Theater-lovers! Two announcements of great import!

I'll be in two plays in LA and NY in the next few months...

The first, "Bedtime Stories," is a series of world-premiere one-act plays at the National Comedy Theatre, 733 Seward St., Los Angeles. Five of the one-acts are written by my wonderful wife Gloria, and the sixth by "How I Met Your Mother" co-creator Carter Bays.

Get your tickets here!

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The second play will be in New York in May: "Skirts & Flirts" will have a one-week run at The Kraine Theatre 85 East 4th Street, NY, NY 10003.

Tickets for the show can be purchased in advance here.

The casts in both plays really shine, with actors from My Name Is Earl, Spiderman 1 & 3, Malcolm in the Middle...and one immensely attractive cartoonist.

If you're in your 20's or 30's, you'll especially dig both plays...so come on out!

Sheldon reader Ryan chimes in with this fun fact regarding the 2/28 strip:

Here’s another example of Marine Marketing in Action: most “eelskin” wallets are actually made from a species that is more commonly known as hagfish. It secretes a mucus-like substance as a defensive mechanism when agitated, perhaps one of the more disgusting forms of Darwinism.

Think anyone would want to buy hagfish, slime eel, or snotfish wallets? And would Luis Vuitton make them?

On a separate note: can I just say how much I love the name "hagfish"? That's the kind of name that you know didn't come from a marketing team. It came from a pioneer mountainman named "Scruffy" or "Bucky"...

"See that fish, Buford? The one what with all the slime and what not? I done named it a hagfish."

Today I learned that adding “sea” in front of any odd or ill-sounding object makes for a great naming game. Try it at home!

Here are some of the alternates, briefly considered for today's strip:

“Sea Snot”
“Sea Freaks”
“Sea Groin Pulls”
“Sea Earwax”
“Sea Telly Savalas”

...that last one, just for sheer randomness, is wonderful.