the bikini vs the Michelin man

My office calendar for April features art from 1949's "Thrilling Wonder Stories", in which a lady clad in a red bikini and wearing a tiara appears to be saying "You shall not pass" to a a horde of Michelin Men.

blue

blue

very blue

very blue

not quite a man of steel

My shoulder muscles have finally stopped feeling as taut as steel wires.

three treats

I thought I deserved to treat myself today so...
("Again?")
Yes. Where was I? So I got myself not one, not two, but *three* treats. At Barnes & Noble, Mary Robinette Kowal's latest, "Without A Summer". At Page One, Carrie Vaughn's latest, "Kitty Rocks The House". At the grocery store, two quarts of strawberry ice cream.