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| Monday, May 12th, 2008 | |
| 6:30 am | Ve haff garage  Something recently got me motivated to clean up the mess that'd accumulated outside the house. Though I'll be happier once the resulting trash has been hauled also. |
| Sunday, May 11th, 2008 | |
| 8:37 pm | Comic capsule reviews Here are some of the things I've read lately... Super Villain Team-Up: MODOK's 11 This was a lot of fun, particularly if you like obscure older Marvel characters like the Rocket Racer. I've been thinking about it a lot lately and I've come to the conclusion that despite problems (such as huge crossovers a la Civil War, etc) Marvel's really got the best comic universe. It's just the most fun. This book is a perfect example of why. Casanova vol. 1 Everyone loves Matt Fraction in recent times. I think he's done some very good stuff but this one left me feeling a little disjointed. Kind of weird. Doesn't read clearly. Maybe that's the art's and not the writing's fault though. Cover Girl On the other hand, this was great. No superheroes here, just a pretty straightforward action story (it'd make a good movie). Lots of fun. The Escapists Vaughan's been probably my favorite comic author for some time now (following such great series as Runaways, Y: The Last Man, and Ex Machina) so it's no surprise I enjoyed this. I wasn't up on the back story/series that it's based on, but this has inspired me to pick it up (in a huge order from TFAW. (Spend over $45 at TFAW and get free shipping with code CRYSTALSKULL. Expires end of May.) (Note: read as single issues, but Amazon link used for point of reference.) |
| Sunday, May 4th, 2008 | |
| 10:34 am | new pictures Just updated the gallery with pictures from April. Mostly they are from our trip to Erie for Mason's birthday party. |
| Thursday, May 1st, 2008 | |
| 10:37 pm | Iron Man Through pure happenstance I got to see Iron Man tonight. I admit I hadn't really kept up with it (probably only saw one of the trailers once) and wasn't expecting much. Go see it! Now! Or, as soon as you can. (No, not you, mom.) |
| Monday, April 28th, 2008 | |
| 8:52 pm | Whoa. The images of Target exclusives, at TFormers make the Dirge/Roadbuster pack look far, far more appealing than the initial BotCon ones. Yeah, I'll be wanting to get that one too now. |
| 8:16 pm | heading south So. I think Violet is going to be left-handed. This is at least based on watching her throw a ball three times in a row with that hand. As most of the two readers of this probably know, I myself am left-handed. I was really happy for Colin when I realized he would be right-handed. It really is the way the world is. Obviously I will support Violet however she may be. Hopefully I can help her out (as needed) since I am from that leaning also. |
| Sunday, April 27th, 2008 | |
| 7:04 am | Transformers news Some of the news (such as linked via these photos) is pretty cool. I can't believe they are doing redecos of some of these molds again (like Cybetron Hot Shot or Cybertron Red Alert... jeez that's the third color scheme of each, and IMO neither's all that great a mold to begin with). Two new Cybertron Evac molds coming out... that is actually somewhat exciting (great mold). I'll have to get the Ratbat/Springer pack, not particularly because I think either is such a great homage to either character, but moreso because I love the Cybertron Sideways mold and $20 for that two-pack is a great deal. On the other hand I'll skip the Dirge/Whatever-Ugly-Guy pack because the latter is too hideous. Who came up with that?? The redeco of Classics Mirage looks neat though I'll probably skip it. redeco redeco redeco redeco. Jeez. |
| Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008 | |
| 7:11 pm | youtube I've started taking some small videos with my camera. Here's the first test of putting one of them on Youtube. I tried to use Flickr's new video feature first but apparently it's limited to 5MB. |
| Tuesday, April 1st, 2008 | |
| 6:46 am | Comic book capsule reviews Omega Flight Anything with Beta Ray Bill should by definition be awesome. Written by Oeming should only help. Unfortunately this was an utter disappointment. Bastard Samurai Also by Oeming. Read them close together just by coincedence. This wasn't bad. It was a really fast read (lots of art pages with few or no words. Got it cheap at least. The Mask Strikes Back I was reminded of this series when I recently realized Dark Horse is doing huge "omnibus" reprints of a bunch of their series. The first Mask Omnibus is going to have the first three Mask mini-series. It would be a great deal except I already have the first two series, so I picked up Strikes Back by itself. Lots of fun but I'm sure it helps if you were into the original series. |
| Monday, March 31st, 2008 | |
| 9:35 pm | Closed CFCP This really kind of sucks. We hadn't really been there in quite a while but back in the day it was a top place for Colin and I to go Saturday mornings. It was especially nice since it was a safe, warm, wide open space where he could just run and play. I think Violet only got to go once and it was before she was walking. But I guess the effect is basically clear from this discussion Saturday morning. Me: Hey, do you want to go to the Center for Creative Play? Colin: No, let's go to the Children's Museum. The Children's Museum is great and realistically, probably offers a lot more to do. Still, we had some great times at CFCP. |
| Sunday, March 30th, 2008 | |
| 7:33 am | Firebreather Wow. This comic was actually really great. Phil Hester is most familiar to me as a longtime artist of Green Arrow, a series I enjoyed a lot. But I didn't know he wrote comics too. The elegant simplicity of the premise is almost shocking - why hadn't someone done this before? The result is fantastic. So far it's explored any given angle I'd think it should have. I picked this up on a whim, and I heard that it's coming back so I am psyched. Besides, how can you not like something that originally started out as a concept of "Son of Fin Fang Foom?!" |
| Thursday, March 27th, 2008 | |
| 8:38 pm | Easter pics Just posted some pictures of the kids during our weekend visit to Harrisburg for Easter. Find them here. Note they are pretty huge. I have been leaving the camera at max resolution, simply because the memory card has so much room. |
| Wednesday, March 5th, 2008 | |
| 10:18 pm | An era passed There was a time when Exiles was a top comic... for me at least. Judd Winick seems to get a lot of flack from many comic fans for some reason. I understand he was on the Real World TV show but I have never seen it and don't care. I really just liked his comics. I'm trying to slog through this most recent trade paperback and it's been tough. I know Winick hasn't been writing it for a long time but mostly it was at least passable. This... it not good. It rather not good. Makes me a bit sad. But I still have those old issues at least. I guess that's what collecting is about huh? You can always go back to the good ones. |
| Tuesday, February 26th, 2008 | |
| 7:18 am | Jacques and ghost of War Witch I miss the old City of Heroes comic. It was about "normal" heroes (like the kind that you can actually play in the game) and their adventures in Paragon. Then they changed it to be about the major characters like Statesman, and for me it just wasn't interesting anymore. The main CoH NPCs are mostly generic-ish knockoffs of major names anyway. Cryptic Studios is now working on Champions Online. It could be an interesting fresh start. Pictured here is my new main hero, Jacques Couteau. He's turned out to be tons of fun. |
| Friday, February 22nd, 2008 | |
| 7:25 pm | Shigcon tank Did some tinkering and set up a really barebones macro studio. Needs better lighting, I think, but I still wouldn't mind some comments about the pictures in this series (check the flickr page for them). |
| Friday, February 8th, 2008 | |
| 6:39 am | really nervous Welp, I'm going under the laser in about an hour. Wish me luck. |
| Saturday, February 2nd, 2008 | |
| 7:55 pm | Cruisin' Buddies After quiet time today, Colin brought these items and set them on my desk. I just thought the arrangement of 3PO and Spidey was too cute not to capture. |
| Friday, December 21st, 2007 | |
| 2:55 pm | City of Villains new armor Posted this (and a few others) mostly for Scott. Check it out. |
| Wednesday, November 21st, 2007 | |
| 9:01 am | Nighttime view I find it a bit odd that I seem to get the best nighttime shots when the new camera is set to manual. There are like three other nighttime settings that don't work as well. |
| Wednesday, November 14th, 2007 | |
| 2:46 am | Gaiking (Shogun Warriors) The classics never go out of style. |
