The aLp fridge magnets are back in stock! The first thing I did was plaster the mini-fridge at my office (click on the photo to the left - no the pics of my kids are not for sale).

Get yours today! Or you can come see me at my table at I-Con on April 3-5, and I’ll personally hand it to you.

Thanks to everyone who submitted photos for the Be in aLp contest! Here’s the 6 winners for your pleasurable convenience…

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Thanks for all the emails and Facebook messages wishing me a happy birthday on Sunday! Not only does the internet have a way of skyrocketing the number of people who want to wish you a quick happy birthday, it also (thankfully) cuts down on the number of phone calls you have to answer. No offense to my brother, my aunt, and my mother-in-law!

Just wanted to share the birthday cards my (3-year-old) kids made for me. Here’s Rachel’s - ignore the writing:

In case it’s not obvious to you, I’m the figure on the left, Rachel’s the one diagonally down from that, and Adrian’s the one on the right, fittingly with a cupcake in its mouth.

Adrian drew what looks to be a facehugger or something attacking me:

WTF.

How would you like to star in an official aLp episode?

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Saw this sign today. Can anyone figure out what it means?

I’m on vacation! So I’m coming back at you next week on Tuesday! Even though I’m at peace with going this week without an update, you can go ahead and make fun of me if you want. I’m cool with it. All I know is aLp is still weekly after my week off and I’m still having fun.

I am hard at work on something - a birthday present for Elaine, who turns umpty-ump tomorrow! I’d show you what it is but there is the very, very small chance she might read this (she usually comes by only when the mailing list tells her to). All I’ll say is it does require a lot of the same activities that go into aLp. LIKE PROCRASTINATING LOLLLL

These are the two best things I got for Christmas:

Honestly I don’t know which one I love better. Joray Fruit Rolls are so good I literally almost cry when I eat them. They’re better than sex, at least in that they’re a whole lot cheaper to have 6 at a time. Thank you Elaine, for getting them for me, and also for forgiving me for that last sentence.

So yeah I got a PS3 too, which is really not good for getting anything done. I’m playing Prince of Persia right now, though it looks like LittleBigPlanet’s on the horizon. When I get a PSN ID, I’ll let you all know what it is, unless, like photos of me wearing my suit made of Joray Fruit Rolls, it’s something that should be kept private.

Reminder, follow me on Twitter which I seem to be able to update kinda frequently, and become a fan of aLp on Facebook, if for no other reason than all the cool people are doing it.

AND HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

Hey I’m doing ads with Project Wonderful again - there’s a spot up at the top of the page and one under the links section there on the right column. Jump in while they’re still cheap! Thanks.

Full-color desktop wallpaper of the last panel of “Ma is Lost”:

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EDIT: The star-rating system is currently down for repairs.

Hey! You can now give a rating, from 1 - 5 stars, to every episode in the archive and all episodes going forward. You see those tiny stars right underneath the comic on each page? Click the appropriate star based on how much you dig that comic relative to all the others in the aLp archive. It’ll even instantly update the average rating and total number of votes before your very eyes, via internet magic.

If you needed another excuse to read through the archives again, this is the best yet! Clicking on those stars is a lot of fun, take it from me. And pretty soon (not quite now) we’ll be able to have a convenient “Best Of” section that new readers can start with, and all you long-time fans can argue about.

Note that you can go to the Archive where each comic has its own set of stars, so if you’re so familiar with ‘em that you can remember ‘em just by their thumbnail, you can blitz through a bunch of ratings really quickly.

ALSO note the new Search box there on the right underneath the ad - you can’t search scripts of comics (yet), but you can search titles and their accompanying blog posts. And you can rate right from the search results.

LASTLY a quick reminder to VOTE for aLp at Top Web Comics!

THANKS!

Some orders of business!

- I Wordpressified the whole site! Among other things this means: 1) anyone can comment on any comic or post now without registering or logging in, 2) blog entries that aren’t tied to a specific comic will now appear as a “true” blog down here, updating with newer posts at the top, and 3) the tag system works better (e.g. here’s all the comics tagged “pee”). I apologize in advance if switching over to the Wordpress RSS feed makes all your readers go haywire.

- The Holiday t-shirt sale is still on - 25% off the official aLp t-shirt for both men and women - that’s $12 instead of the usual $16 (+ shipping)! The only sizes I got left, though, are Men’s M and L, and Women’s S and XL. If you or your favorite aLp fan fits one of these sizes, this is your chance to be EVEN SEXIER THAN YOU ARE and proudly wear aLp across your chest without breaking the bank.

- Remember, we had a deal that you’re gonna help me get the word out that aLp is back. Right now I’m gonna go back to trying one of those “webcomic top lists” like I did a long time ago… so please VOTE for aLp on Top Web Comics once a day, every day… for today’s incentive if you vote you get to see a preview of what’s coming down the pipe…

THANKS!