tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39695483209488637812024-03-14T04:33:08.158-04:00Nightmarishly ElasticA Comic by Adam RobbinsAdamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12220555770500647271noreply@blogger.comBlogger72125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3969548320948863781.post-26705980270867800942010-03-26T10:50:00.024-04:002011-08-14T16:29:47.674-04:00X-Rays and Happy MealsI'm-a-try something new here.
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<br />There's no comic today. Just a text update. I had a couple of comics ready to go in mid February, but stuff came up and I had to put the pen down for a bit. Unfortunately, once you get out of a comics routine, it's hard to get back. There's some new ideas a'cookin and hopefully I'll find some time to put pen to paper and draw more comics soon.
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<br />In the meantime, I have a fun story to share.<a name='more'></a>
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<br />I work at an orthopaedics research lab. Without getting into too much detail, a project I'm involved with requires my coworkers and I to look at the leg bones of mice with an X-ray. The mice are anesthetized during the brief process. In order to make for an effective X-ray image, we needed to devise a way to keep their limbs outstretched. Solution? Use medical tape to gently hold them to a flat surface without screwing up the X-ray.
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<br />But what surface would we use? Kai, who is visiting the lab for a year from China, handed me three candidate materials: The cardboard lid of a test tube box, a plastic lid from another small box, and a thin plate of glass. We decided to test all three on some object. Looking at my desk, I found a few things to choose from.
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<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YTGjEg_iGjw/S6zUL71pgvI/AAAAAAAACqY/P80_DnP8tks/s1600/DSCN0056.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YTGjEg_iGjw/S6zUL71pgvI/AAAAAAAACqY/P80_DnP8tks/s400/DSCN0056.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452966550345188082" /></a><div align="center"><small>My workspace.</small></div>
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<br />There was an obvious choice to be made here. But I was able to rationalize it practically. The prosperity charm and the wedding snowglobe both had glass (or... lucite?), which could bend the rays and affect our readings. The Millennium Falcon was not only plastic, but it had a few screws and even a spring inside - that's right, the Millennium Falcon shoots across a table on wheels when you squeeze this grippy-do taht attaches to the back. It's awesome.
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<br />Side note: <i>Why</i> do I have assorted Chinese tchotchkes on my desk?
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<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YTGjEg_iGjw/S6zfXqV8hgI/AAAAAAAACqo/zP5zF-r_4Rw/s1600/DSCN0053a.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 343px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YTGjEg_iGjw/S6zfXqV8hgI/AAAAAAAACqo/zP5zF-r_4Rw/s400/DSCN0053a.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452978846435149314" /></a><div align="center"><small>...and on my wall?</small></div>
<br />The overwhelming majority of the other people in my lab are Chinese. About a week after I started working here in September, a new researcher joined, also from China. Her English was okay, but she needed a pocket translator every now and then. She gave me the prosperity charm, saying that it is good luck for "earning a lot of money." When I asked what animal it was on there, she typed something into her translator and pointed to the result on the screen: "Shit." I kept a straight face. Perhaps it's a bull? And that translator is totally programmed with slang? Maybe it's a pig. I have no idea. I recently learned from a friend that animals in ancient Chinese art don't look like their natural counterparts because most artists didn't bother to go out and look at actual living animals; there was just a traditional way to draw each one, and that's what everyone did. Weird.
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<br />So that's my Shit charm. Next to it, is a snowglobe. When Jingming, who also shares my office, got married, she brought in several of those to give out, along with some Hershey Kisses in a tiny mesh pouch attached to the globe. Inside the globe is a tiny groom carrying a tiny bride. There's lots of hearts and characters for "Double Happiness" along the side. It's cute.
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<br />Finally, above my screen is a tassle with the character for "Good Luck." Kai gave it to me for Chinese New Year. He has a fish version hanging on the wall over his screen. He and I are Good Luck Tassle Buddies.
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<br />I think I'm going to have to bring in some matzah for everyone next week.
