" I cleaned up at HPB yesterday.
THE MARVEL AGE OF COMICS: 1961-1978 by Roy Thomas:
I always enjoy reading Roy Thomas's introductions to Marvel Masterworks. He never fails to provide behind-the-scenes insight into the origins of whichever series is…"
"Several punchlines exist.
In this case, it's based on, "The more precisely the position is determined, the less precisely the momentum is known in this instant, and vice versa.""
"Shouln't Heisenberg say, "no, because we didn't know exactly where were we were," and therefore his speed couldn't be measured, because it was the other half of the quantum pair that was being measured. Or maybe I jut need to get my first cup of…"
"Schrödinger and Heisenberg get pulled over by a cop for speeding. The cop asks "Do you know exactly how fast you were going?" Heisenberg replies "No, because we know exactly where we are." Thinking this to be suspicious the cop searches the car and…"
"Interesting. There is another phenomenon, I'm not sure what it's called, where the listener hears a joke and assumes it was originally told by JD Deluzio, but it wasn't. For example...
"My psychology professor asked the class if anyone had ever…"
"I was in Half Price Books today and asked the clerk to search their system for a particular book I have been looking for. She couldn't find it, but suggested I check back in a couple of days because of a certain "HPB phenomenon" in which, after a…"
"As I follow Musk's recent business challenges, I am reminded of the late Colonel Harland Sanders. As he was known to be politically conservative (though, allegedly, pro-Civil Rights), George Wallace approached the KFC founder and registered…"
"Thank you Richard. Work has kept me super-busy for months, free time at a minumum--so yes, it's been a while. I just happened to check in the other day and saw the Legion/Adventure era posts (my absolute favorite Legion era), so I couldn't resist…"
" Reposting in case it didn't go through the first time:
@Dave Palmer: The Adventure letter column masthead image was finally updated with Light Lass's feather insignia in Adventure #356.
Fun fact: that Legion Outpost letter col masthead image is…"
"@Dave Palmer: The letter column masthead image was finally updated with Light Lass's feather insignia in Adventure #356.
Fun fact: that Legion Outpost letter col masthead image is from the Swan/Klein cover of Adventure #316,with the addition of…"
I usually hop back on the boards every couple months. I'm usually buying my books in 2 large orders every six months so it makes it hard to follow some of the discussions since I haven't read the books yet.
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