As an American I only speak one language… I am aware that others exist, but I choose only to use them as seasoning. In the case of my Banana Bread, I’ve spiced it up with “de los Muertos,” I’ve always thought the phrase sounded delicious and invigorating, just like my bread. If you’re like me, you’ve got some nerd friends …
My cells are tired, and I suspect it’s my own damn fault. It’s either my fault because my genes are too stellar, or because I’m facing a karmic punishment for narcissistic shit talking. First the stellar gene theory, my son has decided that rather than sprouting one or two teeth at a time he’d prefer to have them all at …
O Canadians how I love thee. You send us your very best. The second best Ghost Buster, Dan Aykroyd, is Canadian. The second best sketch comedy show is Canadian, “I’m pinching your face!” Hail, Kids in the Hall. The second best action-adventure based in Egypt stars Canadian Brendan Fraser. My wife’s second favorite piece of actor man-candy is Canadian, thank …
I’m afraid to share this blog. What will my readership think of me? A readership I have no doubt numbers well into the teens. Even if it costs Jim and I readers, I’m tired of living a lie. I’ve sinned and the only way to deal with the depravity of my nerd sins is a nerd confession. Here goes, for your chastising …
The comic–Jim gracioiusly agreed to let me release my inner pedant. So, prepare your skullcave for some book learnin’. Fact: It’s well documented that James Joyce was a Pokemon fiend. Fact: Hemingway hunted everything including the Covenant. Fact: Zelda cooked with a Tommy Gun and F. Scott could Tokyo-Drift. Fact: I spend too many hours on the couch. We need …
We never test our comics on focus groups. Here are some of the questions that they couldn’t have asked because they don’t exist. Question 1: Can a t-shirt with “+1 Charisma” get me laid? Answer: That’s not a simple question. Follow along closely and I’ll be able to give you a customized answer. Step 1: Roll your d20 and add …
This script had its origins in Facebook. In other news from ‘”Duh Magazine,” Facebook is a weird place. One that Jim makes me inhabit for the more efficient distribution of Soup. Even though I’m a resident, I’m not terribly comfortable there. It’s a weird parallel universe that I struggle to embrace and understand. It may be that I’m an introvert, and the …
It occurred to me that I might spend a bit of time explaining the origin of our comics–particularly when they’re a bit obscure. So something that my webcomic peers have taken to doing naturally I have come to approaching the end of our first year. Yep, I’m a genius. This comic is based on the Darkspawn from Bioware’s “Dragon Age Universe.” The …
I have unleashed a terror on the internet… the terror’s name, “Darth-Paul Fartre.” What could be more frightening than a flatulent Darth? You can’t snicker when he lets one slip or you’ll wind up on the wrong side of a Force Choke with no Grand Moff Tarkin there to intercede. He is a a fearsome mix of modern philosophy and potty joke. …
My wife isn’t a gamer. The joy one experiences shooting nerds in their digital faces is as lost on her, as the appeal of a Nordstrom’s shoe sale is lost on me. That’s not to say we haven’t learned things from one another as a result of our divergent hobbies. She has learned that “Grinding” isn’t just done on the …
