He'd Better Avoid Ms. Barch's Class on Dissection Day

Looks like Kevin has taken American Frog Day to the extreme, perhaps as a way to improve his agility on the football field. He's going to be very disappointed with the corresponding decrease in strength, though.

It's going to take a lot more than strength to lift a government building, which was actually attempted--telepathically--on this day in 1967 during the March on the Pentagon. Helen, Jake, and their commune friends were part of the attempt, which failed miserably and led to Jake breaking his foot. Stupid five-sided building.

Finally, on this day in 1997 the first Daria VHS tape, creatively named "Daria," was released. It contained "Esteemsters," "The Invitation," "College Bored," and the "Sealed with a Kick" pilot, without which we'd never have seen Daria's super-creepy grin. So...yay?

Fandom News!

• R.I.P., Ace Freley.

Swapping Shoulder Pads for Lily Pads

I see Kevin is ready to celebrate Frog Jumping Day, or perhaps Dr. Shar has veered into the truly bizarre for her surgical procedures. Either way, his new leaping skills should come in handy on the football field! Just steer clear of Brittany, because I doubt she's going to want to spend any time in the backseat of a car with a slimy frog.

Green must be the color of the day, though, because it's also Leprechaun Day. Let's hope the spirit of St. Patrick's Day has a pleasant day, and doesn't have to go chasing after any renegade holidays from Holiday Island.

Fanfic Update!

• Movin' On Up, by wilddogjj (part 1): "Kevin was changing the oil in his lawn mower. Actually, Jim was showing Kevin how to change the oil. Kevin watched as Jim installed the filter."


• Spider Quinn 08 The Three Misfits, by cfardell_Brenorenz29 (COMPLETE!): "'This was a bad idea,' Gerald said. 'Just because Ben got bit by a snake doesn’t mean it’s a bad idea!' Quinn said."

Ribbit!

Kevin's out chilling on his lily pad for World Frog Day, but I hope he isn't expecting Brittany to help turn him back into a human. I mean, kiss a slimy old frog? No way! Imagine the warts!

It might help to refresh her memory of the story "The Frog Prince," because it's also World Storytelling Day. Daria will probably regale us all with a gruesome spin on the old story, so I hope no one has eaten recently.

I suppose Artie could share his alien encounter story yet again for Extraterrestrial Abductions Day, but I'm not sure we want to bring back all of that trauma. After all, he's probably never going to find anyone to press his pants so nicely ever again.

Ribbit!

Either Kevin pissed off the wrong witch or he's celebrating American Frog Day in the most hardcore way possible. I have to say, a frog with a goofy grin sitting on a football is a pretty damn American frog. All it needs is some apple pie.

Today is also the anniversary of the (unsuccessful) attempt to psychically levitate the Pentagon, an attempt that Jake and his hippie friends either were present for or tried to emulate. Either way, all he got for his trouble was a broken foot. It was a good try, Jake!

Fandom News!

• Vote in the Deadliest Warrior poll between the One-Armed Man from The Fugitive and Tony Soprano.

Ribbit!

On this day, 143 years ago, Samuel "Mark Twain" Clemens' "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" was published in the New York Saturday Press. The tale grew in the telling until now it is an annual event. We fanfic writers should be so lucky. On the subject of frogs, Daria says: click here. Beavis and Butt-head have much to say about frog (baseball), but we will ignore it.

Stay tuned.