Author: Glenn Hauman

Peter’s the guest of honor this year at Albacon, taking place this weekend in Albany, NY.

Pay particular attention to the Saturday Night Extravaganza: “Peter David Unplugged! Spend an hour with Guest of Honor Peter David performing death-defying feats (well, talking and answering questions).” Sat. 8:00 PM.

What’s more, I see that David Peters is listed as a guest of the convention, although I’m not sure that he’ll be doing any panels with Peter. That may be a good thing, I understand they’re not speaking to each other of late and don’t even want to be in the same room at the same time…

…and fixing all the comments and display problems. Should be all better now. And just so you know, going on vacation without my laptop wasn’t my idea.

Now available here.

Marvelcomics.com? Hey, I registered that address way back when…

We’re trying to track down some performance problems and server errors. We hope to have them up for later this afternoon. –GH

A while back, Peter wrote a Hulk story with Nightmare, and his growing power after a warm day in September, with millions of people wishing, “Please, let it all be a dream…” which allowed Nightmare a permanent foothold in the real world.

Now we have this:

New Study Finds That Dream Imagery Became More Intense After 9/11:

The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, have not only affected the real world that we live in today, but also the intensity of our dreams. Dream imagery became more intense following that fateful day, according to a research abstract that will be presented at the 20th anniversary SLEEP meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies (APSS) at Salt Lake City’s Salt Palace Convention Center from June 17-22.

The study, conducted by E. Hartmann of Tufts University in Newton, Mass., consisted of 44 persons living in the U.S. who had been keeping a record of their dreams both before and after 9/11. The results showed that while dream imagery became more intense after 9/11, dreams were not longer, more dreamlike or more nightmarelike. There was also no direct (“replay”) incorporation of 9/11 content. This, noted the author, is consistent with the “Contemporary Theory of Dreaming”, which states that the connections of a dream, along with the imagery, are guided by the dominant emotion of the dreamer. It also adds that the intensity of the central image of a dream is a measure of emotional arousal.

(Via News Unfiltered.)

Ah yes, you can tell that the comments are functioning again by the return of spam messages all over the place. Grumble…

From cloudeagle: Scattershot stuff:

* People tend to be much more forgiving when you ding their car, or transform it into a jagged, smoldering pile of scrap metal, if you’re 12 feet tall and green.

* With a hefty girder and the proper swing, you can grant a lucky soldier the enduring human dream of unassisted flight for 350 yards or so.

* A really big guy CAN run up the side of a building, but building manager will need the phone number of a trusty construction contractor handy for afterwards.

* Though throwing a boulder at a tank yields good results, throwing a cow at a tank doesn’t really do anything. (Note to self: try throwing the cow at a helicopter. Aim for the blades.)

* You know the Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants? Who have heartwarming tales while sharing a pair of pants that makes the wearer’s butt look great no matter their body type? I think the Hulk’s a member of that. Because no matter what he or his alter ego Bruce Banner does — cause a smallish skyscraper to collapse around him, get hit by a rocket, gain 800 pounds in 10 seconds — his pants always look great. I wonder what heartwarming tales the Hulk could share?