rubbercat.net: June 2008

rubbercat.net is five years old today!! And it has a shiny new look!! Hooray!!!!!
Let's look back at some memories:

first post

Introduction to that lovable comic strip duo Hog & Dog; also the first political cartoon, which will set the tone for years to come

Doug supporting character Chalky Studebaker finally gets the appreciation he so rightfully deserves

I rate the comics

The Punctuation Train pulls into town for some grammar joviality

The first of many conversations between Jack Bauer and his friends

Vampire Joe McCarthy, the Fake Steve Jobs of blood-sucking senators, starts blogging

Red X Pavillion opens for all your red x needs

I talk politics with a Dennis Kuchinich supporter

First reference to Mallard Fillmore, which will become a constant fixation here on the site

I combine Catch-22 and Catcher in the Rye

I set matters straight with The Official "My Brother and Me" FAQ

take your pills, which pretty much only works properly in Internet Explorer because that's the way we rolled back in 2004

Election 2004 if it took place in space

I get all kinds of mad at Mr. President George Bush Jr. just like that Olbermann guy from the tee-vee

I totally sock it to American Dad

Probably the weirdest series of pages I've ever done

Halloween 2005 is extra-spooky

After doing it all by hand for 2-and-a-half years, I embrace Blogger and the rest of "Web 2.0"

I explain Clarissa Explains It All

I attempt to make fun of tech rumor sites but it looks all terrible because I'm not really sure how this whole "HTML" thing works

The worst joke in the universe???

good news and bert news, which still makes me laugh

I come up with Jokes to Say When A Celebrity Dies; unfortunately, Roy Scheider is the first on that list to die

Vampire Joe McCarthy on security

A farewell to Web 1.0???

I make a nerdy Simpsons site and it is well-recieved by other Simpsons nerds

I write a bunch of words about a goddamn Mallard Fillmore strip

Kramer gets a MySpace

President Palmer gets an iPhone

I recap the comics

Big-time movie site JoBlo (among a few other sites) reports a joke page about the then-upcoming Simpsons Movie DVD I wrote as fact

Vampire Joe McCarthy reflects on Senator Lieberman

My weird Doug film noir script gets a major update

My personal favorite Anthropomorphic Republican Duck comic

President Palmer reflects on Senator Obama

Universal Studios mistakes rubbercat.net/simpsons for a legitimate press organization and gives me a press badge for the opening of the Simpsons Ride (more on this soon)

rubbercat.net turns five

Thanks for reading!!!! You rule