03.28.2010 - Terrence Marks:

Firstly, my friend Rex Broome turned 39 a week ago. And every day until he turns 40 he will cover a randomly chosen song. Right now, that's 10 down, 355 to go. Go check it out.

Secondly, People have asked me: is "They'll Do It Every Time" a real comic strip?

Yes, is it. It's a single-panel strip about how people are. Y'know: "He complains how money is tight when his wife buys an expensive new hat...but when he sees a new set of golf clubs, he doesn't have trouble finding the money". That kind of thing. The strip ended in 2008 when the cartoonist died. There are a few of them here.

A lot of the ideas are submitted by readers; I remember hearing about a comic snark site (and I don't recall which one, unfortunately) that made fun of it pretty regularly...until their ideas started getting accepted. From then on, they thought it was kinda cool. Turns out, yeah. They'll do it every time.