Also a plea to DC. Please don't let writer's who disagree with the "Fearless" concept, write Hal Jordan. Honest. Fearless. Willpower. Make a little checklist with those words and the following sentence above it: "I agree to the basic Hal Jordan character premises outlined below:". Then have the writer sign this statement of principles before each story. 'course these are just my opinions.

JLA #101 - Austen, Garney
"Pain of the Gods" Storyline.
Art is fine, but curiously there is no JLA in this issue, really it's a Superman story, and last I checked there were almost a dozen Superman books out there and the title of this is supposed to be JLA. It looks like they will be doing different JLA spotlight issues on each hero over the next several issues. Since most of the JLA have a least one solo book to their name this seems like a waste, unless of course you are DC and are really more interested in reprinting the whole thing as a trade later.

My only comment on the story itself is about the scene with Superman in the Watchtower. Green Lantern should have walked into the room and paraphrased Tom Hanks from A League of their Own. Upon seeing Superman, he should have said: "Crying? there's no crying in Justice League!"

Skip this storyline.

Teen Titans #13 - Johns, Grummet.
Excellent Art. Filler issue/prologue to the next story arc. Raven gets a lower back tattoo. Kid Flash gets a Green Lantern logo tattoo (which quickly disapears due to his hyper metabolism???).

Next Issue, everyone gets Beast Boy powers.

PS. I Loved the Old School represent T-shirt on Bart: "Wizard is About to Die, Needs Food Badly." Nice Gauntlet Video Game reference.

Let's Go Surfing

» Krispy Kreme frozen glazed donut beverage. Yummy?
via various

» More info on the Averatec Tablet PC. Very Cool.
via Slashdot

» Nice Grown-up Scan of She-Ra, Rainbow Brite and Strawbery Shortcake (SFW). Yeah, as a matter of fact I do feel kindof creepy linking to that ;)
via Postmodernbarney

» Here's a homemade bottlecap tripod solution to the commercial one I posted Tuesday.
via Boing Boing

» Nice software site: under1mb.com
via Tiny Apps

» Here's a great little piece of software that I saw on under1mb.com (but then had to Google search for because their link was broken.) TinySpell sits in your task tray and watches you type and beeps if you misspell a word giving you the opportunity to autocorrect the error. Because it is working at a system level, it works with any application. Hopefully you start to see spelling improvements in this very site because of its use.
via Google

» Another interesting piece of software AtNote is your standard Stickynote software except you can send a stickynote to other computers on your network, which works out great for me. I can type a stickynote on my main computer and then send it to the monitor of another computer right next to me and have it pop up and stay on that screen.
via PCWorld Daily Download Newsletter

Tuesday July 20, 2004 11:52pm

Let's Go Surfing

» Jack in the Box has Justice League Action Figures!. Unfortunately I don't live near a Jack in the Box :( Major Bummer, especially since they have a Star Saphire figure.
via Toy New International

» Ceremic Pee Tree. 2nd bathroom product in two days.
via Relunct

» Sideclip share your Windows clipboard between computers on your lan or over the internet.
via Freeware Files

» I don't know whether to Laugh or Cry at this picture.
via Progressive Ruin

» Nice Jpeg of Alex Ross' famous Uncle Sam Picture. Comic fans and Patriotic Rednecks alike will enjoy this one.
via Comics Continuum

» Check out this very cool tripod idea. Great Idea. Looks easy enough to make though by just taking a cap and putting a bolt through it. A future project methinks.
via Boing Boing

» I've seen this before, it's been around for several years but it's worth linking to the book machine for those that might not have seen it before. Personally I think that this has the potential to revolutionize the world of print. The stories tend to focus on novels, but I think that something like this would be excellent for comics and magazine article compilations as well.
via Boing Boing

Monday July 19, 2004 2:22am

Random Non-Sequiters

» More HBO to watch on Sunday now, becasue of the addition of Entourage a new half-hour show that I think I would best describe as Curb Your Enthusiam meets Sex in the City, for guys.

