Come and join us at Tony's Kingdom of Comics in Keizer, Oregon on Saturday, May 2nd, 2009 for Free Comic Book Day!!! Enjoy free comics, artists, creators, and a whole slew of costumed people to have your picture taken with. 10AM to 7PM! Be there!
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Saturday, March 14, 2009
Greg Raymer on Fox
Greg Raymer (a former attorney and 2004 WSOP Champion) tells Fox Business News that he thinks the UIGEA doesn't apply to online poker. He also lays out some of the benefits that regulating and formally legalizing online poker could bring to the U.S. economy.
Saturday, March 07, 2009
Monday, December 15, 2008
Saturday, November 15, 2008
Coolest iPhone app!
Okay, I thought Shazam was pretty cool (and it is), but this new app for the iPhone has taken it's place as the coolest app I've ever seen. Ocarina is a musical instrument for your iPhone! Here is a clip of me attempting (very poorly) to play Amazing Grace on my iPhone Ocarina instrument:
I'll practice more when I have more time and try and make a better video. This video was taken after playing with it for about 5 minutes...
Friday, October 03, 2008
The Bailout - How much is $700B???
I was reading about the bailout being passed and got to thinking... just how big is $700B? So, to try and grasp how big it is, I had to write it out:
$700,000,000,000.00
That didn't do it for me. I can't imagine a number that big. I had to break it down further. So, I got to thinking how I could do that. I was looking at that number and thought, "Have I even lived that many seconds?" The answer is, "no."
This was how I made that huge number understandable:
28.66 <- Years I've been alive
10,460.9 <- Days I've been alive
152,061.6 <- Hours I've been alive
15,063,696 <- Minutes I've been alive
903,821,760 <- Seconds I've been alive
0.9B seconds... that means to get up to $700B, it would be like handing out $774.49 every SECOND I've been alive.
Pardon me while I faint from shock.
Yes, I checked my math. Do the same math, and for every second McCain has been alive it's only $307 ;)
Ok... just had to share that visualization of $700B with you all.
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane
The first 2 issues of Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane (season 2) are out and I finally got around to reading them. Terry Moore is the author and that was my main reason for picking this title up. I'll admit it, I'm a Terry Moore fanboy now. After reading the first 5 issues of Echo and the first 6 trade paperbacks of Strangers In Paradise, I'll be reading anything Terry Moore writes. He's a fantastic writer. He really knows how to make stories personal. His stories are not your typical superhero action comics with very little character development. After reading just the first issue of one of his series, I feel very connected to the character(s). And it's no different for Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane.The first series of this title was written by someone else and the art had an almost manga style to it, so I steered clear. It also looked like it was marketed towards teenage girls. I am not a teenage girl. I avoided it. But, since Terry Moore has picked up writing the current series, I decided to give it a whirl. Boy am I glad I did.
Yes, this is probably marketed to teenage girls, but that doesn't make it not good. It is a fun, clean, all-ages comic. That is rare these days. It's good story-telling and fantastic art. Here is the cover of issue #2:
So, yeah, I like it. I'm anxiously awaiting issue #3. The first two issues came out right on schedule - it's a monthly title. Since this is a mainstream Marvel title, hopefully they will stick to that schedule. Echo, Terry Moore's sci-fi title put out by Abstract Studios, has not been so regular. Echo has been coming out about every 6 weeks or so. And even that is not bad at all when compared to All-Star Batman & Robin or Fell (almost a year between issue #8 and #9 of Fell). When books come out that irregularly, it almost makes me want to not buy the issues and just wait the 2 years for the trade paperback to come out. But that won't happen :) The new issue comes out and I'm so excited that all past history is forgotten. LOL
So, yeah, I like it. I'm anxiously awaiting issue #3. The first two issues came out right on schedule - it's a monthly title. Since this is a mainstream Marvel title, hopefully they will stick to that schedule. Echo, Terry Moore's sci-fi title put out by Abstract Studios, has not been so regular. Echo has been coming out about every 6 weeks or so. And even that is not bad at all when compared to All-Star Batman & Robin or Fell (almost a year between issue #8 and #9 of Fell). When books come out that irregularly, it almost makes me want to not buy the issues and just wait the 2 years for the trade paperback to come out. But that won't happen :) The new issue comes out and I'm so excited that all past history is forgotten. LOLAnyway, back to Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane. Mary Jane is the main character in this story. She and Peter Parker are sophomores in high school. It deals with high-school-type issues and is very much about the people, not so much whatever is going on in the story. Aunt May, J. Jameson, and the like are simply side-characters and we don't see much of them at all. This story revolves around Mary Jane and her experiences in high school.
It's a fun read. Not your typical capes and cowls superhero story. I'm liking it :)
Friday, September 19, 2008
Friday, September 12, 2008
Event at Tony's Kingdom of Comics
My good buddy, Tony, is having a food fund-raiser event at his comic shop in Keizer on Sunday, September 21st. I encourage everyone that will be nearby to come over and check it out. I'll be taking my kids to have pictures taken with the Dark Side Troopers. Mikayla had a lot of fun last time having her picture taken with Jedi :) Maybe this year she'll get to see a storm trooper! There will be artists doing sketches too! Bring in some canned food to help the Keizer Food Bank and you can take home free comics :) Should be a lot of fun!
Saturday, July 19, 2008
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