I always like to drop a bomb like this among hubbub and let it work its way out. Sometimes the bomb is even the truth. :)

Goodbyes after a long road trip are always surreal. The trip has become your life in a way, and so it’s a real intense thing. Or, at least, I’ve found it to be that way.

That is Peter Zale of “Helen, Sweetheart of the Internet” fame. We became friends when the internet was new and we were two of the few people online doing webcomics back in 1996. A great guy, and we still keep in touch.

But the fool is often the most philosophical and the most merry.

It’s always good to have a friend who will kill those around you in order to see you again. <3

A real statue. Pointed out to me by locals. Full of Awesome.

I used to find this true, that if I forgot I was an outcast, i wouldn’t feel like one, and people seemed much more accepting.

I’m not sure what i am now, I’ve spent too many years forgetting. :)

Man-o-man-o-man. Do you remember Y2K? Everyone wondering if the computers would all collapse and planes would start falling out of the sky, and in a week we’d be living in hunter-gatherer tribes.

I was in L.A. at the time. Not more reassuring.

Yes, based on a real news story. I get that the confederate flag means different things to different people, but I still have some strong feelings about it.

With jelly and butter. Why does that never get old to me?