Having trouble toddling off to sleep tonight, so I’ll just type-type until I feel the desire to kick back and relax or read in a horizontal position.. My workout has some stretches that feel great. My favorite is one when I lay on my stomach and use a belt or sheet to bend my leg out and back behind me… the stretch is easy to do, and I can feel a very palpable difference. The only hazard is that Newt likes to come visit and play while I’m doing it, so I’m easily distracted..I end up losing count or the beat, and having to restart again later. He’s very fond of taking a swat at the ponytail or one of my mitts, and he’s too cute to turn down.
Well, in other news, the mother takes off for her Thanksgiving week cruise on Monday…. they’ll be out to sea until Saturday night. I’m glad that she and her husband get to travels so much, and see the world, even if they’re not really retired. They do it so much, though, that I’m likely to call it “retired-ish”.
Had a gab with the Bro for a bit yesterday, and I’ve got confirmation that he’s talked to Mike and Andy a bit lately, which is disappointing, but not surprising. I have to call Danny up, and see if having the brother along is ok, or see if Bro and I will do something non-traditional for dinner, instead. I’d like to be there to help spare Danny the “deal with family alone” stress, too.
Went and looked up the word “top” (like a dreidel) just to find out what it’s the top of…I was guessing it was a mutation of the word “tip” since it balances on a point. Nothing so unusual. Top comes from the old English toye, meaning plaything. Sometimes my quest for the rest of the story stops pretty quickly.
Cat in the Hat is getting EL STINKEROO reviews… Well, that’s too bad. Looks like Elf is the runaway hit this go-round. There’s always Master and Commander, too.
I’m surprised how good South park was last night. (All About Mormons?) They basically punched holes in the Mormon belief system and then turned it around at the end. Something that I’ve always liked about the show is that when it’s good, nobody gets away without a mark. Nobody’s perfect…. what’s more, they don’t have to be.
Last bit:
“Look, maybe us Mormons do believe in crazy stories that make absolutely no sense, and maybe Joseph Smith did make it all up, but I have a great life. and a great family, and I have the Book of Mormon to thank for that. The truth is, I don’t care if Joseph Smith made it all up, because what the church teaches now is loving your family, being nice and helping people. And even though people in this town might think that’s stupid, I still choose to believe in it. All I ever did was try to be your friend, Stan, but you’re so high and mighty you couldn’t look past my religion and just be my friend back. You’ve got a lot of growing up to do, buddy. Suck my balls.”
I’m not a Mormon…*very* far from it, in fact….but I can get behind that sentiment.
Handy Dandy guide to DC “Earths”
Earth-Zero – Post Crisis Earth
Earth-One: Young Heroes (Contemporary Superman, Batman, Justice League, The Shadow, Doc Savage)
Earth-One A: The Superfriends
Earth-Two: Old Heroes (Superman / Batman from the 40s- Justice Society no Superboy)
Earth-Two A: Stuff between Golden and Silver Age that aren’t specifically Earth-One or Two (Earth-E?), Earth-Two-period Superboy Stories
Earth-Three: Crime Syndicate – Evil Mirror Earth (Ultraman, Power Ring, etc)
Earth-Four: Charlton Comics (Blue Beetle, Captain Atom, Judomaster)
Earth-Five: Appeared in the Crisis?
Earth-Six: Lady Quark – Don’t know much about this one.
Earth-Twelve: Inferior five, Funny Animals, Jerry Lewis Comics, Has Versions of Plastic Man, Supes, WW, and the Flash)
Earth-Fourteen: Some Purple Butterfly in Animal Man
Earth-Seventeen: Overman, etc – More Grant Morrison
Earth-A: New Earth Created via Johnny Thunder, changed the JLA origin, created “Lawless League”
Earth-B: Batman Starting in WWII, Had a Brother named Thomas, Green Arrow recovers his fortune, Catwoman is a murderer, mostly like earth-one
Earth-C:Captain Carrot & The Zoo Crew, old national Funny Characters
Earth-C minus: Captain Carrot of Earth-C was originally a comic book artist who worked on a comic called the JLA (Just a Lot of Animals), this Earth is the settings for those comics.
