Tuesday Thoughts

I want a Kitteh!

Awesome page of original artwork, congrats Heidi!

Batman: Master of Timing!

Voting Scandal in Round One of Comic Book Idol. Oops. Voting for round three starts tomorrow.

Shipping delays on One More Day and Green Lantern. Hrm.

Shirtless men go shopping at Abercrombie and Fitch, a store that celebrates the naked male torso, but apparently doesn't appreciate customers displaying their own. Note that two guys who were in the act of BUYING SHIRTS were kicked out.

I'm a bit late on this, but Mike Sterling reports on the fires in California, with pictures. Newsarama has a roundup of reports from Comic Book folks. Has anyone heard how Eric Shanower fared? He lives in San Diego.

The Beat on a teacher fired for showing kids The Simpsons Movie. Apparently a cartoon doodle is too much nudity.

Vampire Cupcakes that Bleed. Yum!

Folded Paper Batman, but I want directions on how to do the V for Vendetta mask, personally.

Fear through the ages.

Spoiler: It's a candle holder.

Bill Watterson cartoons prior to Calvin and Hobbes.

Reverse Graffiti artist gets the government to clean tunnels.

Red Fountain.

For the in-laws: Pug Unicorn.

Linkdump

Yay, it's the return of Johnny B's Fearless NFL Predictions! And I'm watching the Seahawks game tomorrow because it's turned into an impromptu party at my place. Johnny B is calling Seattle over Tampa Bay, and is in fact calling Seattle to have a good season. We'll see.

Comic Book Urban Legends Revealed #119.

Comic Book Idol 3 is about to start. Submissions are being accepted.

Another reason to not trust rebates.

I loved Popeye as a kid, and I love this explanation for Bluto vs Brutus. Thanks, Mark Evanier!

Depression leads to worst health... "Depression is a more disabling condition than angina, arthritis, asthma and diabetes..." Yeah, I could've told you that.

It is a virus killing the bees?

Heroes Still Exist.

A teacher on Slashdot asks how to bring science and math into writing class.

The DoJ thinks you should pay extra for your internet if you want content that the cable providers don't want to supply.

The New York Times reports on another possible biofuel source that has a better yield than corn and can be grown on marginal land, and helps keep livestock away from other crops. There are still potential drawbacks, but this one looks very promising.

If you commit murder, don't use it as the plot for your bestselling book, especially if you've left other clues around.

Pugs in cars for the in-laws.

Sep 15-19 is "Holy Pasta Week"
Plan your menus now.

Hubby-Eric and I have finished planning our menu out for the week, and are simply adding finishing touches to it now. I'm also planning the usual science blogging for that week. I hope I can find enough good links...

Huge Linkdump with Chocolate Milkshakes and Giant LEGOs

Comic Book Idol is returning. I really enjoyed the last round they did, so I'm looking forward to seeing this one. The winner gets a trip to New York, but the real winners are the fans who get to see a lot of great artwork throughout the contest.

New Comic Book Day Bingo.

Mike Sterling reports on the robbery at his store.

Pal Dorian (and quite a few others actually) reports on a server attack on GayGamer.net. Dorian writes about the problem much more eloquently than I could, so go read.

Garrett alerts us to an interesting story involving works licensed under the Creative Commons. Apparently an ad agency in Australia is using CC licensed work without notifying the photographers or the subjects of the photo.

Here's an interesting interview with Mike Rowe, host of Dirty Jobs on Discovery Channel. Well, I found it interesting. We don't usually look at the infrastructure of our society. Perhaps we ought to be paying more attention. This is one show that isn't afraid to look deep.

Welcome to Cleveland. Only...

I'm not getting up at 3 am to see the total lunar eclipse, but I wish I could. I have seen one, once. It was amazing.

I want one of these to wash up in front of my house. I love the shirt. "NO REAL THAN YOU ARE". Hmmm.

Animation for Short Attention Spans. Including an Oz film. Cool!

Presenting 12 Memorable Newspaper Comics Strip Deaths. I like the last entry a LOT.

The Ten Best Bands That Never Existed. Again, I like the last entry.

Yangtze river dolphin declared extinct. More from the late Douglas Adams.

I love minions.

The Seattle Times explains tips and what happens to them behind the scenes.

Brooklyn Tornado, no, not a sports team.

Arrested for not watering her lawn? Well, not exactly, but still!

Skeleton in Diving Gear found in Puget Sound.

Do you love science enough to get a DNA tattoo?

AT&T censors Pearl Jam. This is another example that shows why Net Neutrality is essential. Imagine AT&T in charge of what you can see on the internet. Now imagine they don't like your opinion. Oops. You are silenced. Net Neutrality NOW.

Speaking of AT&T, Boing Boing has a story of how they fought for privacy against an intrusive government wanting to wiretap... 80 years ago.

Vintage Seattle visits the old brewery and takes some fantastic pictures.

Paul Merton (wonderful Brit comedian), hanging out in China, hunts down a robot farmer. "With a university education, he'd probably be running the Chinese space program by now." (Aside: Paul Merton was brilliant in the memorable Tub of Lard episode of Have I Got News For You)

Chocolate Milkshakes Can Save Your Life!