This is going to be hard to resist

http://webcomicsweekend.com/

Lawyers in a Superhero Reality

SuperLawyers #1 - watch more funny videos

The Dollar Auction

Have you ever heard of the dollar auction? It's where I auction off a $20 bill, but the second place bidder also needs to pay their bid, though they get nothing. Apparently, it can result in a bidding war easily reaching hundreds of dollars, as the top two are no longer bidding to gain money, but are locked in and merely trying to lose the least money. It's a fascinating example of the irrational escalation of commitment. Humans, huh?

Anyways, I was at New York Comiccon all day.

Laughing Out Loud Returns

http://www.boasas.com/?c=1068

http://www.applegeeks.com/lite/index.php?aglitecomic=2009-02-04

http://www.wetherobots.com/2009/02/05/a-nice-quiet-dinner-at-home/

http://www.octopuspie.com/2009-02-04/254-going-downtown/ - note the typeface of the last word in the last panel, that is what got me giggling


To restate the point of 'Laughing Out Loud':
I read a lot of webcomics daily, and these are individual strips that made me laugh out loud today as I was reading them. Enjoy.

Lego NY

I open a forward from my parents and see it's "I LEGO N.Y." So I roll my eyes, but click through to be polite. And much to my surprise, it's not something cheesy like the skyline cast in legos, but tiny abstractions of bits of everyday, reduced down to their basic shapes and colors. Nothing profound, but worth spending a minute on.

Two Links for the Evening

Shrodinger is the source of entirely too much humor. Click the link for the alternate endings. I recommend you check out the rest of Steve Wolfhard's lj as well.

And I'm loathe to admit how sexy I think this A Softer World is:

Hourly Comic Day

It had been my intention to post about this before it happened, but alas.

February 1st (as the event would appear to go) sees artist folks keep an hourly comic journal of their activities. The various results can be found here. I've got to admit I found the results from last year a little more interesting on average. The 1st this year, being a Sunday and the day of super bowl, resulted in a lot of people spending the day on their asses, watching television. The results, nonetheless, are entirely worth scouring.

Ice Cream

Monster

Instructions by Neil Gaiman

I've been listening to Gaiman read The Graveyard Book and was reminded of this piece, which is full of practical advice for the traveler.