Friday night linkdump

Hrm, this may explain a few things about Inkwell's efforts to purr me out of bed in the morning.

But then, cats are destroying the planet.

Online war started with mistake, costing thousands of dollars.

Elayne had a close call on her commute.

Here's a story of bureaucratic idiocy.

Don't miss the story of a family complete cut off from human contact for 40 years, and the sad conclusion.

Ug, just because its legal doesn't mean you should do something stupid.

Let's hope the scientists have their math right.

Oh, THIS is where I got the pizza box idea from. Heh. I love my snowman.

HA!

Go look at Elayne's Blog and let me know if you see any errors there. I just finished downgrading her classic template to a layout format. And it only took... well, all day yesterday and most of the day today. Good thing I'm between contracts.

Next up: The Aquaman Page, which has an embedded blog.

Another Linkdump

Comic Book Urban Legends Revealed #155: Barney Google, Savage Dragon, and Skrulls.

Note to all my friends who knit: no, I don't want a knitted Ood.

Speaking of legal troubles, Jeff Trexler explains Warner's auction canceling actions.

Men of the DCU Contest.

Elayne tackles pink. My own pink story? I hate pink LEGO, and wouldn't build with them at all until some of the guys in the LEGO Train club I belong to pointed out how much they loved pink for realistic buildings. I still have almost no pink bricks.

Looking at my town from an outside perspective. Sort of.

YIKES. I think my little sister was left behind on a trip once... but we were driving, not flying.

Seven Insane Conspiracies That Actually Happened.

This may have an immediate, positive, effect on my life.

Don't drive distracted!

Money refaced. I prefer the more subtle ones (Emo Lincoln, Planet of the Apes Jackson).

MetaFilter talks about the Something Store.

The Tunstallator.

Tests for Husbands and Wives. Grrrrrrr.

More LOLCat Theology.

And lastly, Pug for the in-laws.

End of the Year Links

Comic Book Urban Legends Revealed #135: Global Guardians, Sam & Twitch, and Secret Wars II.

Pink vs Blue: "There has been a great diversity of opinion on the subject, but the generally accepted rule is pink for the boy and blue for the girl. The reason is that pink, being a more decided and stronger color, is more suitable for a boy, while blue, which is more delicate and dainty, is prettier for the girl."

Web designer gets his site back after news of the Gmail exploit and its aftermath spreads across the web.

YouTube: What Song is This? A guy sings a song backwards. Halfway through, the video reverses so you can tell what the song is.

Dead is the doorknob.

Copyright gone mad.

Unfortunately Named Athletes.

An interesting comparison of bookcovers for the same book over time.

Vote on a Saturn Image.

Hmmm. Pay attention to what your children write on notes in restaurants.

Yes: Christmas Eating, In A Nutshell. I hurt so bad right now from overindulgence.

New Persepolis Trailer.

Most Traded in 2007.

Wil Wheaton discovers Doctor Who.

Doctor Who: The Hopes And Fears of All The Years. Hey Paul, write my name into the New Who someday, willya? And not some crossover tale, either.

Gingerbread K9. Yum.

Elayne takes on Oz.

Stolen Pug Image. It's the hypocrisy, people.

Sunday Night Links

Happy Birthday Elayne!

The Emerald City Comicon has a new announcement up, including artwork for the con from Tim Sale showing the Hulk and... just go look.

I have always liked Popeye. I loved the cartoon as a little kid. I wonder what that says about me?

Brian Wood has a fascinating blog entry on the inspiration for artists. Very neat stuff there.

Comic Book Urban Legends Revealed #131. Star Wars, Purple Gloves, and The Legion.

This post applies to me... Blogging on infinite Earths?

Amelia Rules to become a Musical. Cool.

The Webby Awards' 12 Most Influential Online Videos of All Time. I'm surprised at how many of these I have seen, and I'd at least heard of all of them.

2007 LEGO Advent Calendar Day 2: A fire hydrant and supply case for the fireman. The supply case includes a walkie talkie, axe, and fire extinguisher.

Augie on Charity Overload. I agree with him mostly, except for the Girl Scouts (at least they are selling and not begging). And I never have any problem saying "no" to anyone sitting outside a grocery store.

Special Instructions To Players. "In fact, it is so over the top that at first we thought it was some type of a joke. But as we examined the paper, found that this language did exist in the 1890s, considered that general rowdiness and the use of obscene language by players were big issues in baseball in this era, and noted that the accompanying items were all from the same era, we soon realized that that this was not a joke at all."

I've gotten as high as level 46 at FreeRice, but never stay up there for long. I'm usually in the low 40s. Has anyone reached 50?

The Bad Astronomer has news from Texas regarding its doomage.

Oh dear, too funny: Newlywed Terrorists.

Teenage Mutant Turtle, must train to be Ninja.

Congrats, Elayne!

A big hallo and congrats to my Blog-Mamma Elayne Riggs for reaching 5 years with her blog.

As my blog was directly inspired by hers, that means that I'm also reaching 5 years on this blog in a month or two. Yikes.

Anyway, read Elayne's thoughts on five years and what blogging means.

Links

I've got a lot of blogs to try to read and catch up on, and a whole lot of links I want to check out. So here's some ones I've found for the moment. More later.

LOL Doctor Who: The Lost Frisbee. The Many Moods of Oods. Invisibles.

Paul Cornell on his Doctor Who story.

Congrats to Anna for her new store. I hope hubby-Eric and I can stop by on our trip this summer.

If you like Girl Genius, check out Othar Tryggvassen's Twitter Adventures.

I like Elayne's Corny Solution.

If you have a cat that likes to jump on your keyboard, this is for you.

Great reviews of movie trailers by pal Dorian.

You Tube Links:

• Goonies of the Caribbean.
• Steam Trek: The Moving Picture. I know I've seen it before, but it's worth checking out again.
• Women in Art.

Oh. My.

Recordings of Concert Intermissions. Interesting. As a musician, I would be fascinated to hear this.

This is me.

An unusual vacation. I think I wouldn't mind trying it, but not working there.

The Bad Astronomer is a Firefly Fan.

Canadian souvenir is really expensive.

I can understand the cheering ban, but denying diplomas to people who get cheered? Couldn't some jerk arrange to make sure someone doesn't get a diploma just by getting people to cheer for them? It's a stupid punishment aimed at the wrong people.

That's one of the ugliest logos I've ever seen. I like the alternate further down in the article MUCH better.

Um. Duh? Put wheels on kids shoes, some kids will be stupid and end up in hospital. Some kids won't be stupid and will still end up with broken bones. Why is this "news"?

Sunday Lunkdimp

I'm doing a little guest-blogging at Elayne Riggs' Blog, while she's dealing with grief and being with friends. Do check out my pathetic efforts to live up to her Estrogen Month posts.

Comics Fairplay will be at Emerald City Comicon. So will I, but I won't have a booth. However, if you want to find me, you'll probably have the best luck by checking in with the great folks at Illusive Arts (BUY TONY LOCO!).

TangognaT has the Manga Giveaway Results.

Augie directs us to an article about a car powered by compressed air. I want.

DMCA is a failure! says the guy who created the thing. Along the same lines: "RIAA Updates Mission Statement".

Running out of combinations, Washington State license plates to get longer by a character.

Links

Yay! New Mad Bun Tale! Ok, well, it's technically a rerun, but most of you folks haven't read it.

Andy Runton cares for a hummingbird.

Comic Book Urban Legends Revealed #95.

Peep Research aka Peeps Go To The Library.

Kaja Foglio has some cool links, including one to the alarm clock that runs away from you.

A duck, a shoplifter, and a Petco employee. Sounds like the set-up for a bad joke? No, it's real enough.

Steampunk Star Wars, now as desktops.

Augie usually has some good links, but this one just had me cringing and cringing some more.

Find your child with a USB drive. (via)

As a proud member of Lesser Seattle, I approve.

Jeff Parker posts a touching tribute.

My heart goes out to Elayne.

Yet Another Lunkdimp

New auctions for Unscrewed are up. I wouldn't object if someone bought me that James Owen original art item so I could request a most incredible Aquaman drawing.

How loud is the Canary's Scream? A little bit too loud.

Dave presents us with a bunch of Doctor Who related ads with WhoTube!

A good review of Age of Bronze.

Speaking of, Colleen Doran points out that you can read the first issue free. Oh, and something that she created, too.

Good wishes go out to Elayne.

More on cultural differences from the Sandbox. If you didn't read the first one, check it out.

Leah

I cannot put it as eloquently as Elayne.

Linkdump

Happy Birthday Elayne.

Just FYI for anyone living in the North Seattle/Kenmore/Bothell area, my local comic shop, Corner Comics just massively increased the amount of Manga she's carrying. No, I'm not getting anything for blogging this. Just wanted to let people know. And I'm curious to see how well it sells, as she's been hesitant to carry titles that regular customers weren't ordering.

My thanks to everyone who clicked on my Blogshares and QuackTrack links to help me out in my on-line game. I got some "chips" in the game, which allowed me to get some other cool stuff. All virtual stuff, but I'm enjoying myself.

Speaking of enjoying, the local high school team, Bothell High School, is playing in the state championship for football tonight. Earlier this year, the Cougars set a state record, and tied a national record, for most overtimes in a high school playoff game.

The First-Christmas/Holiday-Card-Of-The-Season award goes to Baboon Books. One of these years I really ought to send out Christmas cards.

Here's a summary of Seattle's November.

The Incident on Niihau Island. Another story from DI.

Need a dose of Cute, and Cute Overload just isn't cutting it? Try The Cutest.info, and vote for the cutest if you feel like it. I'm kind of partial to The Funniest.info, but it's often NSFW.

Morning Linkage

Bully watches the Avengers.

Lots of people, including The Beat, have linked to this NY Times article about Dark Horse Comics.

Kate-Venom wants to hug you and eat your brains.

Elayne points out an evil, evil flash game. I spent quite a bit of time on this one, but I got through them all. Bwah-ha-ha-ha!!!

Random Thoughts

It started raining here again this week. It was like the whole city let out a giant sigh of relief. Sure, it's wet, but the air is clearer and the plants no longer look wilted. We'd gone without long enough that newcomers and visitors were starting to say, "The weather isn't that bad in Seattle!" which is the worst thing that can happen. We don't want more people moving here only to complain that they actually saw that "sun" thingy where they used to live. And to be honest, I was really uncomfortable seeing the sky that unnatural shade of blue instead of its normal gray/white.

The newest link on my site is to David Allen Jones' Blog AKA "The Johnny Bacardi Show". Thanks to the fantastic linkback feature that Elayne Riggs introduced me to, I was able to discover he linked to my blog, and actually implied that I'm fun and interesting, to boot! That brings my readership up to two and a half (my hubby, David, and my retailer who sometimes visits).

There's a great, short, interview with Ramona Fradon by Heidi MacDonald at Comicon's Pulse. I'm a BIG fan of Ramona. My favorite piece in my Aquaman collection is an original Ramona Fradon watercolor my husband surprised me with for Christmas 1997. Having Ramona's work be the majority of the new Aquaman Archive coming out made my month, and it's good to see her getting recognition on a major comic news site.

I'm thinking I ought to do some reviews of older books. The sugar-coated bee story (see Monday, Nov 4th's first blog) made me pull out Clan Apis and reread. Perhaps I should at least make an occasional reference to other great series I've gotten over the years. Heck, since I'm already talking about Jay Hosler, I'll mention that Sandwalk Adventures, his latest effort, has been very good so far. And educational too!

The news that Stan Lee is suing Marvel took me by surprise. While Stan seems to have the biggest ego in all of comics, he never seemed like a guy to go against company lines. Then again, I don't know the details, so maybe I'd better just shut up and watch how it goes.

And for my final thought this evening (unless I post another one later on tonight): A powerful and rich king had three magnificent and valuable rings that he kept in a gorgeous and ornate box. As he grew older, he decided one day to give each of his three daughters one of the rings. After the giving was done, a single ring still remained in the box. Can you tell me how?