On Schedule, Except for Food

13 Sunday Feb 2022

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We’re on-schedule. We expect tomorrow’s comic on-time. Believe me, this is a hard-worked semi-miracle. ‘Getting ready to sell’ is the biggest threat to a silver-anniversary comic-producing couple than I’d ever expect. I still love Codex. But I insist she remove her hair. It’s the tape. The critically-vertical painting-tape. There wasn’t an inch that didn’t include her hair.

I’m not a witch; I didn’t care before, but holy surveyicle monkey-chow. Continue reading →

Friday fill in*: Codex recommends Teen Reads

04 Friday Feb 2022

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So before Codex spins her tale, here’s the TL’DR: These are great reads. They’ve got teen characters, and serious stories; loads of action, and moments of humor. They don’t hate Christ, and you wouldn’t be embarrassed to read them with your teen. Most can go young, all the way down to middle school (but read them first O parents! They were not written specifically for children) because the situations and the stories have enough sheer universal coolness to work, though the reader needs to have the reading chops to appreciate them. If this is old news, skim down to Codex’s ranty tale of woe and gratitude. Continue reading →

Home Improvement: Diamond Glass Torture

02 Wednesday Feb 2022

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Does anyone else remember that Bond film where the hero is tortured by the super-villain (I’m pretty sure his last name was Gates)? The one where they used the agony of hair removal via diamond glass polish paste and an aggressive drill abrasion pad? I think it was a clever ploy by Bond to get the baddie monologuing. Then Gates laughed maniacally as Ms Moneypenny begged Gates to leave Bond in a “manly state”, or at least with a chest wax, before Bond thwarted the villain with carbon credits and a promise to erase a half-million useless eaters. Continue reading →