09.26.2010 - Terrence Marks:

I really need to update this more often.

Also, when I bring up a problem I need to mention when it gets fixed. The water outage two weeks ago? Fixed the same day it happened (after I had to go to work, but that's another story). It's been fine since and probably won't break again for a few more months.

Frankie, our new kitten? All parasites have been removed, internal and external. He's been subjected to a large amount of veterinary medicine all at once. Pretty much everything you're supposed to have done to a kitten got done to him in a span of about two weeks. All the boxes are checked off, and that's hard on a cat. That's what we spent the middle of the month doing - sitting up with him and watching him recover. He's doing alright now.

We call him Frankie for short. That was the deal. Isabel got to choose what we call him, I got to choose his name. Depending on how I'm feeling, his full name is usually "Frankie Goes to Hollywood" or "Abbot & Costello Meet Frankenstein".

Also, I finished watching Babylon 5 a few days ago. I never watched it when it originally aired, possibly because there was some misguided B5/Star Trek rivalry and I was on Team DS9. Or maybe because I didn't get the channel that it was on. It was a long time ago.

I highly recommend the show to anyone who likes science fiction, even a little bit. When the show really gets going (which is about season two through the middle of season four), it's amazing. The bad episodes (which there aren't too many of) all have very good parts to them. The good episodes have more happening in them than I thought was possible to fit into 45 minutes of television.

We get emails from people about how they spent weeks reading the entire archive of You Say it First and/or Namir Deiter (or, more rarely, Unlike Minerva and Spare Parts) and after going through all* of Babylon 5, I know how you feel.

*: I skipped the first half of season 5. If you skipped Picnic in the Park (or Todd's Review Site or pre-reboot Unlike Minerva...) when you read through You Say it First (or Spare Parts or Unlike Minerva) we're even.

09.06.2010 - Terrence Marks:

Happy Labor Day! You Say it First now has an archive tagging system. You can search and find comics featuring Brisbane or set in the lounge, or about computers or...well, it's a community project. You won't see every comic there right now - it's a 12-hour-old community project. Some awesome people have been going through the archives and tagging things. Most comics haven't been tagged yet, so here's your chance to be awesome.

No percent-signs, dashes, or doublequotes (%,-,"). Those are reserved for system use.

You can enter multiple tags, separated by commas. If you tag something "Brisbane, Kimberly" that will add a Brisbane tag and a Kimberly tag to it.

Clicking the red x deletes the tag.

If you have any questions, we've got a forum topic for it.

08.30.2010 - Terrence Marks:

Forum registration now works once again. I think something broke when I patched it. I've manually activated a bunch of accounts, so if you registered but didn't get the email it's cool. If you haven't registered yet, now's the best time.

08.26.2010 - Terrence Marks:

So what happened?

Well, after going to work six hours early for training on Wednesday, we finally had a two-day weekend. This means we got to catch up on all the errands we've needed to run. It was a full day of car maintenance, buying of glasses, and a bunch of other things that are even less interesting.

I think we've mentioned our new cat, Frankie, who we got a few weeks ago. We found a tapeworm on him. He brought them with him when we got him. This isn't, strictly, a medical emergency. It is, however, gross and creepy and needs to be dealt with immediately. So we've spent the last several hours dealing with this instead of working on comics. Trust me - we'd rather be working on comics

Random thoughts:

When you're cleaning out your fridge, if you toss out "anything that would trigger a con check", you're a probably gamer.

When you're cleaning out your fridge, if you toss out "anything that would trigger a save vs. petrification", you're probably an old-school gamer.

Final Fantasy Tactics Advance has a girl with white hair who dyes it pink and hides that from her friends because she feels ashamed. Namir Deiter has a white hare who dyes herself pink and hides that from her friends because she feels ashamed. Total coincidence, I'm sure, but it's funny how things go sometimes.

08.18.2010 - Terrence Marks:

A Duel in the Somme is live! You know that secret project we mentioned a while back? It's this - a collaboration between some amazing webcartoonists and a legendary science fiction author. The comic is written by Rob Balder and Ben Bova, based on a story by Ben Bova, illustrated by Bill Holbrook, and colored by us!

08.16.2010 - Terrence Marks:

Firstly, we've got public forums. They've been very private and very well hidden until now so they're a bit empty. You're invited to help make them less empty.

Secondly, we've got a new poll up at NamirDeiter.net.

08.01.2010 - Terrence Marks:

Firstly, we're working on Duel in the Somme, a comic book written by Rob Balder and Ben Bova, and drawn by Bill Holbrook. It's going to be awesome.

Secondly, I've been working six days a week for the last few weeks. Unfortunately, I've been too busy to tell you how busy I am. I'm sorry things have been quiet around here lately.

Thirdly, we're running five days a week in August, which gives us a little time to catch our breath here. See you Monday!