This is my happening, and it freaks me out!

Tweets for Today

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 15:04:25 GMT

10:48 Last day before a 5 day vacation. I am SO not mentally here. #
13:12 @heysupergirl I'm sorry to hear that. How is your mother dealing with the news? #
16:02 I may be an old punk, but I still like the band Fairport Convention. Sadly, it means I still have some filthy hippie in me #
16:25 @templesmith I don't understand it either. I just remember him as changing farm policy and destroyed family farms in Central IL #
17:20 I like ska, but don't know enough about it, such as: Who is Rudi and why does every band send a message to him? #

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Something I was reminded of today

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 20:51:49 GMT

For every thing I have done that I think was a mistake or a failure, I have had many more successes. And since I decided to live a new way when I turned 34, I have made sure that none of my regrets are because of my choices.

Forget regret, move on to something better and just keep at it.

I am SO looking forward to having the next five days off from my full-time job. Maybe I'll even have time to blog.

Tweets for Today

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 15:05:09 GMT

10:38 Wow...I almost feel sorry For Sarah Palin. Almost. #

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Not a lot of time

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 14:28:09 GMT

I have been working.

A Lot

Anyway, last night at the movie theater, I was the only person in concessions (school's back in session) and as we were nearing the end of the night, a large group showed up about 20 minutes from closing. I was working on shutting down, saw them and run up to help them and said in my "gee, aren't I friendly" voice:

"Hi! What can I get for you?"

The main woman put on an exaggerated white guy accent and said, "Well aren't I perky? I'm just so happy to work a shitty job and be wasting my life." She then shifted to her normal voice and said, "Just shut the hell up and start getting our shit."

I have a message for her:

You don't want to mock people who are making your food.

All I can think is that if that is how she treats people, she has probably eaten a lot of bodily fluids without knowing it.

If I didn't care about my job, I would have made her large blue slushie EXTRA SPECIAL and her pretzel would have more than butter and salt on it.

Tweets for Today

Sat, 30 Aug 2008 15:01:51 GMT

11:05 Michael Palin as VP? I never thought I'd vote for a Republican, but with a former Monty Python performer on the ticket, I just night. #
12:00 @RadioWayne I'd vote for any of the Monty Python people in a heartbeat. If only to establish a true Department of Silly Walks. #
12:38 No one has asked the important question: Can Sarah Palin shoot someone in the face properly? #
09:38 Morning on Saturday means last night Bill Maher and the gym. I love days off. Can I has more pleez? #

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Posted without commentary

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 17:36:15 GMT

From John McCain's "store". Yes, they have fixed it since it was pointed out...

Writer's Block: What You'd Accomplish if Success Was Guaranteed

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:09:55 GMT

Knowing beforehand that you wouldn't fail, what would you attempt to do?

Submitted by tightjeanzz

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Hit on that hot redhead who works in the same building as I do.

Sorry, kids, sometimes I'm just a shallow male bastard.

Tweets for Today

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:01:48 GMT

12:41 Dear Focus on the Fambly: Why didn't Jesus answer your prayer for Obama Rain tonight? Did you just not BELIEVE enough? #
07:27 @RadioWayne I think he's Pawlenty. I don't think he WANTS to, but that's who the party is pushing on him. #
09:57 McCain picks a celebrity as his running mate. Irony meter just exploded. #

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God Has Made His Choice?

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:36:20 GMT

Focus On The Family asked God to dump rain on Obama's big speech tonight. Apparently they didn't pray hard enough and the forecast is for clear skies.

In other utterly unrelated news, a hurricane is predicted to hit New Orleans on Labor Day, the first day of the GOP convention.

Tweets for Today

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:02:14 GMT

15:10 @templesmith Obama's setup looks a lot like the Lincoln Memorial. Not that he'd want to draw a comparison with Linclon or anything. #
08:54 I REALLY miss the band Soul Coughing. Anyone remember them but me? #
09:16 @plinkostick I have all of Doughty's solo stuff, but Soul Coughing's stuff was better. Heard "Unmarked Helicopters" this morn & missed them #

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I need to quit smacking around the Fox News Fans for the day

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:52:56 GMT

http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/fnc/fnc_exec_fires_back_at_olbermann_92848.asp#disqus_thread

Edited to add: OK, I'm done. It's been a long time since I did that sort of thing.

And I love my idea of calling the token Liberal in any Fox News panel "Lando".

This just in

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:12:29 GMT

Obama's speech will be given around Greek Columns, and you know what they say about the Greeks. John McCain never saw ANY Greek columns when he was a POW.

Fuckin' elitist Obama.

Tweets for Today

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:04:57 GMT

12:07 "Are You There Vodka, It's Me Chelsea" is my favorite book of the year, even if it is just a bunch of stand-up bit on the printed page. #
14:36 Virgin Comics is gone. Where will people get to put their movie pitches into comics form now? Oh, that's right, Devil's Due. #
14:53 @BradMilyo Thanks! I put about an hour's worth of work into it, and it shows. Good AND bad. #
22:35 Sisterhood of the travelling pantsuits. Hah! #
09:30 @SCederlund I'm giddy abotu more "Shield". I REALLY hope they get a solid conclusion to the series. #

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A quick comment on the DNC

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:27:17 GMT

The pundits are saying that the convention is a wasted opportunity and the Democrats aren't speaking to the American People to make their case.

How can they when the pundits won't shut the bloody blue fuck up and let us hear the speeches?

I keep hearing that the Democrats aren't attacking McCain - Again, if you hear their SPEECHES they are, but no one on FOXNBCNN will shut the bloody blue fuck up and let us hear the speeches!

