Diary of a Mad Natural Historian

So, I sees a commoiskill on teevee last night for a reissue of Fleischer Studios’ Popeye cartoons - “Blow me down!” I says. Vol. 1 will be on it’s way to me when my next paycheck hits! Then BoingBoing features this suitably bizarre clip, “Popeye vs. the Anime”. ‘Uck, ‘uck, ‘uck, ‘uck, ‘uck.

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I love Achewood. I fell over it quite some time ago - the Google returned a link to the Great Outdoor Fight main page (I have no idea what the search string I used was - NSA folks - could you look it up for me please?); I followed the trail to the world of Ray, Roast Beef, Phillipe and company and never looked back. I’d move to Achewood if I could, but something tells me that’s not gonna happen.

I realized this morning that Chris Onstad is running a big sale on signed strips and that the sale was almost over. There’s been a strip I’ve wanted on my wall since I read it - no time like the present to order same. I think it’ll hang in my office at home, but I may put it up near the server racks at work.