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Nice Talking to Me

Charles
March 12, 2013 at 3:24 am
Tom…. Dude… Just… You don’t know how to do jocular teasing. Just stop right now.

This is why every single one of your characters is an asshole.

Jocular? Jerk-ular is more like it. Yes, we fellas like to engage in good-natured ball busting with our buddies. In fact, the closer the friendship, the more outrageous the kidding. But it’s supposed to be reciprocal. Sleepy-looking, mopey Pete is always on the receiving end of Darin’s zingers.Even saying hi to the folks at home is too much trouble for Darin. And that twisted smirk on his face for the last three days makes me want to reach through my monitor and Pete’s to punch Darin’s lights out.

Town Without Petey

If one’s goal in life is to be a writer of comic books, I just can’t imagine what would be a higher pinnacle of success than living and working in Metropolis itself, writing the adventures of Superman! Yep,
working at DC Comics looks like a dream job, all right. Yet Pete still can’t find a woman and he doesn’t know why.

(Hatchet) FaceTime

A mere phone call won’t do for techie Darin; he receives his bestie Pete’s consolation via videoconferencing! And providing a straight answer to the straightforward question “How’s he doing” is simply too much to ask.

No Direction 'Bone

Don’t know if the book signing‘s been canceled or if it just hasn’t taken place yet. Meanwhile Harry and Becky view the wares on display, including “a GPS system for your trombone section.” Because if you’ve seen Animal House, you remember that trombonists have a terrible sense of direction.

Happy Valentine’s Day from SoSF!

Now I.C.U., Now I Don't

It’s plausible, I guess, for the next of kin to return to the hospital and not know that their loved one’s been moved to another unit. I can even accept that a hospital’s information system might temporarily be down (evil, evil technology!). What I can’t imagine is a hospital visitor, being directed to the fifth floor, asking “are the elevators working?” It’s kind of a given. Darin’s stupid, unnecessary question gets the slit-eyed, mock-polite, passive-aggressive reply it so richly deserves.