The Exploding Aardvark has been in the Chicago Sun-Times a few times. Bizarre.
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Here’s the page for Zay N. Smith’s QT, which I plan to monitor daily. Not so much because the ‘Vark might show up again, but because it’s a fun read.
Oh, and Smith’s got a short Wikipedia entry.