Google Glasses the all seeing eye

I'm fascinated in how the new Google Glasses will take off and who will want to buy a wearable computer.  However some people will see them as evil like Sauron's all seeing eye.

Your call is important to us

True story, I drew this while on hold to my car insurance company for 42 minutes of being constantly told my call was important to them but if I wanted to call back at a time that was more convenient for me (i.e for them) then I could.

If my call was important to you why didn't you just answer it?

Mimes in an Elevator

A version of this came third in this week's CCGB competition (last week's came second).  The original had the mime talking but Steve Bright was right it should be a thought bubble.

Lizard Envy

For wordless competition with the theme of 'Envy'.

My friends once had a Bearded Dragon that seemed to spend alot of time sunbathing under a lamp - I wonder what he dreamed of.

Voyager 1 doesn't leave the Solar System

Earlier today the American Geophysical Union announced that Voyager 1 had exited the solar system into interstellar space which would be pretty awesome.  Later they corrected its announcement to say it had merely entered a "new region of space" after NASA scientists queried readings that would show whether it had escaped the heliosphere.

Toe Clipping Fairy

The Tooth Fairy is visiting us tonight - which set me wondering about other human debris collecting fairies.

10 rules of CSI

I have watched probably over hundreds of entertaining murders on TV  (CSI, NCIS, Criminal Minds etc) and have come up with the following 10 rules for understanding American murder shows.

1. No-one is murdered unless they are either rich, pretty or involved in a bizarre/sexy subculture

2. Detectives are unproductive for about 40 minutes where they generally insult people, trade insults and interview innocent people.  It is only in the last 5 minutes that they do any useful work.

3. Forensic scientists only ever make breakthroughs when other characters approach them for an update.

4. Police departments are populated by glamorous models the only exception being the computer geeks who are forbidden from wearing contact lenses or getting laser eye surgery so that their spectacles can signal their technical prowess.

5. Computer geeks routinely lie to their bosses.  When they say they cannot decrypt some fiendish encryption they are generally just waiting for the most dramatic moment to reveal the information so everyone will be impressed with their skills.

6. Detectives never break promises they make to small children in the first ten minutes of any program.

7. Any victim who is religious will belong to a cult that is both hypocritical and populated by violent psychopaths.

8. Anyone who is rich, powerful and connected to the mayors office will be evil.

9. If anyone is told to stay away from a case they won't.

10. Any personal issues characters have will easily be resolved in 45 minutes.

The cartoon is for this week's competition.