The News Is Broken.

Tweets for Today

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 15:04:46 GMT

10:52 Spending the day on the HR implications of a coming acquition. Aren't you jealous? #
08:22 I make a special appearance in CGS #500 Download it or else! tinyurl.com/6kwnfe #
09:28 @madscott I'd LOVE to go to the Comic Geek Speak Convention, but the money just isn't there this year. They are seriously great for comics. #

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Tweets for Today

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 15:01:42 GMT

09:04 All I can think about is my string of vacation days next week. #

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Tweets for Today

Sat, 23 Aug 2008 15:01:33 GMT

10:43 Has Obama announced his VP will be Rick Astley yet? #
14:30 OK...I've decided that Obama should anounce his Veep pick is Clinton and he should do it at 3 am. Just for the pure irony. #

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Tweets for Today

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 15:01:43 GMT

15:48 @dcorsetto Yes, it's normal. Ask if you can have a signing there, and do it like a sales pitch. We'd get them all the time at our shop. #
15:48 I feel sad. I know how many homes I own, so I'm not Middle Class according to John McCain. #

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Hardest part of my part-time job this weekend

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 13:59:48 GMT

Not taking a ball bat to the knees of anyone buying tickets to "Death Race".

Jesus God, I'd rather people voted for McCain than reward filmmakers for putting out that piece of dog shite.

But...Obama's the elitist, right?

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 15:25:21 GMT

Sen. John McCain (R-Flip-Flopville) said in an interview Wednesday that he was uncertain how many houses he and his wife, Cindy, own. "I think — I'll have my staff get to you," McCain told Politico in Las Cruces, N.M. "It's condominiums where — I'll have them get to you."

The Common Man, ladies and gentlemen, John McCain.

Tweets for Today

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 15:06:38 GMT

10:30 @brydeemer Feels like my day...I worked at the 2nd job until midnight, back up and on the road for the full time job at 6:30 am. #
17:26 Gonna start photo blogging tomorrow. If I'm awake enough to take pictures. #
08:06 Good morning world. Is this what it feels like to have all your immediate bills paid? It's been so long... #

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Last Chance, Kittens and Kaboodles

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 22:24:48 GMT

I'm going to start carrying around my digital camera tomorrow, so if you have photo requests, get them in as soon as possible.

Tweets for Today

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:01:48 GMT

15:01 I have nothing interesting to say. And now I'm saying it. I work pretty much every night this week. :P #
09:03 I was put in charge of the concession area last night at the part-time job. Why do people insist on treating me like an adult??!!?? #

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Tweets for Today

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:07:07 GMT

10:20 It's funny/sad that McCain says he won't trade on War Hero status, and refers to himself as:former POW in EVERY press release I've seen. #
16:02 Still waiting for someone other than Andrew Sullivan to report that McCain "Cross in the dirt" story was stolen from Solzhenitsen. #

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Quote Time

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 20:47:29 GMT

This is Mark Evanier's opening remarks from the Jack Kirby panel at the Sandy Eggo Con.

If you don't know how Jack Kirby is...well, you should bloody well know who Jack Kirby is:

People have asked me, did he (Jack Kirby) have psychic powers? I don't believe in psychic powers; if I ever did, I would believe Jack had them. I still don't believe in psychic powers, but I do believe that some human beings on this planet are just smarter than other people, and some are more perceptive than other people, at least in some areas. When it came to grand visions of the future, he didn't always know where he was going, but he knew where the future was going.

Jack would give you philosophical concepts. One of the concepts that Jack gave me, that he threw out a few times in different ways, giving me something to think about, was what might be termed ‘the passing of the torch.’ I met Jack in July of 1969. It's scary to me now that Jack was younger then than I am now. Jack was one of the few guys who really embraced the idea that it was time for his generation to step aside and allow the new generation to take over. There were a lot of people in comics who loved the fans, as long as they remained fans. The unspoken (and occasionally spoken) sentiment was ‘You're here to appreciate us, not to replace us.’ Jack's attitude to every kid who came to him was, ‘Welcome to the business; it's going to be yours any day now.’

The one comic Jack did that came out the least the way he intended was the ‘Forever People.’ What he envisioned was not the comic he did. What he envisioned, and you can see some of this between the panels, was a comic about passing the torch. What he wanted to do was show how the Forever People had to break away from the New Gods, not because they wanted to, but because that's just the way it works.

Jack was very supportive in an amazing way of the new generation. Jack encouraged everybody. You could come to Jack with the worst art in the world, and he'd say ‘You’re great, keep at it. Keep working hard.’ Because even though he might not believe in your artwork, he believed in energy and youthful enthusiasm and the human spirit, and he believed that it should never be squashed or discouraged, so Jack never discouraged anybody.

But Jack had two kinds of encouragement. He had the encouragement he gave to everyone, ‘You're great, keep at it.’ And he had the encouragement he gave to people with genuine talent, people like Dave Stevens, and Scott Shaw! and Wendy Pini, and in many cases it was an encouragement not to get into comics; not to think that inking Spider-Man was a life goal. He told Pini, ‘If I catch you working for Marvel, I’m going to spank you.’ Because he believed that so many other things were possible. He was very frustrated that for him, working for DC or Marvel, were the only options until he met people like Joe Ruby and Ken Spears.

To the extent that I can leave you with a philosophical concept, the way that Jack did, I'll say, remember that the future only works in one direction. He would take you back to WWII gladly, but he didn’t want to live there.