I put on the news this morning and the first thing I saw was voters lined up at various polling places around the country.
So how long did you have to stand on line? If you want to say who you voted for, that’s fine, but I’m more curious as to the wait time.
PAD
So I received a robo-call today from a woman purporting to work for a gay magazine (I believe the name she put forward was “Gay Magazine,” which was very imaginative). She declared cheerfully that her publication was endorsing Brian Foley–a Democrat running for State Senate–because he supports legalizing gay marriage in New York. “So if you want gay marriage in New York, vote for Brian Foley!”
I checked with Foley’s office and they’d already heard about it, confirming that there’s no such endorsement. It’s an obvious dirty tricks stunt endeavoring to stoke the fears and bigotry of credulous voters by floating the “specter” of gay marriage being legalized in New York.
Unbelievable.
PAD
I’m starting a pool to predict the results of the Presidential election.
Entering is easy: Predict the split of the Electoral votes between Barack Obama and John McCain. For those who don’t remember off the top of their heads, there are 538 electoral votes total up for grabs, and 270 are required for the presidency.
I’m talking about a final determination as reported by a reliable news source such as the Associated Press, whenever that may be.
Guess how many Obama gets and how many McCain gets. If two people guess the same division, then the person who posted it first has dibs. If you see that someone already beat you to it, then feel free to choose another. One acceptable guess per person. Don’t get cute and start inventing various names and making multiple guesses; trust me, I’ll figure it out and just delete all of them.
What does the winner get? A signed copy of the first issue of “Sir Apropos of Nothing” from IDW. And somewhere right now Elayne Riggs is saying, “Great, just what I need.”
Go to it, kids.
PAD
And I include George Lucas in that question. Because if so, how did the following exchange get through, as seen in the promos for the next episode:
ANAKIN: I lost R2-D2.
OBI-WAN: Well, R2 units are a dime a dozen…
A little free advice to the writers over there: If you MUST use cliches, try to avoid cliches that don’t make sense in the universe your stories are set in, considering a dime is a unit of currency in the United States. In the Star Wars universe, the only denomination used is “credits.”
Pay attention, people. Don’t make me come over there.
PAD
There’s a nice article at Newsarama about the upcoming limited series, including some of the variant covers. Check it out.
http://www.newsarama.com/comics/100828-David-Apropos.html
PAD
Most of you probably haven’t heard of MICHELLE CALANOG PRINCIPE`, but she works in the comics industry abroad and is quite involved in many of the comics being published. She manages Glass House Graphics Asia and Studio Sakka, a creative agency and manga studio, respectively, coaching and guiding dozens of artists and colorists across the Philippines, Japan, Hong Kong, and even India. What’s more, she oversees bunches of free seminars each year, bringing in experienced talent to teach hopeful young artsts about the comics biz.
Among her talent roster: Bong (Star Wars) Dazo; Carlo (Hulk) Pagulayan; Stephen (Wolverine: Manifest Destiny) Segovia; Lui (New Terminator) Antonio; Noah (Red Sonja) Salonga; Patrick (Avengers/Invaders) Berkenkotter; Harvey (Avengers: The Initiative) Tolibao; Jonathan (Battlestar Galactica) Lau; Anthony (Bratz) Tan; Wilson (Wolverine Manga) Tortosa, Tina (Space Ace) Francisco, and plenty of colorists for Marvel, Dark Horse, Dynamite, Dabel Bros., and so on.
She’s also been a comic book character. Michelle is the sister of Jinky Coronado (artist of TokyoPop’s Avalon High series and writer/artist of her own series Banzai Girls). Michelle has been a character in every issue of Jinky’s comic book. And the two of them even appeared together in FHM Philippines. So Michelle’s overall ties to the comics industry go pretty deep.
Married at the beginning of the year to her college sweetheart Rhene Principe`, Michelle had a baby exactly one month ago. That should be cause for celebration, and it was. But within 12 hours of taking home newborn Reinee, Michelle found him not feeding and unresponsive. Back at the hospital, doctors discovered what they thought were blood clots in his brain. A catscan and surgery further revealed them to be inoperable deposits of calcification in his brain. Soon they also learned the baby had multiple hernias — intestines pushing through muscle walls — and areas of bowel that were not processing food. Young Reinee went through four weeks of painful surgeries, spending nearly every day in ICU.
Born September 26, 2008, Reinee Jaden Principe` died today, October 26, 2008. But every mother’s worst nightmare HASN’T ENDED.
Most of you probably haven’t heard of MICHELLE CALANOG PRINCIPE`, but she works in the comics industry abroad and is quite involved in many of the comics being published. She manages Glass House Graphics Asia and Studio Sakka, a creative agency and manga studio, respectively, coaching and guiding dozens of artists and colorists across the Philippines, Japan, Hong Kong, and even India. What’s more, she oversees bunches of free seminars each year, bringing in experienced talent to teach hopeful young artsts about the comics biz.
Among her talent roster: Bong (Star Wars) Dazo; Carlo (Hulk) Pagulayan; Stephen (Wolverine: Manifest Destiny) Segovia; Lui (New Terminator) Antonio; Noah (Red Sonja) Salonga; Patrick (Avengers/Invaders) Berkenkotter; Harvey (Avengers: The Initiative) Tolibao; Jonathan (Battlestar Galactica) Lau; Anthony (Bratz) Tan; Wilson (Wolverine Manga) Tortosa, Tina (Space Ace) Francisco, and plenty of colorists for Marvel, Dark Horse, Dynamite, Dabel Bros., and so on.
She’s also been a comic book character. Michelle is the sister of Jinky Coronado (artist of TokyoPop’s Avalon High series and writer/artist of her own series Banzai Girls). Michelle has been a character in every issue of Jinky’s comic book. And the two of them even appeared together in FHM Philippines. So Michelle’s overall ties to the comics industry go pretty deep.
Married at the beginning of the year to her college sweetheart Rhene Principe`, Michelle had a baby exactly one month ago. That should be cause for celebration, and it was. But within 12 hours of taking home newborn Reinee, Michelle found him not feeding and unresponsive. Back at the hospital, doctors discovered what they thought were blood clots in his brain. A catscan and surgery further revealed them to be inoperable deposits of calcification in his brain. Soon they also learned the baby had multiple hernias — intestines pushing through muscle walls — and areas of bowel that were not processing food. Young Reinee went through four weeks of painful surgeries, spending nearly every day in ICU.
Born September 26, 2008, Reinee Jaden Principe` died today, October 26, 2008. But every mother’s worst nightmare HASN’T ENDED.
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