I am enjoying the absurdity of the image of a guard dog sustaining sheep urination.  He has seen this before and the look in his eyes says he is too tired to reprimand the simple woolly creature.  He is jaded, this dog, in my mind.  He is bored of sheep piss.  Come up with some new tricks, sheep, he thinks.  The pissing thing has lost its luster.

Thanks to all for the warm welcomes.  I do indeed enjoy the occasional crab cake.  I've read enough of the archives to be somewhat familiar with the sweeping tangentiality of many of the threads, and I have enjoyed witnessing some of the odd places the conversations eventually find themselves.  In your face, collective thread titles.  Don't try to chain us down to one topic, etc.

Well.  This was unexpected.  I was under the misapprehension that this is mainly a place where people come to discuss a comic written for amusement, not a vehicle through which to semi-anonymously disparage the life choices of others.

Joining the military, whether enlisted or officer, whether rationally considered or as an alternative to Wal-Mart, doesn't somehow add up to bloodlust or a callous heart.  Joining the military doesn't even necessarily mean one supports current foreign policy.  But foreign policy decisions aren't up to the military the way our government is structured, nor should they be.  Moreover, there are a multitude of jobs in the armed services through which one can help provide for the nation's defense without being anything remotely resembling a "hired killer."  You make many assumptions, Mr. Hernandez.

And no, theinevitable, there is no governmental anti-Achewood conspiracy.  Recently, though, due to some network security concerns on campus here, they set up a filter that blocks our access to "questionable" sites (pornography, gambling, illegal miscellany), and for some reason Victoria's Secret's website was apparently among those blocked.  Anyway, female midshipmen who actually wanted to purchase clothing complained and I hear they've since restored access.  I suppose the administration feared network security was at risk so long as midshipmen were ogling the models; it seems they didn't anticipate legitimate purposes among those of the fairer sex here.