In a ‘good’ year, winter can pull a triple hat-trick for Halloween. It will warm up in the weeks before October 31st, lulling people into a false sense of security as they shop for their costumes, and then BAM! October 31st – two inches of snow. The most detailed costumes are now hidden under scarves and parkas, and even the most committed trick-or-treater can only brave the icy streets for so long. And then, about a week after Halloween, in by far the scariest turn of events the weather can pull, it will suddenly warm up again, leaving thousands of once-frozen pumpkins to turn into a puddle of ooze of everyone’s doorsteps! OOGA BOOGA!!

I’m sorry. Did that come off overly pessimistic?*

You’ll have to forgive me. I’m from Saskatchewan. We don’t tell ghost stories – we tell weather stories. 😛

*Totally NOT bitter about having so many childhood Halloweens ruined by winter

Romulan Ale? More like Romulan Ass...

Seriously. That stuff is foul. Don’t let it’s pretty packaging or friendly bright blue color fool you. There’s a reason the Federation banned this shit.

Now, to be fair, I’m the sort that thinks most energy drinks taste like candy-flavored battery acid, so perhaps you might have better results. But, daaaa-yum. Fair warning, and all that. I was seriously considering licking the table to rid myself of the taste.

I’ll also add that this was the non-alcoholic, energy drink incarnation of Romulan Ale. There is ALSO a very, very alcoholic drink by the same name, consisting of Bacardi rum, Everclear alcohol, and Blue Curaçao. That sounds like a mighty fine time, even if it may leave you with a Worf-sized headache afterward.

Trust me, the headache would still be better than the taste of Romulan balls. *shudder*

I have a fairly skewed view of things that are cute. For example, you’ll notice that rabbits, hamsters, and guinea pigs didn’t make the list. That’s because, even though these are common pets, I don’t find them particularly cute. (And, in the case of the guinea pig, downright ugly. Sorry, cavy lovers. That’s just how I roll.) Whereas all varieties of weasel are adorable to me, but make other people shudder. (They do war dances!! How is that not awesome???)

Actually, it seems that the stranger the animal, the more adorable I find it. (I had a pink, nearly see-through gecko that lived on my wall once, and it was the cutest little thing. I named it Frank the Mosquito Slayer. But that’s another story for another day…)

Before today, I thought that the animals in the second panel were among the cutest out there, and the ones most likely to make me make ear-piercing squealing noises. But, watching Last Chance to See this evening, I discovered the ultimate in cuteness.

I give you a bucket full of live baby turtles!!!

There was no way I could fit in all the awesomeness of the Super Art Fight into just a small handful of panels, so if you want the FULL story, go check out the Super Art Fight report!! See the other matches (there was more than just the Team Up round, after all!!), and check out pictures from the matches!!

A HUGE thanks to Rosscott, Marty Day, and guest-host James Hatton for hosting one of the most exciting, most entertaining, most art-panels-broken-over-people’s-heads times that can be had!!

Hey everyone! Moosehead Stew is back!!

Sorry for the long break, folks! Between starting my new job and an entire month of conventions, something had to give, and unfortunately, that something was Moosehead Stew. (Imagine working all weekend AND going out partying with your friends, then working a full work week and a part-time job drawing on top of that. Now imagine keeping that up for a month. Yeah. I was EXHAUSTED!! Me and Mr. 5 Hour Energy drink became very, very close friends.)

Thankfully, I’ve now had time to catch up on things like sleep and my buffer of Weregeek comics, and I finally have enough energy that the thought of cranking out just ONE more strip doesn’t make me want to crawl under a rock and whimper.

But, there’ll be a few changes around here! For one, I think I’m going to have to go back to updating MHS just three times a week. Working a day-job just doesn’t leave me enough time for the 5-day-a-week update schedule + Weregeek.

And, secondly, to make sure I don’t have the two strips competing for my time on update nights, I’m going to switch MHS from a M-W-F schedule to Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. That should make things flow a lot more smoothly in the future!

Thanks for sticking with me, guys!

It is the bane of most of the tiny girls I know, and an inescapable fact for those not so thermally inclined… Even in the summer, it can be pretty freaking cold. Or rather, WE can be pretty freaking cold. When your internal thermometer is kinda wonky, you can freeze just sitting in the shade on a hot summer’s day.

I know. I’ve done it.

And don’t get me started on getting out of the pool during the summertime. It’s shiver city!

…. Ok… I’m a freak. I know. 😛