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!

Don't get me wrong, some of my best friends have dogs...

You know what I forgot? Hiding gray! A top 10 use!

Side note: My mom did have to cut a huge knot out of my hair when I was in middle school, and I wore a fluorescent rainbow headband while it grew back...

Guest Comic: Evil Stick Comic by the up-and-coming comics artist Charlie!

Charlie is only ten, but he already has an eye for the dark and the meta! Enjoy!

Leaky Roofs OR Yes, I had a Disney Princess sheet set. I am not ashamed.

Notes: 

I felt like drawing with my brush pens for the first time in awhile. It was fun. 

More importantly, I am very thankful that the worst that happened to me was the leaky roof and that I can  continue to spend time obsessing over what kind of chocolate I will consume next. My thoughts are with everyone who was not so lucky. 

Love,
Lael 

My Precious...(A Guest Comic from the one and only Dr. Acula!)