Webcomic Wednesday: Something Positive by R. K. Milholland

Today I am gonna start a weekly feature called "Webcomic Wednesday." I suppose I probably should have started writing this yesterday so it actually got up for most of Wednesday but no such luck. I will try to remember that for next week.

Something Positive is a snarky cynical slice of life. I have been reading this comic for at least 7 years but possibly longer, which is longer than any other comic that I currently read. I have a tradition of going through the archives every year starting at the new year and sometimes I go through them at some other point during the year. But enough about me, you want to hear about the comic!

The main star of S*P is Davan MacIntire. A sarcastic, sometimes bitter man who enjoys watching stupid people suffer. I feel the character has mellowed with age and whether this was the intention of Milholland or not I think it has been a good character development. Despite or maybe because of his shortcomings Davan is a character who is easy to sympathize with.

Other characters of note include Aubrey, one of Davan's oldest friends. She's a strong independent woman with a violent streak. Like Davan, Aubrey is pretty easy to like as a character. There is also Pee-Jee who is probably one if the sweetest characters in the strip. She still has been known to have a few violent tendencies but she is probably one of my favorite characters in all of webcomics. Jason, is Aubrey's husband but in the early strips liked to play himself off as a playboy but shows himself to be a real romantic and, since he and Aubrey adopted a little girl, a devoted father.

Let's not forget the real star of the strip, Choo-Choo Bear. Choo-Choo is a boneless, hairless, 25+ year old cat. He can take on any form he wants and, like a certain friend of mine can fit into anywhere. Did I mention he is Jewish. He is a favorite of most fans and recently had a litter of kittens with a cat from another strip. These kittens have gone to various owners in several comic strips. Choo-Choo is pretty much a god among cats.

There are dozens if other characters in the world of Something Positive but these are the ones that I feel best demonstrate its awesomeness. If have never seen it you definitely need to check out Something Positive. It is definitely worth your time.

First Post!!!!11!!!@@2

So you start a blog cause all your friends do it and you go. "Hey I can do that." Then you face the problem what is interesting enough in your life to write about. I mean the point is to eventually have other people read this so what do you do?

Well you do what I do which is to just write what you know and hope it eventually gets interesting. So what do I know about? Lots of things. Let us explore these things for a moment.

• Aquatics: I am a lifeguard. I have been for 6 years (that's 4 actual years of experience.) What does this mean I know? On the base line it means I have to know how to swim (this should be obvious to people but isn't always especially to kids.) I also have to know CPR (that's cardiopulmonary resuscitation), AED (automatic external defibrillator), first aid, and how to pull someone out of the water (ie. Lifesaving). Those are the certificates I have to have to lifeguard. What I also know is how to blow a whistle, how to say "Pools closed" so that a full pool can hear me.  I know in general what rules should be standard at every pool and why those rules exist. I can also spot when someone is having trouble swimming when there about a hundred other people in said pool. I also happen to be a swim teacher so I know how to get a kid to float, kick, and paddle, and usually have fun doing it.  I love the water and I think I am a pretty darn good lifeguard and a pretty good teacher. Thus the Aqua in this blog title. There will be a certain amount of talk about my job.
• Gaming, I have about as many years experience gaming as I do lifeguarding. when I say gaming I mean real pen and paper RPGs like Dungeons and Dragons, Call of Cthullu, and GURPS. I love roleplaying games and the people I play them with however those are the people who I think may be the first to read this blog so there will be less talk about day to day activities though I may talk about it more when I run my own games.
• Webcomics, I love webcomics and have been reading them longer than I have been doing the past two things (except swimming I have been swimming my whole life.) Expect reviews from time to time of especially good comics.
• Webshows, I have a bit less experience with this than Webcomics but pretty much the same comments about that.
• Life, I actually only have so-so knowledge about life in general as I hardly have one but what I do I will talk about.

So that's it I hope everyone who reads this considers it a good investment of their time and continues to read.