So far, we’ve installed new hardware, new software, and new UI. It’s like Christmas, if Christmas involved putting together your own toys and then checking them repeatedly to see if you’d accidentally wired them to blow up.

BTW, Panino wants to spend some time redrawing the characters. We have some older character templates and he wants them all upgraded to the latest and greatest. Whereas I’d rather publish again pronto and fine-tune the visuals later.

Your thoughts?

After an excessive number of late nights at the office, I’ve noticed that lawyers get a feral glint in their bloodshot eyes. More physical proof of the Jekyll/Hyde that is a lawyer’s personality. Awful rabid predator and … person who hates being an awful rabid predator.

BTW, I haven’t slept in a few days. Fair warning.

BTW, Google+ looks like a half-finished equation. And G+ looks like a failing grade, or a reference to G-spots. Maybe that’s just me?

Glee because we now have a really good excuse to buy some new hardware and software, and, y’know, start story-telling again.

Guilt because we didn’t do it sooner. But that’s true for everything (except getting caught — I’m never sorry I didn’t get caught sooner). So, guilt-schmilt! Onwards and upwards!

I promised to have the next strip up this month, and to be on a twice-weekly schedule thereafter. Any preferences on which two days?

And in comic-related news, we’re on the kind of schedule that we can keep…which is currently no schedule at all. We dropped everything when Nino’s dad was sick and we’ve been 100% family-focused after he passed away.

The good news is that our respective jobs are moving forward, which keeps the roof over our heads, which keeps the Wacom tablet safe from harm. And thus, comic strips will still come out sporadically.

BTW, Sydney hasn’t kicked her kleptomania completely. We just didn’t think it was fair for her to regress during our hiatus. Kleptomania + Sydney’s brand new retail venture = trouble! More explanation to come.

Nino & Miche, in unison: ARRRRGH! If Windows Update tries to restart one more time, I’m going fly to Seattle and beat Bill Gates into a bloody pulp!

Yeah, it’s fun times here. We’re keepin’ it real — real stressful, that is.

News! First, our web-guru has created some guru-iffic things. We will install those things this week and then tell you how they work. Unless, of course, we blow up in the process. In which case, please tell our mamas we thought of them at the end.

Second, we are tinkering with an iPhone app. Even though we’re both diehard G1 fans. It has to do with the wonderfulness of James Harknell and Co. More info to follow, once we finalize our features.

Third, the big big case that I’ve been toiling away on is coming close to resolution. You’ll see more of me, and the web will see more of Sharp and Useless, as I surface for air.

Fourth, we have discovered homemade ice cream. Correspondingly, we strongly recommend David Lebovitz’s book, The Perfect Scoop.

Fifth, please send questions to TaterTot at TaterTot@sharpanduseless.com … he’s going to do a Q&A strip this month, as part of an annual tradition.

We’re meeting with someone who could, fingers crossed, become the guy who does our “honey-do” web stuff. We will ply him with caffeine and big, soulful eyes, until he agrees. Wish us luck.

Two things I’ve found:

1. When you come back to the office, you repeat yourself. You go from office to office, explaining all the new things you’ve learned and the things you’ve done in your absence.

2. You miss out on socialization. Interoffice socialization isn’t the same thing as normal socialization, btw. It’s more “team building” meets grumpiness, rather than friendship meets alcohol and bad judgment. Very little accidental smooching. Plenty of jabby, passive-aggressive convos.