General NON-Comics Discussions (482)
If I Could Have Anyone Narrate My Life, It Would Be...
Jackson Beck, because I fully believe that that man could've made anything - even, for example, a lazy slob getting up to get himself a snack - sound like a world-shattering adventure.
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Pets
If you follow me on Facebook, you may have seen that our ten year old cat had one, yes, one kitten three weeks ago. She had one litter nine years ago, and nothing since. But mother and baby are doing well, and for you cat aficionados out there, her
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Airplanes
Flew in an airplane for the first time last Tuesday morning, and the second time last night. (There are flights between Earth-44 and Earth-J now!). The take-offs and landings were exhilarating (the landings, especially), but the actual flying part wa
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A Capitol Fourth -- Happy Independence Day!
Happy Independence Day, all!
In honor of the occasion, PBS always broadcasts A Capitol Fourth, a free outdoor concert on the west side of the Capitol Building (as they say, check your local listings). Thousands of people attend each year for a fun ev
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"Sam Glanzman Forever!"
Comics legend Sam Glanzman had a fall recently and is in hospice care. There is a GoFundMe campaign to publish a tribute book and to help out his family. See here: "Sam Glanzman Forever!"
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Going offline for a bit
Due to recent health issues, I'm going to be offline for a little while. I hope to be back in a couple of weeks.
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Project Alpha (Book 2): Proving Ground Now Available
Hope nobody minds a little self promotion.
The second novel in my superhero series PROJECT ALPHA has just been released by Pro Se Press.
In PROVING GROUND, Alpha is hoping to find someplace he can call home after failing to save the planet Shambala i
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Strange record I found today: The Chipmunks sing the Beatles
They sing the early Beatle's tunes anyway. All my loving, Do you want to know a secret and others. I haven't cleaned it yet but I think it's a bit of a novelty.
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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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