I swear, every time I sell something that has anything to do with toys or games or comics, I get the dumbest, most ridiculous people buying shit. Seriously. First I got some zero bidder who bought something and then failed to pay; I had to wait a week just to relist it and get it going again. Then I got one guy saying "one piece was damaged, send ( Read more... )

Hey peeps! What's wrong with this picture? Which I can't link directly to since it's a flash image but here's the page. Go on, I'll wait...

http://www.bradfordexchange.com/products/700338001_dragon-music-box.html

(if you guessed "painfully western ( Read more... )

By the time this came out, I had already stopped buying X-Men. It's probably a good thing. Because this would have definitely caused me some unhappiness...

http://acephalous.typepad.com/acephalous/2007/08/google-requests.html

I know I answered the previous question twice. It's that dumb it deserved two times the snark.

This is a true story. It's also a long story. Have a seat ( Read more... )

One thing I hate about going to conventions is that fans, and writers are cheap petty miser bastards. Going out to dinner with a group of fans from a con, or part of a writer's group, makes me want to stab myself in the thigh with the salad fork. Nickel-diming the waitstaff to death and then leaving a 10% tip. Nine times out of ten I put money on ( Read more... )

The reason I ask is this:

marienbadmylove got banninated today. Finally!

who did the what? Read on:

and the time before that...

I am just... yay.

Stop me if you've heard this one--perfectly fine happy dandy person gets flu shot, and within hours is sick as proverbial dog.

I know, I know, it doesn't work that way. Flu shots can't make you ill; it's not live virus. And yet, here I am. Eyes puffed up so bad it's hard to see screen. Neck swollen and sore. Head full of stuffing. Aches everywhere ( Read more... )