From Andy Ihnatko’s observations at his local comic shop’s celebration of Free Comic Book Day earlier this month, Free Comic Book Day: The Grad-School Thesis: I also liked the sibling dynamics on display. The shop imposed a limit if six free comics per person. Most of the big publishers produce an array of Free Comics […]
From NBC Connecticut: Archie will reportedly propose to brunette Veronica in the newest issue of Archie Comics.Sorry, Betty — looks like nice girls really do finish last. The cover of “Archie Comics #600” shows Archie down on one knee to sexpot Veronica. Ageless comic book star Archie will end his famous decades-long love triangle in […]
At Self Made Scholar, The 80/20 Rule of Reading: Last month I created a new rule for myself: the 80/20 Rule of Reading. Now, 80% of my reading time is to be spent on books with only 20% left over for the internet and other sources.Jamie Littlefield has set this rule for herself as a […]
“I suffer from aviophobia. It means fear of dying in something that flies.” -Tony Kornheiser Dr. Leonard McCoy As a fan of Tony Kornheiser, I’m a bit saddened that he’s quit Monday Night Football. But on the positive side, it means that he’s free to restart his radio show as he’s promised he’d do once […]
A little economics from the tech blogoshpere.From Seth Godin’s Blog: Luxury goods are needlessly expensive. By needlessly, I mean that the price is not related to performance. The price is related to scarcity, brand and storytelling. … Premium goods, on the other hand, are expensive variants of commodity goods. Pay more, get more. … [Customers […]
Gateway Pundit: True Audacity— Biggest Borrower in History Tells ASU Students Not to Live On Credit
One of the reasons I came over to Squarespace’s hosting for this blog, was that their system had excellent tools for manipulating the CSS online and seeing the changes live. It made it worth paying for hosting again. And man, have I ever been manipulating the layout over here. If you’ve been reading me via […]
Daring Fireball on news of a crackdown on fake auto warrantee robo-calls These dirtbags were calling my cell phone a couple times a week last year. At work, we get these all the time. The typical recording starts off with, This is your second notice that your extended warrantee on your vehicle is about to […]
? When I first set up a blog (Asbestos Den), it was about whatever I wanted to talk about. Since I was interested in politics and comics, both topics came up often. Whenever either myself or other bloggers came up with comic book metaphors for things in the news, I often titled the resulting post […]
What exactly is that hat on Jughead’s head?Jim Leonard at “I’m Learning To Share” learns the real world origins of it.via Instapundit & David Bernstein at the Volokh ConspiracyJughead © Archie Comics Group
!!! Jacob Rubin is against the overuse of exclamation marks, and cites several heavy literary hitters to make his case: Elmore Leonard advises, “You are allowed no more than two or three per 100,000 words of prose.” Declaim the original Strunk and White, in their legendary sotto voce: “Do not attempt to emphasize simple statements […]
Congressional Shutdown Resolves Multiple Crises | TV Barn Washington, D.C. – Just three weeks after all Members of Congress were individually sequestered on the advice of public health officials, the action — or rather, the lack of congressional action — is being credited with dramatic improvements in a wide range of public policy matters previously […]