“I hear the crystal raindrops fall on the window down the hall…”
books, comics and animation, everyday glory, geekery, LEGO and Rokenbok, movies and TV, office antics, politics and law June 5th, 2008Wednesday: Coda
This evening, I saw Iron Man again; I went with Max and Perry. It was just as much fun this time as it was opening day. Perry and Max both enjoyed it, as well. And this time I was able to catch a glimpse of Captain America’s shield in Tony’s workshop.
After the movie, I headed back to Kate and Perry’s and hung out for a while. This translates mostly into getting some surrogate uncle time with the kids. And, as a new twist, the two youngest asked me to read them a bedtime story: Go, Dog. Go! That was both unexpected and fun. After the youngest kids went to bed, Perry, Max and I watched Justice League Unlimited; tonight’s episode was “Question Authority,” in which The Question discovers the truth behind the founding members’ secret concerning an alternate/future President Luthor and The Justice Lords. This episode also contained one of my favorite lines from the series: The Question confronts the contemporary Lex Luthor about his plans to run for President of the United States. Luthor laughs and responds:
“President?! Foolish, faceless man… my campaign is a farce! A small part of a much grander scheme. President. Do you know how much power I’d have to give up to be President?! That’s right, conspiracy buff… I spent seventy-five million dollars on a fake presidential campaign… all just to tick Superman off.”
(You can also listen to it – as Luthor smacks The Question around his office – here.)
Perry just looked at me askance as I quoted most of that line while Luthor was saying it. Kate just laughed and shook her head.
Stray Toasters
- I was (pleasantly) surprised to see a news item saying that Senator Clinton is (finally) ending her bid for the Democratic nomination… especially as Senator Obama got the magic number last night.
- I asked our HR guy if I could post A Different State of Race Relations – and a commentary – on our internal site or an internal email. He thought about it and then decided that it would probably be best to get some sort of go-ahead from corporate HR. So, I’m going to kick it up the chain of command tomorrow, I do believe.
- “Elitist.” *chuckle*
- Number Five… made of LEGO
- I caught the tail end of DS9‘s series finale, “What You Leave Behind,” tonight.
I think that there is a glass of milk calling my name. I don’t know if it’s chocolate or not. Yet.
Leave a Reply
You must be logged in to post a comment.