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Wednesday – 09 March 2011
Midweek.
New comics day.
Not D&D 4.0 night… because ‘s little Thunder turns one-year-old today. (And, quite frankly, celebrating your kid’s birthday is a good reason to cancel your gaming session.)

Today is also Ash Wednesday (1, 2, 3, 4) the first day of the Lent.

Last night, SaraRules! had mentioned having pancakes for dinner, as it was Shrove Tuesday. By the time I got home, she had changed her mind. But, she still kept a bit of the Mardi Gras spirit alive with her selection: Jambalaya. We also finished off the last two episodes of last season’s Burn Notice. Shortly after that, I went to spend a little time in LEGO Universe. My minifig now has pets. That’s right, pets: A dog, a cat and two rabbits.

Stray Toasters

• Is it bad that my first inclination for an “Ash Wednesday” picture was to post a picture of Ash Williams?
• Vicious Assault Shakes Texas Town
• Daily drink specials may end for Utah bars
• Photo: Mad Dash to Catch Space Shuttle Crossing the Sun
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• U.S. Economy Better Prepared for Rising Gas Costs
• ‘Spider-Man’ Overhaul Forces a 3-Month Delay
  • Julie Taymor Could Depart Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark
• The Volkswagen Inspection Car that I’ve been coveting has long been absent from MTH Trains’ catalogs. On a bit of a lark, I posted a question about them on MTH’s Facebook page. This morning, I received a reply: The cars were made for MTH by a company out of the Czech Republic… and that this company was still in business. I found their website and it turns out that they still make the cars. This bears a little further investigation…
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• NPR CEO Vivian Schiller Resigns
  • NPR chief Vivian Schiller resigns amid video scandal
  • NPR executive calls Tea Party supporters ‘racist’
• From the “Whiskey Tango Foxtrot…?!” file: Charlie Sheen Bio Comic – “The Winning Edition” – Coming Soon from Bluewater
• RB Tiki Barber to end four-year NFL retirement

Ollie ollie oxen free!

Namaste.