Tag: dc comics
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Unintended Consequences Strike Again, Entertainment Both Classic and New, A Bit of Cute, and a Return to Space
The big news today (for me, at least) was the announcement of the U.S. return to manned space missions. NASA will once again be shooting humans into orbit (with some help form Boeing and SpaceX)! Now, that’s not quite the manned exploration mission style I’d prefer to see… but it’s better than nothing. I’d love…
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Another weekend, another bunch of stuff to alleviate stress
Why, yes, you continue to get a proliferation of fluff in the feed. But it’s good fluff! At least I think it is. Creative. Witty. So wrong it’s awesome. It’s the stuff that helps alleviate the stress that my life has been lately. But have no fear! There are also some gems of real content in…
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Self-Image, Coffee is for Closers, An Economic Last Stand, Whiskey Lies, and Other Things
The big non-shock in the feed today is that every level of Comcast is all about sales. This hot on the heels of an 8+ minute recording of someone trying to cancel their cable service. All that sales, of course, came at the cost of actual customer service–something cable companies are notoriously bad at to…
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Bunches of Comic Con Things, Big Discussions on Israel and the Gaza Strip, Some Levity to Balance that Out, and Musing on the Culture of Fear
There are no shortage of fear-inducing, attention-grabbing headlines out there. Most of them turn out to be utter hype, but you don’t discover that until after you’ve clicked through. And if you don’t click through, well, the damage to your peace of mind is already done. For a long time now I’ve been interested in…
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Science, Aliens, Sexism, Stupid Application of the Law, and Buzz Aldrin
I’ve been fiddling with websites all day–first at the day job and then after I got home. But, pretty much every site I have my fingers in is up to date now. So, that’s good. Sadly, this is the only one of my own sites that gets regular content these days. (And, really, calling some…