Oh I’m aware 😉 I have an old copy of his short story compilation, “Buy Jupiter” and he comes right out and says it in the author’s notes.

Longest shaggy dog story ever.

That smug little smile in the last panel gives me life

I think we skipped a day

The original definitely said “hell”

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Whooo, reverse 🌈 on a 5/5

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“You and me”
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This one took a sec after I figured out green and blue

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“Best of the best”
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Didn’t love the spangram.

Ok, seriously, how was purple “harder” than blue today???

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Michael Binkley 🙂

Finally back to the RR!

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The only thing I could sink about.

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Huh, they rated this one 5/5 for difficulty, but I didn’t think it was that bad. Misjudged blue vs purple though.

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