I'm pretty sure panel three is Doc Andretti and his mom. It took me a minute, since he's out of his lab coat and, uh, disc-shaped doctor head thing, but the glasses match up. And maybe she's wearing a pashmina? I know little of such things.

When I first glanced at this strip, before even taking in any of the words, my eyes gravitated to the little hovel in the fourth panel. Immediately, my thought was, "Oh. Ray is upset with himself after the Disneyland debacle and has moved into a cottage upon some wind-blasted heath as penance."

And that was... exactly what the strip was about. I'm not exactly sure what this says about my mind.

I'm a fan of the subtitles' apparent need to explain, in panel three, that Ray is (standing).

I enjoy Pat twirling his finger as he says "Nuh-uh, mister!" The dude should just come out of the closet already.

Ew, you go to Williams? Wesleyan spits at you!

In any case, that article has made me take a careful look at my own writing and tone down the affectation. I... I don't want to be that guy.

They let a five-year-old Otter watch their two-week-old baby?

Awesome.

I find Doc Andretti hilarious. Nice strip.

Heh. My favorite bit is definitely Ray saying "Ring!" and freaking Teodor out.