Thanks, Dana.

And yeah, I was conflating the Furies with the Bacchae since they did their dirty work.

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You didn't know the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice before that? Didn't you read Edith Hamilton's Mythology in, like, elementary school?

No, no, I knew the story, but I wouldn't have recognized her name from whatever the hell I'd read ten years previous.

I was conflating the Furies with the Bacchae since they did their dirty work.

Ah. I feel better about being totally confused, then.

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For reasons painfully obvious to anyone who knows my first name, I at one point was so down with the Greek myths that I was able to not only nail, but nail almost all the extra credit on, a pre-IB English mythology exam where I hadn't, err, done the actual reading for reasons that escape me 17 years down the line.

I mean, I got my first book on it at age 4. I think I chose it (pre-school rummage sale) because it Had My Name In It.

In my old age, my memory is failing me, so I'm clearly in need of a massive re-read.

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Aw, very cool. I got into Greek mythology pretty early (though not that early) and loved it. I forget my initial reaction to discovering the similarities between Greek and Roman mythology.

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I've read the first issue of Brief Lives. This is going to be good.

Damn right it is. Just thinking about it, I may have to read it again now.

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I am beginning to see why you love Delirium. She's cracking me up.

I'm going to try to finish this tonight and post about it. It's going well so far, and I hope I don't let my expectations get in the way of my read.

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To break the Sandman luvin' for just one moment... I just read Infinite Crisis #7. Ooooooohhhh Yeahhhh.

This old DC-verse goob had a blast. My highlights - (white-fonted spoilery up the wazoo)

Tim Drake discovers Connor.

Earth's 1 & 2 Superman vs Doomsday. That fucking rocked. Knee to the head, mother-fucker! Ah-hem...

Alex Luthor: "Because I... I am like my father was; The only hero in a world full of villains."

Burninate in Krypton's star, bitch!

Mogo!!! (there's a cameo I never expected).

"You didn't let the Joker play." Ouch.

"I know when." Double ouch.

That's gonna leave a scar, young'un.

Moments that made me a little miffed:

Batman with a gun.

Some of the very poor choices for fill-in artists.

Final thing: I think that lantern washed up on the shore was the one owned by Earth 97's Green Lantern. This makes me happy because among the general chos of #6, I thought that Green Lantern was really cool looking.

Glee.

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That's a whole lot of white font.

Damn, guess I'll have to stop by my comic shop tonight. I generally let my pulls pile up a bit between visits.

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I will say it's itemized, so there's a lot of line breaks. But still, plenty of DC OMG to last me awhile.

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Oh, I didn't realize there was another crisis going on. I thought the IC stuff was referring to Identity Crisis, which was confusing since it was, you know, last year.

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