A Federal court has upheld the FAA’s injunction against the City of Santa Monica’s attempt to ban some jets from the field. It doesn’t directly affect me – 32169 needs to be going downhill to hit 121 kts – but it is my home field.
I love The Daily Batman. It’s a panel or image of Batman each day, and it’s strangely addictive. There had been a long gap in posts, but recently they’ve been back to a post a day. Check it out.
It says something about me that I found this exchange in Girl Genius very touching. Sympathy can be sent to Brenda at the usual place…
A couple days ago, Warren Ellis pointed off to this blog entry from James Cascio and it’s been on my mind since. Have a read and feel better. Or worse.
My review of The Ghost Map is up on Bell, Book, and Candle.
Not many this week, and they’re really from last week, but here we go.
Captain America #49, Brubaker, Ross, Magyar, D’Armata. We spend an issue with Sharon Carter tracking the aftermath of her difficult time with the Red Skull and company. It’s good to see the fallout of living in the Marvel Universe, and Brubaker handles it well – except maybe the contrived trigger that jogs her memory. A few hints at the future seem to be littered about this issue as well. Next issue seems to be another big look at Bucky and his new responsibilities. I hope that’s not the case.
Incognito #3, Brubaker and Phillips. Unlike Captain America, which seems to be slowing down from it’s zippier start, Incognito keeps things moving at a breakneck speed. Characters come and go, as Zack’s situation goes from bad to worse with predictable rapidity. While the plot’s fun to watch, it’s really the well executed noir tropes overlaid on the super-hero world that are the reward here. Good fun. I wandered over to Criminal and enjoyed that as well.
Seaguy: Slaves of Mickey Eye #1, Morrison and Stewart. I think Seaguy is genuinely good comics that takes aim at the current storytelling tics with a dead-on satire that exaggerates their failings well beyond the threshold of human hearing. Unfortunately when the failings include a hopeless tone and stagnation it’s hard to read. The hopelessness clings to every panel of Morrison and Stewart’s genuinely wonder-filled world creating a grueling congnitive dissonance. I think it’s well worth the time, but I can understand not reading it.
My review of George R. Stewart’s Names on the Land is up on Bell, Book, and Candle.
Walking on the Moon is now running under WordPress 2.71. Holler if you see oddities.
It’s a compelling phrase. In case you’re getting all your bacon news from me, check out the bacon thermal lance, courtesy of Sam Pottle.
A couple weeks ago Bruce Schneier pointed to the Gorilla Detector video from the Muppet Show. Today I followed that link and found a few more bits of muppet awesomeness that one might enjoy.
There are many more fine links out there to Muppet Show bits, but I think you can all work the related stuff.