Templar: The only unifying factor in all of your disasterously failed relationships is YOU.

I rather like this guy now, he looks like an evil plotting genius, and I too would get peeved if someone wanted to sell collection of human disease specimens.

...eheh. Scary o_o

haha. I love this entry. . . I cut open the back of my hand really bad back in December because my soon-to-be exhusband had locked me out of our house and I still had stuff there. . . so I broke the garage window and climbed in, knowing the garage door to the house wasn't locked.

Does that make me crazy like Bash?

no, halley. it makes you my type. *wink*

I LOL'd when I saw the facial expression at the end of this issue. This harmless little man suddenly does a 180 and becomes MENACE INCARNATE.

Cascade Abalone Bash.
Cascade Bash.
CAB

Were the initials what makes her name so bad or am I missing the glaringly obvious?

Chris you would be surprised what people will call thier children. My father almost called me Fredrick Angus.

My surname starts with G.

I love how he says... The Sciences. He, clearly, is a Scientist.

*Is also one of... those people*

I swear, I'm gonna start carrying a flashlight around so that on those occasions when something pisses me off, I can pull it out and shine it under my chin for my own self-contained ominous lighting effects.

Whew... Mr. Hyde indeed.

This seems more fitting for the personality of a character referred to as 'Screaming Guy'.
I love that expression on his face in the last panel.
it's perfect. >:)

Dear Dr. Bash: If you are not actually gay, I will be happy to be your next wife.

P.S. So not kidding.

I cannot, CANNOT wait for the next page. Because I want to see Ben's face right now.

I mean, seriously, what do you say to THAT?

Other than "Yeah, just don't burn the building down or I'm charging you with what renter's insurance doesn't cover." Though let's face it, nobody in this building, save maybe Dr. Bash and Scip, has renter's insurance.

As someone who has just finished reading the entire Achewood archive, I find "born into Circumstances" to be much more entertaining than it probably actually is.

And now we know the reports of "Screaming Guy" were not greatly exaggerated. If this is what he does during a conversation with someone he likes, I'd hate to see him talking with someone he hates.

Man, I LOVE the intensity of Dr. Bash's facial expressions. And I too found the "born into circumstances" line amusing.

ooh... why hello screaming guy!

I think i like this guy.

I'm feeling a bit worried for Ben now, lured into a false sense of security by the perhaps somewhat socially inept but polite Dr. Bash, now to be subject to... to... to whatever will be revealed next. Cannot wait!

My dad made the same face and spoke in the same "the sciences~" tone when my sister said she wanted to be a history major. And that last panel...awesomesauce.

And by the by, "drink my coffee" has become the new euphemism for "let me sex you comically" in my dorkier circle of friends. Thought you'd like to know :)

I am UNSETTLED.

I was humming happily, it being a beautiful sunny morning, and as I scrolled down to the last panel, my song trailed off into a high-pitched whimper.

That being said -- love love the I KEEL U face.

I honestly don't know if CAB mailed her dad his stuff to get it out of the house because she haaaaaaaaaaaaaaates him why's he gotta be a RUINER!!!! or if she did it because her mom's crazy and was going to sell it. Either one would fit, and I want to know which it is.

Someone seems to have forgotten his coffee mug on the toilet cover in his eagerness to freshen up for poor, unsuspecting Ben.

Being divorced myself, I read Dr. Bash here a little differently. Divorce is usually really, really painful and nasty. Deep, deep emotional wounds are made that sometimes never heal.

My divorce was quite amicable on the surface -- no screaming or throwing things, and my ex and I remain on friendly terms. But there's a small part of me deep down inside that wants to totally rage on that cheating whore. Not that I ever will.

It's also occurred to me that the way we've already had it confirmed--or at least hinted at--that Ben is straight was because he wouldn't let the Cock of Science fuck him. That's good storytellin'! (*thumbs up, a smile, a glint off the teeth*)

bit of a toggle switch on those emotions, eh doctor bash? Maybe we should stay awayyyy from the topic of your family...

What does it for me the most here is that Ben doesn't even get to finish a thought and that Dr Bash talks himself into his own murderous mad scientist rage. And just when Ben seemed like he might be able to talk to the guy.

She mailed you your stuff because it's so damn creepy, Bash!

Also, for those of you who are confused about her name, this is an abalone: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abalone

So she has a terrible, yet edible, name.

But yeah, "The child has been born into CIRCUMSTANCES" made my week.

I used to have a friend who lived nextdoor to a man known only as "Crazy Guy". Crazy Guy would occasionally, for no apparent reason, scream about things. A favourite theme was that he was going to "burn this fucking place to fucking ashes".

Clearly he actually lived next to Dr. Bash.

I laughed so much at the transition from panel one to panel two.