When I was a kid, the comics page was my entry point into being a newspaper reader. There was a mini-renaissance going on thanks to The Far Side, Calvin & Hobbes and Bloom County. Plus, Garfield was still in its first decade of lasagna-loving and Monday-hating. I loved checking out the comics page when I… Read More The comics page is a shuffling, humorless corpse that needs to be destroyed
There was a parenting moment I knew would happen eventually, but I foolishly hoped might bypass my family: an emergency room visit. My parents knew it well. I had seizures as a kid. My brother fell through a plate glass table top (one among many child/adulthood injuries). My sister got her pinky slammed in a door,… Read More Four-year-olds are the worst roommates
In my time with the The Register I would regularly post bands that might be possibilities to play the 80/35 Music Festival. I didn’t do that this year, mostly because I was helping to write the hints video, so I had too much inside info to make guesses. My son shows up early in the… Read More The Decemberists, Nas headlining 80/35
Wow, only one post in March. Sorry, I promise I’ll get a few more up in April. The March reading list was Marvel-themed. I didn’t read a ton, partly because I don’t have a lot of unread Marvel books in my collection and partly because I took some time to read The Martian last month.… Read More My March Comics Reading List
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