This comic was supposed to be more elaborate, but the graphics program I use has been giving me trouble since I upgraded. As far as German, I’m using the Fluent Forever app, it’s working pretty well so far. I know[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Andrews was only thirty-nine at the time of the disaster. Some survivors reported that they’d seen him throwing deck chairs into the water for people to cling to, but they may have confused him with another man. It was a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Let’s try this again. I started out on Mondays and Thursdays, then just Mondays, then just Thursdays, now Tuesdays. We’re going to keep doing this until we get it right!
In case you didn’t know, that’s the horror-movie reason Cain kills Abel—God likes Abel’s animal sacrifices more than Cain’s vegetable ones. God wants blood, so Cain gives him blood. I forgot all about Seder Cat last week, so it’s a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The story in the middle panel comes to us from Rabbi Bibi bar Abaye, who lived in the second century and got frequent visits from the Angel of Death. His assistant, sent for “Miriam the hairdresser” brought him “Miriam the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Nineveh has another ear infection. Her dust allergy causes her delicate tubes to become inflamed, and then they don’t drain properly, and that’s why I’m a war criminal right now.
Sometimes when you play the “translate the scientific name” game you want to translate a bit loosely to get the real character of a binomial, as with the Tazmanian devil, Sarcophilus harrisii, which I like to render as “Harris found[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Bats are surprisingly expressive.
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