Comic book reviews coming later. When I read them.
I approve of Chris "Lefty" Brown's rating system, and wish him luck in scoring a copy of Demo #9.
Libraries continue to get loads of crappy CDs from the music industry. Pathetic.
The Irish have invited Olympic bronze medallist de Lima to be a guest of Ireland and a runner in the Dublin Marathon to apologize for the actions of the idiot defrocked Irish priest who attacked de Lima during the Olympic Marathon. "De Lima, speaking from Brazil on the programme, said he was thrilled by the invitation and would do everything possible to attend if his schedule allowed." Now that's class, on both parts.
Densho: The Japanese American Legacy Project is an attempt to collect firsthand accounts of the WWII incarceration before all the people who remember it are gone. Learn about the causes an reality of one of the most shameful cases of collective punishment in United States memory. Via LII.
Here's a fascinating hobby: Letterboxing. It sounds like a cool thing to do, and if I ever get more hobby time, maybe I'll make a stamp and find someplace to hide a little box. It sure seems like a neat way to find out more about local history... one of the boxes hidden in my hometown has information about a gunfight that happened there in 1902. Via LII.
After reading some of Captain Normal's blog, particularly his entry about being thrown in "Gitmo on the Hudson" along with several folks who were just in the wrong place at the wrong time, hubby-Eric finally allowed me to put up a yard sign in support of Kerry. I located the local headquarters, drove down, and was given a sign without any question beyond "are you registered to vote?"
Within two hours of putting up the sign, a pickup truck stopped outside my house and the male occupant (I didn't actually see his face since he gunned his engine and raced away as soon as I came out with my camera) yelled "Kerry is a f*****" and several other obscenities. I'm now more glad than ever that I'm taking a stand against that sort of person, and I think I'll be volunteering some time at the local Democrat headquarters. I won't make phone calls for them, but I can do data entry and stuff envelopes.
