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"Taking the Waters"

I love the sales features: no diet, no bath, no exercise! –Wait, no bath? I’m sure they mean the notion of “Taking the Waters” for weight loss and the curing of other ailments. This quaint European custom is still practiced … Continue reading →

Cartoons have problems too

I found these amusing, if not particularly sensitive. I DO wonder why Wylie Coyote’s OCD is not mentioned. Here are a few other issues I think worth mentioning. (Note, I have no psychological training, so these are purely a layman’s … Continue reading →

Warning: you don’t have Spidey-reflexes

This sign would also be useful if posted liberally on the 401, especially in the Toronto region. Alltop is a member of the slow humor movement.

Ask General Kang: How do you deal with procrastination?

Severely. On Planet Neecknaw, the original lifespan of the average Neecknabian was similar to the average for your chimpanzees, 40-45 years or so. Is that on a diet of bananas or not? You make any more banana jokes and you’ll … Continue reading →

Flying

I actually like it when the pilot comes on to talk to us lowly cattle. It makes me feel like I have some kind of relationship with the person that literally controls my fate for the next X-number of hours. … Continue reading →

Chthonic Monsters — Theseus Becomes King

This is the final part of Chthonic Monsters. Part one, Theseus Goes to Crete, is here, and part two, Theseus Meets the Minotaur, is here. This is from a novel-in-progress, in which the characters tell one another many different stories. … Continue reading →

Chthonic Monsters — Theseus Meets the Minotaur

This is from a novel-in-progress, in which the characters tell one another many different stories, but I thought I would share here it here the blog. Alas, it it too long to put up in one post, so I’ll put … Continue reading →

Chthonic Monsters — Theseus Goes to Crete

This is from a novel-in-progress, in which the characters tell one another many different stories, but I thought I would share one of those stories here the blog. Alas, it it too long to put up in one post, so … Continue reading →

Important data on sexy notes

Not precisely sure what would entail a “sexy note”, but I do believe this is a sound graph of the relevant data. Alltop prefers sending its sexy notes via pigeon.

Dr. Tundra admits he has a problem

Once again, Dr. Tundra woke with a splitting headache, the feeling that he’d fallen asleep with a mouthful of half-masticated rat, and a pain in his lower back that could only be called apocalyptic. He opened his eyes; it felt … Continue reading →