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Month: August 2012

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PYTWYTMTFT

Jamie Noguchi has probably been waiting for years to use this line in real life.  Or perhaps he already has…??!??! I am doing the catch-up thing, re-reading the excellent Yellow Peril webcomic — a longer post surely to come later on. Continue reading PYTWYTMTFT

Xaviar XerexesAugust 18, 2012Leave a comment
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Everyone (Together Now!) I Used To Know

From Boing Boing a neat video remix supercut(?) by Gotye himself of countless versions of his song Somebody I Used to Know posted on Youtube. Boing Boing also linked to the first such effort to go viral — Kutiman’s Mother of All Funk Chords: Continue reading Everyone (Together Now!) I Used To Know

Xaviar XerexesAugust 15, 2012Leave a comment
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TUNE coming to print real soon

When the print edition of TUNE by DEREK KIRK KIM comes out, check it out and buy buy buy.  This is a great story that he’s only really begun and won’t be able to continue unless it actually sells. Spread the word! Read the comic! Hoard some cash to buy the dead tree version!!! Continue reading TUNE coming to print real soon

Xaviar XerexesAugust 14, 2012Leave a comment
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End of Atland

Nate Piekos’ Realm of Atland ended this month and it’s a milestone worth noting.  A funny, often gross, solid tale of adventure in a magical, tolkienesque land, Piekos updated this webcomic for 8 years, brining it to an open-ended but still satisfying ending. 2015 Update: Nate is making new Atland comics again.  Click here to start with the new ones.   Continue reading End of Atland

Xaviar XerexesAugust 12, 2012Leave a comment

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Haven’t posted a shot of the library in a bit. If you’re looking for a book on Thanksgiving Day a pretty decent selection of young graphic novels (on the right) and fairly random number of fiction/non-fiction on the left. Always a bit curious which books never move and which ones leave but come back. I suppose some of the latter might be getting the strongest endorsement - read it and wanted to share it with others again.
A few new books in the library. A bunch of young adult graphic novels in there still... not sure why no one wants those.
Re-reading a beloved book from childhood is always a bit of a risk that it won’t quite match your memories. Re-reading Lloyd Alexander’s Westmark and it’s sequel The Kestrel has been a delight. Alexander is known for his most popular series The Prydain Chronicles but I far preferred this tale of Mickle and Theo and the kingdom of Westmark. Most amazingly to me is that in those pre-Internet days of yore I missed that Alexander wrote a third book in this series titled The Beggar Queen which having found a used copy of I’m about to read.
Soccer shrine in its new location.
What an amazing run to the World Series by the Nats! I’m admittedly a bandwagon fan and watched with some bemusement as the Nats apparently have to get through my childhood-linked teams to win the title — Dodgers (okay Angels were my first team but the Dodgers were in the National league which meant they never played each other), Cardinals (ancestral family hometown) and now Houston which was my hometown for a couple of childhood years and is still the team my parents root for. Still, rooting for DC to win another title this year (after the Mystics victory!) especially since DC United had such a calamitous end to their season last night...

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