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This is the best giant doily with skulls ever {via}
Over at progressive ruin, a long list of people’s favorite current comic series

Today was a holiday from work for me. I went down to Boston Common and wandered around a little bit. There were many young men and women in uniform there for the parade.

I went to see the Incredibles, which was excellent.
I saw the Wookie Army in the Star Wars trailer. I know I’ll be [...]

You can get a wacky numerlogy profile of yourself here. This was mine:
Tarot Card:
Strength: Raw power. Health and physical fortitude. A surge of tremendous force. Recovery from sickness. Victory after apprehension and fear. The ability to face and overcome opposition brings the inner qualities of strength and forbearance. Delays and setbacks will be overcome.
Beware my [...]

I started watching 12 Kingdoms today, and it is great! I don’t have the energy to go into great detail, but it is a very intelligently written magical girl anime. I think because it is adapted from a series of novels, that lends itself to richer character development and a more involved storyline than you [...]

An article about YA fiction with gay/lesbian/bisexual/transgender/queer themes is up at chicklit.

It never fails, around two weeks before my last class is scheduled I start feeling totally burnt-out. This happens every year. I’m feeling insanely cranky about teaching right now. Sometimes the subject matter just gets so repetitive, it is a little difficult for me to maintain my enthusiasm even though usually all the students and [...]

Oh no! Watch out!!!! {via}

Some recent manga I’ve read:
Land of the Blindfolded - I was glad that I’d read David’s review of this title, so I knew that around half of this book centers on the main story of two teens with complimentary psychic powers. There are two back-up stories, and one called “After the Festival” is great. In [...]

This is what I pre-ordered from discount comic book service. I must say that I wish their search feature worked better for non Marvel/DC/Image/etc publishers. I’d like to be able to see what Tokyopop and Viz have coming out, but I guess the best way to figure out what you want is to go through [...]

I’m creeped out by the election results. I’m worried.
As someone who is not Christian, the religious fervor of the Republican party worries me.
I’m worried about the national debt, and I’m sad that we elected a president who wants to write discrimination and bigotry into the constitution.
I ♥ Barack Obama though. Perhaps the Democrats can figure [...]