Comic for Thursday, July 5th, 2007

Posted: 7:00 am, Thursday, July 5th

We had a strip yesterday, for those of you who had better weather than the New York area, and actually got to get outside for some grilling. Man, what a gray day 'round Brooklyn yesterday. How come it couldn't've done that during pre-Cana on Saturday?

Not a whole lot to report today. I finished the Time Traveler's Wife yesterday. My God, what a brutal book. I am not too proud to deny that I cried at the end. (Actually, it was kind of funny, I was crying at the end of that, and 2.0 was re-reading Harry Potter 6 and crying at the end of that. No man should outlive his fictional wizard! No man!) (Oh! I also had this wild dream last night where I was watching the World Cup Final somewhere in LA, and we left early to get to a Sox-Goat Fuckers game back in New York, and I was reading Harry Potter 7 on the flight. The strange thing was that I was about fifty pages from the end, and Voldemort hadn't even made an appearance yet. I don't know if I subconsciously superimposed the Sopranos finale over Harry 7? Anyway, wild.) Yes, so, read the Time Traveler's Wife. It is a dizzying love story, an astounding exercise in plotting, and a heartbreaking metaphor for the lives of even those of us who are not chrono-impaired.

I had no idea Matt Carroll was still playing. My cousin met him while he was out in Seattle, said he was a great guy.

Still haven't grabbed it, but Zeitgeist is getting surprisingly good word of mouth. Goodness!

Alright, no one strain themselves easing back into work. It's only a day and a half/two days tops. We can do it together.

bullfrog

MNP -- Thursday, July 5 2007, 08:17 am

Matt Carroll is the best thing about going to the Bobcats' games, at least for me. I mean, the team sucks, but at least I can cheer for the Domer.

The NBA is about the only pro league I've never seen live. I guess pro indoor lacrosse, but that hardly counts.

Despite the fact that I think the NBA is boring on tv, I think it's pretty neat to watch live, particularly if you can sit near the court (not hard in Charlotte where no one goes to the games). There's a lot that goes on that gets missed on tv - fighting for position, etc. plus, the break-aways and slams are much more impressive in person.

Did anyone link to this?

Keith Olbermann:

http://www.crooksandliars.com/2007/07/03/keith-olbermanns-special-comment-you-ceased-to-be-the-president-of-the-united-states/#more-18986

I had forgotten all about that, actually, babe. Thanks.

You didn't mention our awesome "Overheard in New York" story.

Jeremiah and I were walking by an apartment near our house and this old balding guy says to this other old balding guy:

"So what *did* you do with that Be-in footage from '67?"

I wish I knew!

Oh, man, I totally forgot about *that*, too.

I apparently spent all of the Fourth huffing gasoline.

Um, ugh.

http://www.boston.com/yourlife/weddings/articles/2007/07/05/day_of_bliss_with_a_lucky_twist/

In planning my own wedding, I've run into about 50 brides getting married on Saturday. Ridiculous. What gets me is that they all think they're being original.

Great Americans the Onion would like to celebrate:

http://www.theonion.com/content/patriotism

I like the Social Studies teacher one... for some strange reason.

Question.. is Pete's brown eye in panel four a play on the fact he's just been an asshole?

No, that's an error I didn't have time to fix before work in the morning and was hoping no one would notice 'til I got home tonight. Drat!

Sorry, man... honestly... I thought I was going crazy and perhaps he always had brown eyes but that the hand right there made it more apparent...

Next time I'll just e-mail.

Although, if I remember correctly I'm now one minute step closer to getting a free (eventual) T-Shirt!!

Shit, I forgot about the point system. Is that two for you?

No... that's my first... someone else proposed the system.

Do I get a point for the stubble thing?

Yeah, might want to propose that points are only awarded for spoofs if communicated via e-mail. Whitey and I might be trading the first 9 posts of every day, "HIS SLEEVE CHANGES LENGTHS IN PANEL 3 I SWEAR!".

No point for the stubble - he didn't have it yesterday, so Pete evidently pulled it together enough to shave before heading out on the town.

That Olbermann piece was awesome. Thanks.

You are most welcome CK.

I used to live for those "Find 7 things different between the two panels" comics....

No wonder everyone thinks I'm anal retentive...

Definitely no stubble today. Last week, though...