The Prescription Tiara

I think the only thing I learned in the news this week is that being Amish is kind of awesome (it is also, as mass media relentlessly reminds us, very, very simple). It seems like the Amish have the right idea; they realize there's no big payoff in life and each day is what it is. It's okay to be blissfully ignorant of the immaculately perveted instant messsages between a lawmaker and his college student underling which gets explained away as a "prank gone awry" when changing the political affiliation of the disgraced politician doesn't work. It is okay to be unaware of this.

Have a good weekend, where in America regular people get the day off work because in 1492 a man's "discovery" began the ruthless, bloody conquest of North America. Happy Columbus Day!

The District Sleeps Around

I don't have anything but bad things to say about the global state of affairs and you know what they say -- if you don't have anything nice to say, Save as Draft. And link to Happy News. And mention the newest breakthrough in teleportation technology.

I'm working on some "Phun Pakkz" as incentives to pre-order some of the several new upcoming pre-orderable items. I also have always wanted to offer something called a "Phun Pakk." Be safe, everyone.

Sticky

Where does that sticky stuff come from? You know some days when everything is just sticky for no reason. You know what I'm talking about.

There's something I forgot to tell you about Tallahassee. She's crazy. Any girl who wears a tiara to work who is not a princess or a beauty pageant winner is crazy. And you can take that to the Magical Cavern of Gold.

Also the new Decemberists album The Crane Wife is officially out now... but apparently you have to go to a chain store or iTunes to buy it because Capital Records doesn't have a clue how the music industry works these days. Anyway, join Colin Meloy and friends as they sing of axe murderers and avian matrimony! And join Tallahassee, Mashley and myself to see them in Northampton on Halloween! Also maybe an afterparty, but you have to bring your own dental floss.

Winterview With a Spitfire

Poopmonster and I did "Winterviews" the other day, it was a trip!

Pictured to the right is the view from my chair which now includes several thousand Diablo Action Figures. Buy yours today so I can stop imagining there is somebody hiding behind the stack please. A while ago I thought I saw someone come in from the hallway and walk behind the boxes and then I got up and looked and there was nobody there.

Please do not email me about the Diablo figures. They are not being shipped by TopatoCo and the only information I have is that they are being shipped as soon as possible.

The New iTem. All you need. And more

This here is just a comic about how funny it is that Apple has to speak to people with sentence fragments now because everyone has the attention span of a nine-year-old with a cocaine problem.

This new tee-shirt is an overnight sensation! Who would have known so many people would openly admit to knowing about such terrible things.

I'M ON UR TEE SHIRT