Six Feet Under is already appointment viewing and Entourage if this first episode is any indication, will mean that I'll be in front of the TV for an extra 30 min every Sunday Night. Comedic but but not sitcomy, this show follows an up and coming young actor (28) and his entourage: his slightly older brother and two High School best friends as they live life in Hollywood. It was also a delight to see Jeremy Piven playing the "star" of the show's Hollywood Agent. He's quite good and brings all his manic energy to bear in an Arlis-like role.

If you have HBO. Do Watch, it's good.

Let's Go Surfing

» Cool Custom Rings
via Boing Boing

» Original precursor to Alice in Wonderland manuscript with pictures.
via Boing Boing

» There's some buzz out there about a New iPod and this Newsweek Cover. Doesn't look like much new to me though.
via Slashdot

» Interesting interview with the CEO of Dell. More candid and straightforward than most of these types of interviews.
via Slashdot

Sunday July 18, 2004 1:50am

At the Movies

I, Robot Sci-Fi Action Adventure [PG-13] 1hr 45min.
In Theatres: 7/16/04 Date I saw it: 7/17/04 at Rivertown Cinemark

Bad movie. Even if you rightly ignore the touchstones to Asimov and focus on this as it's own movie uninspired by anything. It's still bad.

Asimov's robot stories center around logic. There's no logic in this movie, not even internal logic. Very bad. Don't go see.

Overall[poor] Story [awful] Special Effects [good]

Saturday July 17, 2004 5:51pm

Word of the Day
sardonic
Forced; unnatural; insincere; hence, derisive, mocking, malignant, or bitterly sarcastic

Random Non-Sequiters

» Stargate: Atlantis
I watched the premiere of this show on the Sci-Fi Channel today. I like the original movie, but I never got deep into the original Stargate TV show (although there are a handful of those shows I've seen which I did very much enjoy.). Still, I thought I would give this show a try.

Long review short: Didn't care for it. Acting was eh. Characters not terribly compelling as an ensemble. WAY TOO MUCH exposition, the motto of this premiere seems to be: tell don't show. Very uneven set design. After about an hour and a quarter I gave up on watching it.

Let's Go Surfing

» Go Download Picasa, Picture Management Application, FREE! It's good!
via Digital Media Thoughts

» Leash Training your Cat
via FARK

» Funny "Song Sequels". Pretty Fun concept. There probably needs to be an entire site devoted to this somewhere.
via boing boing

» Designs for C.L.I.T. (in)action figures. Snootchy Bootchies!
via View Askew

» Portable Emergency Toilet -- there is a cool Round Portable Printer concept there too. Two different types of Downloading and Outputing in the same link!
via Sensory Impact

» Found on TinyApps.org Blog: "Win32 SAPPS (Stand Alone Apps) is a collection of installer-free software, all of which is freeware or open source. The 75MB Zip file is distributed via BitTorrent."
via

» David Chelsea's 24 Hour Comic Jam. Cool slideshow of studio (upper righthand corner under title).
via Scott McCloud's Moring Improv

» Checkout this green laser review. It has incredible distance and the beam is visible not just the "dot". Very cool.

Saturday July 17, 2004 1:19am

Comments on FARK

Fans on DC Message Boards Speak Out.

Please Sign this online petition | Petition Comments

If this can not be stopped. Please Please Please spend the first 15 minutes showing a serious and heroic Hal Jordan before you give Jack Black/Kyle Rayner the Ring. At least give us Green Lantern Fans a shread of dignity.

Friday July 16, 2004 12:45am

Word of the Day: apologia - n. formal defense or justification.
(Not to be confused with an: apology - An acknowledgment expressing regret or asking pardon for a fault or offense.)

