At the comic store, Kate got (among other things) the recent Kate Beaton book (which Steve the comic guy told us never stays on the shelves for long).

I got (along with several Blue Beetles), this damn fine one-shot comic: [link] There are 5 variant covers, though. Mine is this one: [link]

For dinner, Kate had a muffaletta that we agreed would not pass muster with the die-hard muffalettistas, but know that we were thinking of you all.

I applaud her for the attempt, but I must still register my disappointment with *you* for failing to take the Kates to Skyline so we could entertain ourselves for the next nine hours with Buffista Food Argument #934 regarding what does and doesn't count as Real True Chili.

That cover is adorable and funny. Well, they're both funny and adorable. I'm sure that all five are.

I'm going to start referring to global warming as the beginning of the Long Summer.

Ooh! I'm halfway through the first book (though not super into it) while on this vacation, so now I get that reference! I'm kinda pathetically excited by that

People like Rush and Newt piss me off. Such freaking hypocrites! I mean, I think Santorum is...closer to his Dan Savage definition, but I figure he's got enough kids that he probably walks the walk in that realm at least.

I can't decide if this belongs in Movies or Boxed Set, so Natter it is - anyone who loved Inception or The Matrix needs to run out RIGHT NOW and get World on a Wire and watch it and then come back. I'll wait.

It's a German sci-fi miniseries from 1973, and it is wonderful. I don't know how the Wachowski's managed to snag a copy back in the 90's (since it was only just now rediscovered and released on DVD/Blu-Ray), but obviously they did because there's a bit of mise en scene in the Matrix that cannot possibly be a coincidence.

Go. NOW.

I must still register my disappointment with *you* for failing to take the Kates to Skyline

They may go tomorrow. Mr. Kate asked if they should go, and I said that it would round out their Cincinnati experience.

Other random tidbits from the visit: Dillo (flea's youngest) got a candy lightsaber (looks like a giant Jolly Rancher, but in a plastic holder dealie that looks like a lightsaber) THAT LIGHTS UP. It's sugar that LIGHTS UP. I love living in the future!

Also, we saw an ass hat in a store window. I should have taken a picture. (Not a butt hat; a hat knitted like a donkey head.) (I can think of several family members who are getting ass hats for their birthdays.)

I don't know how the Wachowski's managed to snag a copy back in the 90's

Are you not familiar with the grey market?

I remember when John Zorn was the only guy in America who had copies of Seijuin Suzuki's movies.

Are you not familiar with the grey market?

Well sure, but this wasn't just legally unavailable, it was considered lost. And I'm pretty sure it was never translated into English before the current release.

Well sure, but this wasn't just legally unavailable, it was considered lost. And I'm pretty sure it was never translated into English before the current release.

I didn't mean that to sound so bitchy. Just, people who are YOU basically were the grey market back in the pre-internet days. Audio and Video engineers.

I love how they keep finding "lost" episodes of Dr. Who because some techy back in the sixties or seventies walked off with the tapes.

I don't know how the Wachowski's managed to snag a copy back in the 90's

Maybe they didn't need to, because this all really is just a simulation.