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Monthly Archives: October 2005

On the Shelves: 10/19/05

18-Oct-05

Support GOOD Comics! Try something new EVERY month!
My weekly look at select comic books being released tomorrow, 10/19/05. The full shipping is list available at ComicList.
[NOTE: Not all of these titles will actually arrive in all stores. If your LCBS offers a pre-ordering service, be sure to take advantage of it. If not, find another [...]

MEMO: Co-Worker, Two Cubicles Over

17-Oct-05

SHUT THE FUCK UP!!!!!!!!
I’m sick and tired of hearing you constantly reference your Greek heritage like a leper explaining his lesions.
On every single phone call.
Don’t blame Greek culture for your inability to communicate with people in a respectful, civil manner. It’s not a Greek thing, it’s a YOU’RE A SOCIALLY MALADJUSTED IDIOT WITH EXTREME SELF-ESTEEM [...]

Holy Cow!

16-Oct-05

Just finished polishing off the first draft of my first official paper of the semester, for my Schooling in America class. Like 5 minutes ago, at 1:45am, when the last of 9 pages came out of the printer. Because I tend to edit as I go along, and do most of my research as I’m [...]

Buzzscope: Friends Like These

14-Oct-05

My latest “Establishing Shots” column is up:
In my inaugural column two weeks ago, I brazenly declared Buzzscope to be “the best goddamn comic book web site around!” I qualified that statement a little bit, offering that, even if we actually aren’t yet, we will be, and went on to give some of the reasons why [...]

A Rare 2005 Political Moment

14-Oct-05

In the 2004 Presidential election, Bush wasn’t the only winner. Apathy struck a critical blow, too, in the non-action of the 40% of those eligible to vote who chose not to. Pretty much broke my spirit, even with accepting that not voting can be considered a vote in and of itself, as opposed to the [...]