Let's Go Surfing

» Should Software last 200 years?
via Slashdot

» Cufflinks with gadgetry added
via Boing Boing

» Stargate: Atlantis a new Sci-Fi show premieres tomorrow.
via Slashdot

» Vote for your favorite Twinkie Anniversary package mmmm..... cream filling and sponge cake, YUM!
via Fark

» Short interview with Dave Chappelle

» 2004 Emmy Nominees
via Fark

» The Beat is reporting that Ray Liota will play Dr. Doom. Very Cool Casting.
via The Beat

» Gizmodo a straightforward tech site has managed to find a tech angle on the recent Lindsay Lohan Nipple Slip (SFW)
via Gizmodo

» View this image of Yoda from Dark Horse Comic cover you should... hmmm... yes.
via Comics Continuum

» French Anti-AIDS posters featuring Superman and Wonder Woman Creepy and Weird, and I can't imagne that these are DC sanctioned.
via Boing Boing

» Live in 376sq. Feet abito, cool mini-apartment. (Flash site)
via Mocoloco

Random Non-Sequiters

» My blog is interactive now (definently pushing my "no-frills ain't it?" charter with this addition.)

I've signed up with Haloscan which provides code to add comment capabillities to these pages. When you click below you will get a pop-up that you can read and leave comments on these posts.

Also please note that the ads placed at the bottom of the comment window are provided by Haloscan and not me.

Thursday July 15, 2004 7:26am

Comments on Comics

Identity Crisis #2 - Brad Meltzer, Rags Morales
Great book. Well crafted story. Fully formed characters. Great art. Just really well done. I'd pay $10 a regular issue if Meltzer was put in charge of the regular JLA title as the ongoing writer. DC could keep the $2.25 and the other $7.75 could go to him. That's got to be worth him quitting his day job right?

Reviews on this issue at Silver Bullet Comics Warning: there be spoilers there

Quick Reviews:

» DC Comics Presents: Mystery in Space #1 - eh. Nice Alex Ross Cover though.
» Green Arrow #40 - Winick and Hester, eh. Filler issue aftermath of the last arc (which was pretty dumb). Eh
» Superman/Batman #11 - Loeb and Turner. Nice art. Too fast of a read. Too much eh internal dialog. Of course, I've never been a fan of Apokolips or Darkseid stories so there's that too.

Let's Go Surfing

» Background on an honest to goodness conspiracy the CMG, Color Marketing Group.
via Boing Boing

» Mike Sterling's Progressive Ruin passed along this mention of the possibillity of a Green Lantern Movie staring Jack Black. Normally I enjoy Sterling's site immensely but on the topic of doing Green Lantern as a comedy I couldn't disagree more. DC has many properties (Plastic man, Ambush Bug, Amazing Man, Metal Men, Shazam, etc.) that would lend themselves much more readily to a lighthearted comedic treatment. Green Lantern as a comedy movie would be a terrible waste of a Sci-fi/superhero film opportunity. Plus I don't need a Jack Black as GL action figure.
via Progressive Ruin

» Newsarama has word that Jessica Alba is now confirmed as Sue Storm the Invisible Woman in the upcoming Fantastic Four Movie.
via Newsarama

Wednesday July 14, 2004 2:05am

» Just spent two hours tracking down a virus that took over my browser and destroyed my Notepad.exe (of all things). I think it goes by the name of Cool Web Search. Spybot and Ad Aware would not get rid of it. I downloaded something called: CWShreader and that seems to have done the trick of removing it at the moment. Nasty Little Virus.

Let's Go Surfing

» DC Comic Solicitations for October 2004 (My cover picks at right)

» The most interesting issue of note for me is JLA #107 which seems to indicate that the JLA/Avengers story was in-continuity and also features a storyline called Crime Syndicate of Amerika? Hows that for a twofer?

» Also the solicit for Green Lantern Rebirth #1, the return of Hal Jordan as Green Lantern.

» The hard cover collection of the Superman Birthright Series which redefines Supermna's origin in the DCU is also solicited for $29.95. This is a good pick-up for hardcore and casual comic fans alike.

» Digest Sized My Faith in Frankee Collected Trade a bargin at $6.95 for this fun read.

