Posted in Randomness on Aug 9th, 2008
We went to a friend’s birthday party, a backyard barbecue, last night and met an interesting character. His name is Roger Sweet and while working at Mattel, he pitched the idea that became He-man and the Masters of the Universe! Besides that, he also worked on the bottle designs for Scope and Downy.
Even more amazing [...]
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Posted in Randomness on Jul 31st, 2008
Neil made a brief comment in his journal regarding the announcement by DC Comics at the San Diego Comic-Con that he will be writing a two-part Batman story.
1) Yes, I am writing a two part Batman story.2) Yes, Andy Kubert will be drawing it.3) Yes, it will be two oversized issues.4) No, I don’t plan [...]
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Posted in Randomness on Jul 29th, 2008
‘Extreme Makeover’ home falls into foreclosure after being used as collateral | TheNewsTribune.com | Tacoma, WA.
It was just a matter of time. These shows pull on viewers’ heart strings, but in reality some of the hard luck cases are in dire straits because of their own poor decisions. Hopefully there are more people prospering after [...]
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Posted in Randomness on Jun 17th, 2008
I just spent the last hour or so making my own pet Feathered Noblopper using this game from Electronic Arts called Spore Creature Creator. It’s pretty fun. You pick body parts for your new creature, customizing the shape, angle and color along the way. I am assuming you can interact with other people’s creature creations [...]
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Posted in Randomness on Jun 12th, 2008
Man! I opened up a can of worms at work by sending out a seemingly innocuous email regarding the fact that most current publishing standards reflect the fact that placing two spaces after the punctuation of a sentence is unnecessary.
Here is the email I sent out:
Here is an article for all of you who [...]
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