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by arbi
1-26-10
i've probably already done this one, but i'm remaking it to post at the xkcd forum http://xkcd.com/694/
in a world without walls or fences,
who needs windows or gates?

 

this just in! 4chan now has a /lit/ board
in case you weren't wasting enough time on the internet
by arbi, 1-27-10

 

it's a good thing i like this song, they play it over and over
I vant your loving and I vant your revenge,
You and me could have a bat romance
by arbi, 1-28-10

 

http://xkcd.com/695/
chances are today's xkcd will make you cry.
by arbi, 1-29-10

 

by arbi
2-02-10
I'm in some hipster cafe in kalamazoo. It's the only place open at 6 am.
there seems to be a mandatory smoking policy
http://abstrusegoose.com/238
i can hardly breathe. getting too old for driving all night in snow.
the romans on imbolc would look to see whether a hedgehog could see its shadow by moonlight. if yes, 6 weeks of winter.
german colonists used woodchucks (marmots) due to hedgehog shortage.

 

by arbi
2-02-10
today while i was out of town my other two room mates got drunk, played darts, scuffled, artery torn on a mirrror, 911, ambulence, cops, cops took my medicine plant.
so either nothing is going to happen, or they could put me in jail, or they could take the house.
they could take the house anyway, i got a dear occupant lettter saying they are selling it at the tax sale for $10,000 in back taxes that i dont owe.
so far it's been one of those days.

 

by arbi
2-02-10
Scientists reported today that bees can recognize human faces, according to peer reviewed scientific journal "slashdot".
Unless they are africanized.
I dunno officer, it was dark.

 

by arbi
2-02-10
I'm Rick James, beaches.

 

Beeko180/486235
I do too have respect for ancient grease! I work at taco hut dont I?
by arbi, 2-03-10

 

by arbi
2-05-10
This is my second attempt at making this comic. The first time, the space heater here in the attic tripped the circuit breaker in the power strip and shut down the computer.
It's snowing, and I don't use the attic during the winter because it's cold up here.
That ;//// is because a spider crawled across my keyboard.
I woke up this morning to find that my laptop had fallen onto the space heater, and ;/////////. was fried, literally.
Today is the 5th. My brief isn't due till the 9th. I hadn't backed up my latest draft. I already asked for one extension, can't really ask for another.
I guess this is the kick in the pants I need to actually write it now. I could be happy I wasn't overcome by fumes. If it weren't snowing, I could go back to Fry's and get another one.
Do you want Fry's with that?

 

by arbi
2-06-10
my brief, that i've been stressing about for a month, is starting to come together pretty well, and i have a couple of days to fine tune it.
i already know the judge is going to rule against anything i file, but i have to do a good job of setting up the appeal.
i have a new cold, from being up in the freezing attic, on top of the cold i already had.
i guess i'll go out to the club and spread it around a bit.
if i can find my car.

 

by arbi
2-08-10
Today was sunny. I picked up my mail, paid a bill, made copies, filed 2 motions and a brief.
The other side asked for another extension.
I'm set to go back to michigan tomorrow night. In a blizzard, with a car with no heater. Not sure that's gonna work.
DC got something like 3 feet of snow with more on the way.
Now that I have that project out of the way, I can look at the other items on the to do list. Like, they are trying to take my house for the tax sale, so i should write some letters or something.
"or something" gotcha boss.

 

by arbi
2-10-10
I actually got a lot done today. I printed and filed and delivered an amicus brief.
I washed the dishes, cleared off the coffee table, found the volvo title i've been looking for for months, faxed it to the insurance guy, got some money orders, paid some tickets,
made my roommate throw away some very old fish
dumpster dived my dinner, went to the hardware store, interviewed a henchman, shoveled the walk a bit, installed some coat hooks,
read a chapter in a "get organized" book, left myself notes around the house, havent updated my car insurance info yet, (done!)
now i have 4 hours before i drive to kalamazoo for part 2 of a tryout for a study that doesn't really pay enough for how long it is, but i need anything.
didn't call mom. didn't take out the trash. this trip we fixed the heater in the car. more snow expected tonight.

 

by arbi
2-10-10
pheryx/486866/
Hello, I'm going around the neighborhood collecting signatures to petition economic law changes for unions.
not interested
* meep * * * * * * * * meep *
hark! do you hear that?
the elc fu signal!

