Home again, home again, jiggity jig.

Today wasn’t bad; it was a beautiful day outside but I couldn’t go play in it. Oh, the joyous life of a 204-B. Work wasn’t too bad either. There was one small “hiccup,” which wasn’t our fault, but we handled it and moved on. Tomorrow will hopefully be just as uneventful… and I have Monday off.

TGIM.

Hmm. That just doesn’t have the same ring to it as “TGIF.” Oh well.

After Thursday’s “Who should play Wonder Woman” post… and hearing Matchbox 20’s “The Real World,” I started thinking about “The Man of Steel” miniseries and “Superman” regular series that John Byrne did for DC Comics in the late ’80s. It was a complete reworking of the Superman mythos after their continuity-smashing maxi-series “Crisis on Infinite Earths.” But I digress…

Byrne created a Superman who was never “Superboy,” but whose powers developed slowly, as he grew older. One scene shows a 16-year-old Clark Kent discovering that he could fly; he flew in loops and barrel rolls all the way home. Byrne continued this “flights of fancy” trend in a couple of other issues of the miniseries and also on the regular run of “Superman;” often you’d see Superman flying upside-down or just having fun flying around.

I started thinking about the line from the song: “What would it be like if I could fly around downtown?” Aside from never having to worry about parking, that is. The thought of being able to push off and just… GO…. too cool. Ok, to me it is.

A couple of weeks ago, some friends and I took a small break from what passes for “reality” at work and took off on the topic: “If you could have up to any three powers, what would they be?” While I remember that there were some rather “interesting” ideas and combinations that came to mind, I don’t remember what most of them were. Mine were: Flight, superspeed, and enhanced/superhuman strength. I even had reasons for ’em, too:

  • Flight: Do I even need to go over this one?
  • Speed: This one’s easy too – It wouldn’t be too effective to be able to fly no faster than you could walk.
  • Strength: You’d want to be able to carry someone or other things with you and not be bogged down, so to speak.

Yes, we ponder the great mysteries of the universe at work.

And, since you’re reading this, if you’re so inclined, what three powers would you choose and why?

Anyway, looks like we’re about to head out and have a late/early breakfast, so I’d better get a move on.

Now where’d I put that damned cape?

Peace.