I figured I should share with you the chief literary inspiration for why I made a character like Tully.

This is one of my favorite comic strips.

http://www.comics.com/comics/frazz/index.html
http://www.ncs-glc.com/GLC/jef_mallett/jefmallett.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frazz

I think it's a very good strip. Pick up the collections if you think it's interesting.