Letters to Myself

Don't rub it in, dude.

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I actually lost count of how many geek hot buttons there are in that trailer. Nazis, samurai, dragons, zeppelins, explosions, cute girls in lingerie armed with machine guns, etc. The cumulative effect is pretty impressive.

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Today's the last day of exams. Tomorrow I'm on vacation for almost two and a half weeks. Whether this'll result in more posts here remains to be seen. I might go for more trivia and errata.

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But now, just for the movie. Three more weeks, plus babysitter availability.

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Just spent a half hour taking screen shots of the SHIELD helicarrier (thank you, YouTube), so's we can make a model version for The Boy and his Super Hero Squad out of a shoebox, plastic cups, and possibly toilet paper rolls.

It's true: being a Dad really is the best gig ever.

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Isiah Mustafa speaks about libraries:

I can't argue with a word he says. Also, I hope he does get the chance to play Luke Cage. Also also, this is a most excellent homage:

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A textual analysis of some of my works by the site "I Write Like..."

"Start Spreading the News," at Michigan Avenue Review:

I write like
H. G. Wells

I Write Like by Mémoires, Mac journal software. Analyze your writing!

"No Mosquito is A God," at Lone Star Stories:

I write like
Chuck Palahniuk

I Write Like by Mémoires, Mac journal software. Analyze your writing!

Erin and the Dinosaurs, at Abyss & Apex:

I write like
James Joyce

I Write Like by Mémoires, Mac journal software. Analyze your writing!

Twelvepenny Weather, at Albedo One:

I write like
Vladimir Nabokov

I Write Like by Mémoires, Mac journal software. Analyze your writing!

With the Dawn, at Strange Horizons:

I write like
Dan Brown

I Write Like by Mémoires, Mac journal software. Analyze your writing!

And this blog, specifically the entry where I talk about Andy:

I write like
Stephen King

I Write Like by Mémoires, Mac journal software. Analyze your writing!

What does this prove? Nothing, except that I'm not dead. Hi!

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No, I'm good.

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This made me laugh entirely too hard:

With thanks to @kmeisner.

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Although I have a Facebook account, I don't actually spend any time on it. If you friend me, I'm happy to friend you back, for all the good it will do you. I won't ever actually update on it, and I won't read your updates. But I'm happy to friend you. What do I care? However, I won't play the games, accept or give the gifts, or participate in anything that might result in some sort of app installation. I've got a nice little corner of the Internet -- here -- and that's where I spend my time. LJ updates point back here, and Twitter doesn't count. It's the cocktail party of the Internet.

(For best effect, I should probably post this on Facebook. But I'm not going to, as I don't use it.)

Reading: Had been White Tiger: A Hero's Compulsion and Wolverine: Weapon X, two graphic novels I got at rock bottom prices from Barnes & Noble. Now it's Essential Defenders Vol. One.

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