Good thing I didn’t bring up the candy dish OR Ok, maybe my Bible recall isn't really THAT good...

Thanks, co-workers, for the idea and some bits of dialogue!

On Wednesday I paid someone to buy and deliver cheese to my apartment after 8 pm OR I actually really love salad and fruit and nuts!

Note: As with the AFC Championship, I will be posting next week's comic on Monday after the Super Bowl. Go Ravens!

No one was hurt in then making of this comic about a hypothetical novel nor does the Book of Lael advocate injuring anyone, even if they are cooler than you and know more about the nature of the divine.

Variations on a theme...hey, don't be mad, sugar is relatable!

Look below today's comic for a Special Bonus Drawing that is a preliminary sketch for a project I'm working on! Details to come soonish! --Lael

Oh, and enjoy that hip while you have it! OR I wish I cared about anything else this much...

PS. You should totally watch this movie. 
PPS. Dr. A knows I don't really hate him. :-)

Small talk makes me insanely angry, and I have no idea why. OR This pretty much happened to me last week at the library cafe.

Happy Holidays from the Book of Lael!

Howdy, Everyone! Today I've got a bit of a holiday medley for you. First, you'll see an image of the Christmas/Holiday card I sent out this year. Stay tuned in the coming weeks for a blog post on On the Side after Five detailing how I made the card. After that, you'll see an amazing image/card made by my Big Sis (she'll let me know if she does not wish to remain anonymous!). All of you medievalists out there, I think you'll love it. It just made me super happy. Then, a Christmas comic made by the future comics superstar Charlie. Warning: It is not exactly in keeping with the Christmas spirit, but I choose to read it as a sophisticated comment on the nature of greed and sin...or something! And as an added bonus, some other drawings by Charlie. I just love the alien one! Finally, if you have the stamina to scroll all the way down, I include a poem I wrote for the season...well...a season...

That's my grab bag of "treats"! Until next week!

--Lael

The Twelve Days of Exams at the Library 

On the twelfth day of exams,
My patron gave to me, 
Twelve locker keys missing,
Eleven chargers breaking,
Ten students fine a-paying,
Nine e-books not loading,
Eight bindings detaching,
Seven affiliates a-whining ,
Six undergrads a-recalling,
Five moldy books,
Four ripped pages,
Three bound journals,
Two reserves overdues,
and a lost book in a plastic bag.

It's how my mama raised me! OR The real question is...who am I talking to?

Join us as Dr. Lael, the Love Doctor, discusses Ex-students and Ex-boyfriends...

Disclaimer: This comic is much more fictional that my standard "love and dating" comics, ie. I am not talking about you. Don't get your scarf in a twist. ;-)

Funny there isn't one of those with the head of Michelangelo's David...OR I must be old, they keep sending me these crazy catalogues!