2:12:39 AM Ben: What part of space is the closest analogue to Athens ( Read more... )

I'm about to start reading The Raw Shark Texts, based on a recommendation on a podcast ( Read more... )

Is anyone who reads this at Comic-Con? If so, could you pick up this year's Choose Your Own Adventure handout from the Kingdom of Loathing guys for me?

Attention people in or near Palo Alto: I will be there from July first to seventeenth.

And let me know if you're interested in coming over for my family's big Fourth of July party. It's a pretty open thing, but ideally I'd like some idea of who's showing up ahead of time. It'll be on Saturday from 7 to whenever.

My songwriting friend Mike (not karlean7, the other one) wrote a song about me the other day! As is usual for songs about me, it's quite good. You should go listen to it.

I transcribed the lyrics, because none of my favorite lyrics websites had them yet:

( Warning: lyrics may contain spoilers for the song )

The last few days have been pretty eventful. Capucine's gone back to France for the summer, my parents visited me, and I solved a cryptic crossword for the first time.

Tomorrow I'm going to try the Washington Post Hunt with Claire and Brad. Should be fun.

Remember when Randy Milholland asked Something Positive readers to match his yearly salary in donations, and they totally did? I'm going to see if Request Comics readers can pull that off too ( Read more... )

You've been following guest week at Tall Comics, right? Well, in case you haven't, you should be aware that it's finished off with a guest strip by me. There are a few details that you might not get if you don't regularly read Tall Comics, but you should regularly read it anyway, so that isn't an issue.

Unlike most people with webcomics, I'm not going to be at the New England Webcomics Weekend thing this weekend.

I am, however, going to be in a Scrabble tournament. My first one! I should be able to get an official rating out of it. Probably a low one, since I hear they tend to start out that way.

Conversation with a housemate a few minutes ago:

"It's Daylight Saving Time now!"
"Oh, right. This is a big thing for you, isn't it?"
"It's a big thing for everyone."
"Of course. Well, happy new year!"