Thoughtless for the Day

I used to make a living by pickin' the banana, but now I feel the need to clarify a statement I made in Yesterday's Thoughtless. I was guilty of making a gross generalization when I stated that all Christians are ignorant sociopaths. What I meant to say was that all Hindus* are secretly members of the Thugee cult and will strangle you in your sleep to appease the goddess Kali . I apologize for any confusion that my earlier comments may have caused and don't forget to dial into It's Your Call tomorrow night.

Now on to a more impotent matter: My tiny plastic Roman army.

Many of you have written me inquiring as to the present state of the tpRa. For the benefit of the curious among you, I offer this as a testament to my progress so far. If I keep working at my current pace, I should have this entire project wrapped up in a little under two years. Now here's the pisser: On Saturday I went to the hobby shop (AKA "The saddest place on Earth) to score either some Extra Heavy Roman Legionaries, Flavian era Roman Auxiliaries, Imperial Roman Auxiliary Cavalry, and some glue to sniff to make me forget how geekish my hobby is. Lo and behold, some evil bastard had purchased nearly all of the Roman soldiers.
Look people; collecting 1/72 scale plastic soldiers is a noble, if not painfully spastic, hobby, but I call "dibs" on Flavian era Roman soldiers. If you need your own tiny army, may I suggest you purchase some Persians or Hittites.

* as well as a majority of Quakers