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<br />Which brings me to <b>The Millennium Falcon!</b> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YTGjEg_iGjw/S60caNdHFDI/AAAAAAAACsA/e0TDbd88WsQ/s1600/DSCN0017a.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YTGjEg_iGjw/S60caNdHFDI/AAAAAAAACsA/e0TDbd88WsQ/s400/DSCN0017a.JPG" border="0" alt="Yeah, I know, Chewie and Han sit on opposite sides. Shush." title="Yeah, I know, Chewie and Han sit on opposite sides. Shush." id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453045960429474866" /></a>On a drive from NYC to Providence last month, my car made a pit stop. Not hungry (or self-loathing) enough for a full McDonald's meal, but still wanting one of their Star Wars happy meal toys on display, I ordered a Mighty Kids meal. With fingers crossed and all the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Force_%28Star_Wars%29#Midi-chlorians_and_the_Chosen_One">midi-chlorians</a> in my body influencing the cashier, I hoped the Millennium Falcon was the toy of the day. It was. Victory.
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<br />BUT I DIGRESS! Having selected the prime candidate for my X-ray experiment, I gathered the necessary materials and went down to the animal lab.
<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YTGjEg_iGjw/S6zpSyu61yI/AAAAAAAACq4/lCzx8xIkLLU/s1600/DSCN0022.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YTGjEg_iGjw/S6zpSyu61yI/AAAAAAAACq4/lCzx8xIkLLU/s400/DSCN0022.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452989757904312098" /></a>
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<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YTGjEg_iGjw/S6zp1Adtf6I/AAAAAAAACrA/QswUEnPpqcc/s1600/DSCN0024.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YTGjEg_iGjw/S6zp1Adtf6I/AAAAAAAACrA/QswUEnPpqcc/s400/DSCN0024.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452990345705783202" /></a><div align="center"><small>Suited up and ready to go!</small></div>
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<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YTGjEg_iGjw/S6zuyr7Yz_I/AAAAAAAACrI/0YZBnfNdVXI/s1600/DSCN0026.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YTGjEg_iGjw/S6zuyr7Yz_I/AAAAAAAACrI/0YZBnfNdVXI/s400/DSCN0026.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452995803391512562" /></a><div align="center"><small>Xin was already working at the X-ray machine, but he let me use it between scans.</small></div>
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<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YTGjEg_iGjw/S60JghKYAqI/AAAAAAAACrQ/CCqSDtwC9Bc/s1600/DSCN0029.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YTGjEg_iGjw/S60JghKYAqI/AAAAAAAACrQ/CCqSDtwC9Bc/s400/DSCN0029.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453025178077889186" /></a><div align="center"><small>Wait, the X-ray machine has <i>lasers</i> too? It's a very good day to be a lab tech.</small></div>
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<br />Moments away from scanning the ship, it felt good to succeed where Darth Vader failed.
<br /><p align="center"><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/N4_BUp_vuUs&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/N4_BUp_vuUs&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><div align="center"><small>Alas, the scanning crew was never able to finish the --- <i>*turns and walks away*</i></small></div>
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<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YTGjEg_iGjw/S60LNfb2OLI/AAAAAAAACrY/9wVV2t_jiaM/s1600/DSCN0038.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YTGjEg_iGjw/S60LNfb2OLI/AAAAAAAACrY/9wVV2t_jiaM/s400/DSCN0038.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453027050220042418" /></a><div align="center"><small>Three quadrants covered plus one control. Mmm, Science!</small></div>
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<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YTGjEg_iGjw/S60NRZ2eoaI/AAAAAAAACrg/zintCVtnwr0/s1600/DSCN0032.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YTGjEg_iGjw/S60NRZ2eoaI/AAAAAAAACrg/zintCVtnwr0/s400/DSCN0032.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453029316463862178" /></a><div align="center"><small><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djZFHTa6TfA">Commence primary ignition.</a></small></div>
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<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YTGjEg_iGjw/S60QUzcwDGI/AAAAAAAACro/P47aF547Oig/s1600/DSCN0043a.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YTGjEg_iGjw/S60QUzcwDGI/AAAAAAAACro/P47aF547Oig/s400/DSCN0043a.JPG" border="0" title="The results are going to be published in an article entitled 'The obstructive nature of various materials when used in OH MY GOD I GOT TO X-RAY THE MILLENNIUM FALCON.'" alt="The results are going to be published in an article entitled 'The obstructive nature of various materials when used in OH MY GOD I GOT TO X-RAY THE MILLENNIUM FALCON.'"id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453032673409764450" /></a><div align="center"><small>Conclusion: Cardboard rocks!</small></div>
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<br />My objective completed, it was time to return upstairs with my findings.
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<br />Hahahaha... just kidding! It was time to take some pictures of the Millennium Falcon around the animal lab!
