General NON-Comics Discussions (468)
Beloit College Mindset List for 2020
Once again, friends, it's time for the latest guidance from Beloit College. (See last year's list here.)
The drill is the same as it is each year:
Read more…If you are unfamiliar, each August, starting in 1998, Beloit College in Beloit, WI presents The Mindset
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Person of the Year
This isn't real -- Time hasn't yet announced its Person of the Year -- but it might as well be:
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" Vote for me and..........."
..." I'lll setcha free !!!!!!!!!!! _ Eddie Kendrick , 1970
I intend this as an observations/comments in a humorous manner line , AVOIDING explicit political opinion , regarding the American national elections of this year .
Non-American's' observ
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Steven Plackemeier Memorial Fund
Jeff (of Earth-J) lost his brother unexpectedly to a heart attack. Steve was in tremendous good health and it has been a horrible shock to our whole family. Jeff and I are not soliciting donations. We are asking you to read the comments posted. Jeff
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SINGULARITY: Rise of the Posthumans now available!
This is a project I've been waiting to brag about for almost two years now, an anthology that was on the drawing boards long before the Super Swingin' Hero 1968 Special from Mechanoid Press I helped Jim Beard co-edit.
Series creator Jaime Ramos dev
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Mrs. Brown You've Got a Silly Daughter. HELP
OK. We all know the Herman's Hermits song "Mrs. Brown You've Got A Lovely Daughter"; BUT, there was a response to this song recorded. I've heard the response once, and only once, in my lifetime. I heard it on an oldies radio station. The DJ did state
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Prince, R.I.P.
Story. I confess to not being his biggest fan, but I did find some of his music enjoyable. He wasn't that old at all, either.
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"Welcome to mad Science U" now available for pre-order
I've mentioned this project a few times, so here it is, finally, for the Kindle. Paperback and other e-book formats to follow in the coming months. http://www.amazon.com/Welcome-Mad-Science-Brad-Sibbersen-ebook/dp/B01E96YGDW
All that junk science yo
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The Super Swingin' Hero 1968 Special is out there!
And now, here's something I hope you'll REALLY like!
The Super Swingin' Hero 1968 Special has just been released for the Kindle by Mechanoid Press, with the print version soon to follow.
This anthology was a labor of love over most of the Spring as I
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I've Got a Strange Question About the USS Guam (CB-2)
OK, there's a Japanese web-browser game called "Kancolle" (or "Kantai Collection"), which features players organizing fleets of warships anthropomorphized as moe girls. (Don't ask me to explain it, between this and things like Girls und Panzer, I sus
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2016 Reading Challenge
A book published this year
A book you can finish in a day
A book a book you’ve been meaning to read
A book recommended by your local librarian or bookseller
A book you should have read in school
A book chosen for you by your spouse, partner, sibling,
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David Bowie Passes
David Bowie (January 8, 1947 - January 10, 2016) reported to have lost his 18 month battle with cancer today just two days after his 69th birthday.
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Comics Round Table members - we want your input!
Hi folks!
Your friendly neighborhood moderating team have been kicking around some ideas on improving the Board . You may have noticed some cosmetic changes on the front page and there may be more coming. We're also tossing around some suggestions
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A Story for Halloween 4
Gerry the Wonder Boy struggled up to wakefulness, and found he was bound to a chair. His head was throbbing. He couldn’t remember how he had gotten into this. The room was dark and cold, with stone walls, and he could just make out a stone staircase
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Beloit College Mindset List for 2019
I used to post these pretty regularly on a past incarnation of the board.
If you are unfamiliar, each August, starting in 1998, Beloit College in Beloit, WI presents The Mindset List, "providing a look at the cultural touchstones that shape the lives
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GHOST BOY, VOLUME 2
Hello Everybody!
Usually I prefer to let my creative work speak for itself, but there are times when I have to hit the self-promotion trail to get the word out about a project.
This is one of them.
GHOST BOY, VOLUME 2 has just been released by Airshi
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My new computer is the same size as my first ZX-81
My computers been giving me problems for months and finally went over the weekend. Even though I can't really afford it I went and got a mac mini. Looking at it now I'm struck by two things, 1) it's about the same size as my ZX-81, the first comp
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Mad Science U!
I know, I'm a horrible person for never posting anymore and then turning up to hype something, but I've been reading several threads, I swear! (I was especially happy to see Fig's Micronauts thread finally picked up again. I hope it continues into th
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Magna Carta - Eight Hundred Years Old Today
Full-text translation of the 1215 edition of Magna Carta
Clauses marked (+) are still valid under the charter of 1225, but with a few minor amendments. Clauses marked (*) were omitted in all later reissues of the charter. In the charter itself the cl
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