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Okay.. I will admit to not having seen or read much Shakespeare but I think I might. I bet there’s an audiobook for “Henry V” at my library.

Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more;
Or close the wall up with our English dead.
In peace there’s nothing so becomes a man
As modest stillness and humility:
But when the blast of war blows in our ears,
Then imitate the action of the tiger;
Stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood,
Disguise fair nature with hard-favour’d rage;
Then lend the eye a terrible aspect;

That’s heavy stuff and I think I need to take it slow because I want to know what he is deeply trying to say.

That a modest and humble man must imitate the tiger during times of trouble. They must let the rage show in their eyes.

Have I done enough to let my rage show?

For there is none of you so mean and base,
That hath not noble lustre in your eyes.
I see you stand like greyhounds in the slips,
Straining upon the start.

I also want to make sure I catch the fart jokes because you know Shakespeare liked a fart joke.

The Comics

I have my coffee. I am ready to go. We’re up to 91 subscribers and that’s a pretty good number. Thanks for still opening this newsletter when it shows up in your email.

My week has been interesting. I have been hanging out on this beast recently.

Back before I started doing IT work I used to operate a skid loader. Getting back in one is always fun. It’s my Tiny Tank Time. Turns out I’m getting fat though and the lap bar is right on my belly button.

I’m working on that though. I just finished a session of Tai Chi. I like it and am starting to feel it in my legs.

Comics:

Todays comic is both inspired by current events and by a comic I did way in the past. Trying a new/old font for the Friday comics. Ashcan by Blambot.

I had a hard time coming up with a comic on Monday. I had been thinking about memorial day and that led to thinking about my time in the Navy. I always liked telling people I tried to become a pirate but ended up in supply which is like being a pirate.

If anything can save us from alien invaders it will be macaroni and cheese.

What I’m Reading/Doing:

Still on Dungeon Anarchist’s Cookbook. I’m enjoying the books and loving the recent hype around them.

I did just get another hardcover diskworld book though so that may be next.

I was going to skip this weeks post and just run the comic but changed my mind. I have things on my mind and that’s crowding out the things that I would normally post here.

So… big things this weekend. I have a dump truck of dirt being delivered as well as a skid loader. I’m taking this as an opportunity to teach my son the basics of operating a skid loader. Should be fun.

Monday is memorial day. I hope you can take a moment to remember what it costs to send kids off to war. If you need help with that please look at our Legion Posts memorial.

I will be giving a speech this year. It’s part canned speech and part my own words. I struggle sometimes thinking about these veterans. Some of there stories are filled with honest to goodness heroics. Most are just tragic.

For example, in WW1 3 of the local veterans all were fighting in the The Meuse–Argonne Forrest offensive. They all died inside a month of each other. All in different companies. Three soldiers who all grew up in the same town traveled half way around the world and died within a few miles of each other.

So yeah.. thoughts crowding out thoughts. Let’s get to the comics.

Comics: