Random Thoughts

John Campea ponders an Aquaman movie, and comes to much the same conclusion as I did.

J.M. DeMatteis and Mike Ploog aren't giving up Abadazad without a fight. Via Kevin, Newsarama reports that the pair have filed papers in the US Bankruptcy Court Middle District of Florida, claiming that CrossGen has defaulted on the contract DeMatteis had with them, and asks that the court give the rights to DeMatteis so he can get the book published again. All I can say is: YES!!! FREE ABADAZAD!!!!

In case you didn't notice (and I don't blame you if you missed it) I finally did my Flipping Through Previews post for the Sep/Nov issue. As usual, too much to buy, no money to buy it with.

Genesis go boom. The parachute failed to deploy, so the helicopters never even had a chance to try and pluck it out of the air.

Boing Boing reports that Ken Jenning's Jeopardy Streak Has Ended. However, it's a rumor... so take it with a grain of salt.

Slate reports on one of the problems of VoIP phone service. This is actually the same problem that has me hesitating to go to a totally cellular service on our phones, even though we could save tons of money.

Slide Rules on exhibit. The store I work at still sells them. If you want a slide rule, drop me a line and I'll tell you how much we sell them for.

There is a magic roundabout. I can hardly handle the one in Monroe that I sometimes have to drive through, this one looks nicely confusing.

And to finish, here's a picture from Nancy's Garden.