People get rid of stuff at work, and then it’s free for the taking. Usually it’s comic books. Sometimes it’s magazines. I’ve picked up some manga here and there. Even a Torchwood DVD. But home improvement products? Not usually… Someone put a Superman Light Switch Plate on the reading rack yesterday. A couple turns ofContinue reading “On the Newest Find”
Monthly Archives: October 2007
On Drinking a Coke
The vending machine was out of root beer. I didn’t feel like taking a ride on the elevator to the basement to buy an overpriced root beer from the cafe in the basement. I hit the button for Coke. I couldn’t remember the last time I’d had a Coke. Funny, that. The red aluminum can,Continue reading “On Drinking a Coke”
On EB Games and Robberies
I sometimes read Kotaku, a video game news blog. I know, it’s surprising — I can’t tell you the last time I turned on my XBox, yet I still stay somewhat informed of goings-on in the game industry. This headline shocked me. GameStop Manager Killed During Robbery. The facts are these. An armed robber enteredContinue reading “On EB Games and Robberies”
On Dry Conditions
Yesterday afternoon I drove out to Eldersburg. I needed breakfast cereal, which meant a trip to Big Lots. To reach Eldersburg I have to cross the Liberty Reservoir twice. As I crossed the first bridge — the longer of the two — I noticed something quite interesting. An island had formed in the center ofContinue reading “On Dry Conditions”
On Two Doctors
The Fifth Doctor. The Tenth Doctor. Steven Moffat. Children In Need. The Fifth Doctor! The Tenth Doctor! Children in Need! Two! Doctors! 😀 David Tennant’s Tenth Doctor is set to meet Peter Davison’s Fifth Doctor in a special scene commissioned for BBC One’s Children in Need. The scene, entitled Time Crash, was written by awardContinue reading “On Two Doctors”
On a Battle Amidst the Valleys
Napoleon and Frederick wanted a rematch. I had ground them beneath my boot on the sandy beaches of the Carolinas, but now I wanted to fight them in the valleys of the Appalachians. Two against one. The French and the Prussians against me. Those two in their valley, me in mine. It would be glorious!Continue reading “On a Battle Amidst the Valleys”
On Video, Charlie Brown!
Charles Schulz’s Charlie Brown characters are some of the most visible pop-culture icons in the world today. The comic strip ran for fifty years and is being reprinted in a comprehensive edition by Fantagraphics. A series of forty-some animated specials have won multiple awards over the past forty years. Snoopy advertises MetLife. These characters areContinue reading “On Video, Charlie Brown!”
On a Recent Musical Mood
For some reason, I’ve been in an Oasis mood this week. Don’t ask me why — my moods are as strange as they are inexplicable. But yeah, I’ve had Liam Gallagher’s snarling voice rattling around between my ears this week. Some random observations. I’m not at all gripped by Definitely Maybe. It’s an okay album.Continue reading “On a Recent Musical Mood”
On Writing Insight
Sometimes ideas just… arrive. I wasn’t looking for the idea, yet suddenly… there it was. I’m plotting out a novel right now. A sweeping historical and political epic that crosses nations, spans decades, and has a cast of dozens. Big shit, basically. I’ve had a little problem, though, in thinking through the book. Nothing wasContinue reading “On Writing Insight”
On a Torchwood DVD
When people at work cleanse their cubicles of unwanted books, comics, DVDs, and other detritus, there’s a table in the employee breakroom where stuff is invariably piled high. It’s not uncommon to find magazines mixed with manga, comics mixed with catalogs. The table is nothing but a mess. Sometimes there’s something interesting on the table.Continue reading “On a Torchwood DVD”