Bunny Break
September 30, 2010
Not every corner of the Multiverse is a veiled political allegory or taco bar, you know. Some places, it's just bunnies. Hooray bunnies! Back to normal tomorrow, whatever that means.
Don’t Ask Don’t Swim
September 29, 2010
I am of the opinion that if something sentient (a hyper-blender or a genetically tweaked marine mammal or energy cloud, what have you) wants to serve its country, then that entity should have the opportunity to do so. Go! Enjoy...
Grey Goo
September 28, 2010
I wrote the script (and specifically the dialogue in panel 3) for today's comic a couple of days before this incident occurred. Reality is a plagiarist and engages in one-upmanship, apparently. When the real world is stranger than the things I...
Correlation Loves Causation
September 27, 2010
It is a proven fact that all criminals started out by using the postal service in their youth. Scientists now suspect that licking stamps alters the brain in some sinister way. No evidence of a direct connection has been found...
The Orrery
September 24, 2010
This is Empress Mrs. Spelt's fourth appearance! I think she's doing a pretty good job, empires are a messy business but she's handling things with aplomb. It's only two weeks until New York Comic-Con! Are you guys going? I sure...
Fusion Friend
September 23, 2010
Fusion is hard. Parenting is probably harder. Tune in tomorrow for more Blarthan imperialism.
One Way Trip
September 22, 2010
I want to live forever but not if everyone else gets to do it also. It would be like high school all over again, the same people every day for an eternity and no way to escape from them. Eventually,...
Cheezburger Hill
September 21, 2010
I wanted to draw war-torn kittens today. Needed to. You know the feeling. (It's my prerogative. Sue me.) I love all my children equally.
Tossed Salad
September 20, 2010
Those of you who have read Goats know that a large percentage of the multiverse's inhabitants are vegetative. Naturally this is problematic for multivegans, who are forced to eat a diet consisting mostly of rocks and plastic. Emperor Mrs. Spelt...
A Walk In The Park
September 16, 2010
Every theological discussion I hear sounds like this to me. It sounds like cats debating. It sounds like people arguing about legos or bowling or yogurt -- clearly all of them have good things going for them, a quality or...
Trial Separation
September 15, 2010
There are going to be court cases about this sort of thing in the near future, mark my words. What happens when an artificial heart becomes smarter than its recipient? Who is in charge? This is why you need to...
The Last Platitude Of St Flahghnahr
September 14, 2010
I listened to an intriguing episode of Radiolab on my way home from SPX, concerning thought and language and the connections between the two. The sciencemasters that were interviewed for the first segment of the show posit that they're pretty...
Dimville Date Night
September 13, 2010
I'm guessing I can only get away with this trick once. Five times tops. Looks like the reign of Empress Mrs. Spelt will continue this Friday! Thanks to everyone who voted in support of the Empire. SPX was incredible. I...
Empress Mrs Spelt
September 10, 2010
Looks like Empress Mrs. Spelt is off to a good start! The first day at a new job is always tough. I am off to SPX! I hope to see you there this weekend. I will be exhibiting with Topatoco...
The Lorth
September 9, 2010
Existence is a tricky thing. Things exist; that much we know. We have confirmation of this. I am staring at several things right in front of me (a sharpie, a computer monitor, a bank of expensive surveillance equipment and the...
Hot Tub Planet
September 8, 2010
The basic problem with the theory of intelligent design and it's designer universe ilk is not that it contradicts evolution, but that everything is so obviously designed by a committee of idiots. Why are giraffes so poorly engineered? Why didn't...
Mandatory Coffee
September 7, 2010
They say that only tachyons can travel backwards in time, but how do you become a tachyon in the first place? Is there a correspondence course you can take? Or do you have to be born to the right kind...
The Flaming Kitten
September 3, 2010
We're back at the Plains of Virath for more hot Gary-unicorn action! Trying to help someone is almost never a good idea, the odds that you'll screw up and anger folks is almost always greater than the odds you'll stumble...
Terra Forma
September 2, 2010
Some days I feel like I have done enough things. Not for the day, for a lifetime. And yet, more things keep coming! This happens all the time, and I have been making careful notes concerning the phenomenon in an...
Placebin DM Extra Strength
September 1, 2010
Placebin DM Extra Strength™ is not recommended for nursing mothers, nursing babies, nursing students, nurse sharks or regular sharks. Do not swim near sharks while taking Placebin DM. Swimming near sharks while taking Placebin DM can result in Sudden Limb Displacement...
The Draft
August 31, 2010
Everyone should get a turn at emperor! Fifteen minutes to crush everyone who ever wronged you. Pack them all onto a rocket and shoot them into the sun. Feed their children to ravenous pigs. Whatever tickles your fancy, I'm not...
Science Faction
August 30, 2010
Congrats, everyone! Science has solved all of our problems and has moved on to more intellectually stimulating fare: whether or not you should be a dick. As a sufferer of chronic dickishness myself I suspect that being a dick is...
A Quick Exit
August 27, 2010
Looks like Sciencemaster Adler is getting out of Dodge while he still can! I wonder if he will be able to escape his obsessive fanbase out there in the wider multiverse. Let's wish him luck on his journey. Good luck!...
Return To Meatspace
August 26, 2010
Okay, it's not Meatspace proper, but it's practically next-door. Still fairly intolerable.
The Burden Of Proof
August 25, 2010
If someone claims that their particular supernatural creature of choice doesn't need proving, assure them that it does! Offer to help. Offer to bring weapons. Nobody believes a hunter without a trophy, right? Man, I sure would like to see...
