I’ll have the current pencils replaced by an inked Comic by tomorrow (Tuesday June 2), and a new comic by Friday.

I’m switching to a once a week schedule (Fridays) until I can get my energy back up.

There is no comic today (5/13/09). You can see that. Work (which is usually awesome), has leaving me wiped out. We are suffering from “product launch” and there are simply too many things to do. I’ve come home and not had the energy to work on comics. My creative juices have been depleted. Thusly, my buffer has been depleted. However, I hope that I can scrape together enough entertainment to post. I am a monkey who is hauled out to dance for you.

I don’t mean that in a derogatory sense for either of us. I make a funny strip. If I didn’t want to entertain you, I really shouldn’t have put this website up. Really.

For your part, if you aren’t entertained (in some fashion), why are you coming to the site? This a mutual experience. If watching this monkey dance, I am happy to dance for you. Which is why I’m a little sad that I don’t have a comic today.

However the project that has soaked up so much of my energy has ended (mostly). I am starting to recharge my batteries.

On Monday, I saw a film that is a reboot of a television franchise that was created in the 1960s. If you need any more clues about the film, I will say that the characters are “culturally iconic”, and that the film caused me to pee my pants with its awesomeness.

On Tuesday, we had our traditional date night. That is to say, we hauled out a boardgame and had at each other. As is typical with date night, we played Memoir ‘44. As mentioned in previous posts, She often does better than I do. We’re playing a “Grand Campaign” (a series of linked scenarios where the outcome of one game has an impact on the set-up of the next).

After a series of defeats, I lead my Canadian troops into the town of Falaise and an overall win of the Grand Campaign.

OK. Not a big win. In fact, the Grand Campaign was decided by the tie-breaker (33 to 30).

I’m going to spend one more night playing hookey from comics to go our monthly classic book group. Tonight we explore Ringworld. I was going to try and construct a literally/literaturely pun, but the art of words isn’t coming to me today.

As sure a sign as any that spring has arrived, geeks are dusting off their Global Position System receivers (GPSr) and heading out-of-doors. Those that don’t immediately burst into flame consider themselves lucky. With that luck in hand, they go and try to find Geocaches. (If you haven’t heard of Geocaching, Google it. If you haven’t heard of Googling, then you really shouldn’t read this blog.)

Of course, it took more than just our forlorn GPSrs to motivate us. It took a new iPhone app. Further it took the knowledge that we’ve been walking past a cache nearly every day for a year to really burn the shame into us.

Thus armed, we found two caches with easy walking distance of our house on Saturday. Date night (Tuesday for those of you keeping track) was spent getting Dick’s cheeseburgers (Yes, you could make the joke about lesbians with a mouthful of Dick’s, but it’s been done to death), and wandering around Capitol Hill (Seattle) following our GPSrs. We bagged three.

Despite the fact that The Great Burning Orb was in the sky, we enjoyed both outings. That is, until She left the GPSr in Her lap, and discovered a place where the satellites don’t shine.

WARM UP ONE

The GPSr (Global Positioning Satellite Receiver) — We’re gettin’ back into Geocahcing(.org). If you aren’t familiar with it, it’s treasure hunting with a GPSr. It’s one of the few ways to get a gadget nut outside and getting exercise. We hadn’t really done it for quite a number of years, so what reengaged our interest? An iPhone app.

WARM UP TWO

The Motorcycle (Vroom-vroomer) — Need to change the oil and oil filter before it is 100%, but at least it’s been on the road.

I can’t help but think combining the caching with riding around on the cycle would be fun, fun, fun (until Daddy takes the T-bird away). Maybe.

And now for today’s completely random question, where can I find top-quality ground beef on the eastside? I wanna make super-tasty burgers.

I really haven’t talked much about the importance of breakfast food. Now, I’m not talking about the importance of a meal that may be called breakfast. I am talking about the foods associated with that meal.

There is one such food that is, head and shoulders, above all other breakfast foods (waffles). I wish to make clear that the food I am going to talk about is a clear second to the first food (waffles) – the Dutch baby.

Dutch babies are soooo awesome. For those unlucky souls who have never eaten a Dutch baby, imagine a cross between a pancake and a soufflé with a tad of crepe thrown in. When you are served one in a restaurant, it is dusted with powdered sugar and festooned with a lemon wedge. Your better establishments will also offer a selection of syrups and fruit toppings.

I had a “hankerin’” for one this last week, and I figured the odds of getting to a “breakfast place” to acquire one was low (“going out” = “cheeseburgers”). Fortunately, the universe has provided Google, and within minutes I had a number of recipes at hand.

I figured out what the common ingredients were (cast iron), and was able to make such a delight in my own home.

Sadly, I cannot repeat the feat as I am now out of syrup.