Dread

Was this the homestead (I assume gearing up to sell it), or for fun? Those who paint for fun are ill in the head. It's finished except for a few touch ups, a reattachment of our banister and white paint covering up spots on the ceiling where we got tired and stopped paying attention. Another 9 hours today and the place looks fucking great.

Two? Two.

No you didn't. And today I painted for 11 hours nonstop (I didn't even piss!) and I feel pretty good.

Mother. Fuck. Wicker Man is not a Hammer Film. I knew it and for some reason I didn't. Thanks go to Thomas from Better in the Dark for pointing out the dumbassery. There will be reparations. Horror Express will get its commentary and, Suavestar, there's news of another commentary in this episode.

C'mon guys. Not eveyr one has read it but has read Slaughter-House Five (me included). Let's stay away from spoilers in this general thread. Go and talk about it in its intended thread please.

Sudden Gravity (A Tale of the Panopticon)-this week's DM Green Lantern Corps Through the Ages-Bought this because it was in my pull box on my last visit to the lame local as I've switched to DCBS for all new monthlies (plus GL stuff). Too expensive and not worth it for the reprints. The story from the recent GL #3 where he charges from the Manhunter's head but the cream of the crop is when (a reprint of GL Emerald Twilight #4 (?) I think) Kilowogg calls Hal a "poo-butt." My kids call each other "poo-butt." The difference is, I would never tell Kilowogg to "stop using bathroom language." 4/10 Green Lantern #42-Best GL in a few months. I don't really like the Orange Lantern but there were some great moments: Hal grabs the , the lilttle epilogue with the two lanters on the same mission and the vision that Hal sees for one panel.That cemented my continuous love for this book. Not digging John Stewart's story and I can't stand Barrows' art. But that isn't all the way through anyway. 7/10 Total Comic books: 156 Trade paperbacks: 9 Graphic novels: 1 Jan 01-Apr 21=105 comics, 4 TPBs...Joker's Asylum: Two-Face, Joker's Asylum: Poison Ivy, Joker's Asylum: Scarecrow, Joker's Asylum: Penguin, Joker's Asylum: Joker, Adam: Legend of the Blue Marvel #1, Vigilante #1, Fantastic Four #558-564, Harbinger: The Beginning, Simon Dark #10-17, Captain Britain and MI-13 #8-10, The Darkness #8-10, The Darkness: Lodbrok's Hand Oneshot, The Darkness #75, Battle for the Cowl: Underground, Battle for the Cowl: Arkham Asylum, Green Lantern #40, New Avengers #47, Mighty Avengers #20, Iron Man: The End, The End League #4-6, Kick-Ass #5, JSA: All-Stars, Battle for the Cowl: Network, Battle for the Cowl #3, Age of Desire, Poe #1, Jack Kirby's The Demon, Green Lantern #41, Battle for the Cowl #3, Battle for the Cowl Gotham Gazette Batman Lives, Batman #687, Green Lantern Corps #37, Monsters on the Prowl #20, DC Comics Classic Library Roots of the Swamp Thing

Ha! I forgot to mention that when i walked back inside after talking to the policemen, Megan was peaking out the blinds. "So? What happened?" Deadpan, "They told me to get my coat and ID, I'm being arrested for uttering threats." She shit a brick and I laughed, the movie was nowhere near as good as Fincher's capable of and the Heineken was flat by the time I sat down again. But all in all, a good night.