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<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YTGjEg_iGjw/S60Vep29e-I/AAAAAAAACrw/XmvRW4aFHB4/s1600/DSCN0044a.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YTGjEg_iGjw/S60Vep29e-I/AAAAAAAACrw/XmvRW4aFHB4/s400/DSCN0044a.JPG" border="0" title="Rejected booze names: 'Forest Moonshine' and 'That's no Moon-shine.'" alt="Rejected booze names: 'Forest Moonshine' and 'That's no Moon-shine.'""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453038340192173026" /></a><div align="center"><small>Just to be safe, it was wiped down.</small></div>
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<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YTGjEg_iGjw/S60WghdnnQI/AAAAAAAACr4/5IyeXeyxmxc/s1600/DSCN0047.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YTGjEg_iGjw/S60WghdnnQI/AAAAAAAACr4/5IyeXeyxmxc/s400/DSCN0047.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453039471809764610" /></a><div align="center"><small>Don't worry. The cage was empty. Plus, mice <a href="http://www.fanboy.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/starwars-mice-04.jpg">prefer</a> the back seat of X-Wings. (<a href="http://www.fanboy.com/2009/03/star-wars-mice-invade-etsy.html">Source</a>)</small></div>Adamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12220555770500647271noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3969548320948863781.post-8969564258335840052010-02-04T00:26:00.005-05:002010-02-04T01:29:48.155-05:00AvatarOkay, it's been long enough. Has everyone seen Avatar yet? Yeah? Good.<br /><br /><img src="http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b161/AdamHRobbins/Nightmarishly%20Elastic/NightElasts3e4-1.jpg" alt="And then I had to explain to the DMV guy how I got my hair stuck in the ignition. THAT was fun..." title="And then I had to explain to the DMV guy how I got my hair stuck in the ignition. THAT was fun...">Adamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12220555770500647271noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3969548320948863781.post-72873556696138209672010-01-25T13:14:00.007-05:002010-01-25T13:34:22.391-05:00Diamonds!<img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_YTGjEg_iGjw/S13iW-IX_WI/AAAAAAAAChI/TBdKBGaMYFo/s800/NightElast%20s3e3.jpg" title="Worse News: It started as coal. You might want to relax every now and then, buddy..." alt="Worse News: It started as coal. You might want to relax every now and then, buddy..."><br /><p>I think the title of the article below is interesting from a science journalism point of view. The direct accomplishment of the study was about the qualities of liquid diamond, a state that is very difficult to achieve. Because of this research, we now know that solid diamonds, like frozen water, are less dense than their liquid counterpart. And the conditions to achieve this are insane (Reminder: They <span style="font-style:italic;">melted</span> a diamond with <span style="font-style:italic;">LASERS</span>!), BUT similar conditions happen to exist on Uranus and Neptune. And based on other studies showing a fair amount of carbon on those planets, the hypothesis that they may have giant diamond oceans and diamond icebergs now has some more evidence supporting it.<br /><br />Ah, Science!<br /><br />Source:<br /><a href="http://news.discovery.com/space/diamond-oceans-jupiter-uranus.html">Diamond Oceans Possible on Uranus, Neptune</a>Adamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12220555770500647271noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3969548320948863781.post-48250945993343234792010-01-22T01:33:00.007-05:002011-09-02T09:26:48.582-04:00Nerd Cred<img src="http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b161/AdamHRobbins/Nightmarishly%20Elastic/NightElasts3e2-BOLD.jpg" alt="It was that or ''Ligating Oncogenic Luciferase: Cases And Test Studies''" title="It was that or ''Ligating Oncogenic Luciferase: Cases And Test Studies''" >
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<br /><p><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">References:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">
