Most of you are probably big enough nerds to know that the characters in Watchmen are based on the Charlton characters and were changed into what we ended up with because DC didn't want the Charlton characters to be unusable after the series ( Read more... )

Am I the only one who doesn't give a crap about the swine flu? It's all anyone can seem to talk about on televised news and on the online sites.

Wake me up when I have it.

I bet you think that preachy, sanctimonious anti-smoking PSAs were a late 20th century invention. You'd be wrong ( Read more... )

I can't remember having a worse week where nobody died. This last week has kicked my ass up and down ( Read more... )

Spoilers from the last episode of Sarah Connor Chronicles, which I just got to seeing tonight:

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I'm trying to think of a cooler postcard than the one I got from Amy and Daniel yesterday, but I'm having a really tough time coming up with one.

Thanks!

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Did anybody catch the premiere of "The Osbournes: Reloaded" last night? I didn't bother taping it, since it looks so stupid, but the things I've heard...I've been seeing headlines like "The Worst Show Ever?"

So did anybody see it? Was it really as bad as they say?

In his "Permanent Damage" column at CBR, Steven Grant often comments on other media in addition to comics. In this weeks column, he posted his review of the final episode of Battlestar Galactica ( Read more... )

Alicia is going out with a few friends for an hour or so tonight. That means I'll probably be playing SF4 around 8:30 or so, so if anyone's looking for a fight, drop in.