The topic title is as it is because it started when Megan and I started to watch The Curious Case of Benjamin Button tonight just after we put the boys to sleep. It was still creepy short, digital Benjie when I heard the crack. It sounded like it came from upstairs but I decided to look through the blinds downstairs first and two kids, 13 maybe, were sitting on the front steps of a house across the street with a little gun with an orange tip. They pointed it up diagonally towards my house and then another crack. I ran up to see the large window in my staircase and it was crack free. A thud sounded. A beebee must have missed the window by a few inches. So I went into my room to put on my jeans (didn't want to get violent with PJs you know?). But from my bedroom window I saw them point the gun down the street and fire and then point down the other direction at two friends coming up on bikes. They took off in the direction of their friends and I was crestfallen. Meg suggested I called the cops and i figured that they would visit the kids' parents. So I did. They were very concerned with guns of any kind so they sent someone out right away. We sit down to watch the movie again and there's a noise outside like soft thuds. Like the one I heard upstairs. I saw them fucking with my For Sale sign on the lawn so i alked out the front door and the exchange went something like this: Me: HEY! Tall kid: Is this your sign? (looking scared right off the bat) Me: Yeah it's my fucking sign. And it's my FUCKING window up there you shot at! Tall kid and short kid: *lots of uhms and ahs and looking anywhere else except at me* Me: Now GET THE FUCK OFF MY LAWN OR I'LL SHOVE THAT GUN SO FAR UP YOUR FUCKING ASSES, THE ONY THING YOU'LL BE SHOOTING IS BREAKFAST!!! (I actually spit I was screaming so hard. They split across the street apologizing and I silently congratulated myself for my angry old man wit) I continued, in a much less verbose manner, mind you... Me: And if you shoot my fucking house again I'LL CUT YOUR FUCKING HEAD OFF!!! (so witty, I am) Three cop cars show up (we live in the neighborhood where all the cops live, one reason not to move) and they call me on the phone to come out and meet them. I walk out there and the cop tells me they take weapons very seriously and that since the boys are only 12 and 13, they won't press charges if there's no damage (and there isn't). He said that they would get it harder from their parents than the cakewalk the cops would give them. They had already put on a show for the neighborhood, three cars lights flashing, hands on holsters yelling at the kids to throw the gun on the ground. I agreed and he said he was going to suggest they boys come over with their parents and apologize. One by one they did and I thanked them and told them all about a lesson learned but made it very clearly that I don't take kindly to threats against my home or family and someone shooting a window my kid could be standing under is as clear a threat as any. The one boy, who lives across the street, offered to wash my car (his dad's idea). I will take it. My boys will be riding their bikes at the time and I will introduce him as if I am always prepared to crush him. "What's yer name again, son?" "Boys, this is ****, he's washing daddy's car today. Isn't that nice of him?" I taught at risk youth all year and feel I made a decent difference but none received the education those boys did tonight. I will always be the guy who might cut their head off if they mess with me. And that is somethign I can live with.

Me too. And I'm just a spectator!

Allergy shots are not so bad. Congrats on not having cancer! Thanks. I'm glad too. Polyps and cysts in one's sinus cavity are not necessarily sexy, you know?

I was actually planning to look at Cosmic Odyssey very soon as you get both Starlin and Mignola on the Fourth World in one go.

Yeah, that's kind of like asking to be stupider.

In 1500 words? Fuck both of you!

Well, I've got focal sinusitis, not cancer. Allergy shots for the next five years, here I come!

Ha! I was only slightly joking during the last episode of The Show... I found it funny that Mike had to synopsize my synopsis. Thanks for making sense of that Mike. I usually have a lot more lead time on these so I write a draft and come back to it but I essentially sent you the draft this time.

Cade is also convinced that the alternate JL are the good guys and the real JL are the bad guys. I think I should be scared.

I'm trying to decide whether to say "sorry" or congratulate you. Gotta be the best idea I've heard all day. Fuck "part of," walk in with Rape Whistle Ronald and they'll hand control over to you.

Watching JL "A better world part 1" with Cade. He just burst into laughter saying "In this one, Superman is a zebra!"

Hitler takes the news of Michael Jackson's death very badly...

I've said pretty much all I wanted to say about the subject almost three years ago. Darryll and I will probably check it out anyway.

A lot of his Razorline stuff, Ultraverse work and his short Miracleman series is a lot like that. Some of his Batman, WildCATS and even Golden Age if I remember right. Definitely his JSA but Bendis was around by then, copying Robinson .

Aren't some of you guys Starman fans? Robinson has been writing like that since before Bendis came around. I'm not even a Starman guy and I know that.