2007-06-24

A two-panel-style SMBC comic. In the scene at top, an older bald man with glasses tells a moved young blond man, "Never fear, son. Every moment is part of God's plan." The young man clasps his hands to his chest and replies, "Everything? That's... that's so beautiful." Below the image, a handwritten document titled "Plan for Steve: Tuesday" lists God's supposed plan as a mundane, unflattering daily schedule: 7:10 wake up and sleep through the alarm; 8:20 wake up again and decide to skip work; 8:23 consider masturbating but elect to eat day-old oatmeal; 8:29 consider masturbating, fall asleep on the couch watching cartoons. The joke is that if every moment is part of God's plan, the plan is petty and embarrassing. Votey (aftercomic): the schedule continues with a final, darkly abrupt entry written in the same hand: "8:30 Cancer."