Month: November 2007

Don’t believe me? Check out the following link, the most scathing local commentary on the Gordon Lee case yet to see print:

http://news.mywebpal.com/news_tool_v2.cfm?show=archivedetails&pnpid=680&om=1&ArchiveID=1317993&requesttimeout=100

The majority of Star Trek fans are everything that the philosophy of IDIC could possibly want. But every so often, the exact sort of intolerance that is antithetical to the world of Trek rears its head. Witness the following letter to author Andy Mangels, and Andy’s scathingly witty reply. Obviously, as the creator of the bi-sexed Burgoyne in “New Frontier,” I’ve found the letter particularly interesting. Although the letter is reprinted with Andy’s permission, I’ve taken the liberty of mercifully omitting the author’s name.

Continue Reading “Oh, the idiocy…the idiocy…” →

Yes, rickets, the bone disease that was ever so popular in the unenlightened 19th century is now making its triumphant return in the 21st to the coddled children of America.

Studies are being launched to see just how pervasive these increased incidents of softening bones and increased bone fractures are in children. The three causes: kids not drinking enough milk, not getting enough sun, and not enough exercise.

Is anyone surprised about this?

Parents keep their kids out of the sun because of all the fears that that UV rays will cause skin cancer. More and more schools are doing away with recess because of fears over lawsuits or having to deal with behavior that they can’t control. Good old fashioned running around and playing is replaced with carefully controlled play dates. Little kids are constantly chugging down fruit juices rather than milk. Half the peak bone mass happens during adolescence, a time when today’s teens aren’t exercising or drinking milk or going outside, but instead sitting cloistered in front of computers or vegging out listening to iTunes and drinking soda.

This isn’t a rant over how kids today are no good. It’s how parenting and schooling that skids between sloppiness and overprotectiveness is once again not getting the job done.

PAD

“The Scream,” a four issue limited series, has been in the hopper for three years now (and thus was one of the series that Marvel allowed me to grandfather into my exclusive deal; I just didn’t announce that at the time because Dark Horse wanted to wait to announce it.)

Apparently issue #1 has deftly slid in under the radar, judging by the number of people going, “What’s ‘The Scream’?” I’ve no idea if anybody bought it, but if you did, whad’ja think?

PAD

Could you guys produce replicas of the bowling shirt Dexter wears?

I’d pay serious money for an official shirt with that “Bowl Until you Bleed” logo on the back.

PAD

The second issue of my stint on “She-Hulk.” Plus it’s been a few weeks since my new STTNG, “Before Dishonor,” hit the stands, so here’s the place for folks to comment.

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Drive carefully, eat sensibly.

If you can only do one of those, do the first one.

PAD