"Project: Other"

At my work this week, and probably for the next four months, I'm on "Project: Other." Which sounds a lot cooler than it actually is, if you were also hoping it would be like Project: Mayhem. All it means is that instead of working with my usual group, I'm shoring up the numbers on another product line. (Is that the correct use of "shoring"? I guess it would take like three seconds to look up...to brace or to prop, yeah, that's right. Thought there was an a in there somewhere.)

The upside is, there is overtime available, and since this isn't really my product, I'm more-or-less off the hook as far as errors go. (I usually have a vague idea what I'm doing, but I won't be chastised for honest mistakes.) The downside? A lot less free time. Usually, I write my homemade strips at work, then every other weekend I try to finish at least two weeks' worth.

Luckily, I had thought my internet was going to be down, so I've scheduled some posts for most of the rest of this year. Which is a little creepy for me, to think that if something happens to me, Random Happenstance will keep trucking along for a while. But we've got the usual homemade strips on Wednesdays and a special week set for after Christmas. Then we'll have the Year in Toys on January 1, and I think that's the fourth annual.

And just 'cause it'll cheer me up later, here's the Youngest on Halloween:


We're not going anywhere, we're just busy. And hating it. Back soon!