Crowbar Benson

Mmm Asparagus

Sandy — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:00:00 +0000

Except I actually like asparagus… Saw Daughter #3 off at the airport yesterday, she should be arriving in Paris early this morning… exciting stuff!

Fire Truck

Sandy — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 07:00:00 +0000

To be fair, I would get just as excited about fire trucks as a city kid… Daughter #3 is off to France today, going to miss her (and her cooking skills!) She’ll be an Au Pair for a family living just outside of Paris. We’ve Skyped with them a few times, and they seem really [...]

The Real Reason Men Don’t Watch Women’s Sports

Sandy — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 07:00:00 +0000

He doesn’t need the ‘birds and the bees’ talk, he needs the ‘soap and water’ talk. Off to see the Winnipeg Goldeyes tonight! And Happy Birthday to Mom, she turns the big 7-0 tomorrow!

Skeeters

Sandy — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 07:00:00 +0000

Ah, that glorious fifteen minutes between spring and mosquito season… gotta love it while it lasts. Wow, quite the game last night! Triple overtime! At least the right team won.

Wood Tick

Sandy — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 07:00:00 +0000

Bite me, I’ll bite you back… First case ever of a kid giving a wood tick Lyme’s Disease. Needless to say, it’s full on wood tick season here. Only one real bite so far, but pulling off lots.

Can Crusher

Sandy — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 07:00:00 +0000

The sad thing is he’ll wake up wondering who punched him in the head

So I was out mowing at my mom’s place Saturday, and I’m pretty sure I saw a cougar or a bobcat. At first I thought it was a fawn, but I got a pretty good look at it running away, and it really didn’t look like a fawn. I’ve never seen a wild cat like that, so it was kinda neat. Glad the kids are all grown up, though!

Get Skinny

Sandy — Fri, 07 Jun 2013 07:00:00 +0000

Fart joke!

Chocolate Bar

Sandy — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 07:00:00 +0000

I’ve always thought that you get way better bang for your buck buying happiness for kids than you do for adults. I’m going to be a terrible grandfather one day!

Career Day

Sandy — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 07:00:00 +0000

I mean, if they taught you how to rob banks in school, then you’d be less likely to get caught. And isn’t going to school supposed to help keep you out of jail?

Ninja Trap

Sandy — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 07:00:00 +0000

Because if you put enough spikes in the lawn, when the Evil Ninjas come jumping around at night, they’ll stab their feet in the spikes, and then you can blast them from your window with your pellet guns… see, they got it all figured out. Played four hours of floor hockey on Saturday for a [...]

An Act Of Balance

Sandy — Fri, 31 May 2013 07:00:00 +0000

Nothing funnier than a puncture wound from a rusty nail! And it’s Friday!

Smart Glasses

Sandy — Thu, 30 May 2013 07:00:00 +0000

I only wish glasses made me smarter…

Birthday Beer

Sandy — Wed, 29 May 2013 07:00:00 +0000

Now that would be a hell of a birthday party…

Slo Kart

Sandy — Mon, 27 May 2013 07:00:00 +0000

The lament of the prairies… So I knew I’d gotten out of shape since hockey ended, but it only took about 10 minutes of floor hockey to realize just HOW out of shape… ye gods. My hearts is still thumping. Must find something to get me off my butt during the summer. Hope all my [...]

Almost Fun

Sandy — Fri, 24 May 2013 07:00:00 +0000

For some games, you just need more siblings. I always thought if I had two more daughters, I’d have a girls hockey team. Just needed to convince the daughters that they liked hockey…

Building a House #1: House Plans

Sandy — Thu, 23 May 2013 19:13:39 +0000

So Christine and I are building a new house this year, or at least we’re trying to! I’ll be posting stuff as it progresses. Here’s the basic floor plan that will get converted to proper engineered drawings.

You can click to see a higher res version…

The Great Outdoors

Sandy — Wed, 22 May 2013 07:00:00 +0000

Might be an all-nighter..

Found Objects

Sandy — Tue, 21 May 2013 07:00:00 +0000

Somebody has to bring stuff there… I mean, you never fail to find weird stuff out in the woods. Great long weekend, had an excellent time up in Hecla, and even missed most of the rain.

The Duel

Sandy — Fri, 17 May 2013 07:00:00 +0000

And that’s why you gotta limit the number of paces…

So today’s comic is part of ‘Dialogue Free Comics Day’, wherein a bunch of cartoonists try and make a comic without any dialogue. I find it to be a really good exercise, it’s always good to try and tell as much of the story as you can with the pictures, and not rely too heavily on the words. But for some reason I always end up making a huge comic for the occasion…

I’ve done a bunch of dialogue free comics over the year, here’s a partial list if you’re into looking at them.

http://www.crowbarbenson.com/dad-talking/
http://www.crowbarbenson.com/party-snacks/
http://www.crowbarbenson.com/winter-comes-a-calling/
http://www.crowbarbenson.com/listening-to-the-adults/
http://www.crowbarbenson.com/imminent-doom/
http://www.crowbarbenson.com/ice-cream-cone/
http://www.crowbarbenson.com/a-fly-in-my-spuds/

Off to Hecla Island for the weekend! If there’s no comic Monday, you’ll know why!

Evolve Harder

Sandy — Thu, 16 May 2013 07:00:00 +0000

You, too, can be a monkey, if you just believe! Looks like we’ll be going to Hecla for the weekend, looking forward to that!

Sparks

Sandy — Wed, 15 May 2013 07:00:00 +0000

Oooohhh… Sparks! I don’t know how long you’d have to do that to kill your battery, but clearly they did it long enough. And they may have melted the booster cables

A Plan With A Flaw

Sandy — Tue, 14 May 2013 07:00:00 +0000

So close to the perfect plan… Great news on the hockey front last night, the Leafs are out and spring can begin!

The Day After

Sandy — Mon, 13 May 2013 07:00:00 +0000

How do you turn a Canadiens fan into a Bruins fan? Have the Bruins play the Leafs in the playoffs. Sad but true!

So Dad got this huge bank safe at one point, put a bunch of stuff in it, and told everyone where the combination was. Then he died, and now nobody can remember where the combination is. So the question: How do you open one of these safes? It’s a Sargent and Greenleaf lock, and the safe is probably four feet by four feet. I spent a few hours Saturday trying to find the combination, and trying to listen to tumblers fall into place, but it turns out that safe cracking is harder than it sounds…

The Worm Of Science

Sandy — Fri, 10 May 2013 07:00:00 +0000

Dissecting things: Not the best reason to get into science, but at least it gets you into science… It’s official, we’re gonna build a new house this year! Kind of excited about that, I’m hoping to help with the construction. So you may be seeing Crowbar joining a construction crew at some point this year… [...]

Playoffs

Sandy — Wed, 08 May 2013 07:00:00 +0000

Sad thing is the game hasn’t even started… Spring cold… blech.