained from deep recon with the Lostaways, and Ben there said, "Nice work." Just wonderin'.

bullfrog

Would that make George Bush, Orko?

A not-bad article about how easy it can be to save energy...now if I could just find a light switch in my office - I might turn off the lights when i go home...

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/05/garden/05green.html?pagewanted=1&8dpc&_r=1

that costume link was classic. thank you.

LOST SPOILER ALERT thought it was a great ep. You getting a whole cult-kinda vibe? I bet the fact that Ben was willing to sacrifice Juliet will work to Jack's favor somewhere down the road. Plus the kid who sprung Sawyer has got to be a plant. Hey, you got a fish biscuit!

Zero

LOST SPOILER ALERT:

No, I think that kid was just using Sawyer as a distraction - he sent him right in the direction that Juliet was coming from to buy him some extra time in the hopes that the Others would think that Sawyer was the only one escaping. The way the Gordon's fisherman dragged him off, bruised and bloodied, didn't seem like he was a plant. I didn't recognize him, but it wouldn't surprise me if he was one of the people from the tail of the plane.

I think the other guy was planted there as a test for Sawyer. This whole--experimenting on the prisoners thing--is going to get old really soon so I hope they escape or start to get tortured or something. I didn't really like that Juliet character and I agree with Bullfrog that she didn't have a file on Jack containing any information other than what they got from infiltrating the camps.

By the way, anyone catch the Red Sox game in Darfur last night? At least that one wasn't rained out.

Shouldn't you be off scratching your head and marveling at fire, like the rest of the Yankee fans?

Is it true the right field foul pole at the new Yankee Stadium is going to be 233 feet?

Isn't that what it is now?

Randomest thought I've had in a long time: I just remembered, when I was in fourth grade, I had this one friend whose mom scolded him for saying "nuts" but allowed him to say "balls." I didn't understand that at the time and I don't understand that now.

Everyone catch this week's Gilmores? Or shall I ruin it?

Oh, you know I'm (mostly) kidding. Besides, I still have your Navy ticket.

Are you guys planning on getting trashed in Baltimore after the Navy game? If you are not you should change your plans to include it. B-more is an awesome town for hard boozing, just dont sleep with the women.

Reggie Ho and I do not approve of drinking to excess, Wood. The bottle has lead many a young man to Gehenna. We will pray for you.

Kidding, of course. Not sure what the plan is for after the game, but we have sampled the libations of Baltimore many a time, to rave reviews.

Little known stupid fact about Baltimore: You cannot tailgate with an open flame before Orioles games, but you can before Ravens games. The two teams do, in fact, share the parking lot. How effing stupid is that?

Camden has all sorts of rules. Like you cant wear shirts that say 'Yankees Suck'. I remember fondly the last time I made the trek up and was kicked out. A group of us were discussing, in relative detail, the pros and pros of the montreal adult entertainment scene and how most of america did not stack up. A security guard, undoubtably motivated to defend the honor of the hardest working women Stateside informed us we were no longer welcome. It all gets a little fuzzy at this point but the punch line is everyone scattered and met in the right field bleachers until the conclusion of the game, then we went to the Thirsty Dog and continued killing braincells. This post was not proofread

Additional point: The security guard was summoned by someone sitting in front of us on a date with a young lady who looked like she had seen better days. Both of them were unattractive now that i recall.

Well, that's fun for young and old alike. When we were down there in May, we were forced to consume all of the beer with no brats or burgers to accompany it because of the asinine tailgate policy. Our seats were in like the second or third row in right field, which is a pretty low wall - eight feet, tops. I was sitting there enjoying the Royals attempt to play baseball, thinking, "Do not jump on the field and charge the right fielder. Do not jump on the field and charge the right fielder."

It appears the game is a nooner so the post game libations are likely. I won't speak to the ladies of industry.

I won't pray for you, E.

WHOOOO TIGERS WHOOOO!

I have a stupid grin on my face so big that it'll need to be jackhammered off because of that game and it got even bigger when I realized Randy Johnson and his herniated disk are pitching tomorrow.

Bullfrog: I saw a waitress in a restaurant in Park Slope last night who looked a lot like Jen. Coincidence?

Total, yeah, but that's pretty cool. Where aboot?

I'd say something about Randy Johnson, but at this point, just mentioning him is funny enough, isn't it?

I'm doing some grocery shopping and I noticed that there's a People magazine (one of those special style issues) and it's largest headline: Find the Perfect Jeans. How the hell did we get to a point in our society where it's gotten so complicated to select the perfect jeans, you need professional help and a People mag to help you select the right 501s?

Jen lookalike at the 12th Street Grill on 12th st and 8th Ave. Good eats if you haven't been.

I now free associate Randy Johnson with exploding doves.