I love watching the Olympics. For me it's a family event, though the families I've watched it with have changed over the years. It's amazing to me how long I've been watching them -- do you realize how long it's been since Tanya Harding and Nancy Kerrigan seemed relevant? I mean, sure, you can still drop their names into a joke and get a forced chuckle, but let's face it: if this strip were about Conrad kneecapping Steve before a client pitch...
...wait. I've said too much. That actually sounds totally awesome.
Watching the accomplishments of these athletes that have trained, in some cases, their entire lives for these moments, it is easy to feel
less accomplished. We don't have speed skating, or the the flaming tower of awesome that was
Snowboard Cross, we have more complex, yet smaller victories. Yes, we have
medals, though they are awarded after a lifetime of great moments, not after one. But it's what we have, so we must take it.
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Justin Ahrens says: Great season fellas! Mig's last tip was brilliant:)
Drew Davies says: We're happy whenever it is that we get new comics, Nate. p.s. I like Newton's college hair. I'd always figured it used to look like that.
Ryan Rushing says: Good luck setting up Movable Type. I've heard it's pretty difficult, but of course totally worth it. ..Initiating beast mode...
Brianna says: Wow, are you magic? I just had to take a break from a horrendous PPT that an internal client has asked me to "fix" -- *weep* -- only to find you have penned the perfect comic to pull me out of my melt
Donovan Beery says: PF, great insight on the process out East. Being in a different region, it's sometimes hard to tell what changes there are based on geography, but it sounds about the same there as it is here (Well, o
Nate Voss says: skillS5Z
Mr. PF says: Great episode guys! I wanted to jump in on that conversation multiple times, but I think you did a good job of covering all sides of some debates. In a fit of half-procrastination, half-ranting, I wr
Prescott Perez-Fox says: Ok, I'm not done listening to the show yet, but I have to chime in and remark on a recent interview I was on, where the interviewed attempted to flatter me by remarking that they had over 700 applican
Nate Voss says: Hey — keep it classy up in here, Prescott. Keep it classy.
Prescott Perez-Fox says: Oh don't even get me started on Powerpoint!!! By far the worst piece of software ever developed. Notice I DID NOT say "design software." These days, I just use InDesign and save as a PDF. But you've p
Nate Voss says: Lisa, that is awesome. I approve of your battle against injustice and comic sans…
Lisa says: Glorious!! A few years ago, I had a very similar idea for a Halloween costume... http://www.flickr.com/photos/vermilionink/58047359/ (Apologies for the blurry photo; ninjas do everything in their p
Ryan Rushing says: Donovan, I think you were dead on about the new design being so terrible it's awesome. You pointed out the London 2012 logo, and I would also like to throw in the Aol. logo. Not that's it's necess
Tom Nemitz says: Also... She's a lady! Whoa-oh-whoa-oh! Sorry, I couldn't resist. Haha!
Tom Nemitz says: A world where Chuck Barkley is not recognized as a poet laureate is scarcely a world at all.
Rob says: We should have spent more time talking about this. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfw4xDQdbWQ
Tom Nemitz says: "I will always think of Illustrator as the dickhead jock of the group." Myself, I consider Illustrator to be the Jeff Gillooly of design software. You know, Tonya Harding's BFF who took out the kneec
Prescott Perez-Fox says: I cannot stand the little differences! You're right, Illustrator likes to make its own rules. For example, why when you go to Preferences, does Illustrator refer to "User Interface" and put it almost