James Kochalka

Here's a nice little animated version of a comic book by James Kochalka, a sort of oddball genius. (I guess most geniuses are oddballs, though most oddballs are definitely not geniuses...)
Vanilla Ghost

He also goes by the name James Kochalka Superstar!, mostly when he's doing music (though it's hard to follow his movements precisely). Here's a video of one of his songs. Crank it up, if you can.
Hockey Monkey

Monkey Mind 2.0

Oh Hi! I didn’t see you there…you startled me a bit. I’ve got a jumpy nervous system; probably from the Space Food Sticks and Fizzies I ate as a child. On the other hand, that’s also where I got my cat-like reflexes. So there you go.

Anyway, before you showed up, I was musing about a few things that I think you might find interesting. Then I looked up, and there you were. It’s funny how that works…you’re thinking about one thing—it seems important at the time—and then a different thing grabs your attention (in this case, you) and away you go, forgetting whatever it was that you’d originally been thinking about.

But I digress…or do I? Because if I can’t remember what it was that I had been thinking…nay! musing about… then how can I even be certain that I digressed from it? I suppose I could simply fall back on bitter experience and say that I know that I’ve digressed in the past, and so it’s quite possible that I’ve digressed again here in the present. And besides, if it wasn’t digressing that I was doing, I’m not quite sure what it could have been. In a sense, the fact that I can no longer remember what I had been musing about actually proves that a digression took place: just about a minute ago, right about where I’m standing, and not too far away from you.

But who am I to say?

NEXT TIME: We take a spin in Astrud Gilberto's sidecar, plus a review for the test.