Self-link: Don't Call Him Arthur!

These rings, they can't possibly be licensed. But they are pretty cool. Who wouldn't want a Legion Ring? Or a complete set of Lantern Rings?

I just thought you all might want a reminder of what Aqualad really looks like, instead of that dreadful rendition in Teen Titans: Year One. The artist must hate Aqualad with a passion to draw him so incredibly ugly.

Making Light has a bit on Making Your Own Fun. Too bad I almost never play games anymore.

What do they mean by "Canadian"?

Lea Hernandez tried to use WINE to install some Windows programs on Ubuntu. As a person who is pretty close to moving over to Ubuntu myself, I'm hoping by the time I need it, WINE will be robust enough to handle the handful of programs I want to run (most notably is CalorieKing).

Warning, a bit gory in places: What the ER would be like if all Urban Legends were real.

LIMERICKS!

Who cut the cables? Nobody knows, but we are assured that it's not a conspiracy. Boing Boing readers are betting on Cloverfield.

Invisible Ink Pens for voters?

Reduce your sodium. I wrote to Banquet after eating a crock pot meal that had WAY too much salt. They just sent me a coupon for another one. *sigh*

Danish Police don't recognize iMacs. Oops.

Ah, exercise!

Massive Linkdump, YAY!

Comic Book Urban Legends Revealed #114.

Bratz are the X-Men for girls. Thanks, Lea.

The mayor of San Diego is a complete jerk.

The Comics Reporter's Collective Memory of San Diego Comic Con 2007. Newsarama San Diego Linkages.

Dorothy has Demographics.

Scholastic Fairs Pick Up Amelia Rules! I used to buy TONS of books through Scholastic and such. My father never denied me books.

Jim Rugg draws Aquaman. Oh, and some other news, too. Check out Jim Rugg's LiveJournal. Scroll down to see the Aquaman images, or click the following links: The Plain JLA, Three Aquaman Images 2, Three Aquaman Images 1.

J K Rowling is a great storyteller, but sometimes her writing could use a bit of work. This is just one example of why some people like me (English grads) pull out hair even while we enjoy Harry Potter.

Coyotes and Google Maps.

Oh dear. Just watch the vid. Heh.

Ah! This article explains why I feel hungry after drinking chocolate milk or hot cocoa (both very rich in calories). Piece by piece we understand ourselves better.

Man, I really want The Popeye DVD Set. Although it's incredibly unlikely, maybe some rich person is slumming in my blog and will buy it for me from my Amazon Wishlist. I know, not gonna happen, but a girl can dream.

Every single piece of DRM invented has been cracked. Why keep wasting money on useless security devices instead of making products better and cheaper so people won't be tempted to pirate them.

Singing about Mathematics.

Linky Thoughts

Congrats to Larry. Oh, and the little guy, too.

Only the Shadow knows... and anyone else who compares Batman to the old pulps, of course.

Comic Book Urban Legends Revealed #109, Comic Book Urban Legends Revealed #110, Comic Book Urban Legends Revealed #111, and Comic Book Urban Legends Revealed #112.

Lea Hernandez made Boing Boing.

WHAM!

It Happened at the World's Fair.

Ghost Ducks. I want one. I don't know why, but I want one.

A Survival Guide for People with Asperger Syndrome.

What Happened Before the Big Bang?

LOLCats in the Seattle Times (AP).

Newly declassified window film could protect your network from war drivers.

Wednesday Linkages

Tamora Pierce on the Heroes For Hire cover. I talked about it with another woman in comics fandom today who was even more peeved than myself. She's a Marvel fan and actually knows the characters. And Lea has more as well.

I wanna see Persepolis.

The proper way to respond to a comedic insult: New Zealand town renames garbage dump after Cleese.

How To Find Four Leaf Clovers. I am afflicted by a talent at finding the things. The link from Boing Boing has a good overview of how it's done.

Three Concepts Diane Duane Wasn't Expecting To See In The Same Sentence Any Time Soon.

Fine Art as Advertisments. Some are horrid, but there's some really cool stuff in there. I think the Planned Parenthood one is the best.

Pike Place Market Historic Walking Tour. Wish I could do it. Meet at the pig under the clock... cool.

Mmmm, the Dinner Train might change routes and start near Bothell. If it does change routes, I hope hubby-Eric can take me on the train for our birthdays or our anniversary again sometime.

The many uses of Altoid Tins.

USB Mini Fridge is cool, but wouldn't work for me. I don't drink cans of pop anymore.

What's wrong with this story? Let's see, the cafe owner didn't complain, so was the access really unauthorized? Why the horrible punishment?

An Unimpeachable Image.

We Are Poisoned.

Here's The Challenge: Eat for a week on $21. I think I could do it, but I'm sure it wouldn't be good for me at the moment. Maybe when I'm no longer sick.

Just A Linkdump

The 2007 Eisner Nominations.

Lea Hernandez makes sense. Listen to her.

April 23rd is International Pixel-Stained Technopeasant Day, in honor of people who cannot adjust to the new paradigm of the web. More information here.

Countdown free on-line... well, the first two issues. It'll be at MySpace/Comicbooks.

