Last night, or afternoon really, I got about halfway done with the page and realized I couldn’t put off sleep anymore. So I decided to just post when I finished it on Friday at whatever time. The tension and anxiety had built up to the point that I couldn’t power through the way I might have been able to in the past. After all of this it seemed like anytime on Friday would count as a win anyway. It’s about 6 AM, so about 8 hour after the desired posting time. Could be worse.

With the PHP situation ongoing you can probably expect site outages on and off from time to time until everything fully resolves. The servers Between Failures is hosted on are full of other comics so there’s also AI scrapers constantly trying to get all the content for training the nefarious AIs. The IT crowd is perpetually trying to mitigate that apparently too.

I can’t think of anything else in particular I need to tell all of you. I guess I can update the if I think of something. I’m still abnormally tired for whatever reason/s… Have a nice weekend if you can. I’ll see you back here on Monday. Maybe not on time exactly, but at some point. Until then, verb the adjective noun!

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Oh Mike…poor, sweet Mike haha

Try and have a good weekend Jackie, hopefully you can get some rest.

Awkward and endearing, that’s our Mike! I love it when a guy gets all flustered like this; it’s so cute and shows they are usually just a big softie under it all.

Yeah he hasn’t figured out they’re messing with him, and they don’t mind him “looking” as he’s ultimately a gentleman at the end of the day and not a pervy misogynist

Jackie,

Just keep on trucking as best you can.
You must endeavor to truck, but dont hurt yourself.

Uncle Bob

Jo looks so happy tho :3

Good luck Jackie

I don’t know, Mike… what *ARE* you saying? “Flat is justice” doesn’t even make any sense.

It’s a thing from anime/manga circles. No clue where it started, it’s been around as long as I can recall.

It’s a pun on the Japanese word for Justice. It’s the same pronunciation of flat chested.

^ I never knew that. This right here is how I learn anything about what the younger set are doing.

Apparently I’ve been watching all the wrong anime, because I’ve never encountered it.

Mike’s going to have to report himself to HR, soon. :)

…Or even to the ER!
XD

Only if it doesn’t resolve in four hours…

Ouch! Poor Mike.
[Hee, hee, hee!]

Such judgements are often subjective but I never thought of Brooksie as flat chested. I se here as more of a petite person with a tendency to hide in her clothes.

I think Jo would agree with you.
“Frosted Mini-Teats” and “The Petite Teat Elite” spring instantly to mind.

never saw a man dig his own grave so fast since Aang

I remember that episode.
“I’m saying I’d rather kiss you than die. That’s a compliment.”

You can just HEAR the slipped gear in his head spinning at a very high rate, its teeth missing every other tooth, but spinning anyway, connecting to nothing.

When Brooksie and her bees destroy Mike after Thomas decided he could stay XD.

Is Rulette staking her claim?

God I hope so.

In the most Rulette fashion.

Thomas is gonna have his hands full trying to manipulate circumstances in order to keep Mike around.

Nah, Jo or someone would have to report him. She clearly is endeared to him here so its not an issue.

Bwa, ha, Ha!

Mike- not only “digs his own hole”, but he uses a B-29 bomber-plane, to make his hole even bigger!

Oh my Gosh! (Hee, hee, hee!)

I think Jo is really loving this chat they’re having, regardless.

I have to say Jackie, it’s really great that you can put out work this comedic and laughter inducing with everything going on. It’s commendable. Regarding Mike though, as a fellow Mike who feels like he can fall into those same situations, the empathy is real my dude. The empathy is real.

My cot was down by a cypress grove,
And I sat by my window the whole night long,
And heard well up from the deep dark wood
A mocking-bird’s passionate song.

And I thought of myself so sad and lone,
And my life’s cold winter that knew no spring;
Of my mind so weary and sick and wild,
Of my heart too sad to sing.

But e’en as I listened the mock-bird’s song,
A thought stole into my saddened heart,
And I said, “I can cheer some other soul
By a carol’s simple art.”

For oft from the darkness of hearts and lives
Come songs that brim with joy and light,
As out of the gloom of the cypress grove
The mocking-bird sings at night.

So I sang a lay for a brother’s ear
In a strain to soothe his bleeding heart,
And he smiled at the sound of my voice and lyre,
Though mine was a feeble art.

But at his smile I smiled in turn,
And into my soul there came a ray:
In trying to soothe another’s woes
Mine own had passed away.

Paul Laurence Dunbar. “The Lesson.”

I really like that poem.

Just some thoughts I thought of, today- I have my own stuff to carry, but even with that, maybe I can help someone with their load…too, and make the day a little lighter.

I *love* the smirk that Brooksie has in the lower-left frame. She knows *exactly* what she is doing.

*hits Random button*
“We’re all gonna end up in jail!”

In my opinion-
The big surprise for next year is:

Mike + Patty become a couple.
[Then] They borrow some money from Alex.
[Then] they start their own- Role playing games, books, + DVDs store.
[Then] Mike gets all of his friends, like- Jo, + Thomas, + Carol, + Reggie, + all-of-them, to work in their new store.

[Then] Wes becomes the new, sinister Manager of Megatainment, + the big…New rival of their new store.

What will happen to our heroes?
Stay tuned for new episodes.
:D

Mike is going to probably see some boobies by the end of the day and good for him

I can smell the fried circuits in Mike’s brain from here.

He might need a few sick days to recover.

That’s fun!
:D

Finally caught up, my sleep schedule is way off so my brain doesn’t connect properly, lol. No good reason, just life. I meant to tell you a help to remember stuff, carry a sticky note pad and a pen so you can write stuff down. Trust me on this one, when in a very disordered situation it really helps to write stuff down. Even a little notebook helps.

Hi Jackie, I have asked a church for some help, + they have said they will pray for: your Mom, and for you, your Dad, + also for your family and friends. cheers, TRA

Thank you very much

You’re welcome.
:)

Mike, my dude, a flat chest is like the desert. There’s nothing there, but it’s still freaking hot.

3055 The HR Nightmare Begins.

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