Stump on Stump 

 a: A stump on top of a stump.

 b: a roving alien entity that feeds on stumps in the guise of a stump. Who will stop it?

 c: Proof that stump cannibalism exists.

 d: Stump Zombies. Only scary to other stumps. Disregard.

 

 

 Tree Fungus

a: An asian delicacy.

b: A terrible omen.

c: A new drug.

d: Food of the Gods.

 

 

85 million years ago, on Tuesday, Thaddeus crawled out of the primordial ooze, scratched himself, ate a handful of dry dirt, and then went about his first day in the open air.

10.5 thousand years ago: Man emerged from the wilderness to apply for the first high interest payday loan. Sucker.

8 years ago: There were payday loan branches everywhere waiting. It was the apex of man. Ever afterwards there would be sure and steady decline.

Yesterday: Stock market tanks. Economy on verge of collapse. Too many Payday Loan storefronts, not enough cash. Price of Tulips skyrocket. Doom. Doom.
The fatal flaw in the theory of value exposed for all to see... but wait! What's that in your ear! A shiny Quarter! Remember to buy gifts in the shop on your way out, and tell your friends. I'll be here all week.

"A Liberal; he tramples on the conservative cause.

He wants to change the way labor is bought and sold in America, regulating it with big government.

He's a trial Lawyer.

He wears a beard.

He's in the pocket of special interests, namely unions, saying, "If a man tells you he trusts America, yet fears labor, he is a fool. There is no America without labor, and to fleece one is to rob the other."

He's against God, saying, "The Bible is not my Book and Christianity is not my religion. I could never give assent to the long complicated statements of Christian dogma."

He's soft on communism, exchanging letters with Karl Marx.

Abraham Lincoln. The wrong man at the wrong time.

A vote for Lincoln is a vote against America and its proud traditions."

- tv ad 1860 election cycle

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Blissful Remembrances Olympia

...and all I got was this cuneiform pictograph weighing 16 tons

As per usual, I rode a bicycle 30 miles to take these pictures with an inferior camera phone so you won't have to. All I ask in return is a 16 ton cuneiform pictograph. I do not think this is too much to ask. (No, you're wrong, it actually isn't too much to ask. Your corner convenience store has two 16 ton cuneiform pictographs on isle four and they are practically giving them away. It seems the demand was not as great as they anticipated.)

I have been cycling for 2 years. In that time I have seen a dramatic change in driver attitude. A small number of drivers seem to have gotten snottier and more belligerent. Does this coincide with the rise in gas prices? Possibly. Yet the supposition "Gas is more expensive, I need to drive faster!" is directly counter to reality. If you drive slower and smoother you will go farther on a tank of gas.
Also I have noticed more people on bikes this year than last. Likely for reasons of gas price. Probably also fouling the mood of the traffic loudmouth.

Today a woman pulled up next to me in a right hand turn lane ( I was in the left). She attempted to lecture me on how bikes do not belong on the road, laden with a stream of profanity.

Cyclists, of course, turn left in the left turn lane, and follow the same rules as motor vehicles in traffic. Shockingly, they ride on the road. Evidently this the best way to go places.

Then again, the majority of drivers already know this.
Those who don't will have a lousy future as gas prices continue to rise and more people take up cycling.

The other comment from the driver, "Drive a car like an adult" is a common refrain of the uneducated. Another form of this is, "Bikes is for kids! [sic]" which I enjoyed with a friend a few months ago.
Yes, more cars on the road; they demand more cars on the road... to ease congestion.

I am not sure what people hope to gain shouting insults at cyclists anyway. A person riding a bike on the road is not properly classed as a timid person. The chance of discouraging them with half-witted scorn is pretty low.

Actually I find it amusing, but I have an oblique sense of humor and a low view of humanity; so I will defer to H.G. Wells who said, "When I see an adult on a bicycle, I do not despair for the future of the human race."

Elijah Brubaker, cartoonist residing in Portland, OR, previously of Olympia, WA, is interviewed about his comic book series Reich, the story of sex researcher Wilhelm Reich.

This is one of the fresh benches on the Olympia trail.


This is another fresh bench on the Olympia trail.

I believe McCain will start a league of super villains in order to facilitate the emergence of a strong-or-"super" man.

The villains are already there. He will just have to convince them to join a formal league. Sadly this will be like herding evil cats.

Also, he will go by his nickname "Lex."

The Obama Plan is different. It involves a strong Klieg searchlight that will shine a representation of a bat in the night sky.

Sadly, this plan will not work at all in the daylight business hours, when most organized villainy occurs- a logistical oversight the McCain campaign will jump all over.

The final presidential debate will be a hot dog eating contest.

At last we will see who is more full of it.