 

by arbi
2-18-10
I'm a few days behind on comics and i told myself I'd catch up.
I got into a study so i'm in kalamazoo for a week.
this morning i mailed off a brief. the court made me refile cuz it didnt have a back cover, a few little things like that. cost around $140.
drove here in a blizzard in a volvo where the heater doesn't work right.
oh yeah, one thing i did was file in the gop primary for state rep. kind of a lark.
this place is pretty laid back and comfortable compared to some of the other sites. nice old lady nurses, less bs rules.
all for now. will try to remember what i've done the past few days.

 

by arbi
2-20-10
It's day 3, and we're into the easy part of the study. A Blood draws morning and evening and nothing else to do for a week.
So I need to figure out how to spend my time usefully, instead of just on 4chan's /ck/. Nice bunch of guys here, good staff, no problems.
Because nobody else filed, I'm offically the gop candidate for state rep where I live. It's a solid dem district, and the incumbent's a good guy, and I'll probably lose. But,
tea partiers and anti-obama, anything could happen.
The hard part might be getting co-nominated by the Libertarian Party, which is step 2 of my master plan.
Ok, so one thing I could do this week is start crunching numbers and getting my precinct maps together.

 

by arbi
2-22-10
day 5 of 9. still going well. i've written a few letters to legislators in alabama and florida, and found my greatgreatgreat grandfather's obituary, + started a letter about my most pressing tax
problem.
otherwise i play solitaire, walk a mile every day in circles around the ward, catch up on webcomics and such, chat with my usual circle.
i havent gone thru and updated my to-do list. haven't called mom. havent done my 2009 taxes - that wont take long.
off to 4chan /ck/for now i guess.

 

by arbi
2-23-10
day 6 of 9. i have just enough socks and underwear to make it, i think. didn't get much done today. walked a mile. i lost 2 pounds, 180 now, we don't have to eat everything and i usually don't.
i found new places to waste time online today. some furry network - being an aardvark, i'm sort of furrycurryous, although i've never yiffed.
http://sapiensanonym.blogspot.com/
here's some short fiction by a guy who has magnets in his hands so he can sense electrical and radio fields. comes in handy if you're a tech.
i think i met a tech at the furry site, a 17 year old who builds his own chips. it's been awhile since i had one of those. and a truck mechanic whose house was burned by an antifurry arsonist.
i offered him my spare room. has sidekick potential. no idea what he's like outside his fursuit. but he's got good motivations to fight crime now,and nothing left to lose.
the indiana supreme court clerks turned down my brief again, so i'll try a third time when i get out.

 

by arbi
2-25-10
htpp://hit-girl.com
we go home tomorrow by noon. it's gone well. yesterday we had trout; the food here is a couple notches above regular hospital food.
today i watched 500 days of summer, with joseph gorden-levitt and cloe moetz (hit-girl.) Good surpise ending, kind of a shaggy dog story.
http://ballots.blogspot.com/2010/02/florida-man-charged-with-wearing-clown.html
This just in! A florida man was arrested for wearing a clown mask.
And a minnesota court reinstated a civil rights suit by people who were arrested for being zombies.
what would you say the court showed?
Brainnnsss!

 

by arbi
2-25-10
mike, cat,
drinks,
swine

 

by arbi
2-26-10
we finished this part of the study. we on the road before noon. 250 miles, i stayed awake, which is good, since i was driving.
we have to be back on monday so it was barely worth coming home but i wanted to water my plants, do laundry, stuff like that.
picked up 6 boxes of food, threw away stuff that had gone bad while we were away, found cigarette butts in the trash, i hate that
the state filed their brief today so i've given it a quick read and have research to do.
to do: make a "lie list" of all the false statements in the brief. off to the club, although i can't have alcohol or caffeine till april.
i had a pretty good time at the club - the naptown roller derby team was there, and that's always a party. then i dumpster dived a load of lumber on the way home.

 

by arbi
2-26-10
ragu4u/488196/
Let's get going. I'm burning up.
Not until we experience one more interesting bit of local culture.
Is woman infidel, who refuses to cover face, interested in clitoral mutilation?
I'm ready
Had enough of the jersey shore?

