The safe word…

…is “Crime Alley.”

Now for some links, both timely and slightly dated:

It’s a week for blogoversaries! Dave Ex Machina turns eight! Tarty Tart turns two!

C’mon and get your FIGHT on!

What happens when the forces of Awesome and Weakass collide? Pure comedic genius.

In which a humble mariner shows up the hubristic endeavors of the Massachusetts Tourism Board.

I *heart* the Little Stuffed Bull.

Mark your cosmic calendars, kids.

The Seabrook Meltdowns — co-captained by the fearsome Trina Trioxin — will make their debut alongside the Granite Skate Troopers this Saturday at JFK Coliseum in Manchester, NH.  Be there or be square.

(Big thanks to Ken Lowery for the bat-joke assist.)