I've created a new avatar for the GoComics site and a more detailed version can be seen at the bottom of the page. I call it: Drawing Fire.

I certainly did "Draw Fire" as several disasters occured in the days that followed. First, the power went out while I was online. I don't have a UPS for the computer so the post I was working on was lost and had to be recreated later. After power came back on, two hours later, I tried to water the lawn and a pipe burst leading to the outside faucet. I had to shut off the water to the whole house until I could clean up the mess and locate the leak. I spent the next two nights at a hotel. As I said at Pibgorn, "It wasn't a fleabag hotel, because even the fleas have higher standards." The leak was in the short length of pipe leading to the outside faucet and I was able to shut it off from the rest of the house, so water was partially restored. Water damage seems to have been kept to a minimum, but I will have to take down part of the bathroom ceiling below the ruptured pipe so I can replace it and check for mold.

I was going to start hauling stuff to the trash transfer station, but my car developed a problem with the front suspension. That had to wait for service on Saturday morning. The front Stabilizer bar on the driver's side was replaced and all seems fine now until it needs replacing on the passenger's side. In the last ten years, Ford seems to have designed their cars to wear evenly and things that wear down or break on one side will soon be followed by the other.

It was covered by an extended warranty, so I only had to pay $100.00 deductible. There is a three day weekend coming up(July 4th) and all house repairs are being put off until then.

I would like to thank those who check this blog daily/weekly. I will try to update it more often. Earthlink does have a webhosting service and since I would like to draw more pictures like the avatar and post them, I may start up a professional website. This site will hold all of the contents of this site, plus all of my other stories, jokes and art that I cannot fit here. If you think this is a good idea, please let me know through the comments at Pibgorn(GoComics.com/Pibgorn) or through the email address on the contact me page.

Some people don't know the exact origins of the minotaur/monitor joke, so I was able to find a link to the date in question complete with comments. Don't ask me how.

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Skulker said:

To add more fuel for discussion:
Speaking of symbolism in McE’s work (we were weren’t we???), I was struck by these images whilst perusing my archives.
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[Corrected links]
http://picayune.uclick.com/comics/pib/2008/pib080206.gif
http://picayune.uclick.com/comics/pib/2005/pib051126.gif
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If the 11-26-05 strip doesn’t symbolize labia minora & labia majora I don’t know what does. How did that get past the censors at comics.com!

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My response:

Ranma_one_half said:

Skulker, I think you are sitting too close to the minotaur. Just enjoy the play and don’t mind the naked actors.

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Skulker replied:

Skulker said:

Ranma_one_half says: Skulker, I think you are sitting too close to the minotaur. Just enjoy the play and don’t mind the naked actors.
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Groan! [amid sounds of many glasses being thrown into the fireplace…]

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Fearing the worst, I appologized:

Ranma_one_half said:

Sorry, Skulker, I deserved that.
However, pointing out that this strip may be intended for experienced(mature) readers is only asking for someone to stick an age appropriate rating on it.

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Skulker then explained:

Skulker said:

Ranma_one_half says: Sorry, Skulker, I deserved that.
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You’re misinterpreting my comment - it was for the pun, “sitting too close to the minotaur” nothing else. The bigger the groan, the better the pun. I have no issue with raciness or otherwise. I even threw in the reference to throwing glasses into the fireplace in case you were an old time science fiction fan. I think it was Azimov that wrote a bunch of short stories about a tavern that had weekly pun contest nights. The winner was acknowledged by everyone throwing their glasses into the fireplace. Very creative. And very “groany”!

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And that, kiddies, is where it all began, 26 Sept. 2008.