So my AC is finally back to what it's supposed to be. It was pretty miserable in my place lately; I was getting hit with a lot of heat the past few days because my AC was off ( Read more... )

I think I've made it pretty clear that I'll Make Marvel Mine until Niagara falls or some similarly hilarious Letters-Page sign-off from the 90s.

However.

Remember this image?


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"We cannot put the face of a person on a stamp unless
said person is deceased. My suggestion, therefore,
is that you drop dead."
-- J. Edward Day, Postmaster General, 1962.

Okay, something has gone terribly wrong in the US Postal Service. On May 25, 2007, a series of stamps will be released commemorating Star Wars. But not a generic Death Star ( Read more... )

February 21, 1986: The original Legend of Zelda came out in Japan for the Famicom Disk System. I wrote these for yesterday, the game's 21st birthday.

So, as promised, new video game poetry:

IF AT FORCE YOU DON'T SUCCEED...
by Kit FitzSimonsOh Princess Zelda, how did you ( Read more... )

I saw improv this weekend for the first time in a year. Excuse me: 11 months. I ran into a lot of people I haven't seen since then, and we said our wide-eyed, hushed hellos and good-to-see-yous, and I took my seat like Regular Joe across the aisle, and I saw some improv from across the country, and I remembered what I love about watching improv: I ( Read more... )

relevantpink asks:
"you seem like the man w/ the answer ---
when does joss whedon's run on astonishing
x-men happen in relation to the house of m stuff?"

That is a question currently stumping many purveyors of comicdom. And before we go on, I'll go ahead and say the obvious:

SPOILERS!!!...we good? Okay then ( Read more... )

CIVIL WAR SPOILER:

Mr. Fantastic is an idiot.

In fact, screw it: Mr. Fantastic, you are officially on notice.

Okay, yes, Mad Thinker says he's brilliant (which is a coup in and of itself, yes, fine). And yes, Mr. Fantastic did manage to invent Asimov's psychohistory (wiki-link), but damn it, he continues to ignore the things he's saying and ( Read more... )

Almost exactly one year ago, I posted this "review" of a series of Marvel Minimates. Oh, those were good times, weren't they?

I don't make fun of toys nearly as much as I should/could/chestergould. And since Sketch sent me a link to the Kitty Pride Minimate phasing gif (seen here), it seems like a perfect opportunity to correct that situation ( Read more... )

Moon Knight is an unlockable character on the 360 version of Marvel Ultimate Alliance.

Moon Knight.

Also, from this article: "You can also opt to form your own special team, give it a unique name, and eventually work it up to the point where your team will have its own unique team bonus ( Read more... )

When I create a character, I really get into the back story. Like, a lot. To the point where --if I don't write it all out-- I get antsy and start memorizing my imagined set-up for it word for word until I could nearly recite it to my grandkids (only 'nearly' since I don't have grandkids ( Read more... )