Earth-D: the only Earth added officially to the Multiverse after the end of the CRISIS crossover – Same as Earth Five of Six? Justice Alliance of America, Flash of Earth-D who was inspired to become the Flash after reading the exploits of Barry Allen in comic books.
Earth-E: Its role was to deal with the “Super-Sons” series. Ugh. I’m glad this one blew up.
Earth-K: Kamandi’s Future post-apocalyptic World. Possibly Earth-One, later on.
Earth-S: Fawcett Comics(Captain Marvel & Family)
Earth-X: Quality Comics (Uncle Sam, Blackhawks, The Ray) WWII won by Nazis.
Earth-Crossover (Where DC & Marvel Comics combine)
Earth-Fox (Later absorbed and merged with Earth-Four (Blue Beetle, Phantom Lady)
Earth-Marble (DC parody of Marvel comics)
Earth-Mirror (Variation on Earth-Three, Flash specific; Rogues are Heroes)
Earth-Prime: The “Real World” Right here. Superheros are published in Comics (and sometimes visit by crossing from other Earths)
Earth-Quality (Similar to Earth-X, but Freedom Fighters never formed, Has a Kid Eternity, Like Earth-S)
Earth-Warren (Creepy, Eerie & Vampierella, Monster Comics)
Something Awful’s Photoshop Phriday – Comic Book covers Some good, some not.
Shrunken Head Gallery (I may’ve linked to this before)
Mood CD’s to make when I get the time/inclination (a la Octane)
CD 1 – Punk
01. Husker Du – New Day Rising [2:34]
02. Social Distortion – The Creeps [2:02]
03. Social Distortion – Mommy’s Little Monster [3:35]
04. Social Distortion – Under My Thumb [1:59]
05. AFI – Kung-Fu Devil [2:12]
06. Black Flag – White Minority [1:02]
07. Bad Religion – Better Off Dead [2:39]
08. GBH – Am I Dead Yet [2:31]
09. The Clash – I Fought The Law [2:25]
10. 45 Grave – Fucked by the Devil [3:02]
11. 45 Grave – Surf Bat [1:58]
12. X – Breathless [2:14]
13. X – The Have Nots [4:45]
14. X – Johnny Hit And Run Paulene [2:51]
15. Cramps – Can Your Pussy Do The Dog [3:19]
16. Cramps – Bikini Girls with Machine Guns [3:18]
17. Dead Milkmen – Surfing Cow [3:32]
18. Dead Milkmen – Punk Rock Girl [2:38]
19. Ramones – Sheena Is A Punk Rocker [2:46]
20. Ramones – Rockaway Beach [2:03]
21. Sex Pistols – Anarchy In The UK [3:31]
22. Sex Pistols – (I’m Not Your) Stepping Stone [3:06]
23. Cock Sparrer – Droogs Dont Run [2:53]
24. The Kinks – Lola [4:01]
CD 2 – Surf
01. Dick Dale – Misirlou [2:29]
02. Duane Eddy – Rebel Rouser [2:24]
03. The Stingrays – Larry’s Got A Longboard [3:00]
04. Chantays – Pipeline [2:19]
05. The Ventures – Out Of Limits [2:15]
06. The Ventures – Walk don’t run [2:06]
07. The Ventures – Telstar [2:47]
08. The Ventures – Perfidia [2:05]
09. The Ventures – Guitar Twist [2:18]
10. The Ventures – Ghost Riders In The Sky [2:29]
11. The Ventures – Tequila [2:13]
12. The Ventures – Guitar Boogie Shuffle [2:34]
13. The Ventures – Cruel Sea [2:21]
14. Lively Ones – Surf Rider [3:19]
15. The Phantom Surfers & Davie Al – Sheena Was A Punk Rocker [2:30]
16. The Trashmen – I’m Not Your Steppin’ Stone [2:39]
17. The Red Elvises – Rocketman [3:10]
