New Site Up and Running

Well, I felt it was time to switch from blogger and go full bore into this web comic thing I've created. The nice thing about starting with the free site is that it got me into the habit of posting 5 days a week, which I will continue at the new site.

www.crackpotuglies.com

I've got a rotating slide show that will feature the past 10 comic posts which are still updated Monday through Friday. Come on over and enjoy the show!

Thanks!
Joe

Ginny!

Another Deviant Art submission, not a winner. But, she is definitely a poster child for Fridays.

Happy Friday everyone! The new site design continues.

Optional Definition FTW

A piece I originally did for Deviant Art's Cutest Monster contest. Not a winner unfortunately.

Herman Lumpot

Still working on the new site. Getting my posts taken care of before I start on the site design. 

Phil the Pirate Verse

Still working on the new site. Continuing the posts here.

My goal is to be up and running by next Monday.

Flip Flop Floyd

Still working on the new site, while that happens I'll still be posting updates here. Enjoy! 

Friday Freakout!

Happy Friday from Phil of the Foot Tongue Clan. Not only does Phil find normal appendages obsolete, but he also can track people and things by their taste.

If all goes well, I'll be switching over to my new site starting Monday. I'll include links and updates. Hopefully I can figure out an easy way to get my backlog pulled into Wordpress. Blogger has been fun, but it really isn't a decent method for displaying comics. Google banning me from Adsense only made the decision easier. Some nice options besides the big G that seem like they'll be fairly easy to implement once I'm approved. Hopefully get this one step closer to being more than just a hobby.

The Dingleberries

It's times like this when the guy probably wishes he ate more fiber.

Benjamin Forthwright

Yikes, what to talk about with this guy looming overhead? Worst bar patron ever? Bar stool comfort? Tighty whitey stylin'?

Yep, none of that really works. How about, the end of this month the Mists of Panderia expansion comes out for World of  Warcrack Warcraft. I'm definitely looking forward to when it drops but I don't think I'll take a week off work like I did with Cataclysm and try and pace out my enjoyment a bit more. I might even attempt to level up my rogue strictly via pvp. There's something about a bit of pvp that, at the end of a rough day, is really cathartic even when you're on the losing side. The key is to be grouped up with friends and relish in the small picture even while the large group is getting smeared. Smeared because they don't fight on flags or protect the flag carrier or spend 15 minutes fighting in the middle of Warsong Gulch... ok, sometimes it's difficult, but if you can fight through the lunacy it can be pretty fun.

The other game I'm looking forward to, is Borderlands 2. I'll probably pick it up a few weeks after it launches and try and get my thumb to be a bit more accurate with the Xbox version. I really liked Borderlands but I just never got good enough to get too absorbed, I'm still used to driving and aiming with the mouse. Even with my poor skills it's still a blast to play. 

After 32 hours of gaming sometimes it's pretty easy to feel like you want to start chewing your toes.

Martini Time

I'm closer to the Winston Churchill camp of martin making, which is that for vermouth, he would just show the bottle to the glass and that would be enough. My Uncle Will taught me to pour a little vermouth in the glass, swirl it around the glass, then dump it out. Anything that stuck to the glass seems to be enough for a good gin martini. Good olives are essential as well, that little bit of salty brine is a nice blend with all of the flavors going on in the gin. 

Gin, I'm partial to Bombay Sapphire, but to be fair I haven't run the gamut on my gin tastings. I just discovered diet tonic so my G&T quotient might increase. I think that there are some domestic even local gins that might be worth trying. North Shore Distillery makes a few that I'm going to have to try. I have tried their Aquavit which is pretty interesting and worth trying. 

So many new local distilleries are springing up it's worth giving them a try. With the microbrew industry doing such wonders for beer taste and quality it's only a matter of time before the US spirit market starts to improve as well. 

Enjoy your drinking safely and responsibly. Remember, if the cab ride costs $7000 it's actually worth it. 

Monday Mornings

I just discovered a new type of coffee to use with my Keurig. Wide Awake Coffee Co. decent coffee and it has a new type of k-cup which has a filter instead of a plastic bottom to the cup. Not sure if it uses less plastic in the production but I'd think so. I think they might be based out of Skokie, Illinois but facebook seemed to be the only website I could find for them.

As I type out this post, I'm watching "Abbott and Costello, Meet the Mummy" which I was thinking had the sketch "Niagara Falls" or "Slowly I turned" but it's actually in Abbott and Costello's movie, "Lost in a Harem" so I guess it's an easy mistake what with the Mummy and the Harem both taking place in a desert. In looking for the sketch on YouTube as an example, I discovered their sketch 13 x 7 equals 28 and it's a classic bit of math, well worth checking out.

Bacon Wedding

Damn beavers, always ruining a good party. And from the "I swear I did the comic before I read this file" in the real world a woman was attacked by a rabid beaver only a few days ago, so please people be wary. These critters are VICIOUS!

I did a bit of searching for odd weddings. The naked couple wins in this first link. and since I searched for bacon weddings after I did the comic, the suit sort of exists.

Both Archie McPhee and ThinkGeek have bacon sections to their stores with plenty of items to choose from. Local to me, in Oak Park, Illinois, Pumpkin Moon also carries quite a few bacon items. Pumpkin Moon is the type of store you want to find in your area where ever you are. Tons of cool tin toys, t-shirts and knick knacks.

I have had the bacon gumballs and if you're a fan of liquid smoke infused with gasoline you definitely should pick up a case. Otherwise they're only worth it for the novelty factor.

Peanut Butter and...

Definitely not a flavor that will catch on. I'm pretty sure the texture is off a bit too. Peanut Butter and banana used to be one of my favorite sandwiches. It was made even better if you cooked one up like the type that Elvis used to indulge in, griddled, fried up in butter. Butter is almost as good as bacon at making things better.

I always wanted to try the Peanut Butter and Bacon variant too. This was originally the most popular way to eat peanut butter on a sandwich. Seems like bacon would lend itself pretty well to making the sandwich pretty savory, maybe even some thai flavors could be added to the peanut butter or to the bread. I can't eat bread or peanuts anymore so I'll never get the chance, maybe someday if I don't mind getting a little queasy.

The best PB sandwiches I ever had were from a place in Columbus, OH that I don't think sells them anymore. The had one called the classic, that was peanut butter and strawberry jam with extra sliced strawberries added. The other that I liked but was more of a dessert was peanut butter and nutella with a marshmallow fluff option. It was like a candy bar on a sandwich, over the top sweet.

Bacon!

Bacon, it's a beautiful thing. It's probably best if the pig was raised on a healthy farm and not injected with all sorts of crazy stuff and fed good food. It's kind of scary the things that get put into our food supply. Check out the documentary, "Food, Inc." sometime, it's streaming on Netflix currently. Humans are omnivores but we should still try and eat good natural food and not Frankenstein stuff. Plus, the nice thing about bacon is it doesn't take much to make a bland dish amazing.

I need to get my smoker going and make some of my own. PORK BELLY!!!

My Mug

I'm generally a morning person, but I definitely feel this way sometimes. Especially prior to my first cup of coffee.

Stuck Fast

I first published this during my year long "Starview Lounge" series. I still have a tendency to use too many post it notes at work and my monitor at times seems like it's growing lightweight yellow scales.

Happy Labor Day Everyone!