"Joseph Barbera, who with William Hanna founded powerhouse animation factory Hanna-Barbera, creator of TV gems such as "The Flintstones" and "The Jetsons," died of natural causes at his home Monday. He was 95."

Not to mention Tom & Jerry, Huckleberry Hound, Yogi Bear & Boo Boo, Magilla Gorilla, Jabberjaw, Jonny Quest, Dastardly and Muttley, the Laff ( Read more... )

So my daughter calls me crying this morning, saying that a friend of hers, a boy who sits next to her in class that she's known for years was in a fatal motorcyle accident last night. I talk her through it, calm her down, and everything seems better ( Read more... )

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"COLUMBIA, South Carolina (AP) -- Wearing Superman pajamas and covered with his Batman blanket, comic book illustrator Dave Cockrum died Sunday ( Read more... )

Got this email today. An amusing little variation on the Nigerian money scam. I especially like the conjunction of "Old" in the address with "Lady" giving you "Old Lady", which along with "Church" subconsciously assures you this is legit ( Read more... )

The latest incessant barrage of political ads has simultaneously bored me and pissed me off to no end. Boring me in that they are all the same, almost regardless of party. Attacks, name-smearing, etc. "I'm tough on crime"...as if you're actually going out and arresting criminals yourself, and they act as if their opponent was in FAVOR of crime. It' ( Read more... )

Everyone I know in New York ok, what with the plane-crashy-into-building and all? Aureus? Furison?

So I was just instructed by my boss to re-design the cover to our NASCAR trivia book. Without using any recognizable race cars, because "We'd have to pay for the rights to use them".

NASCAR book.

Can't use the racecars.

This should be fun. Cheap bastard.

I just found out that Alex Toth died Saturday.

You may not think you know him, but you did. He was probably the single most influential animator of the past 40 years. He designed Space Ghost, the Herculoids, Blue Falcon and Dynomutt, Thundarr the Barbarian, Josie and the Pussycats, and of course, The Superfriends. At least two generations of kids ( Read more... )

..haveing nothing to do at work but print out calendars (which takes a while, and I have about 10 to do), so I decided to borrow Jen's new lockpicks and practice.

For the first time in my life, I have successfully picked a Masterlock padlock.

Go me. :)