Monday : 23 October 2006
Today was a better day than yesterday, in spite of the fact that it was a Monday.

It’s also been a fairly lax day; something to do with the fact that I was at work until after 6:00… and tonight was Heroes night on NBC. (Speaking of which, Wizard Entertainment has an interview with Greg Grunberg, who plays Officer Matt Parkman on the show.) I chatted with Don while the show was on – it had just gone off the air for him when it started here. I then watched Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip… the entire episode. It was good. Then I was reminded that Aaron Sorkin, the man behind The West Wing (before it went downhill).

After those shows went off, I headed to Paragon City. There wasn’t a lot going on, mostly teams working on taking down Eochai and Jack in Irons. I helped out with a couple of those encounters and then did a little trick or treating. Then I got bored. So, I left Paragon City and headed to the Rogue Isles. I trick or treated with Dhoruba for a few minutes before taking on – and taking down – some of the locals. By the time I was done, I had reached Threat Level 12. I really need to make Level 14 so that I can get a travel power other than… *sigh*… Hover.

Stray Toasters

  • I neglected to mention that I saw The Prestige last night. It was a good way to cap off the day. Good movie. I read something recently in which Christopher Nolan said that he wanted the movie to come across in three parts… like the three parts of a magician’s trick. I think that he accomplished that. And, it had David Bowie. Win-win situation.
  • , you’re getting a two-for-one Toaster:
    • Prepare for Future Warfare, a look at BOOM! Studios’ upcoming Warhammer 40,000 comic adaptation
    • Cthulhu versus Galactus.

      …between Cthulhu and Galactus it’s a pretty close call. G has the power cosmic while C has the gaze of insanity. Points lost by Cthulhu for having the scaly epidermis power that sounds like it could be thwarted by a couple gallons of Jergens. Herald Silver Surfer’s powers include running shot. Cthulhu’s cultists’ powers? “Run away” and “gibbering.” If we ever get the gibbering superpower—other than when we run into that hot convention chick with the Yu-Gi-Oh! fixation—just shoot us.

      We’ll give the battle edge to Galactus, since he’s in the “Fantastic Four” sequel with Jessica Alba next year and we can never have too many Jessica Alba references in the magazine.

  • , check out this picture. I think you’ll like it.
  • White, nerdy and here to stay – The Boston Globe’s look at Weird Al
  • If you’re in the Portland area, Excalibur Comics is having Wonder Woman Day – a benefit and celebration for two shelters for women and children – on Sunday, 29 October 2006, from 2PM – 6PM.
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  • Happy 5th Birthday, iPod
  • I knew that Marvel Comics was in a… partnership… with Guiding Light (yes, the soap opera); Shawn Dudley – one of the show’s costume designers – designed the wedding dress for the X-Men’s Storm. What I didn’t know was that there was going to be reciprocation: It seems as though one of the show’s regulars is about to become… wait for it…. wait for it…. a superhero. There. I said it. Details can be found here. And, for the truly brave, you can click here (and scroll down) to see a trailer of sorts of the heroine, called “Guiding Light,” in action. It’s bad. Really bad. Cool World – Long Kiss Goodnight Scale bad.
  • Over the weekend, pointed out a couple of cool LEGO projects: LEGO Stargate and LEGO Flamethrower.
  • Rush had a song on their Counterparts called Virtuality, about interpersonal interaction in the digital age. I like that song. Then again, I like Rush, so I’m a little biased. This song, Less Than Three, is basically about the same thing… but, it scares me for some reason.

Namaste.