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Complex Numbers #686020 added February 1, 2010 at 1:00pm
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Is This Thing On?
Okay, yes, it's been nearly a month since I've posted here. Sorry about that. I had it in my head that if I didn't blog, I'd write more stuff that I could - you know - publish. Well, that didn't work out so well.
Anyway, on to the actual reason I'm posting now:
Long-time readers will know that I'm a huge fan of the now-classic "Calvin and Hobbes" comic. I spent all my winter-solstice-holiday money a few years back on the hardcover collected complete edition, and the next three months reading them and laughing my ass off.
Hell, C&H even inspired a story of mine:
It's well-known that Bill Watterson, the mastermind behind the greatest comic of all time (except for maybe Pogo), is a rather private person, content to collect his royalties in seclusion. I imagine him sitting atop a pile of gold coins, cackling madly (because that's what *I* would do). But now, on the 15-year anniversary of the (timely and appropriate) end of C&H, he poked his head out of his treasure lair for an interview.
http://www.cleveland.com/living/index.ssf/2010/02/bill_watterson_creator_of_belo...
This part is my favorite:
How soon after the U.S. Postal Service issues the Calvin stamp will you send a letter with one on the envelope?
Immediately. I'm going to get in my horse and buggy and snail-mail a check for my newspaper subscription.
Classic. Absolutely classic.
Oh yeah, and my wife is going to have brain surgery this afternoon. |
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