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Let’s pause for a moment for a quick public service announcement:
Kids, if your antivirus program tells you that it’s expired, don’t wait a month before you tell your parents. It’s too late at that point. Get the help you need. Your parents will understand.
So, yes, Brit let her antivirus on her laptop sit expired for at least a month before mentioning. Unfortunately, the reason she finally mentioned it was because she had let her friend use it to check his email earlier that day and WHAM that was all she wrote. Three different trojans and a root kit! Impressive, really. Happily, she had all of her important files backed up, so I just wiped the drive, installed OpenSuSE to ensure the last remnant of win-viruses were gone and then put XP back on. I would have left linux on there, but she uses the laptop for photoshop… such is life.
We’ve had (another) long talk about letting other kids use her computer and being more responsible about the maintenance. We’ll see how it goes this time…
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Woohoo! Corporate sponsorship! Now all the big bucks are going to finally start rolling in… Well, maybe not, but all of these gifts are available at Target. Who knows, maybe Target is looking to spread their marketing campaign into the webcomic world (only the first one is free, guys).
In any case, I’m a bit ashamed to say that I have actually purchased all of these gifts at one time or another in the name of being the cool Uncle. I’m sure they didn’t mind the noise, blood or mess…
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Whenever those commercials for social anxiety drugs come on TV, my wife always laughs. It’s fair enough… I strongly suspect that I may be their target demographic, but what are you going to do? Those of you who’ve met me in a social situation or served with me on a committee and have always thought that there was something a bit odd, now you know… a constant case of deer-in-the-headlights-ism.
In any case, Laurie’s office soiree was an unqualified success. Teachers don’t miss an opportunity to have a party, after all. I finally got to meet most of the people Laurie is talking about, so that can only be considered a good thing. There are worse things than being the stiff, quiet guy at the party (though it doesn’t always feel that way…) Laurie had fun, and really in the end, that’s all that counts.
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I’m not proud of this, my friends, but what are you going to do? So at least we’re back in family-friendly territory, but we’re still stuck in the land of food puns! But come on… Sushi and the Bana-chees?!? Who wouldn’t love to try that!
In any case, I’m already inking Sunday’s comic, and I can assure you that there is no food involved…
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Forgive me Lord, for I have pun’d… badly. I realize this is a bit less family-friendly than the usual Slightly Off-Topic fare, but once the joke entered my brain, the only way to exercise it was to sketch it up. Won’t happen again… well, it probably will at some point, but I’ll do my best!
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Ah…the annual migration of the Chia Pets. What more sure sign that Christmas has arrived could there be? I have to ask, though. I’ve never seen a Chia Pet outside of it’s natural habitat, which is to say the front shelves at Walgreens. As they return year, after year, after year, somebody must be buying them. Is it you? Where are these things going and what are people doing with them? I should check the PBS listings… maybe there is a documentary or something about these guys…
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You guys ever get the feeling that you can tell the days when Brittany’s not available to do the sketch? Me too…
Regardless, I’m back from Thanksgiving travels to Indiana and work travels to Colorado. Busy, busy, busy. Time to start re-ping the webcomic attendees for Penguicon to reconfirm intent and to help Laurie with the next round of auction solicitation. Tis a busy time around Casa Adams. On the plus side we are only 27 days away from EGG NOG!!!
Later!
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I honestly don’t know what Obama is thinking. It seems it’ll be hard for him to be seen as the quarterback of this team, but I suppose that depends on how strong a leader he is. Time, as always, will tell.
So, yes, I’m on the road again. I’m in Fort Collins looking at a bio-containment unit for a cell sorter. That’s right, I live a wild, wild life. No family with me this time hence the photo contribution to the comic, but at least I have net access, eh?
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I’m sitting here in the house I grew up in watching Going My Way while the turkeys thaw. My family is gathered around me and all seems well with the world. There is time to worry about life’s troubles on another day. Tonight and tomorrow I bask in the little things, and it is the little things that I’m thankful for today.
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone. Thanks for stopping by!
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