This Came Outta Nowhere

Disney buys Marvel! It's a good business move and since both companies are strong right now, there should be no major changes.
Until Howard the Duck meets Donald Duck. Then heads will roll...
And pants sales will plummet.
I can't wait for the first Spider-Man/Mickey Mouse crossover. Shudder.

Grasp the Nettle

Good Beats

Percussion Trakter

Germs are slow

I like visiting websites and watching shows and reading stories that talk about urban legends and myths. Mythbusters is a great show (especially since they love to blow stuff UP). I get regular weekly updates from www.snopes.com. I am very skeptical about many stories I hear until I get some sort of confirmation.
But I don't understand why these people insist on testing the 'five second rule'. Does anyone truly believe that picking food up from the ground within five (or ten) seconds will mean that it cannot get dirty? People say that when they want to eat the food that just fell on the floor. Some folks are too concerned about germs to consider eating food that fell on the floor for even a second, while others (like myself) aren't usually too concerned.
I think it only bugs me because whoever tests this 'rule' seems to take it completely seriously with no mention of it being a silly thing that people say. It is forcing me to think that I am the only one who says it without actually meaning it. No, no. It's the others who are wrong.

Grasp the Nettle

Newbie

I am getting a new manager at my store this week. One of our other stores has been without a manager for a few months, so they decided that my manager would be a good fit there and so off she went today. I have not met the new guy yet, but apparently he is pretty good.
I feel like I should be stressed about this, but I am not feeling that at all. There is nothing I can do, and I think I'm doing a good job (when I remember to lock the doors at night), so I don't have anything to worry about.
I just hope he doesn't come in with a chip on his shoulder and try to change everything. That would be nice.

Also, Fools of us All.

Sniffle

I don't like getting sick. I get all whiny and stuff. Can someone make me better? Or make me sick enough that I don't have to go to work? I'm tired and hungry, but I don't feel good.
I don't like getting sick.

Grasp the Nettle

I like candy

So my girlfriend (Beth) went to the Philippines for two weeks. When she came back, she brought me candy. I think she is trying to fatten me up. I'm okay with that.
Mmm...candy.

Also, Fools of us all.

Tired

I'm sleepy, so today's edition of Thunderfunk the Superchicken is pretty short. It's still amusing, though.

I'm just scratching, I swear

At some point near the end of the camping trip, I think I got a mosquito bite on my nose. A small red bump began to form and then I spent all day today going mad because my nose was itchy. Everywhere on my nose was itchy. The whole thing.
Lousy mosquito.

We camp good!

Well, just got back from my annual camping trip. It was some good times. We hung out in Banff, went to the hot springs, golfed, watched G.I. Joe (a silly yet entertaining movie), played games and just chatted. We may not be rugged campers, but that's not really the point now, is it? I think we all come away from this weekend feeling tired (from lack of sleep), but also rejuvenated and refreshed.
I do have to say, though, that as the only unmarried guy in a group of seven men, I think I should have had a bed to myself because I am not used to sharing a bed. Oh yeah, we were in a cabin this year, so there were three double beds (technically two double beds and a fouton couch thingy)(and an air mattress). I did not sleep well all weekend. I am going to go to bed now.
You, on the other hand, should probably read the next chapter of Fools of us All. I wrote it especially for you.