It's animated.

"If a man knows he is well-hung, he rules the world."

Actually, conventional wisdom would suggest that perhaps a man who rules the world is overcompensating for something.

Discuss.

My skin is finally healing over from that day when you held me.  Slowly, the marks are fading.

We promised we would be happy, but you added that you would forget.

It's not that I don't want to heal.  It's that this was a physical reminder.

I bet if I took 2 years to concentrate on it, I could learn to dance in a ballet of flailing limbs and precariously shifted balance.

A week, they say, is a long time in politics.  This comic originally ran in June 2008.  If it ran today, it would still be considered relevant.

That is perhaps the saddest part of all.

Beanbag337 had such a great post, I figured I would copy it!

1. I'm honorable. I dislike it when people don't keep promises, and I've been told I go to outrageous lengths to keep mine. All may be fair in love, but I do not trick, cheat, or steal.  I don't need to.

2. I'm quick-witted. Do you ever wish that you had that snappy comeback 5 minutes earlier?  Do you ever wish your date would say something when you're getting verbally flayed or when some stranger won't let you get a word in edgewise?  I generally rise to the occasion, and I always like helping my partner look good.  Of course, the one pursuing me will have abundant wit, but it's always nice to have a hand on off days.  At the very least I won't be the one who requires constant rescuing in social situations.

3. I'm a good conversationalist. I write about a wide variety of topics.  This in turn means that I can talk about a wide variety of topics. American Civil War? Asian geopolitics? The Crusades? African piracy? Computer programming? Quantum mechanics? No problem.

4. I'm mysterious. Surely you don't expect me to explain this one.

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[22:47] moritheil: I think I may have lost my right to make fun of random people on the internet who are clueless about dating

Legislators wanted to ban Styrofoam cups, which are often discarded in the river.  However, they cited the wrong kind of plastic and wound up banning Tupperware.

We're only going to see more of this.

I get that they aren't chemically trained.  However, why is it that none of them have any trained chemists on staff?

[15:20] *: The field mouse is fast, but the owl sees at night.
[15:37] moritheil: The wise man pontificates, and the girls close their legs.
[15:37] *: There's nothing sexy about a guy that thinks he knows everything.

When you shouted at me
I saw my father in the second grade
Concerned and kind
But yet unable to reach me