Nina is the Pink Block

And here are three alternative captions for that cartoon:

"Nina sometimes wondered if God was playing games with her."

"Nina briefly experienced a falling sensation."

"Nina was beginning to wonder whether her life had any real meaning or was just an inevitable descent into predetermined conformity."

And another bit of news along those lines is that the "blog" will soon hold its first biweekly "blog" cartoon caption contest. Put on your luckiest captioning cap, because everyone must enter. I will not choose a winner until I have at least three entries.

The top three reasons intelligent people prefer the "blog" cartoon caption contest to the "New Yorker" cartoon caption contest:

Your caption does not have to be something one of the characters is saying.

Selection of the winning caption does not involve democracy in any way, shape, or form (we're classier than American Idol).

Unlike the "New Yorker", the "blog" has never endorsed the heinous and subversive act of reading of an abridged edition of Moby Dick.

I mean it about entering captions, you guys. We at the "blog" may regard democracy as a failed experiment based on the naive assumption that people are competent enough to tell what's in their best interest, but this whole competition thing won't float without your participation. For that reason I will suck up condescendingly as such:
We at "The Essential Works of Julia Uhr" feel that it has been too long since we thanked our valued readers for their ongoing support, without which we would have no reason to do what we do. In a world full of blogs on every subject, by every crackpot on unemployment, you have proven the quality of your character and taste by choosing to read this blog. It is your dedication that keeps us from giving up and hurling ourselves into the abyss of studying for finals. We thank you from the bottoms of our hearts and hope you will continue to enjoy "The Essential Works of Julia Uhr" for years to come.