On Facebook, Jeff Vandermeer recently made a comment in which he discovered he was a day off in his reckoning of the week. This gave him an extra day with which to work and my first thought was, “lucky bastahd.”
It’s weird how when one is working for someone else–punching someone else’s clock and all that–it’s a race for the weekend and any day chipped off the work week is a good thing. When working for oneself, however, it’s kinda the opposite. A day lost is a day where billable work doesn’t get done. The Fourth of July falls on a Saturday this year, but because most of the “working world” has Friday off, we have plans for Friday which will chip into my workday. I’m not begrudging it, mind you. We have a big picnic planned and I’m very much looking forward to it. It won’t even start until after I normally knock off from work for the day, but I will have a few extra chores that day–cooking-related mostly. And because Pretty Maggie has the day off, it’s a day I can use to make an extra trip down to the new house and transport more stuff.
So I have no reason to moan about losing a day this week. I’m actually in pretty decent shape. A proof of the Danton book will go out today. A good chunk of the medical journal will be done and I’ll just pull in a couple of weekend hours to have that ready for Monday. A few other projects that are in the work are progressing along as they should.
But an extra day during the week would still be nice. Imagine how much more packing I could get done if there was an extra day during the week.
I could use some more boxes, too.
And another cup of coffee.
That last item I can see to right away. Be right back.
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Today’s link takes you to the homepage of my new hometown, West Warwick, RI. It’s Rhode Island’s newest town, incorporated in 1913, and was founded by democrats who wanted to split from the republican-controlled Warwick area. It’s known for its mills and the part it played in the labor history.
Cheers!
Thursday, July 2nd, 2009,
by John Teehan,
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I overslept a little today–not something that surprises me these days given some of the extra physical work we’ve been doing. Yesterday, though, we took a break from the usual rigamarole and instead of doing more chores about the new house, we went out with a bunch of friends to a nice little coffeeshop on the East Side and then hung out at a playground at a nearby park until it dark.
A nice kind of day. Just what we needed.
And now it’s back to work. I have an appointment later this morning with my tax guy to see what kind of benefits we can wring out of this whole new house thing. Then it’s back to work on the Ray Danton book, prepping the medical journal, working on a movie book, and then some more packing and purging.
Hey, all work and no play… yadda-yadda-yadda. When the day is done I’ll sit down with a good book, a cup of coffee, and psyche up for the next day. Or maybe catch up on some writing.
It’s all good.
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Quick entry today as I’ve got work to jump into. Today’s link is a little self-promotional, but not entirely so. Forces of Geek is running a series of profiles on their contributors this week. My profile is here, but there are lots of others appearing this week as well. Meet the people behind the columns.
Cheers!
Wednesday, July 1st, 2009,
by John Teehan,
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Rumor has it…By tradition, when a new administration takes office in the White House, the first choice of furnishings and decorations go to the Vice President who, in turn, defers first choice to the President. Former Vice President Dick Cheney is the only one to have ever not followed tradition.
Rumor has it…The most popular girl’s name in the United States in 1850 was California. The most popular boy’s name was Golden.
Rumor has it…Former television personality Ed McMahon once worked as a bingo caller when he was 15. He also worked as a carnival barker, fortune-teller, weight-guesser, and as a pitchman for vegetable slicers on the Atlantic City boardwalk.
Rumor has it…TV remotes send control signals via light waves when changing channels, and light particles when controlling volume.
Rumor has it…While a student at the Rhode Island School of Design, Sheperd Fairey, perhaps best known for his iconic “Yes We Can” Barrack Obama campaign poster, was arrested for defacing a campaign billboard by replacing the head of former Providence mayer Vincent “Buddy” Cianci with an 18-foot portrait of professional wrestler Andre the Giant.
Rumor has it…The human brain performs nearly half a million functions per second, but never more than one at any single instance.A lobotomized brain, however, can perform two simultaneous functions so long as they occur in separate hemispheres.
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Lots to do today, so we’ll go straight on to the Link o’ the Day: Culture Pulp by Mike Russell. Some fun stuff here at this combination webcomic-commentary kind of site. It’s a little uneven in spots, but a waltz through the archives is a good time.
Enjoy!
Wednesday, July 1st, 2009,
by John Teehan,
Filed under: Blogosphere, Humor, Rumor, Webcomics| |
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Welcome to the wonderful world of homeownership. No… I’m not being sarcastic. This is pretty real. While there’s a lot of work going on and still to be done, it’s been a lot of fun so far–setting up house and such. And quite a learning experience. I, for one, have learned the importance of having a proper drill when installing something like venetian blinds. I’ve also experienced the joys of mowing a lawn–something I’ve not done in something like 20 years. Okay, maybe that part is a little sarcastic–the backyard has a vicious little dip to it that makes navigating a push mower a trifle challenging.
Each day we move more stuff. Throw out other stuff. Move more stuff. The stove delivery didn’t happen due to a busted stove being brought on the truck. After giving some people hell, we’re still not going to get a new stove until something Thursday or Friday. Saturday we get our washer and dryer delivered and installed. Sometime between all that we have a picnic going on, and unless I can successfully hide them, there are going to be water balloons involved.
Work hard. Play hard.
Speaking of water, we even have a garden hose now–one designed specifically so it’s safe to drink out of (because hose water is the best water).
Domestic, huh?
Speaking of playing hard–I had a good night at Ward’s last night. The tunes were flying. We had a couple of new people, fiddlers, sitting in with us, which is always fun. I hope they had a good time and decide to come back. The more the merrier, and the more fiddles there are, the more my poor banjo playing gets drowned out.
Good times.
But the weekdays are here again and it’s time to get cracking. I have some indexes to work on, some captions and photos to place. I’ve been working on a cover for an upcoming Barbara Payton book, and got some edits in for a movie book.
Good stuff. And I’m never going to turn down a job if I can help it. Not with a mortgage to pay for.
Now if I can just keep the cat from trying to walk all over the keyboard. (ha!)
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I’ve been hearing a lot on the news later about Madoff and the whole Ponzi scheme thing. It made me wonder what the story was behind the poor slob whose name has become synonymous with ruinous financial scams. This is part of what Wikipedia had to say:
A Ponzi scheme is a fraudulent investment operation that pays returns to investors from their own money or money paid by subsequent investors rather than from any actual profit earned. The Ponzi scheme usually offers returns that other investments cannot guarantee in order to entice new investors, in the form of short-term returns that are either abnormally high or unusually consistent. The perpetuation of the returns that a Ponzi scheme advertises and pays requires an ever-increasing flow of money from investors in order to keep the scheme going.
The system is destined to collapse because the earnings, if any, are less than the payments. Usually, the scheme is interrupted by legal authorities before it collapses because a Ponzi scheme is suspected or because the promoter is selling unregistered securities. As more investors become involved, the likelihood of the scheme coming to the attention of authorities increases.
The scheme is named after Charles Ponzi,[1] who became notorious for using the technique after emigrating from Italy to the United States in 1903. Ponzi did not invent the scheme (Charles Dickens’ 1857 novel Little Dorrit described such a scheme decades before Ponzi was born, for example), but his operation took in so much money that it was the first to become known throughout the United States. His original scheme was in theory based on arbitraging international reply coupons for postage stamps, but soon diverted investors’ money to support payments to earlier investors and Ponzi’s personal wealth.
Knowingly entering a Ponzi scheme, even at the last round of the scheme, can be rational in the economic sense if a government will probably bail out those participating in the Ponzi scheme.[2]
Interesting, no?
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Today’s link takes you to a special page at the Science Channel website devoted to the classic Carl Sagan documentary series: Cosmos. I’ve been watching the series again via Netflix (available as an instant on-demand) and am enjoying a strange mix of nostalgia and learning. Cosmos was what got me fascinated with the story of Johannes Kepler. After watching Sagan’s mini-bio of the founder of the Lawsd of Planetary Motion, I went and read two Kepler biographies (and another on Tycho Brahe) immediately after.
And you get to relish the odd thrill whenever Carl Sagan sez “Billyuns and billyuns of years agooooo…”
Cheers!
Monday, June 29th, 2009,
by John Teehan,
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Who owns whom? Do we own the new house? Or is it coming to own us? Oi, the work in moving two packrats. The winnowing down of possessions. The packing of most. Hauling down boxes three flights of stairs.
Every single day.
