Comic for Friday, January 2, 2009

Posted: 7:00 am, Friday, January 2nd

2.0 and I got money from several sources for Christmas, and went out and got ourselves a rug. We did this at Ikea, and we went early enough to grab us some brekky-brek at the Ikea cafeteria. For a whopping $2.35, we got a sticky roll, two coffess, eggs, hash browns and bacon. The fuck? 2.0 almost got the big breakfast plate, until I pointed out to her that it was something crazy like 835 calories. For a buck fifty, you can get nearly half your RDA caloric intake. Free refills on the coffee, too. Perfect for a pair of unemployed schlubs like our heroes.

Speaking of food, our Christmas break of readin' continues, and 2.0 is reading the Omnivore's Dilemma, which I'm sure is going to ruin our lives. Corn is everywhere, which we already knew, but "everywhere" is such a nice and vague term that it's easy to dismiss. The Dilemma evidently points out each and every place that everywhere actually *is*, and that sure sucks.

Finished Outliers, and also Into the Dark, the third of the Echo Falls mysteries. I think I'm at the end of the reading rampage for right now, because I need to start doing lesson plans so that the children have something to learn when they return to me on Monday. I've got some books on the way from Powell's, including the fourth Percy Jackson book and a few other things for the kids and a Peanuts book for myself. And in February, we've got Scott Pilgrim vs. the Universe dropping, whoo-ha!

We rang in the New Year's with our friend Dr. Emily, and it was a perfectly pleasant, relatively calm affair, which left me capable of drawing this strip yesterday, which is soooooo much better than most of the New Year's Days I endured during my twenties. Whoo, vague concept of responsibility! For those douches who went to Times Square, partying with Seacrest and the horrifying ghost of Dick Clark, just look at the mess you made!

One last thing, I've tried to keep up with the news over break, with relatively minimal success, although I've listened to the NewsHour about both the Gaza shitstorm and anything that has the word 'Obama' in the headline. I can't figure out whose narative of the Gaza conflict more closely resembles reality, because I don't trust either side particularly. And then there was this segment on Obama's potential affect on the courts. I love the NewsHour, you all know this, and of course it's vital that they have someone from each side of the story on. So they have a liberal legal expert and a douchebag on, and the douchebag spouts the now-tired line about "hopefully Obama becomes a centrist now!" that just drives me insane.

Paul Cassell: Well, if you look at President Obama's record when he was in the Senate, he was really on the far left of his party. He wasn't, for example, in the Gang of 14 that tried to take a centrist approach to judicial nominations. He voted against Chief Justice Roberts and Justice Alito.

And so while he was in the Senate, I think he was very much on the extreme edge of his party.

Hopefully, as he becomes president now and the responsibilities that weigh on the office come to bear, I think maybe he'll take more of a centrist approach.

Fuck, no! He voted against Alito?! If only this had been made known to the American people before the election. God.

Ugh, I have to go back to work in three days? Crap.

bullfrog

e -- Friday, January 2 2009, 03:57 pm

I thought you were among those that made fun of my coworkers for going to Ikea for lunch a few years ago.

Also, he uses the term 'corn sex' a lot.

and apparently my computer auto-filled my name. Can you redact that?

I don't recall that, but it doesn't sound at all out of character for me, so I'll cop to it. Meh.