I’m on the snopes.com email newsletter list and recently received this month’s issue highlighting new additions to the site. Snopes.com specializes in researching stories and news items that circulate either verbally or via the internet, then either debunking them as urban legends or verifying that they are in fact true. This one is truly stunning: …
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Jul 09 2005
July’s Ridiculous Dachshund
Late as usual, here’s July’s Ridiculous Dachshund. God bless the U.S. of &$%-ing A.!!!! (Click for larger image)
Jul 02 2005
Summer Science Fiction
With “Steven Spielberg’s (?) War of the Worlds” approaching, we’re beginning to see the usual pre-release deluge of puff piece news stories about science fiction. Among them, though, is this anomaly: a great discussion on CNN radio online you can download as an MP3 (I refuse to use the term “podcast” under any circumstances) featuring …
Jul 01 2005
Music, etc.
I’ve been neglecting my blog a bit of late due to a somewhat overwhelming workload, but after the weekend things may slow down a bit. I’ve been teaching two comics classes a day and freelancing in the afternoon/evenings–all with the Charlotte con in between. But my classes wrapped up today and, although this was by …
Jun 21 2005
The Comics Reporter
The Comics Reporter Ever since the demise of The Comics Journal’s Journalista column/website, Tom Spurgeon’s The Comics Reporter is the best and only place to go to get a daily fix of what’s going on in the world of comics. The site’s clean, easy to navigate, updated daily and—amazingly—ad-free. This week, though, he’s been asking …
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