We actually had a different strip planned for Tuesday, but as fate would have it, Jim needed to put in a water filter on our kitchen sink. He had done this project done before a few years back, with the same filter model in fact, so he expected it to go quickly. His plan was to get it up, and then finish off our scheduled comic. We expected it (the strip) to be a few hours late, but considering we are slowly on the mend from all being sick and playing catch-up in the various areas of our life, we hoped our readers would understand. Of course, as Murphy’s Law dictates, the project which was to take a few hours ended up taking a LOT longer. I can actually report that Jim gave up on it last night, and is in the midst of completing the project as this update is going up. As the project stretched from “I’ll be done in another hour” to “I have no idea when the heck I’m gonna finish this,” I couldn’t let the irony of the situation slip by, so I decided to forego our planned strip and draw one about the situation. Living in an old house, we are used to this type of thing. Though, from what I have heard from others, this is a common occurrence. Even though we come to expect this, every time we hit a big unexpected delay, it’s still upsetting.

On Thursday, we will be starting the storyline featuring our 100th strip contest winner, Evil Couch. Unfortunately, it took us this long to get to it because we didn’t want to simply do a cameo, but wanted to incorporate him into the strip. A real-life incident actually gave us some good material for the arc we’re planning. Be sure to check back.