Confessions

I have a confession to make. I really dislike writing about myself. Seriously can't stand it. It's not self-deprecation or any such nonsense, it's merely the fact that I live my life, the good and the bad parts of it, and see no reason to spend time and energy typing it all out. Some people enjoy that sort of thing, but not me. I will never write an autobiography, unless, perhaps, I steal a page from Benjamin Franklin and wait so long that no one can verify anything another than the most arbitary facts.

That said, I started this blog to write about ideas and events I find interesting. At the moment, politics have become boring. We're in the horse race portion of the new administration, and while I find that interesting, it isn't enticing enough to want to write about.

The environment is doing poorly, but I feel I am alone in the wilderness screaming to be heard. The majority of my friends understand how bad it is, but don't really engage in conversations about it. I'll get back there soon, but not tonight.

So, I guess the root confession I have to make right now is that I'm not feeling compelled to write about anything I promised I would, so my blog, at least for tonight, is about my other secret passion. Comic Strips.

Specifically, web comics. Here's a list of the strips I read on a daily/weekly basis.

Get Fuzzy

Looking For Group

DORK TOWER

Dilbert.com

Doonesbury@Slate - Daily Dose

Least I Could Do

UNSPEAKABLE VAULT (Of Doom)

PvPonline

Starslip

Sheldon

Evil Inc.

Dandy & Company

Legend Of Bill

There are a few more, but I have to go hunt through my RSS feeds to find them, and there are a few that people might find the language a little offensive, so I left those off. You know, listed off like that, it doesn't seem like it's all that many, but you try reading all of those, plus at least 4 additional ones, plus (I have to go count) 10 news feeds, some of which recieve hundreds of articles a day, 7 political feeds, 11 tech news feeds and 10 water related feeds. It really is overwhelming if I miss a day.

I could go through and list exactly what I like about each comic strip, or even rank them with various systems, but I don't feel like getting mired in that swap right now. I'll try to pick some to highlight in the coming days. That will be my fall back plan to keep me posting if I'm overwhelmed again.

For today, I must highlight Sheldon, a treat of a strip focusing on a boy, his grandfather, a talking duck, a lizard and a pug. Hit that link and it'll take you to the "New Here?" page and a brief overview of the strip. I recommend this comic first because I'm currently reading all of the strips from the beginning and the lighthearted humor always makes me laugh, even when other comics can't. So, go check it out and tell me what you think.

Tomorrow: a treatise on the long term effects on reading too much Joyce Carol Oats and the increased risk of mental illness from same.

Now I'm off to brew more tea and watch another Rifftrax movie, and I'm kidding about the Joyce Carol Oats thing, but for a car or a train ticket, I really can write the paper. I would even include pretty charts and lots of citations.