Circumstantial evidence?

Vampire or nurse working nights? You be the judge. The middle panel was the actual inspiration for this comic; something Lori does unconsciously (and to this day) is to run her hand over mine and find my veins. Her excuse is that she does it a lot for work. It takes very little on my part to remind her she’s doing it again, and then she sheepishly withdraws and tells me again that I have ‘good veins’. As odd as it is, I’m a little proud of it too. [January 19th, 2017]

Postcards. Not from the edge.

I had a bit of a birthday / housewarming shindig tonight, and to thank my guests for coming I put together tiny gift bags with customised messages written on retro Japanese postcards. No, really. Anyway here are three that I particularly liked. Click ’em for large-size.

(Before you comment: Yes I know that the “Sesame Street” card should read 41 rather than 31 years, I corrected it after scanning.) If you want to see more of these, you’ll just have to track down the other guests I suppose.

This might all just be me.

First panel happens to me all the time. Second panel not so much. Third panel? Well, first I’ll reveal that this comic was secretly inspired by the first time I actually asked someone out on a date. She’ll remain nameless, but she did say yes, so we went for dinner. We watched some of the other staff sing happy birthday and she told me, speaking as a former server herself, that repeatedly forcing a smile while singing Happy Birthday on a busy shift was the Actual Worst.

Epilogue: that was our only date.

Epilogue II: But! In a roundabout way, that date led to me dating the lady who is now my wife. It’s a bit of a story. Ask me in person sometime 🙂 [January 19th, 2017]