In my home town, this weekend.

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Medical helicopters collide, killing at least 6

(CNN) -- At least six people were dead and one critically injured Sunday after a midair crash between two medical helicopters near a hospital in Arizona, authorities said.

Rescue workers sift through wreckage from two medical helicopters that collided midair Sunday afternoon.

The collision, at Flagstaff Medical Center in Flagstaff, Arizona, set fire to a 10-acre area, according to fire officials, and another two rescue workers were injured by a secondary explosion after the crash.

The helicopters collided at roughly 3:45 p.m. local time, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.

"As you can imagine, we've got lots of heaps of metal to go through," said Capt. Mark Johnson of the Flagstaff Fire Department. "It's just difficult right now."

He said a landing pad on the roof of the hospital is used by medical helicopters.

Federal Aviation Authority officials originally had reported at least seven deaths and three critical injuries, but they revised those numbers after investigators spent more time on the scene.

Flagstaff Police Department Sgt. Tom Boughner said the two rescue workers were not immediately believed to be seriously injured. He said the helicopters crashed into a wooded area near a neighborhood and that no one on the ground was believed to have been injured or killed in the crash.

He said the fire had been contained by Sunday evening.

FAA spokesman Ian Gregor said at least one of those killed in the collision was a patient.

He said three of those killed, including the patient, were aboard a Bell 407 helicopter operated by Air Methods Corporation, an air medical service provider. The other helicopter, operated by Classic Helicopter Service of Utah, also was a Bell 407. The other four victims, including the one critically injured, were on that helicopter.

Both helicopters were headed to the hospital at the time of the crash, Gregor said.

FAA safety inspectors from Phoenix, Arizona, were en route to the scene Sunday, and additional inspectors from Washington were expected to arrive Monday morning. The National Transportation Safety Board will lead a probe into the crash, Gregor said"

The really shitty part is the last time that Flagstaff made national news was when The Prez Bush showed up for a speech. It's pretty much the same thing when you think about it.

Please, help. Being the black sheep doesn't make me special.

Once again, in front of Hal's Video. You gotta be careful of that neighborhood, it's an absolute sketch fest.

Arcade Fire. Neon Bible

There are music videos and there are internet worthy interactive music videos. This one is really cool. I've never heard the song before but it's also very good. Click it out.

Please, help. I hear my master's voice.

Yep, more of what it's like in Elphia. No one wants to be called to the rug. Not saying that he will kill you but you may your life, as you know it, will be permanently altered.

Those lacking will wilf

Yes. You've caught me once again wilfing away my office time. But this time it was really important. I was using the Googles checking the popularity of our kingdom when I came across this:


The good queen Elphia. In the background is her sibling, Bear. The lost queen was found at a music concert. Isn't that sweet? We all thought she was dead permanent-like.

T-shirt 3

Still working on this idea. It gets better with every draft. Let me know what you think of this one. As always, if you want this as a shirt, let me know & we can arrange it.

My favorite painting in the "You" series

This is latex paint, cray-pas & oil paint on a mirror.

Pulees, halp. I haf no frands close bye.

I work a lot with dogs (see for more details) so they or things they do show up frequently in my comics. This is based off of one of my favorites. His name is Patrick. This is what Patrick would look like if he lived in Elphia.

Please, help. There's no place to plug this thing in.

It was Kermit the Frog, actually. & he's right. We're so used to just doing what is the most convenient for us that now that we're being told that we need to thing about what & how we're consuming it's like, "Phew, all these options & choices. It's way more expensive because we aren't really used to doing it yet. We don't have many automated machines to make bio-degradable bags so we have to pay an arm & a leg or keep heating up the planet with our petroleum emissions. " I don't have a good solution. Nor do I wish that I lived in the '50s when Americans were encouraged to drive gas guzzlers (and awful ones in those days) from sea to shining sea. I'm just pointing out the fact that the struggle exists. Don't look to me for answers; I draw funny pictures.

Please, help. Our planet is changing.

It's hard to say if it's one thing or the other. But things do seem different.

Waitress, please, help...

This is for the both the "What?" or "Ewww..." category depending on your age & sexual orientation.

Please, help. I don't trust doctors.

Really, I don't trust Western doctors. It seems like there philosophy has been for quite a long time, "Cut out or drug the offending parts." They seem to see only the list of symptoms so they go about trying them without really getting to the crux of what's going wrong. & not even seeming to care. Most doctors to, it seems to me, are so cocky about it to like they learned how to drug people in school so it must be the right answer.

I appreciate Eastern medicine, though. I think that it makes sense to see the body as a whole; noticing that everything effects everything. & Freudian psychology in noticing that everything has a deeper more abstract meaning to it. It's not that there are sick & crazy people, they both seem to notice that people can have sickness or craziness inside of them. It's that PC thing where it puts the person in front of the illness so that you don't forget the context of the treatment.

So listen up all you doctors who have nothing better to do with your time than to read my blog. I really told you... right? Right? Hello?

T-shirt update

http://www.threadless.com/critique/22155/Face_Plant
Take a look, critique or rate. Also if anyone wants this as a shirt let me know.

Please, help. I've lost something very important.

God, it's been one of those days. I swear, I'd leave my legs if they weren't... wait... GAAGGH!

Missed it by a little.

Hey, check it out. One hundred posts! This one will actually make it a 103. That's so awesome. I thought for sure that I would forget to keep doing this & then stumble on it like a year later & be all, "Oh, yeah." But it hasn't happened. So three cheers for Elphia!!



For those of you who don't know, Frank Zappa is the mayor of Elphia. Because he's awesome & smart. I love the ease that he has.

Please, help. I feel the mask is slipping.

Hey, my birthday is this weekend! It's probably been since I was a kid that I was excited at all for this event. Generally everyone forgets it because it's right at the beginning of summer. But I have a feeling that my wonderful gf is going to make sure that it's memorable.

Face Plant

Here's my newest t-shirt idea. I'm thinking about making one for myself even if Threadless doesn't take it. If you want to critique got to http://www.threadless.com/critique/22155/Face_Plant & if you want one let me know.

Please, help. This job can be murder.

For those of you who may not know, the circus is a permanent fixture in Elphia. It doesn't need to travel around the country to make living it's actually more popular than the bars downtown. A lot of first dates wind up at the circus. & having a job there is the most noble of professions. There are a lot of lifers basically someone has to die before anyone else can get the job.


For those of you in Chi-town I have artwork being sold at the Andersonville Midsommer Fest (June 14 & 15). The fest runs from 2p-1a & 2-11p with dj & drinks. I'll be there if you want to come by & try to assassinate me. It might make you eligible for my job in the circus.

Please, help. I've got to get around & around & around....

Please, help. I must break him.