I'm really excited about the new Honda Insight. I guess the Prius must have about the ideal shape for aerodynamics, because the Insight is shaped similarly, but Honda has adapted that form so the back looks nicer than the Prius. (I have a Prius, and, much as I love it, the back deserves to be called the "butt end".) Anyway, the nicest news about the Insight is that it will supposedly be a couple thou less than the Prius. We'll see if this comes true.

On a similar note, check out the movie, Who Killed the Electric Car?. It's compelling, entertaining, funny and sad, and will make you a better person. I saw one on-line reviewer babbling about it being a "sissy movie for whiny girly men", and thought, here's a guy who's unable to step into the 21st century. Wake up, fella. A guy who suggests that concern about the environment has to do with masculinity should wake up and smell the wilting roses. Real men leave the world a better place for their children. Guys like that bore me.

Finally!

After many months of development and learning, I have hired a web design group. This means that we should have the site up and running by early December at the latest. At that point, daily strips will appear and I'll begin the second phase of the QT Plan, which is to begin approaching newspapers with the intent of syndicating the strip.

In the meantime, I am going to be appearing in the local paper with a bread recipe I submitted. How this can possibly help my comic strip is unclear. However, any exposure can be good if the right people see you.

One of the nicest parts of getting the site online will be clearing my desk off! I have had several versions of every page spread out in piles as I attempted to completely illustrate the look of the site for a designer who couldn't even give me an estimate until I showed him everything I wanted. This was where the term web "designer" seemed a bit of a misnomer.