Welcome To The Deathzones
August 24, 2010
There's an awful lot of dying going on in the Deathzones, but that's not all it has to offer! There's a robust economy in place to support all that dying, and the funereal vertical alone has a market cap twelve times the...
The Crystalline Entity
August 23, 2010
If you replace someone's brainy neurons with metal ones, how many neurons do you have to replace before it's not the same person anymore? I'm guessing it's twelve or maybe fifteen. Twenty tops. Just keep count until they start to...
Venture Capital
August 20, 2010
This is Week 8 of Sciencemaster Adler's adventures! One way or another, I suspect his time is coming to an end very, very soon.
Artificial Intelligentsia
August 19, 2010
For those of you not neck-deep in the minutia of science blogging, there have been a number of claims and counterclaims regarding the feasibility of simulating the human brain on a computer in the near-term future. As a biologist I'm...
Dry Spell
August 18, 2010
Jobs onboard Intraxis ships are lucrative but generally not good for social climbers. It beats the hell out of the French Foreign Legion for forgetting stuff, though. If I spent a lusty, languid night with some loose protons I'd probably...
Pony Tales
August 17, 2010
This is why imaginations need to be made illegal! People take their stories way too seriously sometimes, stories are meant to be soothing to infants and the mentally diff-abled and not to be taken internally by responsible adults or used...
Dessert Break
August 16, 2010
Not sure what happened here other than to say that yogurt is a lot funnier than zero point energy. Maybe I'll manage to stay on topic tomorrow!
Off The Hook
August 13, 2010
Sciencemaster Adler is in some trouble, I think. Remember that box he found last week? I wonder how he became so popular so quickly? Mysteries abound!
Heisenphron Day
August 12, 2010
I think I blended about a half dozen real people in pursuit of the fictional Sciencemaster Heisenphron, who may or may not have been an awesome dude who discovered some things that we still don't know much about. I think....
Still Waters
August 11, 2010
I went on vacation this past weekend! It was great but I'm not sure I'm made for vacations, I only seem to truly enter the relaxed state when I'm on my third night without sleep and the multiverse aliens start...
Crab City
August 10, 2010
Crab City! Crab City has a long and storied history, much of which has never been told. Just imagine what sorts of adventures are merely a hoverdog's ride away! I can imagine there are at least six adventures.
Memories Of A Deity
August 9, 2010
I have purposefully eliminated all traces of memory concerning my high school days. I'd tell you how terrible it was but I don't remember a thing. Really! Hopefully nobody interviews any of my old classmates for my inevitable upcoming unauthorized...
Special Delivery
August 6, 2010
What's this? A bit of intrigue in the otherwise mundane world of Sciencemastering? I bet there's more going on here than metts the yee, but there's only one way to find out: vote for Sciencemaster Adler to return yet again!...
Kin Selection
August 5, 2010
Kin Selection is one of those neat things about biology where you can look at a problem that makes absolutely no sense and it just resolves itself in an instant when you look at it again with fresh perspective. I...
The Ultimate Truth
August 4, 2010
Showing up for the wrong class is my number three most repeated nightmare. Number two is the whole showing up naked for school thing. Number one involves giant leeches and a mob debt. Number four is about ice cream. It's...
Lower Your Standards
August 3, 2010
I'm convinced scientists haven't found the Higgs Boson yet because they haven't looked inside chicken nuggets. There's definitely something strange going on in there. Would it kill you physicist dudes to give it a looksee? I don't think it would and maybe...
Uncharted Planet
August 2, 2010
In the Multiverse, even uncharted planets have well-defined nomenclature and signage. It's not just a good idea, it's the law. That green dude is me in elementary school, incidentally. You guys really like the Inner Science Rings, eh? We're going back...
The Rivalry
July 30, 2010
Sciencemaster Adler doesn't seem too pleased with yesterday's press conference. We're getting dangerously close to a storyline here, please vote one of these fellows off the island so I can go back to molecule-of-the-day gags. http://amultiverse.com/2010/07/29/sciencemaster-gunter/
Sciencemaster Gunter
July 29, 2010
It seems like there's a new cosmology just about every day. There are so many you can choose whichever one you want! Customize it to serve your purposes -- mine has two Big Bangs and a large fries, and the...
Regrets, I’ve Had A Few
July 28, 2010
Space Wizards and Space Sorcerers have been enemies for 10,000 millenia. One time, a Sorcerer and a Wizard both fell in love with the same beautiful Space Unicorn. The unicorn was fairly liberal and was okay with polyamory. The Space Wizard said...
Survey Says
July 27, 2010
Tommy Esparole is pretty dreamy and you'll notice little Suzie never denies her attraction to him. I suspect Julie may be on to something. Further investigation is required! Just flew home from SDCC and boy are my ramjets tired. Going to go...
Infinite Pest
July 26, 2010
Frank and Beans! I'd personally love to see more of these guys, if only to fuck with them a little. Just a little, they're nice enough. SDCC was amazing! Thanks to everyone who stopped by and made it such a...
Hamster Drippings
July 23, 2010
I used to love to titrate in my chem labs, burettes were designed to be abused in dozens of different ways. Also, drips are neat! I may start titrating here at home just as a hobby. On the weekends. Okay....
Agree To Disagree
July 22, 2010
Insects probably have strong opinions on lawn care, seeing as they live on them a lot of the time. If the computers that run this thing are doing their jobs correctly, it is Thursday all day today and the first...
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