Because every student needs a break from textbooks now & then, I thought that I would share some of my favorite distractions with you today: web comics!

PHD Comics (“Piled Higher & Deeper”) is a hysterically accurate portrayal of life as a graduate student. The university newspaper runs the comic, and it brings me truly laugh-out-loud moments each week.

xkcd is the penultimate comic for geeks. If you never thought math could be funny, then you might be surprised. (I must admit that some of the punchlines are over my journalism-turned-poli-sci-major head, but it’s still one of my faves.)

Bo’s Cafe Life is a tongue-in-cheek look at the lives of a group of friends who are aspiring writers. I’ve had the privilege of conversing with the author a time or two, and he’s a hoot.

Doghouse Diaries puts a spin on relationships, and some of the funniest quips are the comments by the authors/artists below the comic.

Now that you know some of my favorite distractions, I’m going to go skim my RSS feed for the latest! 🙂