Girl's Turn: Wang Watch 2007. That last one is, indeed, impressive.

Bully's Book Club tackles Billie Piper's Bio.

Torchwood Season 2 announced.

Dancing in the Streets Japanese Style.

Happy Birthday to The Simpsons (or as grandma Katy says, The Swensons).

Geyser on the Highway. What a bad storm can do to a road. Via Aaron Williams.

Ladies Home Journal 1900 predictions for the year 2000. Well, some of them came true.

Hmmm, aren't judges supposed to read the cases brought before them?

100 Calorie Packs are a crucial part of my new eating habits, and Mark Evanier keeps finding new ones for me to try. For the record, I think my favorite so far at the Lorna Doone ones, though that'll change as my tastes change (which they seem to do every month or so).

Fast Food in ad versus real life. Photos comparing the two.

Just for the one or two people out there who don't know already: Thunderbird 2 is out as well as the latest Ubuntu Linux, Feisty Fawn. Must... get... both...

A Puglet for the in-laws.

Lunkdimping, Again

TASTE THE TRUTHINESS!

Bully's Tribute To The Death of Captain America. All of the deaths of Captain America, actually.

Download free, legal Comic Books in .cbz format. Free. And Legal. Including Galaxion, which I want a TPB of when the story gets that big.

I was amused to find a single reply to my post about Unscrewed. I replied to that comment, though my better instincts told me not to. Apparently Rick Olney enjoys seeing himself on Google or something, or there's no way he would've noticed my little blog.

Lea Hernandez is home again. Huzzah!

Rest In Peace, Arnold Drake.

MetaFilter connects Heroes and Watchmen, warning, spoilers for future Heroes episodes in the links.

Marv Wolfman scares me with Passover Plague Toys.

A Spell of Confusion aka "Does a balrog have wings?"

We are controlled by a cat virus!!!

Girls who were suspended for saying "vagina" get to meet the author of "The Vagina Monologues," Eve Ensler.

We're gearing up for Oz at McDonalds.

A story of kindness.

Pi Day is coming! Pi Day is coming!

Politics: Injured troops, unfit for duty, ordered back to Iraq.

Linkdump

Oh man, it's so hard dealing with new technology (YouTube link). Go, look. Do you have that problem with opening it? Via Tara Tallan (read Galaxion!).

Comic Book Resources chats with Phil Foglio about the web success of Girl Genius.

Rob at The Aquaman Shrine interviews Norman Alden, the voice of Aquaman in the first few seasons of Super Friends.

Polite Scott provides us with Valentine's Cards from the Legion of Doom and More Valentine's Cards from the Legion of Super-heroes.

John Barrowman & Ruthie Henshall - "Anything You Can Do". Get that gal on Torchwood. Via (postmodern barney). There's a longer clip of backstage stuff with more of John Barrowman, including a bit with Russell Davies, here.

If you want your blood to boil, read some of Lea Hernandez' recent entries about how her new house is coming together... or not, as the case may be. Why do people feel it's ok to steal from someone who already lost everything?

That didn't take long: processing keys for Blu-Ray AND HD-DVD extracted by hackers. Companies waste millions of dollars on trying to create hacker-proof DRM, when they should by figuring out how to make profits in the new paradigm. It's possible, but they're too stuck in the past to adapt to reality.

Stupid cats: Worst Turn Signal Ever and Monorail Cat Animated.

Sunday Linkage

Lea Hernandez tries to not weigh in on the poorly named "Minx" line from DC. Can't anyone name a line for women/girls some name that doesn't have negative connotations?

Johnny B's NFL Picks.

FilkerTom is thinking about destroying model cities.

Bothell Lost. Oh well.

I Thought Turkeys Could Fly

Happy Thanksgiving to my US readers. I'll be posting my Ripples post later this evening if I don't fall asleep from the turkey meal.

Johnny B's Thanksgiving NFL picks.

Comic Book Urban Legends Revealed #78.

Turkey Urban Legends and tales.

Hand-Drawn Turkeys. The final question on a Psych class test is to "Draw a turkey".

If you are peeved at a scummy driver, you can report them at PlateWire.

Lea Hernandez updates, and asks who your favorite teacher was.

Occasional Superheroine. Start at the bottom and read on up to the most recent. You'll know quickly enough if you want to keep reading. Start with this post. I read through the entire blog in one sitting. I do not regret it.

Snopes reports on a true tax refund for Americans...

And for everyone who remembers WKRP:

Random Thoughts

Of the series listed here that I've read, I enjoyed them all, so maybe I ought to hunt down and read the rest.

Bully's Ten of a Kind: Surprise Visitors.

Augie on the Commodore 64. Yup, my family had one. Everyone did. It changed home computing forever.

Dave has thoughts on the new US Dollar coins.

William Gibson on readers.

Virginia Hey hates the first three images of her that show up in a Google search. Anyone know how to Googlebomb images so she can get some better pics at the top?

Lea Hernandez is having school district problems.

I have to admit, I like Hiro too. And that's the second casting rumor from Heroes I've heard that I like. I need to catch up on this show.

UCLA Taser-Cop has violent history. Eek.

How about something to wipe away all the bad thoughts? Here's a nice bowl of pugs: