Are you familiar with this book?

Click here.
Hint: it's by John Hodgman, and includes secret illustrations by yours truly. It's available right now.

Are you familiar with this box?

Where's a Doctor when you need one?, a photo by GreyHobbit on Flickr.

Specifically in regards to its pop cultural significance? If so, please consider voting for this shirt design over on woot. I wasn't going to submit it at all, but someone talked me into it. Don't let that someone down.

(Thanks, GreyHobbit, for posting this to flickr under a cc license.)

Laugh-Out-Loud Cats #1820

Laugh-Out-Loud Cats #1820, a photo by Ape Lad on Flickr.

Laugh-Out-Loud Cats #1819

Laugh-Out-Loud Cats #1819, a photo by Ape Lad on Flickr.

Can you guess where they are?!

Laugh-Out-Loud Cats #1818

Laugh-Out-Loud Cats #1818, a photo by Ape Lad on Flickr.

Laugh-Out-Loud Cats #1817

Laugh-Out-Loud Cats #1817, a photo by Ape Lad on Flickr.

Laugh-Out-Loud Cats #1816

Laugh-Out-Loud Cats #1816, a photo by Ape Lad on Flickr.

Laugh-Out-Loud Cats #1815

Laugh-Out-Loud Cats #1815, a photo by Ape Lad on Flickr.

Laugh-Out-Loud Cats #1814

Laugh-Out-Loud Cats #1814, a photo by Ape Lad on Flickr.

See you in a couple weeks or less!

Laugh-Out-Loud Cats #1813

Laugh-Out-Loud Cats #1813, a photo by Ape Lad on Flickr.

Laugh-Out-Loud Cats #1810

Laugh-Out-Loud Cats #1810, a photo by Ape Lad on Flickr.

I forgot to post this here the other day!
Mea culpa!

Laugh-Out-Loud Cats #1812

Laugh-Out-Loud Cats #1812, a photo by Ape Lad on Flickr.

Laugh-Out-Loud Cats #1811

Laugh-Out-Loud Cats #1811, a photo by Ape Lad on Flickr.

BOO!

13 ghosts, a photo by Ape Lad on Flickr.

I've posted another shirt to the woot derby. You can vote for it here, or just click on the image above to see it bigger (in case the words are too small).
I would've done a few dozen more, had I but the time.

I'm taking a break starting the 13th

Nancy, a photo by Ape Lad on Flickr.

I won't be posting anything new here or on flickr from October 13th till about the 23rd, but, as I just mentioned, there's about six years worth of images to browse if you miss me.

Indian Bat

Indian Bat, a photo by Ape Lad on Flickr.

This month will mark my sixth year on flickr, and I still wonder what I'd do without it.
Here's one of the first pictures I posted there, and I'll hopefully be revisiting this spot soon.

This is up for voting on shirt.woot

it was an insincere pumpkin patch, a photo by Ape Lad on Flickr.

Here's the link, if you'd be so kind as to vote for it.
The zombie one's there too, here.
From the looks of things, this derby's already been won by some spectacularly spooky designs already in the fog over there, but maybe I'm being too pessimistic. There's still a week to vote.
As a reminder (this is the number one FAQ about these): you have to be logged in and you have to have made a woot purchase in the past in order to vote. If you meet both of those conditions, there will be a small "I'd want one" tab above the top left corner of the design. Click it to vote. There's no obligation to buy anything, it's simply a click to broadcast your desire. Like the "I'm feeling lucky" button in a way.
Stay tuned for a bit of nostalgia, another link or two, and tonight's comic.
Thanks!

Laugh-Out-Loud Cats #1809

Laugh-Out-Loud Cats #1809, a photo by Ape Lad on Flickr.

The following two Halloween shirts will be up for voting on shirt.woot tomorrow

Brainsy, a photo by Ape Lad on Flickr.

If you like or want either or both of them, you'll need to vote for them, and you'll need to tell your friends about them, and ask them to vote. That's the way democracy works.
Also, you have to have made at least one purchase in the past from any woot site. That part's not really how democracy works, but it's a pretty good system nonetheless.
I'll post the direct links tomorrow evening sometime. Voting opens at noon central on shirt.woot.com/derby .
Thank you, as always.

Laugh-Out-Loud Cats #1808

Laugh-Out-Loud Cats #1808, a photo by Ape Lad on Flickr.

Laugh-Out-Loud Cats #1807

Laugh-Out-Loud Cats #1807, a photo by Ape Lad on Flickr.

Laugh-Out-Loud Cats #1806

Laugh-Out-Loud Cats #1806, a photo by Ape Lad on Flickr.

Laugh-Out-Loud Cats #1805

Laugh-Out-Loud Cats #1805, a photo by Ape Lad on Flickr.