I've had the phrase "ear rings" in a notepad file for several years... I finally put it in a strip. I'm trying to plan the next major arc while finishing up a lot of side work I need to do... but it's still difficult knocking out the comics with my pinched nerve-- which is getting better due to a change in my sleeping position along with chiropractic. There's another trip to Montreal in a week and a half so I'm hopeful to get a strip or two ahead if at all possible so I can have a day off when I get back up there. We'll see though.