» Also DC Direct Solicitations for February 2005. The Green Lantern Ring Box Set. I'll get, even though most of the rings look like the ones from the recent Ring Busts. Alex Ross Sinestro Action Figure? Didn't see that one coming, very odd solicit but he is Green lantern's Arch Enemy so on the list it goes. I'll probably get the Alex Ross Flash too. See the link for the other offerings.

via Comics Continuum

» Some guy's Top 100 Comics of the 20th Century list with cover pictures and fairly detailed bios of the books.
via Delicious

» This Funny! All Puny Humans should read this! Hulk has a blog. This Make ME LAUGH!
via Delicious

» ASP/VB Open Source Blog and Guest Book for IIS. Download and run for free. UBlog and UGuestbook.
via Google Search

Sunday July 11, 2004 11:12pm

Let's Go Surfing

» 2003 AIGA Survey of Design Salaries
via Delicious

Saturday July 10, 2004 12:47am

» There are very few things in life as good as a $5 Hot n' Ready Large Little Caesars Pizza that you can walk in right off the street and have in your hands in 30 seconds.

» Swiss Miss French Vanilla Hot Chocolate is very very bad. Better to stick with the regular flavor.

Comments on Comics

Supreme Power #11 - JMS, Gary Frank
Not a bad filler issue... Usually JMS paces the individual books better than this though. This particular issue will definently work better in the eventual trade reprint, due mostly to the large amount of exposition within. Most of the exposition, back story on Hyperion's origin(?), is given by Zarda, Power Princess, and her broken dazed english is a little hard to follow. But she delivers pages and pages of the dialog naked, and Frank is a very good artist, so on that level it works ;) It's just going to be a hard issue to lend to non-comics friends without looking like some kindof pervert.

"Really the story is very good. I read it for the story" I'll say.

"Yeah, sure, whatever" they'll say.

Overall it continues to be one of the better series out there. Go Get.

Let's Go Surfing

» The Beat has pics (which I have badly photoshopped at right) of the three confirmed Fantastic Four actors as well as the rumored fourth (Dark Angel: Jessica Alba). Horatio Hornblower (aka Ioan Gruffudd) )playing Mr. Fantastic is an excellent casting decision. And the actor for Ben Grim, The Thing (Michael Chiklis, The Shield) looks good too. Pretty much anyone could play Johnny Storm, The Human Torch... They should find a natural blonde guy. Not too sure about Dark Angel as Sue Storm the Invisible Woman. Generally I think of Sue as one of the more wholesome June Cleaver characters of the superhero world... But puting Alba in a skintight Fantastic Four jumpsuit won't hurt ticket sales I suppose.

I'm mostly glad that earlier rumors of Brendan Fraiser as Reed Richards didn't pan out.
via The Beat

» Many 2 Many has a rambling thought on friendship that although not terribly elegant, resonates. Many 2 Many is a site about software that supports collaborative groups and social networks on the web. This is a topic that I have a periphery interest in so I check this site quite frequently. Many of the contributors to the site often seem to be trying to hard to find a computer soluton for friendship, belonging and connectedness and this article suffers from that bent. But there are some concepts expressed that even some non-geeks may deal with on one level or another.
via Many 2 Many

Thursday July 8, 2004 9:35pm

» Yo! Check me out "G" (That's "G" as in Green Lantern, Y'all) Gots me a new GL hat today. Word to your OA.

Also picked up the Hal Jordan Power Battery Bookends. There aw'rite, but I don't care much for the flourecent center paint. I'll probably eventually cut some glow in the dark plastic down to size and put a disk in each end so they match the power batteries better.

» From time to time to time I like to point out some of the more odd Google searches that show up in my site's referer logs:

Google Search of the Day
"cornhole" + wrigley

No idea what that person was looking for... doubt they found it on these pages.