But it’s got to be done. And when it’s over, it’ll be worth it. But yeesh. I just know that before it’s all said and done there’s gonna be some swearing and throwing of things. I hope it won’t be expensive.
We’ve been waiting for some nice weather to take some new pictures. Granted, most of our work is on the inside right now, but because a number of windows do not yet have blinds, the outside is very visible. Today I’m just tossing in a few pics from the home inspection done a while back.
A shot of the back of the house and the enclosed porch where we will enjoy meals when the weather is pleasant–overlooking our backyard. I’m looking forward to drinking my morning coffee out here.
The kitchen from which I will bring forth wonderful meals. My kitchen right now is pretty pathetic. No working proper stove and because of the ancient wiring in our current house, I can’t run more than one appliance at a time–hence timing a meal with several compnents takes work and sometimes makes for a less-than-ideal dinner. (I will still pat myself on the shoulder for pulling off a decent Thanksgiving dinner last year with such limited resources.) Now with this new kitchen I can actually cook more than one thing–more than two or three things–at a time!
This basement may not look like much yet, but it’s where my new office will be. It’s bigger than it looks, and what you don’t see is a decent amount of shelving and workspace. I’ve already mapped out locations for the PC, the Mac, the drafting table, the light table, bookshelves, filing cabinet, and so forth. And yes, I’ll be decorating it: a chaotic cacaphony of prints, clippings, photos, and more.
But for now, it’s work, toil, and work s’more. I have two and a half weeks before we have the furniture moved and there’s a lot to do before then. Not a day to waste.
So it’s back to work.
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Because I’ve been enjoying the most recent DVD release of the TV show Family Guy, today’s link takes you to the Family Guy Wiki Page chock full of info on everyone’s favorite animated television show currently airing on Fox. I know, I know… it’s not for everyone. But if you’re a fan, then this page is certainly worth checking out.
Stay tuned for the next chapter in their Star Wars parody/homage coming in the Fall.
Cheers!
Thursday, June 25th, 2009,
by John Teehan,
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Today’s Ogre’s Pick will be a quick one… a quick celebration of the TV show Dexter. I admit that when I first tried watching it several months ago that it didn’t take. Sure, the premise of a serial killer who goes after serial killers wasn’t a bad one, but after a couple of episodes I said, “meh” and found something else. The character narration was annoying. I have zero interest in the city of Miami. I didn’t care enough about the characters.
I waited, then tried again. This time I got a bit more into it. Sure, Miami still fails, but the narration worked better for me this time, and the characters, while mostly still flat, had occasional sparks of interest. I suppose it was the overall story arch that finally got me hooked. It became a bit of a mystery to figure out the truth behind Dexter’s background and his connection to the season’s villain, The Ice Truck Killer. I figured out the killer’s identity pretty early, but I don’t think that was any mean feat; it was pretty obvious from the start. The real mystery was his connection to Dexter.
Anyway, the second time around, I started to really enjoy the season and started watching season 2 immediately after. While the 2nd season is definitely weaker than the first, it’s still worth watching. Mostly it’s because you suspect there’s going to be some good stuff for the 3rd season (which I’ve not yet watched).
So am I recommending Dexter? Sure, for some. It won’t be for everyone. It’s not the best thriller/drama ever made, but it’s not bad. There are no real standouts for actors, but it’s the story that sells it–especially the first season. If you watch no other Dexter at least watch the entire 1st season.
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We’ve been slowly moving stuff over to the new house. Setting stuff up. Moving boxes. Oi. The moving of the boxes. The whole thing is pretty daunting. It’s exciting, sure. And it’s all going to be worth it. But I just know I’m going to question the whole thing at one point and suggest giving everything away and go live in a yurt instead.
We’ve had bizarre random act of mischief inflicted upon the new homestead. We arrived the other day to discover someone had moved our welcome mat from the front door to the front gate–perfectly placed, along with a lawn ornament and a rose. Someone had also gone up to the back porch and moved my new lawn mower to the back yard, and stole a cheap folding chair. No malicious damage beyond the petty theft. We’re figuring it was kids. Maybe welcoming us to the neighborhood. In any case, we’re not going to be o’ertrusting just because it’s suburbia, and we’ve met one of our neighbors (a very nice lady) and gave her our number in case she sees anything suspicious.
