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Sluggy Freelance — I'm not usually a huge fan of the Torg Potter storylines, but this one had a great ending. Torg shows them how to really use a time machine. And then it's on to Oceans Unmoving 2, and we see Sir John Jacobs in action as he dresses down a really creepy fortune teller. Meanwhile, Calix is still being punished and Blacksoul is after Bun-bun.

Day by Day — Sam and Zed have some fun on the beach, at least until Zed says something stupid. That didn't take long, did it? Some fun arguments between Damon and Jan, over Katrina and Porkbusters, are punctuated by an aww-inspiring hug. And, as always, there's some fun mocking of the MSM, with special mentions of Michael Yon and Dan Rather. Talk about a contrast!

Scary Go Round — So in order to out-con the old men who conned them, Shelley and Amy are disguising themselves as old ladies. Heh, it might work.

College Roomies from Hell!!! — Maritza's still doing weekend guest comics. I wonder how long that'll last. They're pretty fun. In the real CRFH comics, Roger goes to Mike for help in hiding his mother's death from his sister. Bad idea, Roger. Mike's idea of help is locking Steve and Waldo in the closet with Lanolin, so Lily will have to find another purple sheep. Then Dave finally returns, with both wrists wrapped in bandages, one of them sprained when Steve fell on him, the other after Dave punched Waldo out. Dave's backbone seems to be lasting this time. I still have a bad feeling that Dave hasn't run into the worst of the reversal of fortune he's due after that conversation with Blue.

General Protection Fault — Ki and Nick are busy with the wedding planning, but Ki decides it's finally time to tell Nick about her old boyfriend, Sam.

Schlock Mercenary — While his crew floods his ship with water, Captain Tagon decides it's time to lift off. Hopefully his crew can swim.

Look, only an hour late! I'm getting better.

Sluggy Freelance — Sluggy was briefly down due to ISP problems, but it appears to be working now. In any case, this storyline's gone into overtime, as Pete wasn't able to wrap it up in the three weeks he had hoped. But it's quickly heading for a wrap-up. Torg meets the future President from Arkansas (I hope not) the first day. Then Snapekin, Thrope, Blearious Stank, and Torg and his friends are all tricked into coming together by Sneezy, who is really Wotcherclaws. And Pete pulls a twist by making Stank the lycanthrope--only he's not a werewolf, but a werelophant! While Thrope's an Animagus, and Snapekin's just along for the ride. Then Wotcherclaws, who's really a mouse Animagus, drives elephant Stank into a panic just in time for the Duh-mentors show up.

Day by Day — I complained to Chris that I have to work harder with Day by Day, since it rarely has a long storyline for me to summarize. The problem is I'm usually pretty lazy and just point out the people he mocks, although some weeks I try harder and point out a common theme. This week, you're just going to have to settle for me being lazy. The first thing Chris makes some sharp comments about is the MSM, and their desire to show bodies on television. Then he lets Jan win a couple of arguments on Bush.

Scary Go Round — Shelley and Amy can't raise the money they owe, nor can they get rid of the young folks who are ruining Oldbourne. So they hit on the idea of dating young geeks, stealing their intellectual property, \making it big in a short amount of time, and getting out before the bust. Seems like a sound business plan to me. The guys they meet actually seem pretty decent. I hope they don't use them too badly.

College Roomies from Hell!!! — One satanist didn't knock Dave out. Better drop another. While he's busy, Marsha's planning to fix all of April's and Margaret's problems, which will be a pretty neat trick. And Lily's hunting stolen sheep, and the terror caused from meeting an ugly satanist turns her on in one of the more disturbing comic I've ever seen. And as an added bonus, Xaxnar's filler is back for the weekend.

General Protection Fault — Dexter's story wraps-up, with Kyoko saving the day by discovering that the Eelorians cheated, using a Trojan horse they planted in the humans' system to frame Dexlar. With his name cleared, the robot decides to stay on the station.

Schlock Mercenary — Breya's been made into an ambassador to the fleetmind. Hopefully, she'll be able to puncture Petey's delusions of godhood. Unfortunately, her husband's joined the mind while she wasn't looking.

It's on time! Wow, I'm surprised!

Sluggy Freelance — Uh-oh. Torg gets in trouble--which is nothing new--and the duh-mentors are forced to leave school grounds. That'd be a good thing, if Lucius wasn't behind it. All the research gives us lots of facts but no plan of action. Now Ralfoy has succeeded in getting Kiki a sentence of death, somebody's killed Homogeonize's owl and kidnapped Weaslo's weasel, and Torg's in the mood to beat someone.

Day by Day — Liberal madness over Katrina is ongoing, and Muir eviscerates it with his usual aplomb. Everything this week is Katrina related, including a quick mention of Sean Penn's wild ride.

Scary Go Round — After a wild night, Amy and Shelley wake up with no memory of what happened the night before and receive a strange phonecall. It looks like Shelley's gotten herself into trouble again. And debt. Lots of debt.

College Roomies from Hell!!! — Wow. Just wow. Dave fesses up to Mike and gets some useful advice on Blue, then makes a phone call and says precisely the right thing. Who is this kid and what did he do with Dave? After that much luck, something just has to go bad for him. A satanist falling on his head helps, but I bet that's just the beginning. Meanwhile, it looks like April is still a D&Mer. Yeah, April, I'm still hoping too.

General Protection Fault — Dexlar the robot accidentally hacks into the bad guys' system. The Eelorians or whatever they're called. Now they're calling for his head, but it looks like Ki's found a way to exonerate him.

Schlock Mercenary — So, Schlock and little Schlock have merged into a four eyed monster. Heh, I figured that would happen sooner or later. Good luck finding genuine imitation ovalkwik! And good luck getting that ship off the ground!

This one's even later than usual, but I wanted to leave the post on donations for Katrina at the top of the blog all weekend.

Sluggy Freelance — Torg meets the duh-mentors, who roll him for lunch money, and figures out that the Ministry of Ministering is using him for bait in order to catch Blearious Stank. He also puts Homogeonize to work, figuring out what the connection is between Stank and the President from Arkansas, and learns about Unforgivably Embarrassing Curses and the forgetfulness of the Animagus. Overall, the plot's moving along at a good clip. It looks like Pete will be keeping his promise of keeping this one short.

Day by Day — The MSM gets it's usual blasting, although Chris Muir has some comments on the hurricane, or more accurately, the response to the hurricane, as well.

Scary Go Round — Shelley decides she's just going to visit Amy, rather than move in, but it turns out Oldburne isn't the quiet paradise it used to be. All the raucous youngsters are messing things up for the old folks.

College Roomies from Hell!!! — Dave doesn't brainwarp. How weird is that? Margaret exposes herself and all he does is walk away with an angry word, angry enough that Margaret resorts to violence in order to get him to talk. And when he does admit that he's still attracted to her, even if he's not in love, she proposes meaningless sex. He turns her down, which I think is a good thing, but he could have been nicer about it. When he comes back, he and Mike both freak Roger out, while being equally freaked out by Roger's twin. Then it's time for a quick conversation about a cell phone, and the necessary payment.

General Protection Fault — Dexter's story begins. Let's see: a space station, filled by characters based on people he knows, and a mysterious craft found adrift in space, with a robot based on Dexter aboard. This sounds interesting. I can't wait to see where it goes.

Schlock Mercenary — Petey stops a genocide, and transports the genocidal troops to the Andromeda galaxies in order to fight the Dark Matter entities. Uh-huh. That can't be ethical, but if you're going to send people on genocidal suicide missions, they ought to be war criminals.