The Old Hack

The La in TeX falls mainly on the plain.

My wife calls this 'kitty feng shui.' It operates according to the principle, "What is up must come down. What is down must be batted around."

Thanks to SF Debris, I am able to present the following transcript of what actually went on between the whales and the aliens: Whale 1: Oh God, it's them... Whale 2: Tell 'em... tell 'em I'm not here, maybe they'll go away. Alien: Can you hear me? Whale 2: Yes! A deaf man could hear you! Whale 1: So are we going to talk or are you just going to sit there, dumbass? Whale 2: Jesus Christ, would you just get on with it! Alien: So, um, we were just, um, kinda wondering how everything is? You never call. Whale 1: We're whales, of course we don't call. We have no radios, idiot! Alien: Hey, there's no need for that. We just came to help! Whale 2: Help? You're trashing my fucking planet? Dude, what the Hell? Alien: Huh? Whale 1: You're destroying the oceans. You know, where we live? Just fuck off already! Alien: If you're gonna be that way, fine, we will! At which point the aliens leave. No, don't thank me. It was my pleasure. For more Star Trek in-depth analysis, please visit SF Debris at www.sfdebris.com . Enjoy.

I agree. Especially IV was a whale of a movie.

Welcome back, Chronos. You've been missed. I am glad to see you again.

You will have to wait until National Gaul Bladder day.

Last time he went by, he was eating Doritos. Does that count?

It didn't. It is an overly eagerly leapt to assumption that was made back when Heka revealed that the children of Immortals in fact are allowed to use the Extravagant Spellbreaker card in Magical Gatherings tournament play.

Ah... I feel almost embarrassed to interrupt, but Thom has restored regular Smiley function to the forums. Please let me know if you have any trouble.

I wish you both, old friend. And I hope the feline will share good naps with you when you are done.

At least there is precedence for cats saying "Bugger all this for a lark, I am taking myself a nap and I ain't moving." Your cat is probably fine. And I am still glad to hear that you had some energy regardless of timing.

Yes.

But Hellboy is drawn by Mike Mignola. That gives him a considerable edge.

Ugh. Sorry to hear. Hopefully they can find a better working stocking.

The worst termination I ever heard of happened to a friend of mine. He had worked long and hard on becoming a good database programmer. He had a job that was not great but okay. Then one day his boss called him in and gave him his three month notice. The job market was crap at the time so this really wore on him. Then, a week before his last day, his boss called him in and told him that they didn't have a permanent position for him but that they could re-hire him and give him another three month notice. Incredibly, this repeated again. And again. My friend realised that the sole reason they did this was so they could keep him from earning extra entitlements and raises they would otherwise have to give him. But this did not change the fact that he never knew if he would be re-hired at all and he got more and more stressed. And this crap went on for more than a year. Then one day he ran into an old friend who had also studied database programming. They started chatting and his friend mentioned that they really badly needed another database programmer, did he ever finish his studies? Well, sure he did. He was working as one right now but hated his job. Could he come speak with their boss the next day for a job interview? Damn straight he could. So, he went to the interview and was immediately offered a position, at 50% higher pay. That would be great, he said, he could start next month on the first as he was getting terminated at the end of this month anyway. So, he went back to his old job. Said nothing. Sure enough, his boss called him in for the usual rehire-and-immediate-termination chat as usual. With barely restrained glee he told the guy, "Nah, not a problem. I start a new job next month so I'm good." His boss blurted out, "What? But -- but we need you!" He responded, "That's fine. I'll stay if you offer me a permanent contract and double my pay." "We can't afford that!" "Too bad, so sad. Byeeeee!" And he walked out LIKE A BOSS. He started his new job a week later. And for some reason he didn't bother with leaving much documentation behind for whoever they found to replace him.

They are adorable Thank you!

Not to mention grave robbers and tomb raiders.

Nah, I think she did it on Stonehenge.

I hope the both of you get better soon. And tell Mrs. Prof that I wish her luck in her fight against the cat-abducting slimeball.

For that matter, he probably has every achievement possible on not only ENIAC but on Babbage's difference engine.

Good question. Let's hypothetically say it is the latter. We'd then need to work out which achievement or set of achievements needed to gain that unlock. We'd also need to know if he got it from the Xbox One, the PS4 or some other console, and which game or games he played to get them. It would almost certainly have to be magic-related games, though I suppose we can't entirely rule out games where you do not use magic yourself but do have access to devices and the like. As a minimum, I think he'd need the complete set of achievements from the Legends of Celida franchise as well as Super Smash Goons Melee and the online variant of Magical Gatherings. It would probably be helpful to have a nice group of completed Harry Potter games in his portfolio, too.

http://www.egscomics.com/index.php?id=2328 Bless you, Grace. That was exactly my thought last strip, too.

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We could try Nick Griffin if we can get hold of him. It sounds like he won't be missed.

I am very sorry, but even he could not fill the shoes of George S. Patton (November 11, 1885 - December 21, 1945), aka Old Blood and Guts.