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β | [[Megan]] and [[Cueball]] are {{w|stargazing}}. In the first two panels, Cueball references a scene in the movie ''{{w|The Lion King}}'', where the protagonist, {{w|Simba}}, remembers how his father, {{w|List_of_The_Lion_King_characters#Mufasa|Mufasa}}, explained the night sky by saying, "The great kings of the past are up there." The quote in last panel is derived from a scene near the climax of the movie, where the spirit of Mufasa appears to Simba in the clouds and speaks to him | + | [[Megan]] and [[Cueball]] are {{w|stargazing}}. In the first two panels, Cueball references a scene in the movie ''{{w|The Lion King}}'', where the protagonist, {{w|Simba}}, remembers how his father, {{w|List_of_The_Lion_King_characters#Mufasa|Mufasa}}, explained the night sky by saying, "The great kings of the past are up there." The quote in last panel is derived from a scene near the climax of the movie, where the spirit of Mufasa appears to Simba in the clouds and speaks to him. |
β | Megan interrupts Cueball by saying that she can't decide if Cueball needs to "get out more or less." If she were to say | + | {{w|Cory Doctorow}} is a famous blogger who features in several of [[Randall]]'s [[:Category:Comics featuring Cory Doctorow|comics]]. A {{w|tag cloud}} is a list of keywords on the sidebar of a blog's layout that helps a reader find posts by hyperlinking to posts associated with that keyword or category. Tags are shown in a proportionally larger typeface if that tag describes more posts than other tags. |
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+ | Megan interrupts Cueball by saying that she can't decide if Cueball needs to "get out more or less." If she were to say "get out more," she would be implying that he needs to spend time away from the computer so he stops seeing links between the real world and Cory Doctorow. If she says "get out less," she implies that he might scare normal people if he were to do what he does in front of them, or perhaps become more "normal" if he were to stop going outside and not do what he is doing now. | ||
In the title text, Randall mentions that he feels that the word {{w|blog}}, a {{w|portmanteau}} and an {{w|elision}} of "web log," sounds silly, and has not become any less silly over the years, despite entering common usage. | In the title text, Randall mentions that he feels that the word {{w|blog}}, a {{w|portmanteau}} and an {{w|elision}} of "web log," sounds silly, and has not become any less silly over the years, despite entering common usage. |