Let the adventure of home ownership begin!
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Today’s link is to one of the most underrated and under-appreciated webcomics: Angst Technology by Barry Smith. This strip ran for a few years in the early 00s and focused on a small computer gaming company, its workers and their zany, wacky adventures. I’d put it right up there with PvP Online and was very disappointed when Smith went on hiatus and then seemed to abandon the strip alltogether. He’s a good cartoonist and had some decent characters and ideas. He’s actually done a few different strips, all of which are worth checking out, and all of which you should be able to find from the Angst Technology site.
Cheers!
Wednesday, June 24th, 2009,
by John Teehan,
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Rumor has it… Spencer Tracy who played Sir Henry Stanley in the movie Stanley and Livingstone was actually a descendant of Dr. David Livingstone, the missionary presumed lost in Africa.
Rumor has it… While there are twelve muses celebrated in ancient Greek literature, ancient Greek art always depicted thirteen. The name of the final muse is unknown–as is what exactly she is the muse of. Some scholars believe she is the muse of secrets and her name was only known to the Oracles at Delphi.
Rumor has it… An ambassador from Italy during the Reagan years once reported an incident in which he and President Reagan were walking into the Oval Office to discover a young George W. Bush, the ne’er-do-well son of then Vice President George H.W. Bush, sitting in the president’s chair. When asked what he was doing there, George answered that he was going to be president someday to which Reagan replied, “Son, one of the greatest things about this country is that nearly anyone can grow up to become president…except you. And if I am ever proven wrong, then may God have mercy on us all.” Following this, George W. Bush was forbidden to visit the White House for the duration of the Reagan administration.
Rumor has it… Speaking of presidents, President Buchanan was known for his short temper and for his wild rages which often ended in furniture being destroyed and occasional injury. His temper is considered one of the reasons for the eventual Civil War. In his last year in life, he became a pioneer in the field of anger management.
Rumor has it… The average cigarette burns faster during daytime hours than at night.
Rumor has it… In 1961, Esperanto was made the official language of Antarctica. While very few of the scientists and others who visit and live on the continent actually speak Esperanto, the United Nations charter requires all legal documents to also include an Esperanto version. At the moment, there are two full time UN document translators employed to fulfill this requirement.
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And speaking of Antarctica, today’s link takes you to The Antarctic Sun”, The official newspaper of the US Antarctic Program. Lots of information here on what’s going down ’round the South Pole. People. Events. Projects. The whole shebang. Some fun reading from time to time.
Cheers!
Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009,
by John Teehan,
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Well, well, well… what’s new today?
Oh, yes! The Teehans are now homeowners!!!
I tell ya, gentle readers all, this was a very tense couple of months. It seemed that the whole home-buying and loan process was one in which things would seem fine, then I’d get a call about a problem that could queer the whole deal, which we would then spur into action to fix, only to get another call with another maniacal detail to be bedeviled. I don’t think most home purchases go this way. One of the unique aspects of our purchase was that the house was a flip–and there are certain time and condition requirements in such cases which are meant to protect the buyer. In our particular case, the flip was a quality job–not the shoddy stuff you see on TV news shows. All three inspections came out just fine. But there are things like waiting periods, and deposits, and very exacting timing involving the paperwork and account managements. I tell ya. It was a tense time.
But that’s behind us now. Friday we sat down for the signing. A mountain of papers to sign–most of which I actually understood. Actually, the lawyer really did justify the expense. I really do understand what all took place and am relieved I’m not the one who has to keep track of and file all the paperwork.
And special shout-outs go to the team we had on our side. Carol Cooney of Albert Realtors and Karen Flynn of Coastway Credit Union. Seriously. If you live in the Rhode Island area and are looking to buy a house–you want these two on your side. Their tireless efforts had a lot to do with us getting a house of our own. If you can’t find them online, then contact me and I’d be more than happy to get you their contact info and answer what questions I can.
Shout outs also go to Margaret’s mother Lilly (photo) without whose help this would have been impossible, and also to my dad. His passing away last year was very rough–especially after his long illness. I think he’d have greatly approved of the way we handled my share of the insurance money. That went to getting us into a position where we could even approach a bank, and it provided us with the means for the down payment.