<br /></span></p><p></p><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonic_Hedgehog">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonic_Hedgehog</a></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">McDonald, Kate (19 Jan 2009) "<a href="http://www.lifescientist.com.au/article/273516/robotnikinin_takes_sonic_hedgehog">Robotnikin takes on Sonic hedgehog</a>". Australian Life Scientist.</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Simonite, T. (15 Dec 2005) "Pokémon Blocks Gene Name". </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Nature</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">438</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">, 897</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Astley, R. (Aug 1987) <a href="http://tinyurl.com/2g9mgh">http://tinyurl.com/2g9mgh</a></span></li></ul>Adamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12220555770500647271noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3969548320948863781.post-85562652156808471492010-01-16T13:53:00.004-05:002010-01-16T14:01:44.580-05:00Season Premiere<img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_YTGjEg_iGjw/S1ILyYS9SII/AAAAAAAACec/DsWygN8n2qw/s800/NightElast_s2e1.jpg" alt="That beard should not have lasted as long as it did." title="That beard should not have lasted as long as it did."><br />I'm starting it back up! Hopefully I can pump out 2-3 per week.Adamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12220555770500647271noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3969548320948863781.post-69548093650582756602009-05-29T23:41:00.005-04:002010-01-16T14:09:07.903-05:00The Van Wickle Gates Beckon<img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_YTGjEg_iGjw/SiCqbzgxFHI/AAAAAAAAB-0/C5mGEM1PVhg/s800/NightmarishlyElastic_Grad.jpg" title="And by 5-year reunion, I mean every year up till and including the 5th year. And beyond. You can't keep me away, Brown. :)" alt="And by 5-year reunion, I mean every year up till and including the 5th year. And beyond. You can't keep me away, Brown. :)"><br /><br />This comic originally appeared in the Commencement Issue of the <a href="http://www.browndailyherald.com">Brown Daily Herald</a>. <s>Since I have graduated, this is likely the last edition of Nightmarishly Elastic. Thanks for reading! :)</s> <b>EDIT 1/16/10:</b> Woohoo! It's back!Adamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12220555770500647271noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3969548320948863781.post-73457696692220054802008-12-05T02:11:00.003-05:002008-12-05T02:19:37.350-05:00Bailout. Yer doin it rong.<img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_YTGjEg_iGjw/STjUshGJWEI/AAAAAAAABeg/AYSW4x7zGC8/s400/AdamRobbins-Bailout_WEB.jpg" title="We wrote u a plan fur how we gunna YOOZE the munneh, but we ated it. :(" alt="We wrote u a plan fur how we gunna YOOZE the munneh, but we ated it. :(">Adamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12220555770500647271noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3969548320948863781.post-76158650055437577162008-10-31T01:09:00.003-04:002008-11-24T19:45:37.289-05:00Halloween Costumes<img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_YTGjEg_iGjw/SQqAko3M-YI/AAAAAAAABcE/QCVOzaXuuUY/s800/Nightmarishly_Elastic_10-31.jpg" alt="Joker Palin, Hunter Palin, and President Palin are actually her choice for her next three babies' names." title="Joker Palin, Hunter Palin, and President Palin are actually her choice for her next three babies' names."><br /><br />Originally published in the 10-31-08 issue of the <a href="http://www.browndailyherald.com">Brown Daily Herald</a>.Adamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12220555770500647271noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3969548320948863781.post-7221696385550881352008-10-31T01:02:00.002-04:002008-10-31T01:09:30.533-04:00Crunchy or Puffed?<img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_YTGjEg_iGjw/SQqAiY0zJpI/AAAAAAAABcA/FzLoSfuN1yo/s800/NightmarishlyElastic_10-28.jpg" alt="It's true. The more legit the company, the better the puffed and the worse the crunchy. And while puffed Cheetos are still great, puffed in GENERAL kicks crunchy's ass." title="It's true. The more legit the company, the better the puffed and the worse the crunchy. And while puffed Cheetos are still great, puffed in GENERAL kicks crunchy's ass."><br /><br />Originally published in the October 28th edition of the <a href="http://media.www.browndailyherald.com/media/storage/paper472/news/2008/10/28/Comics/Comics-3510136.shtml">Brown Daily Herald</a>.Adamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12220555770500647271noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3969548320948863781.post-31246976288366847192008-10-27T10:25:00.002-04:002008-11-24T19:45:37.290-05:00Newspapers<img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/AdamHRobbins/SQXPOx7BkaI/AAAAAAAABaw/2p9cKavTjvQ/s400/AdamRobbins10-27-08.jpg" title="Nothing to do in Alaska but speed read..." alt="Nothing to do in Alaska but speed read..."