Hey, ya do what you can.

Star Trek Online is Amazon’s Gold Box deal today. $30 for the regular version, $50 for the collector’s edition. If only they’d discount the subscription fee instead, right?

Mass Effect 2 is on the cheap today at Amazon.com. Well, OK, on the cheapER. $40 for X-box, $30 for PC. And I can tell you it’s WORTH it!

You already knew this, but with Apple’s iPad launch date drawing ever closer, pretty much every other tech company is working hard to get a competing product out the door ASAP. Adobe, with a fresh red spot on their face from Apple’s most recent and very public slap, is seen here partnering with HP to show what a less restrictive, non-Apple device could do. It does look very cool, but unfortunately won’t see the light of retail shelves until after Apple’s had several months of luxurious, uncontested, quality time with their longtime fans and new tablet-ish converts.

I heard this story one night at campfire at a church camp years ago. It was either a middle or high school camp. And it’s been good food for thought ever since. Some of you have heard or read it many times so you don’t even need to follow the link to know what it refers to.

Another good quote for us cartoonists is one from our spiritual Godfather, Mr. Charles M. Schulz, who said “I just draw what I think is funny, and I hope other people think it is funny, too.” By extension I feel that I have to write the web page I like and hope others like it. If not, I hope you’ll enjoy what you can and tolerate the rest.

I’ve noticed recently that a lot of the podcasts I listen to are centered around gaming and technology. Those things are great, but they’re not what I want to be all about. So in an effort to Feed the Good Dog, I’ve made some additions and thought I’d share them now and then in case others might enjoy them, too. The below sermon is one of the most recent that spoke to me. So I post it here in hopes that it might speak to you, too.

It doesn’t really sound like Newsboys to me, but I dig it. I may just really like this new band after all.

newsboys “Born Again” *Official Music Video* from newsboys on Vimeo.

This absolutely blew me away this evening. I love the idea of a church watching a popular movie together and then talking about what can be taken away from it spiritually. Fun and insightful. Wait a second… Church? Fun? No way!

Peritemno asked if I would be doing custom holiday art again this year like I did for the first time last year. So here’s my answer. I won’t have a lot of time to do this sort of thing again as I’m going to be putting in a lot of overtime in the coming weeks and one of the Christmas presents I plan to give this year is going to take a lot of time and effort to put together. So I won’t be making a big deal out of it, setting up an order page and all that.

BUT - if you want me to do this for you, I’d be happy to crank out a few. I only ended up doing 6 last year so I figure if I keep it low key, I’ll probably only end up with a handful of requests which will be just fine.

So yeah, basically last year I offered a hand drawn 5×7 (or something like that) hand-drawn cartoon for the recipient of your choice themed however you’d like for $40, including the shipping.

Just send an email to the address in the lower right corner of all my cartoons displayed above with the subject “Order” and give me the details. If you’re not sure what you would want the picture to look like, just send me that initial “Order” email and that will get the ball rolling. I’ll work with you to find an idea that you like.

Low key. That’s how we’ll roll this year.

“Monster Monster” by The Almost is ALSO 5 smackeroonies on Amazon’s MP3 store!