At the Movies

King Arthur Dark Ages Adventure [PG-13] 2 hr 10 min
In Theatres: 7/7/04 Date I saw it: 7/7/04 at Rivertown Cinemark

Pretty good movie, familiar story but with the more fantastic elements striped away. A little bit of a Gladiator feel to it on a less grand scope. Not a blockbuster film but still fun. Whoever played the villian did an excellent job. Clive Owen, playing the part of Arthur, was very good. I haven't noticed him before, but he's definently a guy's actor on screen in the tradition of Sean Connery, Harrison Ford and the Gladiator Russel Crowe. No wimpy boy band actors here. Guinvere is played pretty wild and maybe a bit too modern as "one of the boys" but other than that I thought this to be a very enjoyable movie.

Overall[good] Story [good] Special Effects [ok]

Let's Go Surfing

» Boing Boing has a link to a direct Torrent of the Michael Moore movie here. Scroll down and click the link after the Antrix guys name.
via boing boing

» Trailer for Rescue Me an upcoming TV Drama about Firefighters in New York starring Dennis Leary on FX, premiering July 21 at 10pm.
via a Google Search

Wednesday July 7, 2004 8:10pm

» There's absolutely nothing on the internet tonight :(

Wednesday July 7, 2004 7:40am

» Kerry Picks Edwards as runningmate. Well at least Saturday Night Live should have fun with this in the Fall. Overall reaction: Blah.

Comments on Comics

Ultimate Fantastic Four #8 - Warren Ellis, Stuart Immonen
Good Art, Good Story (even though it feels a little like they just ran out of pages before it was finished, ie: written tradepaperback reprinting style.) Getting more and more similiar to The Ultimates with the whole US military oversight thing. Do Wait and Get the trade reprint when it comes out.

Scratch #1 (of 5) - Sam Kieth
Quirky. The inclusion of Batman seems fairly pointless other than the sales bump I'm sure it gives the title. Kindof Tim-Burtoneske in story and art. Cool werewolf title character design. I probably won't pick up the rest of the 5 issue series though.

Monday July 5, 2004 11:10pm

Random Non-Sequiters

» I was at Yesterdog with a couple of co-workers last week, one of which was playing with my mini-digital camera. The camera caught the eye of the resturaunt counter guy and he took our picture. It wasn't until later when I looked at the picture that I noticed how intensely the random unknown girl over my shoulder was smiling and joining into the pic. Good Times.

» Pic of me. Man it was a nice day outside today!

» Saw Maria Mena a black-haired Norwegian Pop star on MTV singing/talking a song titled "You're the Only One". Catchy.

Comments on Comics

Green Lantern #178 - Ron Marz, Luke Ross
Issue long fight scene between Kyel Rayner and Fatality. Good art. Nothing more to see here, move along.

JLA #100 - Joe Kelly, Doug Mahnke
Coming off the very bad Byrne/Claremont/Ordway JLA Dooom Patrol Launch... the JLA is once again used to launch a bad super-team idea: JLA Elite. Too Dark, Too Dark. Dark doesn't work in the DCU. Maybe they'll figure that out eventually. Bad issue. Skip it.

Doom Patrol #1 - John Byrne, Doug Hazelwood
I preordered this before I picked up and read the introductory story in JLA. At least i'm only out $2.50. Do skip this continuity nightmare and bore-fest. Within a few months when it is cancelled we can all pretend it didn't happen.

Teen Titan's #12 - Geoff Johns, Mike McKone
Ok ending to the 4-part Raven story. Good Art. A little too much metaphysical stuff (Raven, Brother Blood, disembodied Jericho etc.) for my tastes but overall ok.

Ex Machina #1 - Brian Vaughan, Tony Harris
EXCELLENT. Now this is a good comic. Fresh characters. Fresh concept. Interesting twist on a reality just this side of the real world.

Ex Machina is sortof The West Wing meets a grown-up Doug from New Mutants. Mitchell Hundred after a brief foray as the world's first superhero becomes the Mayor of New York City. It's political intrique with a superpowered coating. Fantastic art and a story that weaves back and forth through time to introduce us to the characters and world all while building to a great last page splash pic. This is one that even the non-comic crowd can enjoy. Go Get, Go Read, Share with your friends.

