Sunday
I slept in until late this morning early this afternoon. And it felt good. Except for my back. It hurt a bit when I woke up. But, the twins were nice enough to let me sleep, too.

Didn’t do much today. I did watch “Kids’ Stuff,” the episode of JLU that I missed yesterday. It was worth the wait. Wonder Woman, Batman, Green Lantern and Superman were regressed to pre-teens. I don’t know how many of the writers have young kids, but the dialogue and interplay was great. (And DCU fans will note an homage of sorts to GL Kyle Rayner…) This episode could easily become one of my favorites.

We had dinner with and at The Mayan. It was as amusing, as usual. Our waitress, Stephanie, was a joy. More service personnel should be so pleasant. 🙂

Stray Toasters

  • I got calls from Bret and my uncle this afternoon. I couldn’t let them get off the line without throwing a couple of digs in about the Rusty Iron Curtain getting whooped by Detroit.
  • What do you get when you combine SoulBlade/SoulCalibur and Nelly? I didn’t know either… until Nyx showed me this.
  • …and then she sent this.
  • A couple of Batman Begins Q&A panels from Wizard World Chicago (1, 2).
  • The last panel of this is dedicated to .
  • Zombie Panda!
  • Banners!

Rant: Team USA Basketball at the 2004 Summer Olympic Games
I watched some of today’s coverage. I saw Puerto Rico snap off a little somethin’ on Team USA. And while I want the U.S. teams to do well, I was glad that they lost.

This was the first U.S. team to lose a basketball game in sixteen years, when professional athletes were allowed to play for the U.S. The prevailing attitude seems to have been “We can’t be beaten.” Well… today, they were.

It was nice to see karma and reality team up to slap a bit of the cockiness out of the team. Even the coach, Larry Brown, has said that he hasn’t felt confident about the way the team has played. And there was the drubbing that they took at the hands of Italy in the pre-Olympic games…

Hopefully, this means that they’ll buckle down and start playing like a cohesive unit. And maybe, just maybe, they’ll bring their “A” game the next time they lace up their sneakers for a game.
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And with that…

Namaste.