Archive for May, 2008
For Supple Wrists Only
May 14th, 2008I have to admit that I like playing pinball sometimes, even if pinball doesn’t like playing with me. When I was about 11 years old, my dad bought the family a late ’70s-era pinball machine at auction. It had a gnarly stone age monster theme — rendered in vivid oranges, yellows and greens — and […]
Goodbye, Robert
May 13th, 2008I was saddened to hear of the death of artist Robert Rauschenberg at age 82 (thanks to Christopher for the link). His work was way ahead of its time; consuming the internet and absorbing the collage of words and images on the web can be closely compared with what his combine prints and paintings were […]
Weekly Mishmash: May 4-10
May 11th, 2008The Complete Peanuts 1959-1960 by Charles M. Schulz. Fantagraphics’ two volume a year, two years in each volume Complete Peanuts series is still in full swing with the 1967-68 volume having just been released, but I’m still playing catch-up with this earlier volume. The strips from 1959-60 find Schulz at the peak of his talents, […]
Book Review: At a Crossroads
May 8th, 2008You just graduated college, now what to do? Conventional wisdom tells us it’s time to get out there in the so-called “real world” and get in on the ground floor of a lifelong career. That’s what you’re repeatedly told in your teens and early ’20s, but from a jaded 39 year-old’s perspective I now know […]
Things Are Heating Up in Atlanta
May 7th, 2008Hot news — an ex-Weather Channel meteorologist has filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against her former employers. We have the Weather Channel on 24/7 at the house, and I remember plaintiff Hillary Andrews and defendant Bob Stokes (who left the network last January) very well.
This story came out eerily timed, since a couple of nights […]
WDW Day Three: The Magic Kingdom Pt. 2
May 7th, 2008Having checked out almost all of the left side of the Magic Kingdom, we decided to take the train from Frontierland to get to the other side of the park. Unfortunately I was in Disneyland mode and thought there would be a train stop in Tomorrowland. Oops. We ended up departing the train at the […]
WDW Day Three: The Magic Kingdom Pt. 1
May 5th, 2008Friday, April 18th, 2008 marked the end of my Florida trip with the parents and a full day at Walt Disney World’s premiere theme park, The Magic Kingdom. As a lifelong fan of Disneyland in California, I always wanted to check out the Magic Kingdom just to see how it differs from its West Coast […]
Weekly Mishmash: April 27-May 3
May 4th, 2008Lots of B&W movie watching this week:
The B-52’s - Time Capsule: Songs for a Future Generation. Spotted this for $7.99 (new) at the local indie record store and had to get it, since an old copy of Cosmic Thing was only other thing I had by them. This is a good, solid — albeit flawed […]
We’re #3,584!
May 2nd, 2008A new Two Bunnies and a Duck has been posted; currently ranked #3,584 at TopWebComics.com!
