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17 of 30 - Webcomics

   A year ago today I was heading east on the first day of Epic Roadtrip 2007. Today, a year later, I find myself travelling the opposite direction -- a 12 hour trainride from Flagstaff, Arizona, west back to Orange County. Also it looks like there might actually be an Epic Roadtrip 2008 -- kilkenny will be taking two weeks to roadtrip from San Diego to Vancouver in mid-August and I'm thinking of coming along for the adventure!
   In other news my train was three hours late last night (arriving just after midnight instead of the original 8:57pm schedule) because apparently Iowa is under water. The train I caught was the last one across before the whole thing became unpassable.

   Everyone's favourite soon-to-be-father Mr Aaron Aviv was good enough to pick me up at the trainstation on this end. He is visiting OrangeCountyland for about ten days. With his wife.


8 and a Half Webcomics!!!
   Anyway, today, after extensive research, I bring you the top 10 8 webcomics

N. Questionable Content - I actually kind of hate this webcomic, but after I read all the other ones I'm often bored and wander over to it. It makes me cringe though. I hate the way the author writes about his characters as if he doesn't know what they're thinking or going to do and is suprised himself. I hate the way the characters' eyes (particularly the main character) are vaguely reminiscent of anime. I hate the way daily installments often just culminate in a really lame one liner. I hate the pretentious indie rock pretentiousness that prevades the whole thing. Yet, when I've read all the other webcomics, I still read it out of morbid curiousity as to how much its going to fill me with loathing. d=

8. Diesel Sweeties - Robots, romance, robot-romance, and pixelation! Dependably never a groaner and amazing the expressiveness that can be made just by changing a few pixels around.

7. Ask Dr Eldritch - I still don't know how the author makes this thing but its excellent. Its about.. a girl moves into a mansion that has random portals to other dimensions through which all sorts of (silly) supernatural things from other dimensions routinely come. Also living there is a troll, a robot and a supernatural advice columnist. Hilarity ensues.

6. Scary Go Round - Silliness and sass from the fictional town of Tackleford, England!

5. Dr McNinja - He's a doctor, and he's a ninja, and apparently he's Irish, and he has the most off-the-wall adventures you can imagine. I just wish the navigation on his website was better.

4. Wigu - A young boy named Wigu, his gothic sister, his kind-of-redneckish dad, and his alcoholic mom. Plus Topato the potatoe made from poison from Butter Dimension Cubed and his partner Sheriff Pony. Site navigation is also a bit off but its quite hilarious!

3. Dresden Codak - Beautifully drawn and intellectual, just wish it updated more frequently.

2. Gunnerkrigg Court - Also beautifully drawn, and with neat storyline. About a girl who goes to a boarding school full of robots and supernatural beings and such.

1. Sluggy Freelance - How the author thinks up the brilliant story arcs is beyond me. They're all brilliant and they all link together seamlessly and incorporate developments from earlier developments such that you wonder if he plans it all out a full year ahead of time or something.


Picture of the Day

Year Ago Today: Epic Roadtrip 2007 - Day 1
Mojave Desert

14 of 30 - World Leaders and Music

Discussion Topics of the Day
   Please respond to as many of the following as possible, and then try to convince other commenters that you are far more correct than they are.
   Topic 1: How would the world be today if Vladimir Lenin had embraced a regime of bolshevik emo-ism rather than communism (assuming he could somehow have been familiar with Bright Eyes and Postal Service). Would there have been a different logo other than the hammer & sickle? Would he have preferred Dashboard or something better like Promise Ring (or name an emo band of your choice)?
   Topic 2: Which american music group could you most easily picture Saddam Hussain being a part of?
   Topic 3: If one of the following were to grow an awesome mohawk, who would be more likely to do so? (A) George W Bush, (B) George Bush senior, (C) Condoleeza Rice, (D) John Ashcroft, (E) Donald Rumsfeld.
   Topic 4: Who would have kept a more interesting livejournal? (A) Ivan IV (the terrible), (B) Taliban leader Mullah Omar (did they ever catch that dude?), (C) Stalin, (D) Mousolinni (sp?), (E) Ghengis Khan, (F) Attila the Hun.

   Also related to Topic 4, an excellent example of what one of these world leaders' livejournals might be like is that of North Korea (DPRK)'s kim_jong_il__.