Saturday, November 27, 2004

This is the first sketch in my second sketchbook, and the only sketch I got at this particular convention. It was one of the Seattle ComiCard shows, only a few months after my first San Diego convention, so I was a little sketched-out. I went to the show partly to see Amanda Conner again, who had told me at San Diego that she'd be in Seattle in September. She did a sketch of herself as Green Lantern for my husband's sketchbook.

AQUAMAN
by Jim Palmiotti
10 September 2000
(permission to post given 31 October 2004 via e-mail)
www.paperfilms.com

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Friday, November 26, 2004

So, I used to silently make fun of people who got up early on the day after Thanksgiving to go bargain hunting. But this year, hubby-Eric suggested that we get up early and go bargain hunting at Fry's, as we both need new computer mouses. So we got up early. And went to Fry's. Which was a madhouse. And I got a $4 optical mouse. Yay. Now I wanna go back to bed. Too bad I need to go to work.

by Tegan at 7:34 AM Seattle time - Permalink   

Thursday, November 25, 2004

...my husband. Eric and I have been together over ten years now.

...my family on both sides.

...my friends on-line, especially my fellow comic book bloggers who understand my obsessions and aren't judgemental.

...my home, my car, my books, my LEGO, my comic books, and all those other fun little material things that make life interesting.

...the internet. Seriously, just think about how much the internet has improved life for some of us. I can't help but be thankful for it.

...free speech, the constitution, and civil rights. I'm glad that I live in a country that strives for freedom and equality for all, and I hope it can weather the storm.

by Tegan at 10:26 AM Seattle time - Permalink   

Wednesday, November 24, 2004

Tomorrow is a holiday, so I suspect most folks are off visiting family or something, in the US at least. I got my comics, but I don't feel like reviewing them yet. And I'm still recovering from my nasty cold, so I'll just write nothing today and leave it at that...

What's that? This is something? Oh well.

by Tegan at 5:36 PM Seattle time - Permalink   

Tuesday, November 23, 2004

Happy Doctor Who Day! Yes, 41 years ago today, the first ever episode of Doctor Who aired. And the new show is coming soon... and they haven't forgotten the past:

I can't overstate the importance of this TV show to my life, since it is because of my interest in the show that I met and fell in love with hubby-Eric. It's also been a constant presence in my life since then.

by Tegan at 3:36 PM Seattle time - Permalink   

A searchable database of comic book covers. Not huge, but they could be useful in finding that one cover... if you know the name of the book. Via Boing Boing.

Dolphins Rock.

Season sets of The Muppet Show are reportedly on the way. I WANT THESE.

Need a warning sticker for your local textbook, so children don't blindly believe whatever is written in the book? Look no further! Here's a whole page of useful warning stickers.

(sarcasm full-on) After all, children always pay much more attention to what they read in a book than to what the responsible adults in their life tell them, so you must always protect them from anything that might be different from your beliefs instead of trusting them to use their God-given intelligence. (sarcasm off)

Cool "ghost story" from William Gibson's blog.

Fake LEGO burned for heat.

by Tegan at 2:26 PM Seattle time - Permalink   

Monday, November 22, 2004

I wasn't going to blog again today, but I found some fun links to play with, so I figured I'd share. I can't seem to get away from blogging for long.

Mike Sterling tells the story of Clark Kent, disc jockey. (oops, link fixed)

The Hopkin Green Frog mystery is explained. Oddly enough, by someone trying to help.

Christopher Priest talks about the latest blow-up in basketball, and I generally agree with him: "Personally, I think alcohol should not be sold at sporting events, period."

Polite Scott also likes Dorothy of Oz.

Oh My. The George Takei Soundboard. Via V&S.

Chocolate cures coughs. Yup. "The study found that theobromine, found in cocoa, was nearly a third more effective in stopping persistent coughs than codeine, currently considered the best cough medicine." Chocolate, the wonder drug. Via Gallimaufry.

Hubby-Eric has updated his blog with the current situation in his life, so if you're curious, go read there.

by Tegan at 8:39 PM Seattle time - Permalink   

Is California Sinking? Then, 30+ years later, down it goes!

The Silver Age story (Aquaman #53, Oct-Sep 1970) is a wonderfully goofy one featuring one Eliot Harlanson (no, I am not making this up) a California millionaire who is convinced by agents of O.G.R.E. (Organization for General Revenge and Enslavement) that Atlantis is rising and California will sink as "nature's way of keeping things in their proper balance." In order to protect his home, Harlanson is convinced to buy and drop an A-Bomb on Atlantis. Black Manta gets involved in the fun, as do some amazingly capable US government agents.

At the end of the story, Aqualad asks Aquaman about the chances of Atlantis rising, but Aquaman isn't worried. He says that Atlantis won't reach the surface until "way after" the year 2000. Hmmm. I wonder how much "way" is in years?

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Sunday, November 21, 2004

Via Larry Young, a PDF preview of Couriers 03.

by Tegan at 4:43 PM Seattle time - Permalink   

Cool Optical Illusions via Elayne.

Rolling Stone's top 500 songs.

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