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This is me rambling about me, mostly. Current stuff: home, family, my head’s on fire… that kind of thing. This also includes everything imported from LiveJournal.

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Crashing…

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I had a little energy this morning. Not much, but I figured it would be enough.

Then I tried to schedule warranty service for Turbo Schlock, and burnt through all of that energy in about 15 minutes.

(Aside: why is the clutch a “maintenance” item when it cannot be tightened or even EXAMINED without dropping the entire transmission? And if it is really a maintenance item, why must the entire assembly be replaced to the tune of $1200, rather than just replacing, oh, say, the pad that has worn out?)

I ended up spending the day sleeping, playing video games, and sleeping some more.

(More Aside: We did take the car in to be serviced, but we took it to a third-party shop called “Foreign Aid” rather than to Ken “Screw My Customers” Garff Volkswagen. At least the Foreign Aid mechanic was willing to explain matters to me. Ken’s crew won’t be getting any more of my business — every time I’ve taken the car there they’ve screwed something up.)

Looking back on the morning and the early afternoon, I can clearly see that I’m crashing after a week of not enough sleep. Okay. Monday is officially a vacation day this week. No, wait… it’s a SICK day.

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Two Years

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Today I celebrate the 2nd anniversary of “doing it full-time.” On Monday, September 20th of 2004 I resigned from my position at Novell, came home to my home office, and wondered how I was going to be able to make it work.

I didn’t really figure it out until May of 2006. There were some really rough patches in there – particularly July of 2005, when Ad revenues were in the toilet, commission work had dried up, and we had to pay bills using a home improvement loan. And then there was the $100 Christmas.

Sandra was there for me (and I was there for her) throughout all of it, and I could not have done it without her. Of course, without her it would not have been worth doing at all.

It wouldn’t have been possible without you readers and fans, either. Thank you, everybody.

–Howard

ps. I’m celebrating by scripting, pencilling, and inking an entire week. I’d probably better get started.

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Blank Label Preemie Fund Drive

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My friend and fellow Blank Label Cartoonist Paul Taylor has mounting medical expenses. His first child was born prematurely, and if any of you have had experience with this (or have friends who have) then you know how expensive it can get.

None of us are rich. If we were, we’d throw money at the problem, and pray that medical science can spend it right.

Since we’re not, we’re hoping to throw YOUR money at the problem. Each Blank Label Cartoonist is chipping in originals or other valuables for auctioning. You can find the complete list here. And if you’re interested, there’s an auction for Schlock Mercenary: Under New Management Sketch Edition #293 on the list as well.