Checking out the returns…

So, we headed to the local brewpub to watch the election results flow in. And to flow a little bit of beer into ourselves.

Ok. More than a little bit. It was a lot of fun – kind of like a sports event – with cheering and booing as various state results came in, “Oooh”‘s and “Ahhhh”‘s as close races flipped back and forth, and loud debates over what various results meant.

And, during a visit to the men’s room, there was a strange… oddity. From the time I walked in the door, to the moment I was done with my business, hands washed and walking out there was a guy in one of the stalls peeing. Continuously. Voluminously. Without pause or reduction of flow. This guy must have had a bladder the size of a watermelon.

It was awe inspiring and a little bit frightening.

Just voted…

My wife and I walked down to the polling place with coffee in hand, stood in line for maybe half an hour, and were out of there by 7:15. Plenty of time afterwards to grab some breakfast, mosey in to work, and generally have a pretty standard morning.

And no matter how this election comes out, having Sarah Palin on the Republican ticket certainly has brought Alaska more prominently into the public consciousness. My wife and I had an amazing time up there on our honeymoon. The wilderness is beautiful, and the wildlife is amazing. It was really thoughtful of the Republican Party to show the world such a fine specimen of the Red Baiting Wingnut Loon.

Raise Your Hand

This week’s new comic is a bit of a stretch.

Perfect Sense

I have an interesting talent: I can carry on a semi intelligent conversation even while drifting off to sleep. There have been several occasions when my wife has been talking to me and hasn’t noticed that I was snoozing. Unfortunately, ther illusion of wakefulness tends to evaporate pretty quickly when my dreaming mind hijacks the conversation.

Earlier tonight, for example, was my statement in the middle of a fairly ordinary conversation about the day’s events: “Flavor foods are an excellent way to destroy zombies!”

I still don’t know what that means. But at the time, it made perfect sense.

Idiom failure

As this week’s comic shows, the phrase “Pretty as a picture” can be very misleading.

Art Museum Reflections

Inside corner and roof edge of the new University of Michigan Art Museum

Inside corner and roof edge of the new University of Michigan Art Museum

Autoswitch

This week’s new comic is a technological breakthrough. We should go out for ice cream.

Harmonic Divergence

This week’s new comic is choosy about the company it keeps.

Desktop Spider

Got a fun photo for all you arachnophobes out there… Out of consideration for the folks I know who actually are arachnophobic, I’m posting it after this break…
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Take On Me (the Literal Version)

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