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San Diego Con Followup
Well, my new job and various activities have precluded me from posting my promised follow-up to the Con. I'll simply put a few pictures below and provide a few more thoughts.
The Watchmen will be THE movie to watch in 2009. Based on the acclaimed graphic novel by Allan Moore, the movie will blow all that came before it outta the water (with the ( Read more... ) -
Stand out quotes from the weekend
A few pics and deeper (relatively speaking) thoughts on Comic Con International in a few days. But for now, just two quotes from two kickass sneak previews I was privileged to see:
1. They premiered the entire first season episode of Heroes (season three) two months early ( Read more... ) -
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It was only a matter of time.
I teach scuba diving (part time) for the largest single scuba store in Southern California. It was only a matter of time before I got someone famous/semi-famous as a student.
Raymond Feist wrote THE single greatest fantasy novel ever (if you don't count the Hobbit, maybe even if you do). Faerie Tale is everything ( Read more... ) -
A New Image
In celebration of getting a new job I've decided to grow my hair out and leave behind the illusion that I was going thin on top.
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Fireworks, Bar-b-q, and
Happy Birthday, Amer-ee-ca!
Take THAT, King George!
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Dir-ir-ir-irty
Ran in the Camp Pendelton, California 10K Mud Run again on Saturday. Our group had 70 runners out of a field of 4,000. Always a fantastic event.
I've not yet gotten to the point that I can do the whole course without walking a bit, but am improving, albeit not as fast as I had hoped. There's a 2-mile stretch of hell (AKA a continuous hill) that ( Read more... ) -
Stan Winston
If you know me at all (or if you've read this blog for very long) you know that I idolize stop-motion special effects pioneer Ray Harryhausen ( Read more... ) -
Frisbee Violence
Who knew Ultimate Frisbee was such a violent sport? I was at Two Harbors, Catalina (California) a few weeks ago for a dive weekend. We had EXCELLENT conditions and 100’ vis on one of the days. Sharks, rays, eels, and everything else you’d expect on a Catalina trip.
Anyway, that Sunday, after the dives were over, I organised an Ultimate Frisbee ( Read more... ) -
Squid getting their groove on
"There is nothing wrong with enjoying looking at the surface of the ocean itself, except that when you finally see what goes on underwater, you realize that you've been missing the whole point of it. Staying on the surface all the time is like going to the circus and staring at the outside of the tent."
-Dave Barry
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I moved back into my house late yesterday afternoon. County officials hadn't yet made an official announcement that it was permitted to do so, but I decided to take a ride anyway and survey the area ( Read more... )
