I admit it.<\/p>\n
The last week’s worth of posts have been absolutely less than enthralling.<\/p>\n
Two baseball posts. Random slice of life posts.<\/p>\n
I couldn’t even muster righteous indignation on the fifth anniversary of “Mission Accomplished.”<\/p>\n
My mental space has been a bit constrained the past week. I had a lot<\/i> of writing on my plate at work this past week, and the days blurred together.<\/p>\n
My discovery of the week? I picked up Panini’s Doctor Who<\/i> graphic novel, Voyager<\/i>, reprinting the Colin Baker stories of the mid-1980s. While I knew who Frobisher was — I love The Holy Terror<\/i>, the Big Finish audio with the Doctor and Frobisher — I’d never read any of the original comic stories with the big talking bird. I find it interesting that the literary and audio sixth Doctor is so different<\/i> than his televised counterpart. The Doctor in Voyager<\/i> is clearly Colin Baker, but he’s more subdued, less abrasive. One thing I noticed, at least in “Voyager,” was how… broken<\/i> the Doctor is. Figuring out where these stories are supposed<\/i> to go is a bit of a challenge, so why the Doctor is damaged goods is a bit of a mystery. Yet, it works for this Doctor, and it’s not that incompatible with the one who shouted at Peri all the time. And John Ridgway’s artwork is jaw-droppingly gorgeous. There are some single-panel pages that are epic and humbling — a scene of a waterfall where the rocks below have been sculpted into giant statues, or a scene where the Doctor stands in the valley of the gods, giant statues that must stand hundreds of feet high, dwarfing everything with their majesty. Amazing stuff.<\/p>\n
My worry of the week? The Cubs are on a pretty nasty skid — they’ve lost six of their last eight games. I know, it’s only May. They’re in second place in the Central. A game and a half back. The ship will right itself. I tell myself that.<\/p>\n
Beyond that and the baseball games, it was a pretty quiet week. I like quiet weeks. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
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