><br /><br />Originally published in the Oct. 27th issue of the <a href="http://media.www.browndailyherald.com/media/storage/paper472/news/2008/10/27/EditorialCartoon/Editorial.Cartoon-3507288.shtml">Brown Daily Herald</a>. It's fun to whip up an edit cartoon in 5 mins or less. :)Adamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12220555770500647271noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3969548320948863781.post-23415115293187102812008-09-11T16:18:00.004-04:002008-09-11T16:32:35.890-04:00Sounds Like...<img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/AdamHRobbins/SMl52tgfXKI/AAAAAAAABYw/1d8yVsD4bvE/s800/NightElast_9.11.08.jpg" alt="Every word in this title text is a heterophone. Wow!" title="Every word in this title text is a heterophone. Wow!">Adamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12220555770500647271noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3969548320948863781.post-51425276475725055982008-09-05T16:13:00.000-04:002008-09-11T16:17:51.995-04:00Mail Room Blues<img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/AdamHRobbins/SMl51HGEjLI/AAAAAAAABYo/wwYtxqrdVLk/s400/Edit%20Toon%209_05_08.jpg" alt="Instead of 75 Waterman St, things are now addressed to 69 Brown St." title="Instead of 75 Waterman St, things are now addressed to 69 Brown St.">Adamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12220555770500647271noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3969548320948863781.post-90631754231662961222008-09-04T09:00:00.004-04:002008-11-24T19:45:37.291-05:00Paliphant<img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/AdamHRobbins/SMl50y7eojI/AAAAAAAABYg/jbYkbjhFp4Y/s400/Edit%20Toon_09_04_08.jpg" title="Did Palin actually DO anything as Commander-in-Chief of her state's National Guard? 'Alaska,' but I don't think I'll get a straight answer..." alt="Did Palin actually DO anything as Commander-in-Chief of her state's National Guard? 'Alaska,' but I don't think I'll get a straight answer...">Adamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12220555770500647271noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3969548320948863781.post-51305185538639104472008-07-20T15:48:00.004-04:002008-11-24T19:44:44.566-05:00summer@Brown<img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/AdamHRobbins/SIOWjKPL4UI/AAAAAAAABXk/0EqSIedkP7o/s800/NightElast_7.21.08.jpg" alt="Or, of course, ghosts of monkey butlers." title="Or, of course, ghosts of monkey butlers."/><br /><br />11/24/08 Edit: Spraying too much deodorant is not only repulsive... you could <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,456664,00.html">die</a>!Adamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12220555770500647271noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3969548320948863781.post-65357283843937338842008-04-18T10:02:00.002-04:002008-04-18T16:04:40.714-04:00Fun Hats<img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/AdamHRobbins/SAipqiyqRNI/AAAAAAAABI4/RbYB1pjJ-MY/s800/NightElast_4_18_08.jpg" alt="His sous-chef has a Swiss Army Spatula" title="His sous-chef has a Swiss Army Spatula"/>Adamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12220555770500647271noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3969548320948863781.post-76544054191126524712008-04-17T01:53:00.003-04:002008-04-18T00:37:54.722-04:00It's good to be Pope.<img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/AdamHRobbins/SAblJCyqRMI/AAAAAAAABIs/de01ayqTR9s/s800/NightElast_4_17_08.jpg" alt="Okay, you caught me. This is more along the lines of 'What would I do if I were infallible...." title="Okay, you caught me. This is more along the lines of 'What would I do if I were infallible...."/>Adamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12220555770500647271noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3969548320948863781.post-75678148343594650612008-04-17T01:49:00.002-04:002008-04-17T01:53:49.101-04:00Confection Inventions<img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/AdamHRobbins/SAblIyyqRLI/AAAAAAAABIk/FWEaFhGNWFQ/s800/NightElast_4_16_08.jpg" alt="Homemade Pull-n-Peel? Not a good idea, unfortunately." title="Homemade Pull-n-Peel? Not a good idea, unfortunately."/>Adamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12220555770500647271noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3969548320948863781.post-76342864194659112472008-04-15T01:27:00.002-04:002008-04-15T01:45:08.123-04:00Dr. Giant<img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/AdamHRobbins/SAQ-UCyqRKI/AAAAAAAABIc/3s--yn9rqxg/s800/NightElast_4_15_08.jpg" alt="When the giant ate the doctor, the ophthalmologist saw it coming, the internist knew it in his gut, and orthopedist felt it in her bones. Then the giant ate them, too." title="When the giant ate the doctor, the ophthalmologist saw it coming, the internist knew it in his gut, and orthopedist felt it in her bones. Then the giant ate them, too."