 

by arbi
3-02-10
yesterday- rode to michigan and back for a blood draw, went to a couple clubs even tho i cant drink till april.
today - did nothing, except pick up the mail shop and buy decaf
lady wouldn't take my cash for the coffee because i wouldn't give her my zip code. in the end she just put in the next customers zip code.
tomorrow - bank, fill out forms, collect rent, work on brief. it's already 2 am. i suspect i'm forgetting something
thursday - attend supreme court hearing on voter id.

 

by arbi
3-02-10
i was at the club last night and people talked to me, which is rare. at the other club for a slosh i was a wallflower and the only people who talked to me were the greeter types for the group.
one cute asian guy mike i kinda know gave me his email, not for a date but so i can send him info on the medical studies i do, and hook him up for 10%.
it turns out his name is mike lam. so march came in like a lam.
i lack the comic timing to make this funny. it was funny to me at the time.
we'll probably get a blizzard for april 1. maybe an earthquake.

 

by arbi
3-02-10
This just in!
Today the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in McDonald v Chicago, the case about whether the 2nd amendment applies to the states.
The kid who has a blog about going to the supreme court every time made page 1 of the new york times.
You can never tell for sure from oral argument, but it looks like the case is a big win for the 2nd amendment.
Last time they kept us waiting till the very last day to announce the decision. so we won't hold our breath on this one.
tonight we're gonna party like it's 1799.

 

by arbi
3-04-10
This just in!
I went to oral argument this morning at the Indiana Supreme Court in LWV v Rokita, the other voter ID case besides mine.
http://media.ihets.org/vod/supremecourt/wmv/03042010_0900am.wmv
You can never tell from oral argument, but it looks good for my side.
The judges were awake and well prepared with tough questions for both sides.
The video should be up by tonight, ah, there it is.
My being there didn't really accomplish anything, I could have slept in.

 

by arbi
3-05-10
I'm in that smoky coffeehouse in kalamazoo again, the only one open at 5:40 am.
The study place in west virginia is going to have lots of work this year, i'm told. Maybe i can build my bank account back up.
I had two naps today but i'm still sleep deprived. Mostly I've been watching zatoichi blind swordsman movies on hulu.
I'm being pretty careful with money for now, since everything i make in this study just catches up my credit card, still gotta pay some taxes before anything goes in the bank.
Coffee $1.40 nonvegan muffin $1.50.
Yesterday morning gas was $2.45. I forgot to fill up. Today it's $2.75. I did put $900 in the bank this week, plus my check for the volvo wreck should be coming.
Them rotor gravitons aren't gonna.. how's that go again?

 

by arbi
3-05-10
I got a lot done today. Rode to Michigan and back. Won an election contest 4-0, so I stay on the ballot for the primary.
One of the commissioners actually yelled at the person who filed the complaint, because it was frivolous.
then lets see i washed the dishes cleaned the car did laundry took out the trash put away groceries.
My eyes have black bags under them and I found out that I have a bald spot. It's small, but I'm 49, and it's not going to get smaller. My brother was bald at 30.
to do: make to do list.
I have an hour to kill before I go to the club. I'll do more laundry and cook dinner, but I'm too tired to work on the next brief.
I'm glad my roommate did most of the driving - I get stupid when I havent slept. The most dangerous part of the studies I do is the driving there and back, especially when I can't have coffee.

 

by arbi
3-07-10
I barely got out of bed today. I made two trips downstairs to get ice-cream filled cookies, which were dinner.
It took two trips because the first time i didnt remember what i wanted so i just made coffee.
Usually if i have a day like today i just assume i drank too much last night, but i'm not drinking at all this month, due to work.
maybe i'm just too old to dance it up with the club kids like last night - nah that can't be it.
didn't get anything done all weekend. yesterday i dug a hole, buried hte compost. then i took the recycling downtown, but the container was full so my car is still full of bottles and cans and such.
havent worked on the brief in days.

 

by arbi
3-08-10
the supreme court took two important cases today
one is the phelps case. the 'god hates fags' folks won on free speech grounds after being sued for picketing a funeral.
scotusblog.com
the other is a case about nasa contractors, do they have a right to privacy that's violated by a background check?
the court will probably reverse the 9th circuit, again.
i've run into the phelpses a few times over the years, in person and online. sad people, but they are usually right about the first amendment, and it's worrysome that the court took the case.
(quacks.)