And shout outs to my lovely bride. She was patient. Positive. Most importantly, she kept our momentum going and helped us focus on our goal.
So we have house. Now what? This weekend was a flurry of activity. We won’t be doing the Big Move until mid-July, but we’ve hit the ground running as far as getting the setup underway. The house came with a very nice fridge and dishwasher. We had to order a stove, which we’ve done, and get a washer/dryer. We now own a lawnmower and a weed-whacker. We’ve got the bathroom/shower area set up with a chocolate/light blue color motif. We’ve started moving boxes I’ve already packed, plus a lot of stuff we got for our wedding that we were specifically saving for just this occasion.
So it’s fun times.
Fun, but exhausting.
We’ll be going to the new place every day from here on out. Weekdays to move stuff after Margaret gets home from work. Weekends to set things up. I’m already sore and this Monday morning I’m kinda relieved that most of my morning is going to be spent at my desk.
Okay. You don’t need to read more about this. Plenty of more to report on as the days and weeks go on. Lots of stuff happening!
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A bunch of books are going off to the printer over today and tomorrow. One of which is going to be Reel Tears: The Beverly Washburn Story by actress Beverly Washburn and Don Waughn. Cover by Rick Saphire. This is a fun little book. Some readers may remember me talking about he movie Spider Baby a few months ago. Hey…now I know one of the leads! She was also in the episode of Star Trek:TOS where everyone aged rapidly.
Good stuff. A good read, with lots of great pictures.
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I sometimes like to read newspapers from places Very Far Away from where I live. Today I bring you to The Saipan Tribune–the newspaper of the island of Saipan which is the capital of the United States Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas.
The photo is from a recent edition in which flame trees bloom near some old Japanese bunkers from WWII.
One local story:
PAWS president Katie Busenkell is asking for the public’s help in finding Aladdin, a white and grey colored cat, last seen Friday, June 19, 2009, at about 7am, near the Joeten Public Library and the Office of the Attorney General-Criminal Division in Susupe.
“Aladdin has a very special story. He belonged to a community oriented family that had to leave island for medical reasons. It is very important to the family that Aladdin be well cared for while they go through a difficult time in their lives, so please help us bring Aladdin home.”
A reward is being offered for information leading to Aladdin’s safe return.
If you have seen Aladdin, please call 256-0243 or 285-PAWS.
There may also be more typhoons this year, China Eastern flights have been approved, and there’s a push for a new national park.
Read this and more!
Cheers!
Monday, June 22nd, 2009,
by John Teehan,
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The devils are in the details. In putting out Rogue Satellite Comics and The Complete and Annotated Oz Squad, I’m finding that as I’m trying to get the two books off to the printer, there are tiny little details that need tweaking here and there. Some of it is stuff new to me as I’ve usually worked with books and not comics. It’s a learning process and big thanks go to Chris Reilly for helping me navigate some of the finer points of the business. From the wording needed on copyright pages to locating original pages that were missing from previous editions (from other publishers) it’s been an interesting journey. All going toward putting out the best product we can. And putting it out in time for the San Diego ComicCon.
Thankfully we’re looking successful on both counts.
In other news, I’m coming close to completing the book on Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrel. (And on the TV right now is A Star Is Born starring Ms. Gaynor. The SFWA Bulletin is going off to the press today. And I’m working on some new cover designs, and fielding calls from the son of Buckwheat (from the Our Gang/Little Rascals crowd). The Design Integrations book is nearly done. I just have to put in the index, and make a few last-minute replacements on some of the tables. All in all, it’s nice and steady right now, and things seem to be on schedule and looking good.
I love it when that happens. I know I said I wouldn’t weigh down these entries about my work, but it’s been a while since I’ve talked about it in detail, and it’s either this or rant about the frustrating process of trying to buy a house. We’re just waiting on some final details, but it looks like our closing is going to be delayed a few days. Argh. I don’t know this for sure, but if it’s still happening tomorrow, it means titanic, supernatural forces are at work. In a way, at this point it would be eaiser to have a couple of extra days room so I can arrange utility-changeovers (gas, electricity, water), but at the same time we just want to ge this all over with and start the moving process.
As my man Kurt Vonnegut was so oft fond of saying…
“So it goes.”