/>Adamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12220555770500647271noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3969548320948863781.post-73962014839637092112008-04-14T03:01:00.003-04:002008-04-14T03:15:40.988-04:00Spring Weekend was Fun<img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/AdamHRobbins/SAMCbyyqRJI/AAAAAAAABIU/-B86H39aixo/s800/NightElast_4_14_08.jpg" alt="Did they try this already? It seems like it might have fallen through the cracks." title="Did they try this already? It seems like it might have fallen through the cracks."/>Adamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12220555770500647271noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3969548320948863781.post-70034721526780385892008-03-14T04:06:00.003-04:002008-03-14T04:24:21.181-04:00Happy Pi Day!<img src="http://lh3.google.com/AdamHRobbins/R9ozpjsKxxI/AAAAAAAABGg/GfgzkU9TqQ8/s800/NightElast_3_14_08.jpg" alt="101 0100 110 1000 110 0001 110 1110 110 1011 111 0011 010 1100 010 0000 101 0111 110 1001 110 1011 110 1001 111 0000 110 0101 110 0100 110 1001 110 0001 010 0001" title="101 0100 110 1000 110 0001 110 1110 110 1011 111 0011 010 1100 010 0000 101 0111 110 1001 110 1011 110 1001 111 0000 110 0101 110 0100 110 1001 110 0001 010 0001"/>Adamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12220555770500647271noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3969548320948863781.post-60781244489478373922008-03-13T03:45:00.002-04:002008-03-13T03:53:54.021-04:00Big Shoes? ....Big Socks.<img src="http://lh3.google.com/AdamHRobbins/R9jbwDsKxwI/AAAAAAAABGY/Yw4wfKjkomE/s800/NightElast_3_13_08.jpg" alt="Having so many children that you don't know what to do is no way to plan a family, Old Woman." title="Having so many children that you don't know what to do is no way to plan a family, Old Woman."/>Adamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12220555770500647271noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3969548320948863781.post-41121287595946568862008-03-12T17:26:00.003-04:002008-03-12T17:46:53.862-04:00Don't Piss Away Your Vote<img src="http://lh5.google.com/AdamHRobbins/R9hNhjsKxvI/AAAAAAAABGQ/6V-y2clfapQ/s800/NightElast_3_12_08.jpg" alt="I know you're curious, Frank, but that question could have waited till after the program." title="I know you're curious, Frank, but that question could have waited till after the program."/>Adamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12220555770500647271noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3969548320948863781.post-91526689905714822162008-03-11T04:16:00.003-04:002008-03-11T04:23:27.424-04:00Damn Wind<img src="http://lh6.google.com/AdamHRobbins/R9Y_99F4GnI/AAAAAAAABGI/ml8H9Up6lTk/s800/NightElast_3_11_08.jpg" alt="Seriously, it begins its attacks as soon as you turn onto Thayer from George." title="Seriously, it begins its attacks as soon as you turn onto Thayer from George."/><br /><br />So I was an idiot and accidentally sent the .png file to the Herald, which wasn't cropped to the final .jpg product, so the print version very well might have an extra margin on top that contains sketches of evil eyes. Oh well. All the cool kids read this online anyway.Adamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12220555770500647271noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3969548320948863781.post-11654099801771920042008-03-10T15:40:00.004-04:002008-03-10T15:45:58.664-04:00Memories that Last a Lifetime<img src="http://lh6.google.com/AdamHRobbins/R9WN0NF4GmI/AAAAAAAABGA/epq6dpYvgJY/s800/NightElast_3_10_08.jpg" alt="Other things to consider: Memory Foam Pillows, a 2 Gigabyte Memory Card, and a photo album entitled 'Precious Memories.'" title="Other things to consider: Memory Foam Pillows, a 2 Gigabyte Memory Card, and a photo album entitled 'Precious Memories.'"/>Adamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12220555770500647271noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3969548320948863781.post-5235648619214070292008-02-21T01:49:00.002-05:002008-02-21T01:53:03.481-05:00Goodnight Moon<img src="http://lh4.google.com/AdamHRobbins/R70eR3nXQFI/AAAAAAAABEc/fzwek7Pn2ic/s800/NightElast_2_21_08.jpg" alt="Cookie-Man's archnemesis? The Milk Man, of course." title="Cookie-Man's archnemesis? The Milk Man, of course."/>Adamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12220555770500647271noreply@blogger.com0