Stephan Pastis is a genius.

I love Pearls Before Swine. I once sent Stephan Pastis an e-mail expressing my appreciation for his work, and he wrote me back, saying "thank you" and would I please write the local newspaper too? So I did, and cc'd him on the email. The e-mail I sent to the paper was pure gushy fangirl raving about how brilliant Stephan Pastis is, and how much I adored his strip, and if I weren't married, I'd want to have his babies (okay, I left that part out). Again, the man himself wrote me back with one word: "Wow!"

All that to say, once again, Mr. Pastis proves his genius:



I'd still have his babies. If I weren't still married. And perimenopausal.