I'm Shocked! Shocked, I tell you!

Benjamin Franklin, the man who did about everything there was to do for his time, celebrates his 304th birthday today. Thanks to Pinhead and UU for the little-known alter ego at right with Mr. DeMartino!

Also in the realm of birthdays, Popeye turns 81. Daria and Jane got to meet Popeye in one fanfic-in-progress. Popeye also gets mentioned in "Antisocial Climbers," in which it becomes clear that Mr. DeMartino (hey!) is a fan of his. I wonder why...

N0oOZ!

• IRC is working again now that a trojan has been removed from Lawndale Online. Lawndale Online is safe again.
• Why so much hate for Tom? Why indeed. Look here for the arguments.
• The Jane Lane Fan Club has been created by the awesome Jim North! Make your artistic contributions now!
• Like Small Jokes? There's plenty more where the first ones came from.
• Looking for some fun Beavis and Butt-head WAV files, a few of which might relate to Daria? Check this out.
• Pinhead does more artwork for "The Omega Jane"! Is there no end to the Awesome and Win?
• Facebook's Daria fan site is still going strong. Some of the comments are pretty funny. And it has 264,475 fans. Wait, what? 264,475??? Good Lord!
  
• The Daria Fan Club is also doing well, up to 1,558 members with some new materials added. This blog has had 139,000 hits, too. We must be on a roll!
• DariaWiki now has 3,034 articles. Yes! Thank you, all!