Random Thoughts

I asked for permission to post this image on my blog, and got it, so here it is:

Go visit Fred Sez and Freddy Drewit. I try to check 'em every day.

Crossgen Pre-Employment Incentive Pack on eBay, apparently put up by a former Way of the Rat artist (maybe?). Yeah, I put in a bid. It's a piece of comic book history. No, I don't expect to win it.

Speaking of eBay, somebody put up a CGC 10.0 Aquaman #16... the one that just came out last month, with a "buy it now" price of, get this, $149.95. If anyone is stupid enough to buy something that recent at that price, they are getting exactly what they deserve.

Currently checked out from the library: Onions in the Stew by Betty MacDonald (her fourth and final autobiographical novel), American Gods by Neil Gaiman, and Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson. I'll probably finish Betty's book first, then it's a toss-up as to which I'll read next. All this and I'll be reading the AIT/Planet Lar "collection" that Larry Young sent me too. And weekly comics. And I'm still watching the Angel DVDs. And new Smallville and Angel this week. It's a good thing I read (and write) very fast.

Speaking of Angel, the Save Angel Campaign wants YOU to watch Angel this Wednesday, particularly if you are a Nielsen family.

Larry Young mentioned me again on his sort of blog at AIT/Planet Lar (think about syndicating it, Larry). He mentions Planet of the Capes, which is a book I considered ordering back in the dark ages, before I knew anything about the company. I mentioned it in my Flipping Through Previews the month it was solicited. Of course, now my interest is higher than it was, and I'll have to consider putting in an order at my store and hoping Diamond comes through.

Very cool painted transformer boxes, via Boing Boing.

Book Meme (via Tangognat)
1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Open the book to page 23.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the sentence in your journal along with these instructions.

Here's mine: "Don had also visited on Bainbridge Island." - Onions in the Stew by Betty MacDonald. I'm really lucky it was the fifth sentence, because I swear that's the shortest sentence in the book...

I'm Princess Leia.

Ever want to learn Arabic? Faiza Teaches you Arabic is a website run by Salam Pax's pal Raed Jarrar, with posts from Raed's mother. Raed has his own blog now, too.

It may be a year old, but it is still on target. Sometimes I like the Onion, sometimes not. This is one of the times I like it. via various bloggers over the last few days.

Slate has an article about Baseball blogs. I'm going to have to look for a good one on the M's that isn't so negative as every chatroom/message board I've visited. Of course I want the M's to win, but being nasty about it always irritates me.