Thank you free nights and weekends.

What follows is an e-mail I sent to Best Buy (is it Bestbuy or Best Buy?) customer service after waiting for assistance on the phone for oh, just a little while.

"I am having problems ordering from bestbuy.com

I am signed in with 3 items in my cart and I press checkout. I am asked to enter my password to sign in, even though I'm already signed in. Extra security, no problem.

Password entered. An error occurs and says I need to enter my zip code for tax.

I enter my my zip code and press go. The tax is calculated.

I then press checkout and it asks me to sign again (annoying this time). I enter my password and press continue.

I am given the same error that says I need to enter my zip code. Repeat this same sequence over and over endlessly.

This is second time I've tried to shop on bestbuy.com and both times I encountered this problem. This keeps me FROM MAKING ANY PURCHASES on your website and that seems a bit problematic for a website that sells things.

I tried to circumvent this problem by calling 1-888-BESTBUY and order over the phone. As of this writingI have been on hold for 1 hr 30 min 58 seconds.

I really like Best Buy. I have a Best Buy credit card and I try to make all of my electronics purchases at Best Buy. However, this experience has made me reconsider my continued support of Best Buy."

In that time I could have driven to three different Best Buys to get the three items I was trying to purchase. Just for the record I did all of that waiting on speaker phone while working. So not a complete waste of time, but still!

You've got to love customer service.

Spotted abroad.

This travel site, Travel Muse asked to use a photo Nayoung took of me while in the BVI for our honeymoon. I haven't poked around the site a whole lot, but the layout is very nice and it certainly looks professional (considering the look of some sites, that's quite an accomplishment). The page that features our photo is about Jost Van Dyke, one of the British Virgin Islands and our picture was taken at Foxy's Bar. Foxy's is a big attraction on Jost Van Dyke and the popular thing to do is for people to leave clothing and license plates which get attached to the walls and ceilings. If you scroll to the bottom of this page you'll see me in a green shirt looking up at many articles of clothing left by former patrons. I liked my shirt way too much to staple it to the ceiling, and I wasn't wearing underwear so that wasn't an option either.

Leaving so soon?

I've already declared on this blog that the chances of me posting regularly are slim. The chances of those posts being interesting or... anything at all? None. With this information clearly in mind I have decided to start another site entirely. (naturally)

I have decided that I'd like a site entirely devoted to my work. An online portfolio of sorts. I'm not sure if doing such a thing on blogger is the best way to go about this, but it is a quick and easy start and I'm pretty sure this is really overdue. I intend to make it to some comic conventions this year and I will inevitably be asked the question, Is your work on line anywhere? I should probably have the professional response of, yes, you can see my work here.

Travel stuff, family stuff, and Maru stuff will still be posted here. But artwork and comic stuff will now be over at my new joint. So, pick whichever topics bore you the least and visit accordingly.

M

This cat... OMG.

This cat makes me smile... a lot. I have his site posted in the links to the right, it's the Japanese characters. His name is Maru, and he lives in Japan. The breed is a Scottish Fold and they usually look pretty odd, but Maru isn't quite as strange looking as most Scottish Folds. Apparently the Japanese love that breed, I guess it's because the look like little anime characters.

Gigantic

So a few months ago I had my first cover credit on a comic. It was for Gigantic #1. It's a five issue series written by Rick Remender and drawn by Eric Nguyen. Also, there is a "Making of" type article over at Dark Horse for the second issue here.

M