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Lots of times, folks have moved since they last made a purchase, but they haven’t updated their address with Paypal. We ship to the address that’s provided in your order…and if an old address is in there, that’s unfortunately where it ends up.

Thanks!

Time to share some reader e-mail from around the world! I’ve been slow in sharing all the pics, links, and stories folks send me — my apologies for that. I get a lot of e-mail every day, and I respond to every single e-mail I get…but that usually means I don’t have time to *share* the funny ones with everyone else. But I’ll try to catchup over the next few weeks. Anyway….to the mailbag!

1.) Sheldonista John U. writes in that Brigitte loved her birthday gift of Sheldon Original Art, and has added it to their collection. And dang! Based on that wall in the background, it’s a growing collection! Anyway, I’m so glad you like it, Brigitte!

2.) South African Sheldon reader and fellow pug owner Leighann sends in an awesome pic of her two pugs Aldo and Lucy. I love this shot of them at the beach:

3.) Adam M. sent in this pic of his pug “Rosie” getting a copy of Pugs: God’s Little Weirdos for her birthday. Adam writes, “Your strip inspired me to get my pug, who has been a bundle of joy, energy and hassle in my life.” I apologize wholeheartedly, Adam, for the pug hair that is no doubt everywhere in your home, now. ‘Tis the downside of owning a pug. But on the bright side, Rosie looks awesome.

4.) Sheldonista David M. sent in a great shot of his Sheldon Original Art all framed up (…and specially presented on the floor, apparently?). The black frame with white matte is a nice choice:

5.) Also, Isaac J. sent in a great link, settling once and for all who would win in a “Star Trek vs. Star Wars” battle.

Thanks again to everyone who’s taken the time to write. I really, really enjoy hearing back from folks — and not just when I misspell “onomatopoeia” or “Pangea” in the strip. So thank you!

For everyone startin’ in on their Christmas shopping, here are two awesome deals on Sheldon stuff starting today!

1.) $10 copies of “Pure Ducky Goodness”! From today until Dec. 18th, the price on Pure Ducky Goodness is just $10! It’s a great way to get your friends and family in on the laughs you’ve been forwarding them by e-mail. Aaaaand you save $5! BAM: You’ve just become the best gift-giver ever. (It’s also a good way to start *your* collection, if you’ve never picked up a Sheldon book!)

2.) Free Shipping on Original Art: I may regret this if a whole bunch of people start ordering from Mongolia, but here goes: Between now and Dec 18th, free shipping on Original Art…anywhere in the world. Use the site’s search function to type in your favorite punchline, keywords, characters, or strip. Then, once you’ve located it, click the blue “Buy Today’s Original Art” text under that comic.

(Still can’t find the strip you’re looking for? Just e-mail me directly.)

We’re just days away from the new book, “Nerds on Parade” going on sale, so I thought I’d mention this for *new* Sheldonistas:

Whenever a new Sheldon book comes out, the limited-number Artist Editions are offered first to subscribers of the Sheldon newsletter. They get the Super Secret Link of Fantastic-ness days earlier than everyone else.

If you’re interested in snagging an Artist Edition, take 8 seconds and sign up for the ol’ newsletter.

(I should note: Current subscribers to Sheldon-Delivery-by-Email are already signed up for the newsletter, so no additional signups are needed.)

As 9,000 e-mails to my inbox on Thanksgiving have proved, I was right all along when I wrote “Buffalo Shank”, and needn’t have corrected it to “Buffalo Flank”.

Working the way I work, there are few times that I miss the presence of an editor — but me unnecessarily correcting *myself* was one of those times. Here’s why: “Shank” is an inherently funnier word than “flank”. That’s not a qualitative call, that’s quantitative: “Shank” is funnier, mathematically.

So, on this most rarest of occassions, I think I’m gonna change the word *back* to what I originally had written, with smiling apologies. I’d rather have “shank” in the books and in the archives.

Happy Thanksgiving to the 50 states! Hope the day is a relaxing and happy one with family and friends.

Also! E-mail readers have an extra bonus laugh in Thursday’s strip. I mistakenly wrote “shank” instead of “flank” (…Lord knows why, it’s not like I spent time in prison dueling with cell-made knives), and the correction didn’t go through to the e-mail subscribers. So, you got the extra joke: A knife made out of buffalo meat. …I guess?

Anyway, Happy Thanksgiving!

As I was updating the Sheldon Store software today, getting it ready for “Nerds On Parade” goin’ on sale next week, I noticed that there are only 20 Artist Editions left for “Pugs: God’s Little Weirdos”. As you guys know, when an Artist Edition sells out, they sell out for good. So if you were thinking of gettin’ one for you or as a gift, this is your head’s up that we’re almost at ‘last call’!

[Edited to add: #300 is a very special Artist Edition, by the way. I spent a good long while on that one, and it came out very cool. Whoever orders the last one gets it!]

Congrats to “Empty_W” (his/her forum name) for their winning caption!

Reading through the 1,000+ entries was incredibly fun — but was filled with enough great ones that it made it very difficult to pick just one overall.

I hope everyone enjoyed reading the captions as much as I did. Based on the huge number of entries and votes cast, I think it’s something we’ll try again someday.

A huge thank you to everyone who submitted — you all deserve the official “Sheldon High-Five For Extraordinary Valor Among Exceptional Awesomeness”.

Good news! It took hundreds of folks asking for it, but we finally did it: Posters are now in the Sheldon Store! Yep, two high-quality posters printed on matte photo paper (they’re essentially big, gorgeous photographs) are now in the Sheldon Store!

The first is a full-color reproduction of the “Krazy Kat”-homage strip: “Dilly Duck”. The Original Art for this one was snapped up within 10 minutes of it going up on the site…and hundreds of Sheldonistas subsequently have e-mailed asking for a print. So here it is!

The other poster is a long-time classic ’round these parts: The Artist’s Decision tree. Previously, it was sold exclusively at conventions — you couldn’t get it online. But blam! Online it is!

Both posters are 12″ x 18″ and crisply printed on matte photo paper. They’ll both be available through Christmas in the store — and after that, we’ll see. I genuinely don’t know if we’ll keep ’em in stock on not: It largely depends on how tricky they are to ship out in bulk. (The mailing tubes take up a *lot* of space when you have a few hundred laying around.) But between now and Christmas, we’ll definitely keep them in stock.

Also! For folks that love both posters, there’s a cheaper two-pack that’ll save you $5 on shipping and price. So check out the gettin’s over at the gettin’ store!

The final Caption Contest winner will be revealed in Wednesday’s strip, so keep an eye out for that!

THANK YOU to the 3,300+ people who voted as of Friday’s poll deadline. It was fun to see that much feedback. Although, I gotta say, you guys were no help at all. 🙂

I was kinda hoping one would rise to the top, and make my job as final judge and arbiter easier. But unlike what happened in the tagline contest…here, even the big “vote-getters” only ended up with about 10% of the tally. So no clear winner among your hearts and minds. But I’m glad to see most everyone enjoyed it, in any case. It’s fun to see the different angles and permutations of joke-making.