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DTWOF episode #522

February 15th, 2008

522 detail
I decided to put 522 up a week early because the way things are going, the argument Jasmine and Janis are having might be a moot point by next Wednesday. Read the rest of this entry »

duly noted

February 15th, 2008

tintin on mcsweeney's
I just skimmed the comments on episode 520, starting from the end. It was curious reading in reverse like that. I couldn’t imagine where the gym teacher discussion had sprung from, but spooling back it all fell into place.

Okay, you’re all right. The characters in 520 wouldn’t be dressed in t-shirts if the house were really at 65 degrees. No one ever goes to the dentist. I cover more negative than positive aspects of long term relationships. And the fat characters–Jezanna and Harriet–have mysteriously disappeared from the scene. I’ve been aware of that last item on the list, and have been troubled by it. I’ll see what I can do about remedying all these problems, okay?

Once decades ago our blog friend June Thomas noted that I had drawn a drink in which the ice cubes sat at the bottom of the glass instead of floating to the top.

That’s when I knew this was a tough crowd.

On an unrelated note, Kendall Gerdes sent me a link to this piece on the McSweeney’s site that the Tintin fans among us will enjoy. It’s even more clever than it looks at first glance–it lists and updates each book in the entire Tintin series.