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Nothing to See Here: A Medical Misadventure

So now that I’ve twittered my trip to the doctor yesterday and generated a flood of “are you okay?” emails, I guess I better get you all caught up on the latest news. Or lack thereof, anyway…
I’ve had this pain in my chest lately. It’s nothing like heart attack symptoms (squeezing, spreading to arm/jaw, shortness [...]

Advice for Dealing With Artists

It’s a good thing I love the comics medium, because landing an artist is hard, hard work. The good ones are either already taken or have page rates beyond the reach of any small press. At the next level they’re technically solid, but they think they’re deserving of the page rates the big guys get. [...]

Seventh Son of Your Modern World

I don’t know what’s funnier about this story: the fact the vigilantes captured a goat or the police are actually keeping the goat in custody.
Said goat is allegedly a car thief. No, the goat didn’t try to steal the car; the vigilantes claim the actual thief turned himself into a goat to evade capture.
I tell [...]

Geek Forensics

I had to run out to our second campus at work today, so I jumped on the country road out of town. It’s probably the first time I’ve been on that road in over two weeks, as the few times I’ve had to head out in that direction I was concerned the Great Arctic Death [...]

Blackest Friday

My retail days are ten years behind me, but my hatred for Black Friday hasn’t waned.
It’s long been my contention that the holidays, despite their outward appearance of peace and happiness, actually bring out the worst in people. This year, the masses trumped their usual selfish belligerence by trampling a Wal-Mart employee to death. Even [...]

La Llama!

La Llama!
Originally uploaded by MikeOliveri.
Jim Mack’s also has an emu, goats, sheep, and llamas.
There’s a Monty Python joke in here somewhere, but I’ll leave you to make it.