I was thinking about my short-but-not-sweet post yesterday as I was falling asleep, and it occurred to me that a little more explanation might be worth putting to screen. So allow me to expand on[…]
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Day 105: All the people I used to know
There’s a Ben Folds lyric that goes: Well I’ve seen some old friends sort of die/or just turn into whatever must have been inside them/whatever all of us had then in common/we grew up/left home/we[…]
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Day 104: Another commentary on lack of minority heroes
Today was free comic book day, and I went dutifully to my local shop, Comic Relief, to pick up a few things. I actually only bought posters today, as yesterday I loaded up on comics.[…]
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Day 103: The Names were Redacted to Protect the Innocent
So I knew this day was coming. As I’ve said a few times, I have this recurrent blog-fear based on a time when I got blog silenced (not to silence me). It’s a weird hangup.[…]
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Day 102: Crying at the Movies
Tonight, I saw Guardians of the Galaxy with my wife. There were a few real tearjerker scenes in the film, but the one that got me the most was (spoilers if you haven’t seen the[…]
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Day 101: For the benefit of those with flash photography
This was the last meeting day for a couple of my classes. I told each of them that I felt like this was a bad semester. I stand by that. The general emotional state of[…]
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Day 100: Seriously? 100 days? On tenacity.
A pair of quotes to start keeping it 100: “What, me worry? Nah, buddy, I’ve lost before, so what?/You don’t get it, I’m dirt, motherfucker, I can’t be crushed” -El P, Run the Jewels 3:[…]
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Day 99: 99 Problems (a list throwback)
The last time I maintained a regular blog was for a WRA 150 class I taught at Michigan State which I themed around the ideas of lists and tagging. I used High Fidelity, and I[…]
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Day 98: A Tale of Two Comic Shops or Why We Can Have Nice Things
I’m a 40-year-old comic nerd who learned to read from his comic books and video games. At one point in my life I had to leave my class text books in my high school locker[…]
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Day 97: Toxicity and Those Who Ply in It
In the car today, on a little trip to gather up needed supplies, Julie and I talked a bit about our academic experiences. When we discuss such things, I often land on a familiar point[…]
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