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An artistic rendering of a figure seated in a room that opens on to a sunlit forest. The quote reads: "All man's troubles come from not knowing how to sit still in one room." Blaise Pascal

“All man’s troubles come from not knowing how to sit still in one room.”
Blaise Pascal

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An artistic rendering of two figures walking down the center of a road to an illuminated opening. The quote reads: "I would unite with anybody to do right; and with nobody to do wrong." Frederick Douglass

Unite

A fantastical artistic rendering of a figure before a round lighted portal and a tree trunk that rises into a round light. The quote reads: "As an afterthought, it seems hardly proper to write of life without once mentioning happiness; so we shall let the reader answer this question for himself: who is the happier man, he who has braved the storm of life and lived or he who has stayed securely on shore and merely existed?" Hunter S. Thompson, 1955

Happiness

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Find Things

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Invincible

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Health

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Most Fools

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The Alien Life, one panel Comic. Two aliens are standing to the left of a third alien. The third alien has one eye. The caption reads: “Well, we aren’t in the land of the blind, are we, Mr. Thinks He's King.”

Thinks He’s King

The Alien Life, one panel Comic. An alien is getting away from the ocean fast with a worried look. Behind him is a weird human looking figure emerging from the water. The caption reads: York wasn't hanging around. Everyone knew the humanish couldn't cause much damage in the water. But once they hit the beach, look out.

Hit The Beach

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Privacy Matters

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Sumo Training

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Glam

The Alien Life, one panel Comic. A big alien bird is sitting in, and overflowing, a nest. The caption reads: Three squares, a bed, no rent. There wasn't going to be any empty nest syndrome on Dave's watch.

Empty Nest

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Echoes: From Pasts Unknown

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Echoes: Bees At Play

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The Blood Does Not Run Hidden

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The Alien Life

The Alien Life, one panel Comic. Two aliens are standing to the left of a third alien. The third alien has one eye. The caption reads: “Well, we aren’t in the land of the blind, are we, Mr. Thinks He's King.”

Thinks He’s King

The Alien Life, one panel Comic. An alien is getting away from the ocean fast with a worried look. Behind him is a weird human looking figure emerging from the water. The caption reads: York wasn't hanging around. Everyone knew the humanish couldn't cause much damage in the water. But once they hit the beach, look out.

Hit The Beach

The Alien Life, one panel Comic. A building with one door in the front has a CCTV camera on the roof. The camera is bigger than the building. The caption reads: The newly installed CCTV camera was negatively affecting attendance at the Privacy Matters clubhouse.

Privacy Matters

The Alien Life, one panel Comic. Two aliens are standing beside each other. One is tall and skinny and the other is short. The tall one looks proud of himself and the short one looks surprised. The caption reads: Ollie knew he was no genius, but Stan's claims of dominating Sumo training didn't seem right.

Sumo Training

Recent Quotes

An artistic rendering of two figures walking down the center of a road to an illuminated opening. The quote reads: "I would unite with anybody to do right; and with nobody to do wrong." Frederick Douglass

Unite

A fantastical artistic rendering of a figure before a round lighted portal and a tree trunk that rises into a round light. The quote reads: "As an afterthought, it seems hardly proper to write of life without once mentioning happiness; so we shall let the reader answer this question for himself: who is the happier man, he who has braved the storm of life and lived or he who has stayed securely on shore and merely existed?" Hunter S. Thompson, 1955

Happiness

A fantastical artistic rendering of a figure standing before a giant egg shaped object. The quote reads: “Find things beautiful as much as you can, most people find too little beautiful." Vincent van Gogh

Find Things

An artistic rendering of a dark winter scene. There is an opening in a snow covered mountain leading to a bright, warm passage. The quote reads: “In the depths of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.” Albert Camus

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