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SMBC Shoots the Moon

By Phil Plait
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Zach Weiner is the host of the demented brain behind the massively popular web comic Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal, one of a few must-read comics out there if you want to call yourself a geek. SMBC lampoons science, math, and those would deny either or both.

Iâve known Zach for a few years now and weâre friends, which is why his betrayal is so much more bitter. I canât believe he would backstab me by publicly revealing in a comic something I told him about in confidenceâ¦

[Read the rest of the comic at SMBC.]

My backroom deal with NASA for naming rights on the future lunar colonies was this close to being finalized. Now thatâs all gone.

I shouldâve finished Zach off when I had the chance.

By the way, "Plait's Gulch" is the name of my Boy Gorge cover band.

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