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On a totally unrelated note, it struck me this morning that “Balls To the Wall” would be a great name for a punk band. Extensive research (2 minutes on Google) has revealed that it’s the name of an album and a song by German metal band Accept, but I don’t see it being used as a band name. Not yet. I think the boys from Fat Wreck Chords should give me a call. I’m full of great ideas like this.
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Today’s link takes you to the website of David Lee Ingersoll, Illustrator and Cartoonist. He’s the chap who did the cover work for The Complete and Annotated Oz Squad that TumbleTap is putting out this year. He does some fine illustration work and his site is worth the visit. He’s done a number of illustrations for Cthulhu-related gaming materials, and his sketch blog can be found here.
Thursday, June 18th, 2009,
by John Teehan,
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When I hit a bookstore such as Borders or Barnes & Noble, it’s in a fairly preditable pattern. I start in the front with the new books, weave past the periodicals for either poetry journals or fictionmags, then up to science fiction to see if there’s anything new I haven’t heard about, over to graphic novels for more of the same. I make a brief pass by the film books, then down to the bargain books for any last-minute possible pics. Hidden gems and so forth.
Bookstore employees must hate me because on my journey I collect a stack of potential buys, then before checkout I weed through the books, leaving the temporary rejects in a neat pile, while selecting only a couple of volumes for actual purchase. If I worked at one of these bookstore, I’d be flicking paperclips at my head the entire time.
This past week’s excursion to the local B&N was not much different, and the hidden gem uncovered in the reamindered stacks was a little book by cartoonist Scott Adams called Stick to Drawing Comics, Monkey Brain!: Cartoonist Ignores Helpful Advice. It’s not a Dilbert book, but a collection of short essays–mostly taken from his blog–in which he espouses his brand of “philosotainment”.
I’m enjoying it. The essays are the perfect length of bathroom reading or reading whilst waiting for coffee to brew. The spurring for the collection is apparently the idea that many people have advised Scott Adams against going for certain ventures, e.g., creating a syndicated comic strip, owning restaurants, and writing books–and in a number of these cases, Adams found not the predicted failure, but great success. The idea is that one should take chances–particularly when it comes to something one feels passionate about. I guess if it could be boiled down to a pithy saying it would be, “Nothing ventured, nothing gained.”
Good advice at nearly anytime. (I wouldn’t recommend something like, say, retrieving a wristwatch from an alligator’s jaw. In that case, nothing ventured means no lost limbs. Watches can be replaced.)
Anyway, it’s a fun little book and it didn’t look like it took a lot of work to put together. They’re basically blog entires. There’s a lot there that you might even see in pages like mine. The big difference, of course, is that Adams gets about 1.5 million readers a day. I get a couple of thousand a week. I could try and figure out the mathematical proportion by which Scott Adams is more popular than me, but my bagel is done and I’m going to go put cheese and chourico on it. Be right back.
…okay, where was I? Oh yes. I suppose another reason why I like the book is that Adam’s writing resonates with me. We’re on similar wavelengths. Not exact, mind you. We have a few differing philosophies, but there’s a lot here I identify with just the same. Plus, he’s a geek-made-good. That’s very inspirational for a guy like me. If he can do it. Why not me? Or you?
And it’s a fun book. Can’t overlook that. For you Dilbert fans, he occasionally treats the reader to two different versions of some of his strips: the one that was printed in the newspaper, and the one that was deemed too dangerous for anyone without an internet connection.
Is it recommended? Sure! Hey, check the remaindered piles for a cheap hardcover. If it’s not there, I would even recommend shelling out for a full-priced trade edition. There are versions in audio and Kindle as well.
Share and enjoy.
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In keeping with a cartoonist theme today, today’s link takes you to the blog of Stephan Pastis, creator of the syndicated comic strip Pearls Before Swine. I doubt it has the same number of newspapers as Dilbert, but it’s out there. Better yet…you can get any number of collections at most bookstores. Fun stuff. Crudely drawn. Surprising writing for a syndicated strip. Look for the books, and check out the blog which has some interesting bits (joyful rants?) from time to time.
Cheers!
Wednesday, June 17th, 2009,
by John Teehan,
Filed under: Blogosphere, Book review, Comics, Ogre's Pick, Reviews| |
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