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Posted on September 12, 2026 by murphy

Back in the day, ordering comics was an extremely analog and inefficient process. Every month we’d get a catalogue of everything that was coming out about two months’ hence. We’d have to go through and place our orders and lock … Continue reading →

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Fub Fact Friday: DBF.

Posted on September 11, 2026 by murphy

There are an astonishing number of movies and books that depict submarine warfare involving two submerged hunter-killers in a deadly game of cat and mouse that ends with one taking a torpedo amidships, sending the crew to Davy Jones’ locker. … Continue reading →

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Fub facts.

Posted on September 11, 2026 by murphy

I’ve always had a mind like Velcro for information. I used to go down rabbit holes before smartphones made it so easy to facilitate that practice; as a kid, even, I’d spend afternoons in the library reading up on any … Continue reading →

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Might need a pass.

Posted on September 10, 2026 by murphy

Feeling a bit bummed out this evening. Excited, but also bummed; you can’t embark on a new opportunity without leaving behind an old one. So I’m not sure I’ll be in the proper mindset to do much writing this evening, … Continue reading →

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I’m not even mad, that’s amazing.

Posted on September 9, 2026 by murphy

Around the turn of the century, I got a job in accounts payable for a major regional bank. It was delightfully low-tech; we’d process paper invoices (for the most part) and our batches would issue payments via printed checks that … Continue reading →

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On employment.

Posted on September 8, 2026 by murphy

In 48 hours, I will be unemployed. I wanted to be all cool and say “two days and a wake-up” but that’s not really the case. My tenure ends at 5:00PM Thursday, not the next morning. I won’t have to … Continue reading →

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My favorite customer ever.

Posted on September 7, 2026 by murphy

It was a busy Thursday afternoon, and I looked down to see an adorable little boy, maybe eight or nine years old, approaching the counter. His mom stood a ways behind him as he walked up to me; clearly he … Continue reading →

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The Story So Far.

Posted on September 6, 2026 by murphy

I installed a word count plugin in the dashboard, and was pleasantly surprised to see that in a little over a week I’ve racked up 10,000 words on this thing, putting me solidly in novelette territory. Admittedly, the lion’s share … Continue reading →

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Maybe J. Jonah was right.

Posted on September 5, 2026 by murphy

It was a slow Monday in the comic shop. One of my coworkers, Will, was busying himself making a list of the gamebooks we needed to reorder, and I was flipping through the Diamond catalog trying to figure out what … Continue reading →

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A Tale of Two Transcripts.

Posted on September 4, 2026 by murphy

My absolute best day as a transcriptionist came when the broker sent me a file that was tagged as academia. Most of what I used to do was media, TV shows and movies (and a lot of reality TV in … Continue reading →

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