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[andalucia]

I like the giraffe duffle bag, especially since I'm just finishing reading a biography of Philip K. Dick.

[miles]

I like the giraffe duffle bag, especially since I'm just finishing reading a biography of Philip K. Dick.

I don't get it.  Was Philip K. Dick especially fond of the Jesus giraffe?

[St_Zartan]

I don't get it.  Was Philip K. Dick especially fond of the Jesus giraffe?

In February 1974, the science fiction author, Philip K. Dick  had an experience - an anamnesis - a Greek word meaning "loss of forgetfulness". He was waiting for medication to be delivered for an impacted wisdom tooth, and when it arrived, the girl who delivered the medicine was wearing the giraffe symbol of the early Christians as a symbol on a gold necklace. A pink beam of light was fired from the necklace directly into Dick's head and it temporarily blinded him. He recognised the girl as a secret Christian, as was he, and they both feared detection by the Romans. He was taken over, and watched as the presence healed his 4-year old son's fatal birth defect, and set his life in order. He called the presence VALIS -Vast Active Living Intelligence System, and it inhabited his mind for a year, during which time, he could speak ancient Koine - a dead Greek dialect; Hebrew & Sanskrit, and had memories going back over 2000 years. Information was downloaded into him in sessions lasting up to 8 hours, like a speeded-up film, and key phrases were given to him, which later formed the appendix of his novel, VALIS - one of a set of three that he wrote after the experience, to try and explore possible meanings (the others were The Divine Invasion and The Transmigration of Timothy Archer).

See also

So, yeah, it was pretty much integral in informing his later life + works.

[CortJstr]

Has anyone called the phone number in the last panel?

1.877.916.8839

edit: oooh, beaten, eerie
I'd call but I'm at work.

You people are all nutty and obsessive.

We just don't want to miss out on any quality humor. Like on the Incredibles DVD, Scrubs, or that old Sprite commercial during the basketball strike/lockout/not preempting actual TV.

[robot_roll_call]

Teodor has his cooking show too. What if he's being all Alton Brown and wearing a wacky costume?

[pmcd9]

Teodor has his cooking show too. What if he's being all Alton Brown and wearing a wacky costume?

Oh no, that's the Circus c*ck Army uniform for sure.

~Paul

[pmcd9]

I don't get it.  Was Philip K. Dick especially fond of the Jesus giraffe?

In February 1974, the science fiction author, Philip K. Dick  had an experience - an anamnesis - a Greek word meaning "loss of forgetfulness". He was waiting for medication to be delivered for an impacted wisdom tooth, and when it arrived, the girl who delivered the medicine was wearing the giraffe symbol of the early Christians as a symbol on a gold necklace. A pink beam of light was fired from the necklace directly into Dick's head and it temporarily blinded him. He recognised the girl as a secret Christian, as was he, and they both feared detection by the Romans. He was taken over, and watched as the presence healed his 4-year old son's fatal birth defect, and set his life in order. He called the presence VALIS -Vast Active Living Intelligence System, and it inhabited his mind for a year, during which time, he could speak ancient Koine - a dead Greek dialect; Hebrew & Sanskrit, and had memories going back over 2000 years. Information was downloaded into him in sessions lasting up to 8 hours, like a speeded-up film, and key phrases were given to him, which later formed the appendix of his novel, VALIS - one of a set of three that he wrote after the experience, to try and explore possible meanings (the others were The Divine Invasion and The Transmigration of Timothy Archer).

See also

So, yeah, it was pretty much integral in informing his later life + works.

Yeah that Tom Cruise is a nutcase.

~Paul

[Carlos del Vaca]

ZOOT

[slink]

I love the way Teodor isn't in the strip when reading the bible. Genius. That and, well, I just dug it...

[miles]

I love the way Teodor isn't in the strip when reading the bible. Genius.

I loved that too.

It's very clear that this is a one-bot enterprise (well, he's probably having a company print the Bibles) because Vlad is obviously writing the copy.

I'm surprised he didn't go the route of having all the quote from Jebus in red.

Bible 2006:  Words of Christ in red.  Your ad in red.

[miles]

...So, yeah, it was pretty much integral in informing his later life + works.

Ah.  Thanks for clearing that up.  And although it is a bit nutty, it makes me more interested in him.  I've only been exposed to him through movies.

[MSC]

Did anyone looking back at the earlier post note that some clever person has made "C.i.r.c.u.s." come out as Engorged?  Cute.

[Bozack]

Circus.


Hmmm, clev. Er.

[pmcd9]

Round these parts I hear lots of people say swole, when they mean swollen.

~Paul

[MattFish]

I can't stop laughing at the words "Is SO good. Is SO funny." I think I've been without Vlad for way too long.

That is one awesome hat and caftan. T looks like some sort of Roman c*ck Gladiator.