i like three of those things.

the time has come.

last second 3-day extension.

you have until it is no longer August 3rd anywhere on this green earth.

don't make me regret this.

you have a week left.

so, my grocery bill was twice what i expected

Meanwhile, 256 has spent nigh unto two years doing little else but meditate upon what sort of act could possibly venture next onto the stage warmed by Comics Fun Challenge the Third.

it's about 38 degrees in philadelphia, or in the hyperbolic scale of the natives, ONE HUNDRED degrees. i acknowledge there is something satisfying in using such inflated values to describe these obscene meteorological injustices.

the net result has been increased beer consumption accompanied by much lounging around the house in little more than a bandanna and a straw hat. chin up poll inside

we went to nyc for the day. it's still a little surprising to remember that we can do that.

and summer's coming fast...

Inside you can expect to find:

• a confession of which particular literary crime i was responsible for
• a brief dissection thereof
• comments on those superior stories for which i voted
• and, as a free bonus, a complete and previously unseen second piece written for the challenge but not submitted