we're back!!!!

We are so excited to be back at the Bum Boat!! For a minute there (ok like 2 weeks, regular time) things were hanging in the balance, and another visit to the very best restaurant in town seemed like a long shot, and the Hemingway Complex was bummed, but look! Everything is as it should be! I love how they never fail to show up for the senior special - their most romantic dates are at like 3 pm. Will they order shrimp scampi? Is the Bum Boat on stilts, or is it floating? Will Dr Corey's hair get grey again as the date wears on?

"Mistakes were made"

This strip is freaking out the Hemingway Complex, because: "Mistakes were made" is a phrase invoked by governmental bodies when it becomes obvious that they have done something unforgiveable, and they have to acknowledge it without actually apologizing or taking responsibility for it. (Ex: Ronald Reagan with the Iran-Contra affair, the Clintons during Whitewater, George Bush about the Iraq war, as well as Henry Kissinger, Ulysses Grant, Richard Nixon, John McCain, et al.) As regards dear Mary, is she parroting what she's been hearing on the news since she was young (the Grant administration), or is she actually admitting that her twisted love life has resulted in the deaths of thousands of innocent civilians?

And: is this actually Dr Corey? Because when did he dye his hair and get some clothes from this decade?

shrimp scampi

Sorry for the long pause; the Hemingway Complex is just now awakening from a coma of boredom brought on by Mary on her couch in an outfit for a month, the minx. It's good to be conscious again so that we can wake up on a Sunday morn and witness this:

Imagine waking up one day in Charterstone and having to forage for food in Mary's kitchen? Even the spice jars are empty. Only raw seafood , culled no doubt from tainted waters, leaves an infectious trail across the countertop. Thus Mary feeds. At least one person would be delighted to partake in this nightmare: