as always, let me know how this goes

Conversely, if your life is TOO interesting you can do the exact opposite. Assume everything has always been there, and as such there is no need to speculate for any reason.

You’ve probably noticed — having of course read every single comic up to this point, right? >:|  — that when it comes to making up brands, advertisements or store names I tend to make them sound vaguely hostile. Using ALL CAPS certainly helps get this across. I’m not sure what it is about the idea that appeals to me, but I suppose I find it funny to imagine that they would just Give Up Being Nice about getting you to buy  a dog or peas or whatever. They’re thinking listen, we can beat around the bush all day but we both know you are just going to buy a dang dog eventually. Let’s get this thing done. [Sept. 4, 2012]