Let's Go Surfing

» SFW pics of that new Tennis Star
via FARK

Monday July 5, 2004 1:10pm

Random Non-Sequiters

» I just found the elusive Animated Justice League Hawkgirl figure at KayBee Toys Saturday which completes my collection of the core 7 figures from the series. These are all the earier versions of the figures that had the more limited articulation which makes standing them up together like placing dominoes (They do come with stands but those are big and bulky and they make standing the figures close together difficult). The newer figures knee and elbow joints make them easier to balance. If you buy these for kids make sure they are the later ones with those joints.

» Pictured is my towel rack "invention" I was suprised that I didn't find one of these in Lowes, Home Depot or Meijer and that I had to make one. My problem was that the previous towel bar had snapped. As you can see the holders for the towel bar are permanetly affixed to the tile. I didn't want to take off these holders and all the towel bars I found were inflexible and non-adjustable.

I bought two 99¢ toilet roll bars and then I cut down a $1.25 piece of PVC pipe. The spring action toilet roll bars allow the bar to shorten to place between the holders and then their tension holds the bar in place.

» Saw a new HBO original film: Everyday People Sunday night. Good movie. It doesn't really go anywhere, mostly it is a series of character pieces within a Brooklyn resturaunt, but it was still a good watch. It would make a good series.

Let's Go Surfing

» There's probably something to this ESP thing.
via FARK

» There are alot of wiki engines out there.
I run the ASP/Access Database driven Open Wiki myself but thanks to the above link I also discovered the very basic EddieWiki which is an extremely small standalone Wiki application/webserver written in C that is small enough to carry around on a USB stick, it requires no "install".
via delicious

» Pixie is a cool little freeware slideshow app I just came accross. It is small and has an always on top with transparency feature which allows you to run it and keep working in the apps below it.
via freewarefiles.com

» Here's a good comprehensive introduction to BitTorrent
via delicious

» Nice Advanced Google Searching Guide
via boingboing.net

» White Castle Clothing popular.

Clothing stores crave burger chain's merchandise

July 4, 2004, 1:24 PM
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- White Castle's quirky reputation for peddling small, square burgers at all hours has stirred cravings in some unlikely places -- department stores and clothing retailers that cater to teens.

Department store chain Lord and Taylor has T-shirts with four designs featuring White Castle's logo and slogans. Apparel chains including Hot Topic, Buckle and Urban Outfitters also sell the clothing.

"This is part of that vintage-inspired retro look that is so hot right now," said Regina Norfolk, a spokeswoman for the Filene's and Kaufmann's department stores, which carry the shirts in their stores throughout the Midwest and Northeast. "The shirts are very successful."

Sunday July 4, 2004 3:37am

Thoughts that might not be coherent

This is just a little thought that started in my head when I came accross an article on Slashdot about the Chinese censoring SMS messages.

I think there is too much seperation, in our American discussion, over contries like China, former Iraq and other's forms of goverment as compared to ours. It appears to me, that there is this notion that America is special, that our constitution and rule of law is largely infallible and that we are inherently more just than the rest of the world.

While I believe as a nation it is good for us to have a positive opinion of ourselves and a healthy amount of patriotism, I think it would also benefit our country to be more aware that people all over the world are inherently the same as us and that the ideas in many of their goverment's that we are opposed to, didn't just happen. Either their people allowed them to happen, or a majority of people from countries outside their nation encouraged them to be the way they are. My point being, if we are not vigilant with participating and overwatching our own republic and it's actions, then anything we see accross the world could happen here as well.

It's been said that power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. With that in mind, I believe that it is our own successes that we should be most cautious about. We should never come to believe that we are always right. We should always fully examine the possibility that in any given action there are a number of other points of view greater than sides of a coin.

I believe we should also be wary of ever fully accecepting the concept, that is popular now, of our goverment being something seperate from ourselves. The moment that happens, the goverment may begin to see itself seperate from the people and that is historically not a good environment.

