At work this week, for obvious reasons, we’ve been talking Justice League. Warners pulled the plug on the film, and I think comic fans everywhere breathed a sigh of relief. Somehow, this led to the suggestion that maybe a Blue Beetle/Booster Gold film would be a good idea. Two largely unknown characters, done inexpensively. Naturally,Continue reading “On Super-Hero Movie Casting”
Daily Archives: January 18, 2008
On Bobby Fischer
Bobby Fischer, the American chess prodigy and grandmaster, has died in Reykjavik, Iceland. He was sixty-four. Fischer is perhaps better known today for his… eccentricities. That’s probably the most polite word I can think of. That old Buffalo Springfield lyric comes quickly to mind — “Paranoia strikes deep / Into your life it will creep.”Continue reading “On Bobby Fischer”
On Toilet Paper Positioning
A few days ago I had to change the toilet paper roll. Or, rather, it would be more accurate to say that the toilet paper was out, and I needed to get more. But rather than replace the old, nothing-left-on-it roll with a new roll, I left the cardboard spindle on the holder axle, andContinue reading “On Toilet Paper Positioning”