What originally began as a small idea for a comic soon snowballed. The Black Friday concept was originally supposed to be a normal three-panel comic. However, when the idea simply couldn’t be fit within three panels it got turned into the first expanded six-panel strip in full-color. And that, gave us an idea.
Author: Justin
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Browse any bookstore and you’ll find a thousand or more books on how to get rich. One wonders if all these authors actually are rich, or their plan to get rich is to sucker people into buying their books? Regardless, anything more than free seems like the wrong direction to begin your journey to rich. That is unless, of course, this column gets later compiled into a book. In which case, that book would be a worthy investment. The following are some sure fire ways to get rich. Am I personally rich? No, not yet. But that is only because…
I long ago gave up on the delusion that anything about me was remotely unique. Instead, I cast this out there as a sort of digital fishing line to find like-bodied individuals. Do you ever find yourself being better when you’ve had no sleep? Last night I got basically no sleep. Today I taught three classes and had one faculty meeting and, as far as I can tell, all went swimmingly. Of course, this may simply be my sleep deprived brain trying to rationalize the day’s events and positive thoughts require less imagination than horribly negative ones. In that case,…
I bought a car this past weekend. Actually, my wife and I bought a car this past weekend. But since I rarely drive (except slow on the driveway every Saturday), it is mostly a purchase for her. The process of buying a car is equivalent to having root canal work done on the back of a camel while riding through It’s A Small World at Disney. We should probably just load every terrorist from Guantanamo Bay onto a boat and send them to the nearest car dealership. If every day is the endless process of car buying, you’ll really start…
Ever noticed when watching old cartoons that a good half of them are about the speech impediments of animals? I’ve got to be honest, I’d be impressed if my cat could talk period, regardless if it could roll its Rs properly. Perhaps my standards are too low. If it were something more valid, like perhaps an incontinent cat, then I could see mocking them. That my friends is a valid reason to criticize an animal. But stuttering or slurred speech? Honestly, we should be pledging these animals into fraternities, not ridiculing them from afar. Maybe in a politically correct age…
Today marked the release of the first trailer for the Clash of the Titans remake. Yes, you read that right. We’re remaking films from the 1980s now. It won’t be long before we see remakes before a film is released on DVD. What’s most interesting to me is the apparent tagline of the film, “Titans will clash.” Really? In a film titled Clash of the Titans we’re going to see titans clash? I suppose they’re only promising what they can deliver. Notice they didn’t tag it, “The best film of the year,” or “Better than Transporter 2.” Honesty is a…
If you’re a freshman in college, one of the most valuable lessons you can learn is how to properly make contact with a professor. This is especially important if you don’t want to find yourself the butt of departmental meetings where professors pass around particularly atrocious emails. With this in mind, I humbly present the following tips. 1. Do not begin with “Hey Professor!” Hey is not a proper greeting. Hey is what horses are fed. Also inappropriate? “Oats Professor!” 2. Do not make demands on the professor’s time. Such demands might include, “Fix my erors in these papr!” or…
During the recent Halloween holiday I watched the documentary His Name Was Jason. It’s basically a look back at the thirty year history of the Friday the 13th film franchise. While entertaining, my mind ended up mostly debating, what does Jason do with all of his free time? Watch any of the films and you’ll notice that Jason does very little killing during the day. Assuming he is supernatural (and thus able to keep returning to life and survive machetes to the skull), he obviously doesn’t need to sleep. In fact, we often see him trotting through the woods long…
I for one am sick of Halloween. For years I’ve bitten my tongue on this subject, and in the process severely damaged it and possibly made myself anemic. So while I can’t speak out against Halloween, I can certainly write out against it. Halloween today centers around young children playing dress up as imaginary characters and trolling around their neighborhoods interacting with the neighbors. What good can come of this? Bags of candy? A sense of community at a young age? An affirmed value in creativity? I call shenanigans. Halloween is the day of the Devil. For one day a…
In life we’re allowed and even encouraged to speculate about many things. What job will I get? Who will I marry? How would I murder someone? Not so fast, Norman. With Halloween rapidly approaching, I’m reminded of the fact that I’ve never murdered someone. This raises all kinds of issues, so let’s address them. First, this is exactly the kind of thinking that Christians who protest Halloween want to stop. Don’t worry; I have no intention of murdering a believer. It might even be one of those uncouth atheist types. Second, what do you mean reminded? Obviously I’ve thought about…