Thus endeth the “Hoarders” storyline started back in JEFBOT.212_Must See TV! Sure, jefbot will be dealing with sorting out his nerd hoard and repairing the doors of the apartment in future comics, but those will be part of other storylines and/or solitary strips. And, of course, there’s the matter of cel, and finally getting answers from her, which will happen this year. Everything (well, almost) you wanted to know about cel, her relationship to the UFOs and the fate of Mu will be revealed. Promise. I’m champing at the bit to get to this storyline. Champing, I say!

If you’ve only recently started reading the strip and are wondering what UFOs, beaches and hamsters have to do with jefbot and cel, reading the “Beach” strips should clear most of that up. Those start here: JEFBOT.157_Social Distortion.

Those of you on my Twitter feed know what a difficult time I had getting today’s strip made. Not only did my MacBook Pro malfunction and need to be taken to the Apple Store for repairs, but my hard drive died last night, too. Fortunately, no data was lost in either case and Apple got my laptop back to me in time to do this strip. Maybe a virtual Abraxas is running through my system, chomping on wires and wreaking havoc.

Anyway, today’s strip is for all my Pokémon playing JEFbot readers out there. With a recent stint playing Pokémon Platinum and anticipation for the upcoming HeartGold and SoulSilver editions of the game on the DS, it’s no wonder Pokémon has seeped into the strip, as it is wont to do at times. Will this finally be the solution to get jefbot and the Cornfather unstuck, or is this just an excuse for jefbot to get back in touch with cel? Both, perhaps? Would she even know what to make of his pokémail if she gets it? With this storyline wrapping up, expect answers soon!

Also, my mom just celebrated another spin around the sun yesterday! Happy Birthday, Mombot!

Today’s strip is a fairly accurate representation of a recent conversation I had with my sister Laura and her husband Mike about the program, Hoarders. I still have yet to see this show, probably because I’m a moderate pack rat myself, and do not wish to see a twisted mirror of what I may become in some dark future.

Some of you may also remember when jefbot’s sister Lor had a problem filling her DVR with another type of program in this strip from last year: JEFBOT.127_Lost Episodes.