Anne and I were hired by the Ann Arbor District Library to create a comics instruction manual for their new lending collection of telescopes.
Let me say this again: My library has a collection of telescopes for public use, and they contracted a local cartoonist to create a comics instruction manual for the devices.
Does it get any cooler than that?
If you’re in the area, there’s a big kickoff event tonight where the new telescopes will be unveiled.
“What is the meaning of this outrage?”
“Canada is scrapping the penny, ending production of the country’s smallest unit of currency this spring.
Finance Minister Jim Flaherty, whose department described the penny as a “nuisance” in budget documents, said the coin is now more trouble than it’s worth.
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PREACH IT, JOHN GREEN. Get rid of the penny (and paper dollar bills while you’re at it)!
Another Razzledazzle spesh, by Doug.
Apologies for my stunned silence in the face of the Kony 2012 movement and the internet’s explosion of power. I’ve never felt like the whole internet has simultaneously pushed down the same keys at the same time. Not even the response to SOPA made me feel this level of…