Sunset Grill

November 11, 2009

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:22:53 -0800

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November 11, 2009
Teenagers are so subtle.

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November 9, 2009

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 06:22:27 -0800

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November 9, 2009
Okay. For some reason ID has decided I need to moderate every single comment that comes in. If I'd had more than one spam comment, ever, I might appreciate it, but as it is I'm kind of annoyed. I moderate as fast as I see 'em, guys, so accept my apologies while I look into this.

In other news, I spent a good hour working out what current military protocol was and how it would differ for a military that wore hats indoors. Excuse me. Covers. People, when I can use the phrase 'more persnickety than the Victorians' about you, you are doing the protocol thing wrong.

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November 6, 2009

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:26:53 -0800

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November 6, 2009
Wandering away from the gangs for a bit next week, guys. Since I said I was going to start warning people about my weird-ass scene shifts, and there really was no way to do this one in-story....

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November 4, 2009

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 07:42:47 -0800

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November 2, 2009

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 07:04:02 -0800

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November 2, 2009
Pearl: a two-part bomb consisting of a soft, putty-like explosive wrapped around a pebble-sized detonator. The two are both stable and harmless apart, but once the pebble has been rolled inside the putty and given enough time to dissolve the protective coating (about 90 seconds) the pearl explodes violently under even the slightest pressure.

We're back! No more delays, I hope -- my health seems stable, and I even managed to work ahead a bit over the weekend, so things should be fine.

In other news, someone apparently nominated me in the writing category over at the WebcomicPlanet Reader's Choice Awards. Which was really sweet. If you happen to have a WebcomicPlanet login (or don't mind getting one) feel free to drop in and vote for me. I won't win, of course, but it makes me smile.

And in totally irrelevant news, Sunday was my birthday. And there were presents and cake and massive amounts of seafood. Woo, getting older is still fun!

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Sun, 01 Nov 2009 22:40:17 -0800

October 30, 2009

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 20:40:10 -0800

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October 30, 2009
Maybe it's just that I watched Python's Holy Grail too often, but this page strikes me as the funniest thing I've seen in a while. Tiana of Between Places also is officially the first person to do me guest art without Murdoch in. Not that I'm complaining about guest art with Murdoch in! But Ana is a very nice change. (And she gets a bigger knife....)

At any rate, Between Places is a fantastic comic with marvelously dreamlike art and grumpy, sarcastic characters after my own heart. Check it out.

I'm pretty much still sitting around trying not to gnaw my own arm off in boredom, but I am feeling a lot better and a lot more able to focus, so -- barring a downturn -- Sunset Grill should return on Monday. Thank you all so much for your kind words and patience. And, y'know. Funny guest art.

ETA: Okay. The news is now in the right folder, and the comments from Monday are back on Monday. Jeez, site, can I not turn my back for one minute?

November 2, 2009
Pearl: a two-part bomb consisting of a soft, putty-like explosive wrapped around a pebble-sized detonator. The two are both stable and harmless apart, but once the pebble has been rolled inside the putty and given enough time to dissolve the protective coating (about 90 seconds) the pearl explodes violently under even the slightest pressure.

We're back! No more delays, I hope -- my health seems stable, and I even managed to work ahead a bit over the weekend, so things should be fine.

In other news, someone apparently nominated me in the writing category over at the WebcomicPlanet Reader's Choice Awards. Which was really sweet. If you happen to have a WebcomicPlanet login (or don't mind getting one) feel free to drop in and vote for me. I won't win, of course, but it makes me smile.

And in totally irrelevant news, Sunday was my birthday. And there were presents and cake and massive amounts of seafood. Woo, getting older is still fun!

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October 30, 2009

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 23:53:25 -0700

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October 28, 2009

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 23:43:19 -0700

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October 28, 2009
Check it out! Kez from War of the Winds heard I was laid up and kindly sent me some guest art! (At least -- it's there if you're seeing this past midnight or so; I have yet to convince my system that I want news and comics going up at the same time.) Aside from War of the Winds -- a comic I highly recommend to anyone who likes their fantasy epic, their consequences dire, and their thieves dumb as teenaged rocks -- Kez is web-guru for any number of sites (Xylia, Spiderforest, and Palace in the Sky are a few I know she's involved in), does commissions, and somewhere in there is finding the time to get her grad degree. And do me guest art. Yup, she's awesome.

Updates on the me: I'm home and on the mend. To my relief, none of the copious holes they punched in my arms suggested that I was bleeding internally, so they let me out of the hospital on Tuesday morning. I am now capable of doing things like wobbling around on my own without towing an IV unit and moving my arms and eating actual food. I can't do anything extravagant like sneeze, laugh, or stay on my feet longer than ten minutes, but hey. Small mercies.

Thank you to everyone who left kind comments, here and on Twitter and on LJ. I know I haven't replied to most of them, but honestly -- while I'm doing a bit of puttering around on the 'net or scripting -- I'm still hurting a bit, and the pain meds they've got me on are even more fun than the last set, in that 'oh hey, what a nice ceiling we have, perhaps I will look at it for an hour or two' way. I'll try to be around a bit, but at this stage it's mostly me, Mr. Percocet, and Mr. Ceiling. But thank you. I can't tell you how much it helped, in the hospital, to have my hubby sitting there reading out another set of well-wishes or get-well-soons every little bit, or how grateful I am to all of you for letting me know that, you know. You cared. Thank you very much.

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October 23, 2009

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 18:15:35 -0700

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October 23, 2009
Sorry to all the folks who got their comments thrown into moderation for using the word 'tramadol'. I had no idea Intense Debate did that....

And sorry for the continued lateness. I'm still struggling with the sick, on top of a full work schedule, but I'm hoping to be more timely next week. Yeah, yeah, I need a buffer. And a week in Belize would be nice too, while we're at it....

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October 21, 2009

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 18:23:16 -0700

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October 21, 2009
Today's comic lateness brought to you by the miracle of modern medicine. Which is to say, I got prescribed painkillers, and took some on the theory that they would help, and -- being inexperienced in the ways of painkillers -- did not correctly translate 'may cause drowsiness' to 'will cause you to sleep like a log, then get up in the morning insanely hyper, cheerful, and basically buzzed off your head for six hours until you are suddenly beset by the feeling that someone has turned a ceiling fan on inside your head and you have to go quietly pass out in a corner until it's turned off again.'

In medicine's defense, I don't think this is how most people react to 50mg of tramadol.

Anyway, it turns out that it's really hard to make comics in this state, too, so. Late. Friday's comic will probably be late too: if it's on time but gibberish, you'll know I had another try at the happy pills....

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October 19, 2009

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 15:29:45 -0700

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October 19, 2009
Fair warning: I'm likely to run a bit late on updates this week. While my health issues have proved non-serious and on the mend, I still expect to spend a fairish bit of time curled up in a small ball of agony this week, a position which is not so condusive to the comic-making.

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October 16, 2009

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:51:31 -0700

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October 16, 2009
Sorry for the lateness, guys. It can be most succenctly explained with 'I had a really hectic week and then work exploded horribly, but I left early anyway when I got too ill to stand up.' So technically this is *earlier* than it would have been, but, you know, still late.

And I think the 'ill' part is making me babble, so....

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October 14, 2009

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 15:07:34 -0700

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October 14, 2009
Hmm. I just drove six hours round-trip to see a Bonnie Raitt concert, and it was totally worth it. She may be the awesomest sixty-year-old lady in existance, or at the very least the one who can best pull off paint-on jeans.

In other news, I got reviewed by Ping of Lonely Panel over the weekend. It was the best kind of review, in that it gave me a clear idea both what I'm doing wrong (and right) and what I can do to fix it. Yay for Ping!

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October 12, 2009

Sun, 11 Oct 2009 23:09:47 -0700

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