Random Thoughts

The second on-line letter column at DC. It's a little better than the first one. At least in my opinion.

Larry Young talks about upcoming books. Wander the comic blogoverse for some exclusive pictures, too. Also, good news, the issues of Scurvy Dogs finally made it to my volunteer after an annoying adventure with postal workers who don't know how to deliver a package to an apartment. He's promised to review them as quickly as possible, and I'll start nagging after an appropriate period of time if he doesn't get back to me. And Ursula should arrive next week, hopefully, so I can read it on the road trip.

Four Color Meat and Fish has Fresh, On Time Reviews, featuring a review of Aquaman #20.

Why Mozilla is better than Microsoft: 31 hours. That's how long it took to patch the bug OFFICIALLY. It only took 4 1/2 hours for a Mozilla developer to put up a patch (from the moment the bug was reported).

You have a question about soccer (better known around the world as "football") in the United States? No need to search desperately for an answer anymore, the American Soccer History Archive is here. Via the LII.

Here's a very disturbing report of events on a flight. It's long, but worth reading. Via Hit & Run (and no, I don't read Instapundit).