 

by arbi
3-11-10
I didn't get anything done all week .
I have some new roommates, a nice gay couple who were broke and needed a place, we'll see if they work out.
I planted stuff in flats and put them outside under glass while its warm this week.
I've made zero progress on the brief I'm supposed to be writing.
Tonight I go to michigan, come back tomorrow.

 

by arbi
3-17-10
I had a pretty good day yesterday, after getting nothing done all weekend, although I still didn't get my brief written. I stopped by the house and talked to my tenant, still didn't get the rest
of the rent. I wrote to the assessor and treasurer and mayor and city councilman about my tax problem, which I've been needing to do.
I did laundry and got flowerpots ready and buried compost and hauled two carloads of construction materials, some of it from the craigslist free board.
I visited a friend from the club who lives near me, which went well. I watched a movie on hulu, went to the club. had a good time.
Now it's noon on wednesday and i really need to write this damn brief. I'm running out of excuses and diversions.
got nothing at all done today

 

by arbi
3-18-10
today i made a mental list of 5 things, and got them done. I cashed a check for $65, figuring it would last me the week. It's almost gone.
apparently the city didn't sell our house at the tax sale, at least a flunky told me it wasn't on the list.
i actually went to stores and bought stuff today, seeds that i've planted in flowerpots under glass, bleach, even a soda. gas $2.85.
so i did bank library city hall post office and another errand, everything but the brief and the oil change. we go back to kalamazoo tonight.
it doesn't look likely that i'll ever get my indiana supreme court brief accepted. i have to find out my deadline for the federal brief, i might be coming right up to it.
had a nice chat with the new roommates, they are working out swell. shop talk about tcell counts and meds and studies.

 

by arbi
3-24-10
It's day 4 of the study, I think. It's going smoothly. Just watched a bootleg of avatar
the internet connection is really slow, so i'm getting a few seconds at a time of this robert caro documentary
yesterday i knocked out an outline of my reply memo. i'm too nervous to check the deadline, it might already be past.
havent written a word yet today
i have another potential study liked up for next month. also i'll need to get a note for a doctor to come back here, which should be no problem
they always freak out a little at my irregular heartbeat

 

by arbi
3-24-10
help me, blue fairy. turn me into a handsome prince.
antidisestablishmentarianists!
wowfuck

 

by arbi
3-25-10
this stage of the study is about 1/2 over, we go home monday. the days are easy. They got the other people in my room at 6 for some EKG's, so I'm like a zombie without enough sleep.
I wasted most of the day online - won 8 games fo spider solitaire in a row, a personal best - then finally
sat down and knocked out most of the rest of the memo. i'll edit and add cites tomorrow.
it's only a week late. i guess i should do a motion to file out of time.
11:45, almost time for bed. the internet's pretty good out here in the smoking room, but barely works in the dorm.
today has been noise noise noise all over the place - that's why i'm holed up inthe smoking room, it's the quietest place that also has an electrical outlet.

 

by arbi
3-26-10
I spent all day holed up in the smoking room editing the memo that i've been stressing about for a month.
Sent it off at 4:50 pm.
It was probably due monday, possibly a week ago.
the hardest part was finding software to convert the file to a pdf, took 6 tries. i hate pdf's.
so now i can relax and veg out for a few days, or see what else has piled up on my todo list over the past month.
it's a good thing i brought my plants in, it's aparrently way below freezing outside here, not sure how cold at home.

 

by arbi
3-28-10
/lukket/490906/
whadda we want?
we don't know!
when do we want it?
soon!
bob's loot shop

 

3 letter word for an extinct new zealand biped?
moa!
by arbi, 3-28-10

 

by arbi
3-28-10
please join us april 16th at a theater near you. dress as your inner superhero
bring your friends, if any.
kick-ass, the movie
tell 'em the arbitrary ardvark sent you.
be there, take pics or video. bonus points if actual crime fighting shown.
report back here, win prizes

 

we go home tomorrow, then about 5 outpatient visits during april
ruth crocheed funky hats for everybody. photo to follow.
by arbi, 3-29-10