Get out and vote this fall. The choices might not be perfect or close to ideal, but life and choices are never perfect. At a minimum, spending a little time keeping up with the news and spending 30 minutes or less every four years at the polls to at least make and informed vote in the presidential election is a small price to pay to help maintain our republic democracy.

If we let ourselves lose our republic democracy by not taking this simple action, the costs to our society will be much greater than that little amount of time we have given up.

Happy 4th of July.

Let's Go Surfing

» The premiere of Justice League Unlimited on Cartoon Network has been moved up to Saturday July 31st at 8:30pm (There is also a new episode of Teen Titans before it at 8pm)

Here are plot synopsis' for upcoming episodes * Saturday, July 31: "Initiation" A reluctant Green Arrow is asked to join the new Justice League. He, Supergirl and Captain Atom are dispatched on a mission to stop a rampaging nuclear monster in Asia. * Saturday, Aug. 7: "For the Man Who Has Everything" Batman and Wonder Woman surprise Superman at the Fortress of Solitude in order to bring the Man of Steel his birthday present. But when they arrive, he has been immobilized by a special "gift" that Mongul has delivered to him. * Saturday, Aug. 14: "Hawk and Dove" Two siblings, one a pacifist and the other more aggressive, join Wonder Woman in a mission to stop a war between two neighbors. It turns out that the escalation of the conflict is all part of Ares' plan to spread misery. * Saturday, Aug. 21: "Fearful Symmetry" When Supergirl begins having some very disturbing dreams, she gets help from Green Arrow and The Question to figure out what is happening. It turns out she may not be dreaming after all. * Saturday, Aug. 28: "Kids' Stuff" Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman and Green Lantern are transformed into 8-year-olds in a desperate attempt to save the world from the magic of Mordred.
via toon zone

» Cool Teen Titans vs. Justice League drawing.
via Teen Titan's Animated

» Newsarama interview with the penciler of the upcoming Green Lantern Rebirth, return of Hal Jordan Miniseries.
via Newsarama

» Very cool video conferencing concept
via cool hunting

» A procrastination site with procrastination quotes
via de.li.io.us

» Having never been a fan of licorice I never quite got Twizler's "Makes Mouths Happy" slogan. But after this link(NSFW), I could be persueded to change my mind.
via boing boing

