Author: Gareth

Wow.

The best meal I had over the Thanksgiving holiday wasn’t the dinner I prepared on Thursday (although, don’t get me wrong — it was damned good!), but rather yesterday’s 6-course Italian feast prepared by , and . It was worth a two-syllable damn — DAY-YUM. Phenominal, all of it.

There have been a few times over the past couple of months were I really felt the truth of the word “Tribe” — yesterday was one of them. Sitting at a long table in their back yard, looking at the faces of all of my friends lit by lantern-light….it was palpable.

Thank you for that. All of you.

Well, crap. Dave Cockrum, famous artist of the X-Men, Legion of Superheroes and more, died today, from complications of diabetes. He was only 63.

As something of a tribute, here’s one of my favorite of his creations — Nightcrawler, from his swashbuckling mini-series from the 80s:

The internet is total catnip for those of us with obscure or niche interests.

For anything we might be into, there’s a site out there for it, and other people who share our obsessions. No site, however, is more of a Geek Nirvana than eBay. One man’s trash is another man’s treasure…and the shortest search will locate those treasures, ready for you to OWN. A dangerous thing, to be sure.

I haven’t gotten anything from ebay in about 2 years. I had just fallen out of the habit of checking regularly. Over the past couple of weeks, though, I’ve re-discovered the joy of finding obscure nifty stuff.

For example, I am now the proud owner of 6 original UK paperbacks in the Modesty Blaise series.

Yay, geek stuff.