Being a comic book collector I’ve been contemplating rarity lately. A lot of comics are considered valuable because they are rare. But that’s really only one consideration out of two. The second consideration is that a bunch of people want[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’m no good at staying up late anymore. Yet another conclusion I’ve come to in my middle years. Not that I ever liked staying up late anyway. Y’see I’m a morning person. In my youth my limit for staying up[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
As I like to write about every now and again here is a round up of some television shows that I’ve been watching this summer. “Burn Notice” – One of my favorites is back for a new season. I like[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I picked up a book recently, “Cover Run: The DC Comics Art of Adam Hughes”. I’ve never been a huge fan of Adam Hughes’ work but I generally like it when I see it. Since he mostly draws comic book covers for comics that I don’t read I haven’t seen a lot of his art. So almost all of the work collected in this volume is new to me.
I should be a millionaire. I really should be. That way I could buy all the gadgets and gizmos that my heart desired. I think I could buy love too despite all the poets, song writers, and romantics telling me[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’ve told this story before but I’ve never written it down. So now I will. It’s the story of my socks. Y’see, unlike the rest of the world, I wear two different colored socks. Usually nobody notices such a thing[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’ll admit it. I thought my printer woes were over. After all, back at the end of February I bought a brand new printer. A Canon Pro 9000 Mark II. I went away from Epson who made my last two[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Lately I’ve been watching the TV show “Friends”. It’s a show that I watched every week when it was on first run TV but I never watched it in syndication or in repeats. About five years ago I did run[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I am not a person who’s very motivated by nostalgia. I’m subject to it, like anyone else, but it’s not something I seek to embrace. I can even be a little wary of it because if I have a nice[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today’s mundane tale is about a trip to the local mall. It usually doesn’t get more dull than that. But first we start with the fact that I have a new four gig compact flash card. I’ve always liked photographing[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…