Girl Genius Discussion Friday - 5-6

(reposted for noobs) From now on, Friday morning will be Girl Genius discussion day here in Hell. Girl Genius updates Monday, Wednesday and Friday, so we can discuss the preceding week, and Girl Genius in general, on Friday.

This week we learned that Oggie's great great grandson is hiding at the hospital in Mechanicsburg, that Klaus may have the power to kill people with his mind, and while Phil does know a story for the Baker's Guild, the Harvest Festival and the Summer Solstice (Europa is party central, apparently), he does not know how the Andronicus Valois became the Storm King.

Girl Genius Discussion Friday - 4-29

(reposted for noobs) From now on, Friday morning will be Girl Genius discussion day here in Hell. Girl Genius updates Monday,Wednesday and Friday, so we can discuss the preceding week, and Girl Genius in general, on Friday.

This week we learned that people in glass houses probably shouldn't throw robots.

Girl Genius Discussion Friday - 4-15

(reposted for noobs) From now on, Friday morning will be Girl Genius discussion day here in Hell. Girl Genius updates Monday,Wednesday and Friday, so we can discuss the preceding week, and Girl Genius in general, on Friday.

This week we learned that Oublenmach is either the most insane or most sane person in Europa (it's a little hard to tell given the milieu), he has an unusual respect for mothers, and Oggie is in touch with his feminine side. Sort of.

Girl Genius Discussion Friday - 4-8

(reposted for noobs) From now on, Friday morning will be Girl Genius discussion day here in Hell. Girl Genius updates Monday, Wednesday and Friday, so we can discuss the preceding week, and Girl Genius in general, on Friday.

This week we learned that Vanamonde von Mekkan can grow a full beard in a hurry, Doom Bell Ringer is the most important job in the world and Oublenmach has no idea what's going on. Seriously, ringing the Doom Bell will flood Mechanicsburg with Jägermonsters. That would be great for Agatha and fun for the Jägers, but how does that benefit Oublenmach?

Girl Genius Discussion Friday - 4-1

(reposted for noobs) From now on, Friday morning will be Girl Genius discussion day here in Hell. Girl Genius updates Monday,Wednesday and Friday, so we can discuss the preceding week, and Girl Genius in general, on Friday.

I highly recommend that anyone not currently enjoying Girl Genius to give it a chance. It's a great story, the art is superb, and the characters are interesting and varied. There is romance, adventure, mad science! and so much to explore with its 10 year backlog. And, according to the authors, we're about halfway through at this point, so there's more to come. So give it a try and stop by on Fridays to share what you've enjoyed so far, ask questions and join in the fun!

This week, we learned something fascinating about Slaver Wasps

Girl Genius Discussion Friday - 3-25

(reposted for noobs) From now on, Friday morning will be Girl Genius discussion day here in Hell. Girl Genius updates Monday,Wednesday and Friday, so we can discuss the preceding week, and Girl Genius in general, on Friday.

I highly recommend that anyone not currently enjoying Girl Genius to give it a chance. It's a great story, the art is superb, and the characters are interesting and varied. There is romance, adventure, mad science! and so much to explore with its 10 year backlog. And, according to the authors, we're about halfway through at this point, so there's more to come. So give it a try and stop by on Fridays to share what you've enjoyed so far, ask questions and join in the fun!

This week, the Jägergenerals prepare to do what Jägermonsters do best, we finally met the impertinent mechanical squid, and Gilgamesh gets serious.

Girl Genius Discussion Friday

(reposted for noobs) From now on, Friday morning will be Girl Genius discussion day here in Hell. Girl Genius updates Monday, Wednesday and Friday, so we can discuss the preceding week, and Girl Genius in general, on Friday.

I highly recommend that anyone not currently enjoying Girl Genius to give it a chance. It's a great story, the art is superb, and the characters are interesting and varied. There is romance, adventure, mad science! and so much to explore with its 10 year backlog. And, according to the authors, we're about halfway through at this point, so there's more to come. So give it a try and stop by on Fridays to share what you've enjoyed so far, ask questions and join in the fun!

This week we learned that a box set of The Young & The Restless would be an excellent present for Jägergeneral Zog, Boris smells like soap and Jägermonsters are not leedle petz, and unlike everybody else in that particular universe, they're not surprised by the identity of the Other.

