Guy LeCharles Gonzalez

Take THAT, Jeter…

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Post published:May 22, 2005
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When is a three-run home run for the lead not a three-run home run for the lead? When a guy hits one in our corporate softball league.I haven't hit a home run since before I got my first driver's permit more than 20 years ago, so it was rather annoying when my first at bat of the season was spoiled by one of the more ridiculous attempts at leveling the playing field I've ever come across. It wasn't more than a split second as the electric feeling traveled from my hands through my arms and up to my brain only…

loudpoet.com email

Post author:Guy LeCharles Gonzalez
Post published:May 20, 2005
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If you've written me there in the past three or four weeks - possibly even a bit longer - I haven't received it because I haven't checked the account in at least that long. It gets tons of spam and once I let more than 2-3 days pass without checking it, as I did a while back, it gets out of hand. Like more than 1000 spam emails/week kind of "out of hand." Lord only knows how much is in there right now and whenever I get around to checking it again, I'm just going to delete the whole shebang.If…

Long Story Short

Post author:Guy LeCharles Gonzalez
Post published:May 20, 2005
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The past couple of months India's been through several evaluations as we tried to figure out the reason(s) for her speech delay. Behavorial, psychiatric, hearing, second opinions -- the works. All of that has resulted in a diagnosis of mild autism. Mild enough, apparently, that with therapy, she should be back "on track" within a couple of years.Now that we're satisfied with the diagnosis, we're trying to figure out what our options are w/r/t to therapy and schooling, etc. We're still processing it ourselves, but since it's the reason we killed our house search and are staying put for another…

Review: Batman Begins’ Smallville Preview

Post author:Guy LeCharles Gonzalez
Post published:May 19, 2005
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WOW should begin and end every sentence when speaking about Batman Begins. Last night, America was treated to a 10-minute preview of the future blockbuster, courtesy of the WB Network. At the end of the preview my first thought was, "WOW!" My second thought was, "Hopefully I won't die before June 15th." It sounds ridiculous, but it's true. That's what I thought.Then I said another "WOW! "It looks like Chris Nolan will have another quality movie under his belt with Batman Begins. If you haven't seen his last two films, do so. Memento is great, and Insomnia is solid.The cinematography…

Softball, Comics and Vacations

Post author:Guy LeCharles Gonzalez
Post published:May 19, 2005
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1) Tomorrow night is our first softball game, over at the Coleman Oval Playground, near the Manhattan Bridge. (F train to East Broadway) Starts @ 7:15pm. Come out and cheer me on if you're in the neighborhood. (And bring some beer!) I'll be wearing #2, but don't dare call me Derek Jeter! Since no Met player wears #2 - oddly, less than one-third of the major league teams have a player wearing it - I've decided I'll be representing Alex Sanchez of the Tampa Devil Rays, the knucklehead who had the honor of being the first major leaguer snagged under…

Try Something Different: 5/18/05

Post author:Guy LeCharles Gonzalez
Post published:May 17, 2005
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Support Independent Comics!Independent comics (and manga) being released tomorrow, 5/18/05, courtesy of ComicList. 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.Recommendations, sometimes blind, in BOLD. Which ones are YOU reading?AEON Bugtown #5 (Of 6), $2.95AMAZE INK (SLAVE LABOR GRAPHICS) Strange Eggs #1, $3.95ANTARCTIC PRESS Heaven Sent #10 (Of 11), $2.99 Ninja High School #128, $2.99ARCHIE COMIC PUBLICATIONS Betty & Veronica Spectacular #70, $2.19 Jughead #165, $2.19 Sonic The Hedgehog #149, $2.19 Tales From Riverdale Digest #2, $2.39ATOMIC DINER Freakshow #6, $2.95BONGO COMICS Simpsons…

Buzzscope Reviews: 5/11/05

Post author:Guy LeCharles Gonzalez
Post published:May 16, 2005
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100 Girls: The First Girl, Vol. 1 (TPB)Imagine 100 Girls is kind of what Marvel's X-23 might have been if it were more about the character and less about the editorially dictated metaplot...BONUS: Interview: Girl Talk With Adam GallardoAraña #4Almost a year after she was first introduced with much mainstream fanfare, Marvel's heralded Latina superheroine is still little more than a cipher, considerably less than the sum of her well-intentioned parts.Elsinore #1If art and atmosphere were everything, Elsinore would get an unqualified A+. An admirably ambitious debut that not only has me anticipating the next issue, but has me willing…