I’ve noticed a lot of people surfing in on searches for “dysthymia†or even “teenage dysthymia.” It’s a sneaky disease because one of the symptoms is that it makes you think you’re normal. Doesn’t that seem unfair? Cancer doesn’t make[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Many people assume that CE stands for “copy editor.”
That’s Günter’s girlfriend Marta there, though as we know he secretly has a crush on Leni Riefenstahl.
I am able to think up necrophilia jokes with alarming facility. That’s something I never knew about myself before.
Egas Moniz, inventor of the lobotomy, suffered terribly from gout in his hands, which became gnarled and swollen and frequently had to be bandaged. (You can get a glimpse of one in this picture.) Sometimes he’d be in so much[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I can’t tell if the personal note makes this one better or worse. Why isn’t it quite what you’re looking for?
In case you haven’t been making my ego the focal point of your existence, Tales of the Expected are comics I draw when I get rejection slips from literary magazines. The skinny fellow with the unlikely hair is Jeremy Mishigosh,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
They’re territorial predators, so when they see movement their first thought is, “Can I eat it?” Their second thought, like the Great Cornholio’s, is, “Are you threatening me?” You know who else stares? My four-month-old niece, Luna. When she gets[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’m staying in Berkeley tonight and the urge to run over to the UC campus and bug Walter Freeman III is difficult to resist, especially since my host is actively encouraging me to do it. This is the hundred-and-first stix[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It’s a little like that Escher lithograph with the reflecting ball.