I Hope Jake Made an Extra-Special Hobbit Candle For the Occasion!

Happy anniversary to Helen and Jake, who made their commitment vows on this day in 1975! I assume that's when they got married, but "Committed" by Mike Xeno has another, more interesting take on the day.

Let's all celebrate their anniversary (maybe) with some chocolate pudding for National Chocolate Pudding Day, and join Daria and Brittany in their shared disgust for when the pudding has skin. Yuck.

Finally, here's a shout-out to Zachary for National Zachary Day! Do I mean Zachary the guy who was briefly seen being mistreated by Quinn in "Monster" or do I mean Zachary the never-seen cat belonging to the Lane family? You decide!

Fandom News!

• Vote in the Celebrity Deathmatch polls between Hippity Hopper and the Giant Jackrabbit from The Beverly Hillbillies or Alice Kramden and Edith Bunker.


• Check out Daria's return to comics (sort of).


• Has the moment for the Jodie spinoff passed?

OMG WTF??!!??!!??!!?

While Daria processes what exactly is going on, here are some bits and pieces of fandom flotsam.

A short blog note reminisces on smart, geeky women in the media and, in passing, mentions Daria Morgendorffer. Mostly, though, it's about Willow from BtVS.

Daria fans continue to hold a message-board conversation with long-time IUF member Scarlett on SFMB, updating where they've been and what they're doing and what happened the last time they fell down.

Richard Lobinske has found what appears to be the perfect image of Zachary, one of the Lane family's two unseen cats (per The Daria Diaries). Me like muchly.

More later. Have to catch up on stuff (interview editing)