Visit the kelpforest....

Hee. Read now, as this thread will disappear after a time.

http://syndicated.livejournal.com/sinfestfeed/564712.html?nc=17

I think I enjoyed the comments more than the strip. I need to read Sinfest more; I always miss it or forget about the feed on my FL...suppose I should add it to my Google Reader instead (but then I'd miss those comments).

Star Trek goes Steampunk...

http://community.livejournal.com/startrek/1042618.html?view=10826426#t10826426

I stumbled across this webcomic ( in fortysomething) because I will pretty much click any link presented to me (I'm kind of a sucker that way).  And discovered a lovely and poignant webcomic, that will probably resonate with anyone whose parents may be getting older.  Or knowing someone in a number of other situations.

The Walk

This could be any one us, sometime in the future. 

My father is 82.  We live with him, so we've sort of become the default caretakers - not that he needs much, he's in good shape.  Truth to tell, it's mutually beneficial, as we get to live in the house I grew up in, in a neighborhood we could not afford these days.  My kids are going to the school I went to as a kid.  But I always wonder how this is going to wind up. 

I've discussed with my brother, how sometimes I dread knocking on the door of his bedroom, the room where my mother also passed away, and one day, getting no response.  And my brother looked at me and said, "You know, Leeanne, that's really the best case scenario."

I dread it.  But I know it's going to happen.  It may not be for awhile yet.  His mother only passed away six years ago, having lived to be a hundred.  But I'm trying to be prepared.

Thanks to Bakayaro Onna's friends Joules and Xero Sky, I have discovered new ways to waste my time. Like I needed any more (but it's always fun to find them).

• Alien Dice - Joules mentioned this web comic in her blog a little while ago, so I finally meandered over and checked it out. I then spent the entire weekend reading almost two years worth of comics! Now I that I am caught up, thank goodness I will be limited to only one a day or I'd never leave my computer! A main character who may or may not be alien with a bunch of intelligent animal sidekicks - what's not to like? Zeta the sallomandyr is now adorning my desktop at work - I did put Lexx there, but V. thought he looked creepy. So I succumbed to the cuteness.
  



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  Dress Vegeta - "Vegeta has no fashion sense - he needs some help." Oh, this is very, very scary. I showed it to Angus and he loves it - now I've probably warped his little five-year-old mind for life. The creators of this would be smoldering ashes in a crater somewhere if the Prince were real - I don't think he'd have much of a sense of humor about it.
  
  (Puts the mermaid costume on him and sneaks look over shoulder, then adds a pink wig and the kitty cat)
  
  Heh, I've always liked men in drag.
  
  
  


• Of course, Joules and Xero are themselves big causes of my wasting time, as they are talented writers who write delectable fan fiction, as well as other wonderful stuff.