 

by arbi
4-04-10
I haven't done much this week, havent even made a comic for awhile. Home today, evansville tomorrow, kalamazoo tuesday, then home again.
Been gardening, scraping and painting gutters, the usual obtaining food-storing food - eating food cycle. collected $330 in rent yesterday.
tynan.net/how-do-you-get-things-done
today's haul included olive oil, decaf instant coffee (my favorite!), caviar, and 4 dozen jars of spices, to add to the 100 i already have. took a peck of strawberries to a potluck.
tynan has a blog entry about time management - i'm probably the only one using a comic format as a task management system.
I have a bunch of letters to respond to - I'm functionally illiterate, no printer, usually out of stamps.
and i'm feeling some pressure to go through my to do list and update and start some things.

 

by arbi
4-07-10
today was a good day i guess. post office, shopping, gardening, haircut.
i talked to a lady at city hall who is going to make the $7500 tax lien go away once i get her some documentation.
it was fun all of us hanging out in the back yard. i really like my new roommates, a cute hiv+ couple. my squash or watermelon or something are coming up nicely.
ricky swang on the tire swing while i dug and planted and mulched, and we've cleaned and scaped and painted and fixed gutters, and the cherry and peach trees are blooming.
i didn't do much else today. woke up at 6, got up at noon, sorted groceries drank coffee, reading a new-to-me grisham, "the appeal", that i dumpster dived the other day.
so i still need to work on my todo list, but that was big progress on a major item. campaign finance forms and taxes due next week, buncha campaign questionaires to fill out.

 

This just in!
Justice John Paul Stevens, 90, is retiring.
by arbi, 4-09-10

 

by arbi
4-15-10
still to do: court 13, make better list., bank, mail stuff, get candles and cake.
saturday- county convention. tough room. they slated someone to run against me. i beat back a bunch of motions attacking me, but there was lots of hostility.
sunday - did nothing. planted garden. ate homemade cornbread.
monday - went to michigan and back. slept
tuesday - made a list, got some stuff done. submitted paperwork to make the $7500 tax problem go away. roommate hit by car, on crutches now. turned in my campaign finance forms. hit the club.
tomorrow: kick-ass opens!
weds - did nothing. picked up mail and tax forms. both roommates found jobs.
thurs - took myself out for all you can eat sushi, did my taxes, mailed them, went to a tea party 2000 people.

 

by arbi
6-28-10
I havent made one of these since april 15. it's been on my list to get back to it.
I don't get much of anything done these days.
plan for tomorrow: do the stuff i didnt do thursday

 

by arbi
6-28-10
This just in! Supreme Court goes out with a bang!
RBG's husband died. Stevens quit. Kagan's in hearings to replace him. Byrd is the word.
By a 5-4 vote in Old McDonald v Chicago, the court found that the second amendment applies to the states.
Justice Thomas wrote seperately that the right to bear arms is a privilege and immunity. This was about the lineup we expected.
3 other cases today,and a few new cases for next fall, including the arizona immigration case. But for now,
Recess! see you in October.

 

by arbi
7-02-10
It's noon and I'm behind schedule. I need to pack, go to the bank, go to city hall, meet joe at peace acres for some yard cleanup. Ok I can get that done.
Then i drive past pittsburg to spend the 4th with some rainbow nation hippies in the woods,
then i drive to kansas city to screen for a study which if i get in, and i probably won't, it'll start the next day,
which is why i need to pack.
the declaration of independence was actually passed july 2, 1776, 234 years ago. My ancestor lord de la warre came here in 1608, I think, 402 years ago. ancestry.com is fun.

 

by arbi
8-13-10
i haven't made one of these in months. used to make one every day. wait wait, why is my nose suddenly orange?
was it always like that? anyway, the last round of fleaspraying seemed to work, but now there's a fly crawling on me, driving me nuts.
a short trip eh?
earlier this week i went to w va and tried out for yet one more study. i think i might get into this one. i havent worked since april, been turned down all over.
my car just barely makes it on long trips like this, took 3 days to go 900 miles.

 

by arbi
8-15-10
http://www.xtranormal.com/watch/6935055/
this just in!
we're learning how to make movies using a free online thingy
not very good so far, but that's how art works.
stay tuned! we'll either get better, or forget all about it.
meanwhile, justice kagan was sworn in.

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