Random Thoughts

Since I've driven all my readers off with a bunch of long posts about networking and such, I think it's time to pull together some random thoughts.

First off, everyone who requested a copy of Lion's Blood from me now has a copy of the book on the way. I still have a couple of copies left if anyone else wants one. I sent the books the cheapest rate possible, so hopefully you'll all get yours this century (I'm not sure about the one going to Canada, it could take longer).

Oh crap! Happy Blogaversary to Neilalien. I guess I can still miss birthdays despite the Outlook calendar. Ok, so Mr Mysterious Palindrome isn't a family member, and it's not actually a birthday... but still! Sorry I'm late, oh Doctor Strange fan! Four years! You rock!

Elayne Riggs has a nice quote that I relate to: "I've officially decided that I'm going to care more about baseball this year than politics, since the Red Sox can always be depended upon to break my heart, while both Democrats and Republicans only confuse me." Change that "Red Sox" to "Mariners" and I'm right there.

Elayne also links to a joke waiting to be written. Yeah, Elayne. That one is kind of frightening how perfect it is.

Franklin Harris gives 'Comic Book: The Movie' a bad grade. It still sounds like something I wouldn't mind seeing sometime.

I'm sure everyone has heard the great news in the Gaiman case against Todd McFarlane. But if you haven't, follow the link and read about it. You can also read about Fred the Cat's latest antics. And you really ought to read the PDF file of the judgement of the court case. It's long, but very interesting and quite funny in places.

Old news via The Friends of Lulu: the comic strip LuAnn is going to be made into a cartoon. While I generally like the comic, I don't particularly like the title character. A cartoon could be interesting, or utterly boring.

Why Superheroes Work by Sean Collins is well worth reading. As is most of his blog. But this one I found particularly good. So there.

Here are the results of The Captain's Caption Competition.

As much as I disagree with ADD in general, I hate the idea of anyone being sick, having gone through so much of it myself lately. So get well, dude. Don't overdo it and have a relapse, either. People would be very upset if you stayed sick, you know. Then who would everyone argue with?

Speaking of arguing, I think it's no argument that Tim O'Neil is currently doing the best Dirk Deppey impersonation at the moment. Can he keep it up? That's always the question, isn't it?

Yeah, Aquaman #15 sold out at DC, and e-mail reports I've been getting indicate it sold out at a lot of stores too. This just isn't good news. If people can't get a copy, they won't try the book. If they don't try the book, they can't get hooked. So no new readers. So, no, I'm not happy about it.

Really cool, old postcards. Link via Modulator.

One of these days I'm really going to have to see Blade Runner.

I agree with Mark Evanier's comments on seeing "Passion". It sounds like a really violent movie. I don't much like violence. In addition, for me, it focuses on the entirely wrong portion of Jesus' life. Between that and the violence, I have no desire to see it.

On a serious note, here are some unanswered questions about what happened on 9/11. These involve known reports directly from the planes, and missing information that should have been routine. Yeah, this one is via Atrios, why do you ask? Your mileage may vary.