HOW-TO make an Aquaman playmat.

I took a piece of cardboard, cut it to the size of a regulation playmat, wrapped my favorite orange shirt around it, tucked it carefully, and taped it down.  PONY!

Forty Seventh Question of the Day.

(Best Prank of the Year.)
As the year winds down, we start to reflect.  Here are a handful of mine:
Best Sports Moment:

Tomas Vokoun traded to the Florida Panthers. We have not had such a true leader in Miami since Pudge.
Best Movie Moment:
Yet to come. Hellboy 2: The Golden Army began filming and previews in 2007.
Best Material Moment:
I [...]

Thursday Thirteen: Secrets of the Tarot.

   
(The wild deuces of the Rider Waite traditional deck from http://facade.com/tarot/)
Tarot cards are a little set of symbols that have brought big fun to my life.  Their origin is a bit hazy, and the controversy surrounding them is plain crazy, but they are undoubtedly one of the premiere sources for distilled archetypes of the human [...]

Forty Sixth Question of the Day.

(Awesome 80’s holiday cheer found at http://aquamanshrine.blogspot.com/)
What did the superheroes bring you this year?

Merry Christmas!

That’s what it looked like in our house.  From ours to yours, we wish you the Merriest.  Christmas.  Ever.

Last Day of School + Winter Solstice = Pandemonium.

(Maddie Magick, by Greg Land, from Upper Deck’s Vs. System, the best trading card game in the history of mankind.)
Dear Friends, it is here.  Holiday break!  Nina and I will be channeling the spirit of Madelyn Pryor, immersing ourselves in the transformative fire of our love, until we surface again on December 25th for the [...]

Thursday Thirteen: A Trip to Whoville.

(Cindy glowing, by McFarlane Toys)  
I was surfing around for inspiration this morning when I stumbled upon this:
http://www.neatorama.com/2007/12/18/the-whoville-register-whats-your-grinched-name/
If you love Cindy Lou Who as much as I do, click around in that link and discover what your name would be if you moved next door to her in Whoville.  I translated thirteen people just for [...]

Forty Fifth Question of the Day.

Painting by my former student, Stephen Bauman, from: http://www.artrenewal.org/articles/2007/Scholarship/results1.asp
Who influenced you the most in real life, and who have you influenced in return?

Quick Impressions.

I finished second in our first DC Legends draft, getting owned by Deathstroke and Wonder Woman in the final.  I built a JLA mono deck that ran Psycho-Pirate on four with a team-up for some Secret Society goodness.  Ollie on three is wicked fun, my little guys stunned a lot of their big ones.
Then I [...]

Tiny Treasure Hunt: Aquaman Edition.

Yep, he’s still wrapped up.  That is a limited edition worth $1,000, with Pony, from this auction:
http://cgi.ebay.com/2007-Tonner-Aquaman-Storm-Limited-Edt-RARE_W0QQitemZ320197397496QQihZ011QQcategoryZ11698QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
This Tiny Treasure Hunt is simple, but rather difficult.  The first person to post the existence or non-existence of a low-drop Aquaman from DC Legends on this blog wins good Infinite Crisis rares.  Happy anticipation, I’ll see you back [...]