18. Red Elvises – 200 Flying Girls (Rocketman’s [3:39]
19. Six-String Samurai – The Great Battle [2:46]
20. Dave Baby Cortez – Happy Organ [2:01]
21. The Blues Brothers – Peter Gunn Theme [3:48]
22. Buddy Holly and The Crickets – Rave On [1:47]
23. Quicksilver Messenger Service – How You Love [2:45]
24. Quicksilver Messenger Service – Gold And Silver [6:44]
25. Quicksilver Messenger Service – Shady Grove [3:01]
CD 3 – Roadhouse
01. The Doors – Hello, I Love You [2:15]
02. The Doors – Touch me [3:12]
03. The Doors – Love Her Madly [3:20]
04. The Doors – Five To One [4:26]
05. The Doors – Alabama Song (Whiskey Bar) [3:16]
06. The Doors – Break On Through (To The Other Side) [2:29]
07. Sam The Sham and the Pharaohs – Lil’ Red Riding Hood [2:41]
08. Alabama3 – Woke Up This Morning [4:05]
09. Alabama3 – Mansion On The hill [3:00]
10. Alabama3 – Sister Rosetta [6:43]
11. Elvis Presley – Lot of Living to Do [2:33]
12. Little Richard – Keep A-Knocking [2:18]
13. Steppenwolf – Magic Carpet Ride [4:28]
14. Yardbirds – Over Under Sideways Down [2:21]
15. Yardbirds – For Your Love [2:29]
16. Ramones- The KKK Took my Baby Away [2:32]
17. Ramones – Rockaway Beach [2:03]
18. Ramones – Sheena Is A Punk Rocker [2:46]
19. The Trashmen – Ghost Riders In The Sky [2:47]
20. Allman Brothers – Midnight Rider [2:57]
21. Gene Pitney – Man who Shot Liberty Valance [2:59]
22. Johnny Cash – Ring of Fire [2:34]
23. Los Lobos – La Bamba [2:19]
24. Wall of Voodoo – Mexican Radio [4:08]
25. Mexican Rocky Horror Cast – El Baille Del Sapos [3:54]
CD 4 – Rock
01. Elvis Presley – Blue Suede Shoes [1:13]
02. Elvis Presley – Blue Moon of Kentucky [2:02]
03. Elvis Presley – Big Boss Man [2:52]
04. Elvis Presley – Burnin’ Love[2:56]
05. Elvis Presley – Marie’s the Name [2:10]
06. Elvis Presley – Heartbreak Hotel [2:11]
07. Elvis Presley – I Got A Woman [2:25]
08. Elvis Presley – My Baby Left Me [2:12]
09. Elvis Presley – Hard Headed Woman [1:56]
10. Elvis Presley – Suspicion [2:35]
11. Elvis Presley – Suspicious Minds [4:30]
12. Buddy Holly – Maybe Baby [2:04]
13. Buddy Holly – That’ll be the day [2:28]
14. Buddy Holly – (You’re So Square) Baby, I Don’t Care [6:59]
15. The Kinks – All Day And All Of The Night [2:25]
16. The Troggs – Wild Thing [2:39]
17. The Beatles – Can’t Buy Me Love [2:10]
18. The Beatles – We Can Work It Out [2:16]
19. The Beatles – Nowhere Man [2:44]
20. The Beatles – Eleanor Rigby [2:04]
21. The Beatles – You’ve Got To Hide Your Love A [2:11]
22. The Beatles – Abbey Road [4:20]
23. Molly Hatchet – Flirtin’ With Disaster [4:59]
24. Outsiders – Time Won’t Let Me [2:50]
25. Dexy’s Midnight Runners – Come On Eileen [4:04]
Let’s see what I was up to in history –
1 year ago – classic kids audio books, history, forms in LJ work, goodbye to work-Pam, Mojo has a hissy fit vs Bonbon/Kev
2 years ago – beatnik, thanksgiving, harry potter quiz, wandering
3 years ago – thanksgiving
Ok, time to hit the sack. Hopefully sleep will come quickly. Until later, dear journal!
