Author: Kathleen David

I asked everyone to wait a week before discussing SM3 with spoilers, and for the most part everyone has obliged. So if you guys want to chat about the film with spoilers–discussing specific plot point–here’s where to do it.

PAD

Yep, you guess it. Some of your comments got stuck in the filter.

I think we have it straighten out now. So if your comment didn’t seem to post or took a reeeeaaaallllyy looooong time, don’t despair, we are aware of the problem.

Kathleen

Here at the New York Comic Convention, I have a tale of two Stephens.

Stephen Number One:

Got to meet Stephen Colbert. Actually, believe it or not, he wanted to meet me because of his cameo in “Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man.” I was at my table in Artist’s Alley when a convention rep showed up and said, “Stephen would like to see you.” In point of fact, Colbert (so I’m told) was perfectly willing to come over to my table at the Alley, but the con folks were concerned about crowd control (and I can’t blame them.) So the mountain happily came to Mohammed and we had a nice chat about kids, science fiction, and comic books.

Stephen Number Two:

One of the major panels at the convention was the Dark Tower panel, attended by the entire DT team and the man himself, Stephen King. The vast majority of questions were for King, which is of course as it should be. How many opportunities, after all, do both comic fans and DT fans have to tell The Man himself what his work means to them or pose questions about his work. For me the best moment was when one fan said that King and I are his two favorite writers and that he’s thrilled that we’re actually working on a project together, and King reached over and we high fived.

In the course of the convention I’ve also had the chance to meet and/or chat with Stan the Man, Nick Brendon, Hayden Panettiere (Heroes Cheerleader), Juliet Landau, George R.R. Martin, James Leary, and a host of comics pros. And there’s been none of the overcrowding fiasco of the previous year. Saturday passed, to the best of my knowledge, without incident, unless one counts the barrage of flashes going off in King’s eyes when he showed up for the panel. I’m amazed he wasn’t blinded by them.

PAD

I have been informed through a rather terse note from my photo site that the name Fluzzie is trademarked by two individuals in California. Understand that when I first used the name that Peter came up with out of the air, I did a search of the trademark database and only found a dead trademark (2000) for a set of stuffed dinosaurs. So I am officially changing the name to Phluzzie and have started the process to trademark that name as mine all mine. I wish Stephanie and her partner all the best with the word and look forward to seeing what they have come up with to attach the name to since it is a cool name.

So now they are Phluzzies and are still for sale.

http://homepage.mac.com/kathodavid/PhotoAlbum42.html

Please make a note of it.

Kathleen

This was posted by a close friend of Leah’s and I am passing it on to the group.

Sondra Leah Adezio, 46, of Lansdale, PA passed away January 16, 2007 at the Central Montgomery Medical Center.

Born in Newton, NJ, she was the daughter of the late Edwin and Marylyn Fogelson.

Active in many organizations as a young person, she graduated from Newton High School and then received a Bachelor’s Degree from Duquesne University and a Master’s from Clarion University of PA. She was a member of Alpha Gamma Delta Sorority.

Mrs. Adezio was a singer, an actor, and was a nationally known comic book artist as co-writer/inker of Ari of Lemuria, and was a member of Friends of Lulu. She loved to participate in Renaissance Faires and was a member of the International Wenches Guild, Local 9 of the Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire and Local 69 of the New York Renaissance Faire. She also was an avid fan of the New York Mets.

She was pre-deceased by her husband, David, her parents Edwin and Marylyn Fogelson, a brother, Scott Fogelson, and a sister Renee Fogelson.

She is survived by her sons, Stephen and Daniel Adezio, of Lansdale, a niece, Catherine Fogelson of Newton, and a brother, Brian Fogelson, of Frenchtown, NJ., aunts, uncles, cousins, and numerous friends.

Services will be held on Friday January 19, 2007 at 11:00 A.M. from the Irwin Funeral Home, 175 N. Main St., Spring Grove, PA 17362 – 717.225.1677.

Visitation hours are from 9:00 A.M. – 10:30 A.M. at the funeral home preceding the service.

Donations may be made for the children at 17 Senator Stout Road, Frenchtown, NJ 08825.

Please note the family has requested that no garb be worn to the viewing/funeral. Please keep this the solemn event that it is. The funeral will be a traditional Jewish funeral, short, sweet and to the point. (EDIT:short explanation here. Leah was a medieval recreationist as are a number of her friends. SCA members and medieval recreationists call their clothing “garb” to seperate it from their mundane clothing. Sorry I am so use to the term “garb” it doesn’t even register with me anymore)

With Peter’s Kind Permission

Remember these dudes?

More pictures can be found at
Fluzzies!

You too can either own or gift someone a Fluzzie.

Here are the rules.

Fluzzies are $40.00 plus shipping.

They must be ordered before midnight December 18th, 2006 for Holiday delivery.

All those Fluzzies pictured are available for sale.

I also have orange and light blue skin. Plus access to other colors.

If you want a custom Fluzzie then I need to know the skin (head and arms), fur (body), hair(top of head), and eye color(rhinestone in the middle of the eye) you want for it.

Each is hand made and a unique gift which will bring fun into any household.

I found them both to be really good.

It is interesting to note that these two titles had the same penciler but the looks were totally different.

Kath