This will hurt me...

Theme Thursday and something MAGICAL is in the air. The last time that he saw Billy, he was being hit about the head and shoulders with a block of firewood. To be fair to the woman that was hitting him, Billy was not a very nice person. Billy had a problem with his temper. He did not take kindly to rejection. This was a special challenge, because with Billy’s temperament (among other things) he regularly face people rejecting him. Billy also had a problem with his vocabulary, his personal hygiene, his emotional intelligence, time management skills and his general sense of self. While these things are not unrelated to Billy’s assault; they offer an interesting insight into the nature of alienation in post-industrial societies, the failures of our modern welfare (post-welfare) state, the nihilism inherent in a capitalist, consumption-oriented world whereby success is measured by the wheels on your car, the size of your television set and the specific shade of orange on your girl...

Henry and Ezra patiently receive a lecture on the mating habits of the Lesser Flamingo...

Dear sweet little Ezra™ here demonstrates extreme grace under pressure. In this photo, you can see the tiny troubadour [you got a better alliteration?] exhibit profound self-control at young Master Will’s second birthday party. Mere inches from Ezra’s paws sat a lush chocolate birthday cake adorned with a couple of trains. If only all children have such willpower!

Henry is patiently watching the Emu River in Burnie, waiting for a glimpse of a platypus. We got there in the end.

I have previously featured Married to the Sea , but I am in the kind of mood to post another one of their comics today. So I have. As is their want, the language is a little fruity, so if you're offended by that sort of thing, look away now ...