A New Friday Tradition

From now on, Friday morning will be Girl Genius discussion day here in Hell. Girl Genius updates Monday, Wednesday and Friday, so we can discuss the preceding week, and Girl Genius in general, on Friday.

I highly recommend that anyone not currently enjoying Girl Genius to give it a chance. It's a great story, the art is superb, and the characters are interesting and varied. There is romance, adventure, mad science! and so much to explore with its 10 year backlog. And, according to the authors, we're about halfway through at this point, so there's more to come. So give it a try and stop by on Fridays to share what you've enjoyed so far, ask questions and join in the fun!

I'll start by saying that Maxim is clearly the master of detecting hidden undertones to a conversation.

Do You Know What Day It Is?

It's Girl Genius Day! If you aren't reading it already, you ought to be!

Why are you still here? I don't have Adventure! Romance! and Mad Science! I don't have a newly released book to enjoy. I don't have Jägermonsters*. But this finely crafted and elegant link here, just like the link above, does and it's awesome!

Really? You're still here? Look, just do me a favor and go over there and click on an ad or something, because I need to find out how this all ends. Do you hear me? NEED TO KNOW! If I don't find out how it ends, I will hunt you down and force you to draw me an ending, and neither one of us wants that, now do we?

*You know I don't, because if I did, the next time you heard from me, I'd be on the news demanding your surrender. Your unconditional surrender.

4ö4 Error: Hat Not Found

You know what you've been missing out on? Browsing the internet in Jägerspeak! Seriously, in case you're wondering how I've been maintaining my sanity lately, I've been reading everything as if it were written by Jägers- not that they're at all bigoted, sexist or religious.Convinced of their own superiority, sure, but I would be, too, were I nearly immortal, improbably strong and possessing elegantly pointed ears. Still, Focus on the Family's dreck rendered in a stereotypical bad German accent is amusing rather than enraging.

Hilariously, if you attempt to view a page that won't load, this is the error message you get:

Zis page must uf lozt itz het.

Ah, the wisdom of Jägers.

The Weirdest Thing Happened to Me Today

I walked down to the drug store to use a coupon that expires tomorrow and was approached by two young men, one blond, one with a shaved head, attempting to hand out religious tracts and bottled water by saying, "Want a free bottle of water?"

(a) I'm not taking food or beverage from some random guy on the street and (b) no, I don't want your religious literature, please throw away your own trash.

So I said, "No, thank you," and kept walking.

Blond guy starts to implore me some more, Shaved Head grabs his arm and says, "Forget it, she's a witch."

O_o

So, totally forgetting that I have a Jägermonster sigil on my sleeve (see my profile picture), and not realizing what that would probably look like to the religiously sheltered, I assume he is saying "bitch" without actually saying it, and I stop and say, "Just because you replace the 'b' with a 'w' does not make that an acceptable thing to say about a woman!"

That's right, I caused a scene. I could actually hear my mother desperately hissing don't cause a scene! Too late, mom.

Religious dudes back away from me, almost into traffic, and Shaved Head's all, "I didn't- I didn't"

"How dare you call me a bitch?!"

Now people are stopping to watch. Due to the close proximity of the county courthouse, the federal courthouse and the university, the crowd includes lawyers in suits, defendants in suits and college students.

"No, no a witch!"

"What?!"

"You've got a demon on your arm!"

At this point, I'm pretty sure I've confronted a paranoid schizophrenic and I'm starting to feel bad about it, until a woman in a suit standing next to me taps the pin and says, "I think he means this."

"Oh, the Jägermonster sigil. It's from a-"

"I LOVE GIRL GENIUS!" shout two girls with blue hair and pink hair and tattoos and piercings- college students.

That's right, I found two people who love Girl Genius by starting a scene with a religious nutter. And, despite the fact that I am twice their age and do not have blue or pink hair, they think I am the coolest person evah for wearing the pin everywhere. In fact, I am officially "subversive".

Religious dudes still have no idea what just happened.

How Effin' Cool Am I?

That's right, I'm a Jägersecretary!

I became a much happier person once I accepted my essential dorkdom. If you'd like to be a dork like me, you can have a pin, too.

many thanks to [redacted] for making it all possible!

What Else Haven't You Told Me?!

How come nobody told me about Girl Genius?! It's gorgeous and funny and smart and the princess saves the princes and the day- repeatedly, in really bizarre ways. And it won a Hugo Award. That's a big deal!

Anyway, enjoy a piece that I swear is a sly comment on the difference between Apple and Microsoft.