Archive for May, 2010


The shamefully late Top 10 13 rejects of the month: April

Believe it or not, at the end of April I sat down and wrote out what my Top 10 rejects were going to be. Then I kept the paper in my pocket for whenever I was going to have a minute to post them. Then I took it out of my pocket and lost it. I could’ve done something simple like re-rank them, but instead, I waited until the paper and I were in the same place with a few minutes to spare. And to hopefully atone for the tardiness, I’m throwing in three bonus rejects.

13.
wwe arena

12.
ben nelson main street warren buffett
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Evolution of a cartoon idea

I mentioned in a response to commenter Nathan that I was going to blog about the evolution of the idea behind this past Sunday’s cartoon. And then I forgot for a few days.

But anyway, here was my first take on the topic:

I thought it suffered a little from having two points that were kind of competing for attention — 1) barbarism begins at home, and 2) we have some high-profile anti-Mexican politicians in the state. It also relied a little too heavily on a public school-criticizing straw man. So I moved on. (more…)

Silver lining - May 19, 2010

from the San Diego Reader

county government jobs layoffs

So this was intended to be sarcastic.