Heroically Lame Did we see the same show? That One Guy says this about NBC's new show, Hero:

The end result–NBC has a hit on their hands. This time, I’m pretty sure of it. With a title like Heroes, and all sorts of different things in the world that revolve around them (comic books, movies, TV shows, stuff like that), many people are probably going to want to try this one out. And they won’t leave disappointed.

As a massively "hero" oriented reader (tons of comics, a fantasy-geek, and more classical education of the term via the English major), I was almost immediately put off by this show. It brings nothing new to the table, just rehashes marvel's mutants. It was NBC's way of looking at the rise in Super Hero movies and TV, then deciding to roll those stereotypes into a few stock plots for a couple of bucks. He's right to compare it to last year's premiere of Surface because, just like that show, this one started with hype and will end with a quiet flop.
Way to go NBC.  ¶   3 comments

  Communication
Thanks to Brittney for the little morning smile.  ¶   0 comments

  Fun Fun Fundraising (and other excuses for less blogging) This is my first public radio fundraiser -not counting a little WPLN event in high school- and it's been exciting but, as you may have noticed, rather detrimental to the personal blog. The station turned over Feedback, their latest community project to me, along with my other duties and a little extra. School's been kicking me around too, but that's nothing new. So, it's been crazy. Good crazy, but crazy. Visit feedback to see what's going on here at the station, but you may see a lot more there if you come back after fundraiser.
Oh, and Blogger has NOTHING to worry about from Wordpress. What a pain!  ¶   0 comments

  Jedi Squirrels vid off analog kid. Worth a watch.
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  Go to Church



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  Frank Miller on "That old piece of cloth" Frank Miller recently spoke on NPR's "This I believe," a series that shares personal insights in 2 minute essays. His offers particular interest simply because he's one of modern comics’ most acclaimed creators on patriotism and the flag. Also, this coming on the heels fifth anniversary of September 11th, 2001 was no doubt intentional, and has me pondering taking a look back at Miller’s work and his use of the American flag as an icon and symbol in his work, both before and after 9/11.

An excerpt from his essay:

Both of my parents were World War II veterans. FDR-era patriots. And I was exactly the age to rebel against them.

It all fit together rather neatly. I could never stomach the flower-child twaddle of the '60s crowd and I was ready to believe that our flag was just an old piece of cloth and that patriotism was just some quaint relic, best left behind us.

It was all about the ideas. I schooled myself in the writings of Madison and Franklin and Adams and Jefferson. I came to love those noble, indestructible ideas. They were ideas, to my young mind, of rebellion and independence, not of idolatry.

But not that piece of old cloth. To me, that stood for unthinking patriotism. It meant about as much to me as that insipid peace sign that was everywhere I looked: just another symbol of a generation's sentimentality, of its narcissistic worship of its own past glories.

Click Here for the full essay and an mp3 version.  ¶   0 comments

  I AM ALIIIVE! yes, the road to recovery is a wonderful happy place.
For those who may not have heard, I got Old Man Disease last week. Shingles. Who gets Shingles at age 22? Health services was about as bewildered about it as I was.
Anyway, I am recovering, thank God, and have just about got a handle on everything else around here. Working during the semester's a little more difficult than I had thought it would be, but I think I'm going to make it alright. Now I've just got to budget in writing time, so this poor site doesn't die completely. So, expect insight and such, later.
Now I must eat :).  ¶   2 comments