Comic for Tuesday, March 15th

Posted: 9:00 am, Tuesday, March 15th, 2005

Beware the ides of March! I have nothing else to say about that, really.

Pearls Before Swine, the comic my dad always butchers when he tells me about it, takes a jab at Wal-Mart. I hope this is a thing that the comics are doing, like when they all ran Peanuts tributes after Charles Schulz died. Every Sunday, someone rag on Wal-Mart. Last week, it was the Boondocks. Maybe next week, Fox Trot can take over, and then the Wizard of Id.

I can't believe I forgot MNP's birthday yesterday. I suck.

RetroCrush finally finished their countdown of the Top 100 TV Theme Songs. It had been going on for six months or so, I think. I can argue with #1, but I can argue with just about anything. Also, the song I'd pick for #1 was ranked #2a. So, y'know. Whatever.

I learned, thanks to Fark, that the cube was taken down from Astor Place for repairs. I was down there on Friday and somehow failed to notice that a ten-foot tall black cube was no longer present. I even looked in that direction to check traffic. God, I'm oblivious.

Apparently, the Hobbitt is going to be a long way off. That kind of sucks, I was hoping for a Middle Earth fix in the not-too-distant future. I guess I'll just pop the Return of the King DVD back in, boring 2.0, but not nearly as much as the NCAA Selection Show on Sunday did. Query to self: When your girlfriend doesn't even particularly like basketball, why make her watch a show that is basically people picking names out of a hat to see who plays baskbetall when and where? That said, I filled out my first bracket yesterday and came up with UNC beating Oklahoma State for the title. I don't like that pick. The thing is, all the good teams historically choke, except for Duke, and I can't bring myself to advance Duke past the Sweet 16 because I can't stand them.

I made a cake on Saturday. It was excellent. I always had trouble with the recipe, but for some reason, it came out really well the other day. (No, wiseass, the recipe is not 'open box, add water and egg, bake' - we here at Five Bucks go from scratch. Except for brownies. There's no point in making brownies from scratch.)

Finally just broke down and bought San Andreas the other day. Glad I did, too. Don't know why I waited so long. Well, I do - it's because I thought I could get it for thirty bucks off Half, but we all know how that went down. Anyway, friggin' good game, I'm currently rocking cornrows and green track pants that look like the ones Jen wears around the house (just not today).

I'm sure everyone's noticed this, but the first day of March Madness and St. Patrick's Day are, in fact, the same day. It's like the perfect storm for frat houses across America.

I'm assuming this article about Asshat manufacturing news spots was from the NY Times magazine on Sunday, but I'm not sure. Anyway, I read the first page and hope to get to the rest tonight or tomorrow - it's frigging long, though.

By the way, I can still donate a pint of blood in under five minutes. I guess this is comforting to know. If I'm ever gut-shot, I'll go relatively quickly. I don't lead a life particularly prone to gut-shottery, though, so it's kind of a theoretical comfort.

The Lopper struck in London, and, amazingly, there is a picture of it. (Before anyone squeamish clicks on that, the Lopper was a Seinfeld reference to a guy who cuts people's heads off with an axe. This is literally a story about someone cutting off a dude's head with an axe, and there is a picture - not particularly gross, but, still - of a dude with no head in the article.)

2.0 pointed out to me that Bebe bags actually aren't that expensive. Shit! I should've just gone with Louis Vuitton. But the Bebe ad was so ridiculous I felt the need to use that one.

While most of that PhD strip that my friend Licia recommended is extremely dorky, this strip appealed to me. (I should clarify: Most of it is extremely dorky in a way that appeals to grad students. This strip appealed to me because it is extremely dorky in a way that appeals to people who draw.) Also, the author clearly read Understanding Comics.

And, thankfully, doesn't like war. God, two years, already? Time flies when you're spreading freedom. Anyway, another year, another $80 billion or whatever the price tag is spent trying to get our oil out of their sand and another God-knows-how-many lives ended. Get your protest on in NYC with the Troops Out Now Coalition, United for Peace and Justice, or International ANSWER. That last one has links to actions all across the country, by the way, including Charlotte, DC, and Chitown. Actually, the DC one is in Fayetteville. That may or may not be anywhere near DC. I have no clue. More on this, you can be sure...

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