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17th July 200916th July 2009
: ...and do the other things...
JFK was famously quoted as saying, "We choose to go to the moon, and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard." But no one talks about the other things. Here's a quote from right before the famous one, taken from WikiSource: But why, some say, the moon? Why choose this as our goal? And they may well ask why climb the highest mountain? Why, 35 years ago, fly the Atlantic? Why does Rice play Texas? Note that the speech was given at Rice. So...how's Rice doing against Texas lately? Current Mood:
15th July 2009
: Comics for July 15, 2009
( No items of note. ) Dave Van Domelen, "Harry...really. The grown-ups are talking. Go to your room so I can finish murdering Spider-Man, or I'm going to break your DAMN NECK." - Iron Patriot, The Amazing Spider-Man #599 14th July 2009
: Mecha musings
Or "Why Robot Jox is one of the only giant robot stories that makes sense." ( Meandering behind cut ) Current Mood:
13th July 2009
: RotF Scalpel options
Turns out there's two mutually exclusive ways to assemble the abdomen (well, thorax) of Scalpel's robot-arthropod mode. Two sets of pegs that can't be used at the same time. ( Ach, mein digits! ) 11th July 2009
: Play CoH? Got an Odd Lots nearby?
Odd Lots has gotten in a bunch of old City of Villains box sets. The codes in them are STILL VALID. So it's $6 for a month, plus you get a CoH Heroclix and the various CoV paperwork (Rogue Isles map, instruction manual if you want one). I only bought one because I wasn't sure the code would work and figured the other stuff was worth $6 for me to get one copy, but if there's any left next time I'm in Topeka I'm cleaning them out. 10th July 2009
: Review: Target exclusive Superion set
Coulda been decent, but hobbled by low production values. Current Mood:
9th July 2009
: /dev/oops
When adding a line to my .procmailrc last night to kill those greetingcard.org spams, I goofed and the result was that everything from about 11PM July 8 to 7AM July 9 went to /dev/null. Granted, almost everything I usually get overnight is spam, but still.... Current Mood:
8th July 2009
: I am Legion, I contain Matter-Eater Lad
Like pretty much everyone, there are contradictions in my nature. But two that are helpful to know are these:
: Comics for July 8, 2009
( Other-Media: Super-Hero Squad Deathlok/Iron Man 2020; Book of Note: Gold Digger v3 #108 ) Dave Van Domelen, "As long as you stay inside the white tape you're perfectly safe from any and all ANCIENT DEATH RELICS!" - Gina Diggers, who could probably write a full-sized book of nothing but her own Famous Last Words, Gold Digger v3 #108. 7th July 2009
: Review: RotF Voyagers batch 1
Starscream, Demolishor, Ironhide, the Fallen. Starscream is pretty impressive.
: Idle question....
If a band were to be named The Molten Cheese Incident (and I wouldn't be surprised if one is already), what sort of music would you expect them to play? 6th July 20095th July 20093rd July 2009
: Amusing thought about Michael Jackson
Over the years, one of the running gags about Jacko has been the weird way he dressed his kids whenever they appeared in public, like a mix between burqas and Carnival costumes. A South Park episode even centered on it. Just another piece of crazy in Michael Jackson's life. Crazy like a fox! In their Secret Identities, his kids got to hang out with the children of MJ's not-famous friends and have probably the closest thing to a normal childhood that you're going to get when your name is Prince Michael Jackson. That's all over now, sadly, but hopefully the few years he was able to buy them will let the kids weather the media and legal storm that now swirls around them. Current Mood:
2nd July 2009
: Relocated jaw
Totally missed this first time around, I had to use a knife to pry it up into position. Current Mood:
1st July 2009
: Comics for July 1, 2009
( Book of Note: Gold Digger: Tifanny & Charlotte Second Semester #1 ) Dave Van Domelen, "Um. Please don't kill me. Now I did ask NICELY for you not to kill me! Poor sport! Poor sport!" - Ragdoll, Secret Six #11 |
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