» Dick Cheney's now infamous quote (NSFW?) immortalized in cafepress merchandise.
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» Geoff Johns' top ten reasons for Hal to return! Follow the link or read below:
GEOFF JOHNS' TOP TEN REASONS FOR HAL TO RETURN! GREEN LANTERN Looking to get back into the GL ring? WIZARD makes the case for why Hal Jordan shines bright as the best Green Lantern ever. The wait is finally over. After 10 years of transformations, from the cosmic villain known as the Parallax to merging with the Spectre, Hal Jordan finally returns to the Green Lantern universe in the pages of Green Lantern:Rebirth. The five-issue mini-series from writer Geoff Johns (Teen Titans)and artist Ethan Van Sciver (Flash: Iron Heights)hits in October and, according to johns, will cover every aspect of the Green Lantern mythos. But most importantly, the mini promises to return the luster to silver age classic Hal Jordan, and put the best Green Lantern in his rightful place as one of the pillars of the DC universe. We caught up with Johns to roll out the 10 reasons why Jordan is tops when it comes to wearing the green, white and black. 10. TOP FLIGHT ORIGIN "Hal Jordan has the greatest origin, I think, in most of all of comics," Johns says. "This guy from 'Top Gun' is flying through the sky, and boom, he's summoned to an alien spaceship and told, 'You've been chosen. You're the next member of the Green Lantern Corps. Good luck!' Then the guy dies! It's a fantastic, very compelling origin." 9. COSTUME FOR THE AGES Superman's cape, Batman's cowl, Green Lantern's streamlined flight suit-as worn by Hal Jordan, that sleek, simple costume is an undisputed classic. "It doesn't have to be overcomplicated, and that's the best thing about it," muses Johns. "Whenever you see someone wearing a Green Lantern T-shirt, it always has that classic logo. That's the one ingrained in society, like Superman's 'S'" 8. DANGER'S HIS MIDDLE NAME " Hal is the original 'man without fear,'" Johns claims, and it's tough to argue with him. After all, Jordan's a guy who was breaking records and rules as a test pilot long before the Green Lanterns came calling. As Johns puts it, "He's someone who's always pushing it to the limit, always looking to fly faster and higher, just to see what happens. Hal's the guy who can stand alongside Superman, who can bump shoulders with Batman and not give a sh--." 7. WHAT WOMEN WANT "The best thing about Hal is that whenever he walks in a bar, all the pretty girls look at him," Johns laughs. "He's got the charm and the wit that Indiana Jones has." Ladies of the DCU take note: The line forms to the left. 6. MAN OF ACTION Hal Jordan is one of the few superhero alter egos you wouldn't mind trading places with. "You don't really want to be Bruce Wayne," says Johns. "Even Superman has a lot of weight on his shoulders. But Hal is one of the most fun characters around. You want to hang out with Hal Jordan. You want to be Hal Jordan." 5. MIXED UP SPECTRE The color scheme may have been similar, but lets face it: This former Green Lantern and the supernatural Spectre were two great tastes that tasted blecchh together. Hal's bold, thrill-seeking, takin'-care-of-business personality and sci-fi roots just didn't mesh well with the all-powerful spirit of divine vengeance. As Johns sees it, "The Spectre is a concept that can stand on his own-and so is Hal Jordan." 4. THE WRITE STUFF JSA, Hawkman, Teen Titans: Geoff John's resume reads like a how-to manual when it comes to reviving classic superhero concepts. "The bottom line," says johns, "is that I love these characters. I love taking these characters and saying, 'Look at them-they're cool!' There's a reason they've been around so long, and they'll be around long after we're gone." 3. HAL AND OLLIE REDUX Thanks to Kevin Smith's work on Green Arrow, we've got new adventures of the original Jordan/Queen hard-traveling' heroes team to look forward to if Hal goes green again. "The combination of Green Arrow and Hal is just fantastic-they've got great personalities," gushes Johns. "The difference now would be that Hal isn't the one learning lessons anymore-he's beyond that. He's the one that leads the way." 2. MARKED BY TRAGEDY It's only by seeing how far heroes can fall that we find out how high they can fly, and whether it's through the power of Parallax or the bottom of a bottle, we've seen Hal fall hard. "Hal has flaws," Johns states simply. "We're gonna see some of those flaws exposed and exploited in Rebirth. It's really about picking himself up from the ashes. That's why he's so damned interesting." 1. THE NATURAL Most superheroes-from Bruce Wayne to Peter Parker-can credit a traumatic experience for sending them down the path of the hero. Not so with Hal Jordan. "Hal is a born hero," Johns says unequivocally. "Everyone else learned how to be heroes. Hal wasn't always 'super', but he was always heroic. For some reason, it's sometimes not cool to be a hero. For Hal, it is damn cool. It's okay to be the good guy, and that's what he is. And Rebirth is a reintroduction of why he should be your hero." written by: SEAN T. COLLINS in WIZARD #154
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» Some guy puts an interesting spin on the 150 person human group threshold.

The primary difference is that monkeys are happy to stay in small groups and rarely interact with others outside their monkey gang. This is why they rarely go to war, though when they do it is widely thought to be hilarious. Humans, however, require cars and oil and quality manufactured goods by the fine folks at 3M and Japanese video games and worldwide internets and, most importantly, governments. All of these things take groups larger than 150 people to maintain effectively. Thus, we routinely find ourselves functioning in bunches larger than our primate brains are able to cope with.

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» Spagetti Ice Cream Maker Ice Cream shaped like spagetti noodles with Strawberry sauce. Yum!
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» First look at Jennifer Gardner as Electa also Yum!
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