Random Thoughts

Didn't sleep much last night. The buses coming by every half-hour or so woke me up until around 4 am when I finally got used to it. But around 7 am the traffic got heavy again and people started honking at other people and sleep fled. Plus I think there's a nest of birds right above the bed on the roof, because once the morning light started shining the chirping started up and still hasn't stopped. I'll also note that there are two constuction projects happening on the street at the moment, both started work promptly at eight am. I suspect I'll sleep ok tonight, but for the moment I'm a little woozy.

Here's some nice links for you:

The Demo contest is Ov-ah!

According to The Comic Treadmill, Heidi MacDonald thinks there are too many comic book bloggers. Ok. Whatever. That's enough on that topic.

A great look at Namor at Movie Poop Shoot. Yes, Namor came before Aquaman by two years. Yes, he's got a way more interesting origin and initial appearances. I still prefer Aquaman, but I've done enough research to know that Namor is no slouch. Link via Thought Balloons (thanks, Kevin!)

Another Randompixel camera is up, this one named Rick.

Welcome to Polite Dissent. Another political/comics/other blogger.

Scary looking Japanese food. Hubby-Eric will want to look at the last one, in particular. Via Boing Boing.

Hybrid cars aren't as good as advertised. I still want one, but it'll be a few years before we need a new car, so maybe they will have improved by then. Via /.

The Seattle Times published an AP article on Unruly Students today. One reason I will never be a teacher is because I have no patience for children who act up in class. I'd tell them to take a hike. No doubt I'd then be sued by the parents for denying their brat an education, or at the very least be forced to take the little snot back into my classroom so they could disrupt class some more. So I will never teach. That's probably for the best.