Oh, the Possibilities

You know you want a Roomba just so you can say that you have a robot. And then you can leave it dust bunnies on the floor so it can feed. Helping take over the world saps a lot of energy.

--m

The Absolute Bestest

My dad is also awesome, just for the record.

--m

P.S. I don't quite understand it either, but there is great wisdom here.

Prettiest Lady Crab

I have a friend named Allie. She is smart, funny, super tough, tiny, and has the personality of a tiny striped shore crab (a little cranky and mildly reminiscent of Scrappy Doo).

Anyways, she's amazing. This is to cheer her up. :)

--m

P.S. I failed at coloring her species right (Pachygrapsus crassipes) so I'll try again later.

And That's How I Got my Nerd Sitcom

This comic is almost entirely due to the genius of "Alex Lowe Y'all." The shirt I'm wearing is a reference to him because he got pooped on by a bird one day at work.

Anyways, I work in Excel and I need to learn how to us MySQL to make a real database. (meep)

--m

P.S. You can buy a specially designed "Birds Poop!" shirt in the Octopod Store today!!

The Dinner of Grown-Ups and Champions

I've considered this for dinner, I won't lie.

--m

They'd Be Like Azalea Bushes!!

I tell this to my dad every time he goes for a haircut, and every time he gets them trimmed. Blast-from-the-past brought to you by The Rocket Scandal.

Happy Monday!

I Need a Grocery List

If I don't bring a grocery list, I'll buy things that are, in essence, gluten-free, flavored wood chips.

It's TERRIBLE.

--m

This is a Good Place to Be

Original photo by Richard Ling, mermaid by M. Rock

I had this idea weeks ago, but couldn't find a reef picture I liked. Finally found one tonight on Wikipedia, taken by Richard Ling.

Great Barrier Reef, I want to be a mermaid, same ol' same ol', really.

--m

Things I Wish I Could Do

...use my blinking keister to communicate with others who also have blinking keisters.

Anyways, TRS blast-from-the-past today! Most people I know who grew up in the pacific northwest have never experienced summer nights with fireflies.

It brings lights to my butt. Lights of sadness.

--m

The "Eh" Bomb

If you have any Canadian friends, you've probably joyfully and gleefully awaited for them to say "eh" unwittingly in conversation. At least, I have.

And I finally heard a friend give it this term today.

[This is not disrespect of my northern brethren. I still wish I'd been born a red-haired canadian mountie, and the thought of ex-patting it up occurs on a daily basis.]

--m

They Know Our Weaknesses

A Softer World: Invertebrates tribute! The first of 2011! Mouse-over text would be: they know our weaknesses

--m

Hang in There

This is actually the first draft of a piece that I'm thinking of putting into my portfolio for "drawing science good" grad school. I drew it on a recent visit to the Shedd Aquarium this winter.

If I had to give it a comic title though, it's be "Hang in there."

--m

Platypuses or Platypi?

Pretty simple tonight. But adorable and egg-laying mammals don't need fanfare. They are their own fanfare.

Zombie Time

TRS blast-from-the-past while I recover from ankle ouches. You should eat your brains though, just like Momzombie told you to.

--m

The Perfect Cover

"Crime" is such an ugly word.

--m

Stupid Ankle

To be fair, I don't know that it's actually sprained, it just doesn't feel happy and nice. It feels, in fact, the opposite of both of those things.

If it still hurts by tomorrow I get to find someone to drive me into town to go to the clinic. :(

Sigh.

Also, let's not forget MechanoCrab, my nemesis and the bringer of the Foggy Crabpocalypse.

--m

Home at Last!

So far I've been traveling all of 2011, and I can't tell you how glad I am to be back home finally. :)

Comic updates resume as usual tomorrow.

--m

Comics Soon

More comics soon, I was at a big national meeting with no INTERNETS. Or, more appropriately, no FREE internets. Anyways, it went well, but I'll be back with comics starting Monday.