I know I’ve posted about this before, but seeing as how I’m back on it in a big way, I can’t help but link you all to Poor Butterfly. I’ve been revamping the look of the comic, learning some good lessons about styling and editing, and I think it’s headed in a good direction. Head over! Check it out! And for goodness’ sake, if you like what you see, link to me! I’d love to get my readership up. If you don’t feel like reloading the page 9,000,000 times in the next couple of years, check out the RSS feed. And when I say, “next couple of years,” I mean it. I’ve got the comic’s story planned out for several years’ worth of comic, and I’m going to try to be posting at least three times a week (if not more often, whenever I can).

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Note to self: movies about cool things are not necessarily themselves cool movies. “Catacombs,” a horror movie set in the Parisian Catacombs, is a good example. It’s playing on Hulu now, if you don’t take this warning to heart.

I loved all the Catacomby footage, because when I was there I was a little disappointed that there was so little of it open to the public. And I like the idea of a horror movie set there, because it’s such an excellent known-but-unknown, freaky territory, man-made but thoroughly mysterious. However, when you are being chased by a child-of-incest created-by-a-Satanic-cult bred-on-raw-meat goat-headed axe-wielding serial-killing antichrist, do you really think that falling over, writhing on the ground, and screaming, “Leave me alooooone!” is going to work? Seriously?

I did like her look, though. Shannyn Sossamon, in that haircut, looks like my mental image of Elsa.

The actual Parisian Catacombs are cool. It really is a mass gravesite for some seven million sets of bones. And there really is a whole group of people — “cataphiles” — whose main thrill in life is going down into the catacombs, mapping them, discovering weird locations, and, well, even throwing crazy raves. Apparently the catacomb police did bust up what was essentially a club, complete with full bar, a couple of years ago.

At Infiltration.org, an Urban Exploration and Infiltration site, there’s a great article/short story about an explorer’s first experience in the catacombs. And if you like cartography, really great maps — some of the coolest you’ll ever see — are available at Explographies.

My current favorite thing is Spud.com. They deliver fresh, organically grown, local produce (and any other local/organic foods I request) to me weekly, and at a rate that is pretty much on par or cheaper than local grocers.

Why do I love it? Well, it’s a great idea. Local growers (whom I’d love to support) get my money without me actually having to go to farmers’ markets (which are usually open at times I can’t go). This keeps small businesses alive, and reduces my gas consumption for food transportation to a third of what it is when I shop at regular grocers.

All idealism aside, it’s also just a good deal. I don’t have a car, so the delivery (which is free) is very convenient. I can order a couple of things that I want to receive weekly (currently that’s bread, eggs, and cans of tuna), and they deliver that along with a “Fresh Harvest Box,” which contains their selection of the best seasonal fruits and vegetables in the area. I’m cooking more than I used to (which is good for my budget), and eating more fruits and vegetables than I used to (which is good for me).

It’s also easy to set up, and maybe I’m silly, but grocery shopping online is frankly kind of fun. If you live in Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles, or Portland, the same joy can be yours! For more info, check them out at www.spud.com.