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But- yes, I do believe it's so!- There should be another new comic tomorrow.

Curious: Doc Searls says that "One of my favorite movies, The Matrix has lost a lot of its appeal since 9-11." I'm wondering why? Yes, it contains scenes of violence and gunplay, but isn't it far more disturbing in the wake of the Columbine massacre? Think- Matrix: Released in March of 1999, two individuals in long black coats- the heroes of the film- enter a building armed to the teeth and blow away as many people as possible without remorse. Columbine: April of 1999, pretty much the same events. I'm not sure what the events of September 11, 2001 have to do with the Matrix. Now if we're talking about Fight Club...

I like reading Doc's weblog, but I think this is a typical example of how many Americans seem to be reacting from the gut in ways that appear oddly disproportionate to me.

is planned for tomorrow- I'm on a roll! And there IS a Saturday No Contest comic this week, too.

Enduring Freedom? Freedom of the press? Yeah, right. Not with stuff like this happening:

The five major television news organizations reached a joint agreement yesterday to follow the suggestion of the White House and abridge any future videotaped statements from Osama bin Laden or his followers to remove language the government considers inflammatory.

Two days ago, an article in the Independent editorialized on all of the Western media's sudden capitulation to government policies and contained this quote:

The most wanted man in the whole world has been suggesting that he's angry about the deaths of Iraqi children under sanctions, about the corruption of pro-western Arab regimes, about Israel's attacks on the Palestinian territory, about the need for US forces to leave the Middle East. And after insisting that bin Laden is a "mindless terrorist'' – that there is no connection between US policy in the Middle East and the crimes against humanity in New York and Washington – the Americans need to close down Al-Jazeera's coverage.

This is an entirely different matter than quote-unquote National Security. It's important to remember that propaganda works both ways.

My referrer logs tell me that many of you are looking for WTC ground zero photos. I've only got links. Find gound zero links here and other WTC photo links here.

Osama humor: (Perhaps an oxymoron? Not sure...) Alan Thicke decodes Osama's videotaped hidden messages.

A new Zwol comic Monday.

Googling: Did you know that when you search Google by the phrase "Why do you think the advance of the White Man would have changed the lives of the Sioux Indians?" that Zwol.org is the #1 response? Nor did I, until today. It's important to note that Google limits its search to the first 10 significant words (common words such as "why" and "of" are ignored already), so the most important words in that query ("Sioux Indians") were ignored, giving quite a false reading.

Mental short-circuit: I know it's not exactly germane (perhaps even inappropriate), but the lyrics to the song "Anthrax" have been buzzing through my head all day.

Yes, he of the many curious and often inscrutable comics (not forgetting the backwards comic, Spongy) has graced us with another No Contest strip, the filename of which was "Viovis Bonus." (Don't look at me like that, it only hurts the first time.)

Zwol is scheduled to return with a new strip on Monday.

I notice the return to semi-regular comics rates a mention on Talk About Comics (.com), which is cool. But since it says that "It's just a panel, but it's a start," I have to say, Hey! I was back last week, too!

"I have a problem with the word evil being used by mortal human beings to describe other humans. When I hear it, I think 'Who does this person think he is?' We're all just human beings here, as far as I know."

I've checked into this and it appears he's right-- Everybody I've met today seems to be human. Except that one person who cut me off on the freeway this morning. He was evil.

There's a comic today (finally) and there should be comics on Tuesday and Wednesday. Not sure about Thursday, but I'm hoping to get one for Friday.

All behind the scenes, but evident in some respects. The menus are now PHP functions rather than hard-coded, which means I'm positioned to roll out some CSS in a couple weeks. I also removed the little dot character (which looked like this: ?) as that's a Microsoft/Windows-specific character and replaced it with a pipe character (looks like this: | ) since all browsers should be able to read that. Also this Latest Word section is going to be displaying a little differently. It used to show only the last three distinct entries, but now it'll show items for the last five days worth of stuff, regardless of how many entries I make per day.