Big Red

Hey gang-

Time to post some art, and this time it's of the big red Demon, HellBoy.
Comments and critiques more than welcome.

RESOLVE this thing, already!

You know....I don't profess to understand the intricicies as to why the Hollywood writers are on strike, all I know is that they're killing network TV!
One of my favourite shows, "Heroes", is looking at 2 episodes left, then lights go out on that production.....fuckers. The producers of "Heroes" even went and did some re-shots once the strike broke, so that the Dec. 3 episode can function as a SEASON finale....

SO does that mean we'd even see DVD sets of these so-called "micro" seasons? Doubtful. Not sure I'd want a DVD box set with friggin 12 eps, anyway.

Wow. Listen to me, here. All selfish and shit. Awesome.
I want my shows back! I REALLY REALLY do NOT want to have to suffer through reality shows all season long if this strike drags on.
(Word round the street is that the writers and unions, and so on are hitting the talks tables on the 26th of this month, so.....*crosses fingers*)

Happy Thanksgiving WEEK to my neighbours to the South. What- you need an entire damned week to eat food? Christ. We can do it in a day.

GHOSTBUSTERS 3?!?

........Kinda.
No one is more stoked about this information than me, trust me.

Seems that next autumn, there'll be a video game of Ghostbusters, starring the voices of the original Ghostbusters, as well as their secretary Janine (Annie Potts), and the villainous Walter Peck, from the Environmental Protection Agency, (voiced by William Atherton). No word on any participation from Sigourney Weaver or Rick Moranis, however.

In the past week, there was an announcement of the game, Seen here, and then two days later, there was some leaked screenshots seen here, and then a couple hours later, some GAMEPLAY made it's way to the interweb, and boy howdy, it looks as good as I thought it'd be. Check that out here

Being the huge GB geek that I am, this is amazing news. A third movie has been dead in the water for quite some time, and Murray has been quoted time and again that he had/has no interest in re-visiting the franchise. But...somehow, he's down for this game, so, better than nothing.

NECA Toys made some SWEET action figures for the GB line in 2004, check 'em out here.
A damn shame that Bill Murray didnt agree for his likeness to be used, as the second wave of figures was SUPPOSED to be the four 'busters....(More proof that Murray wasn't impressed with Ghostbusters).....I wonder what changed his mind?

ANYway....

For all the info regarding the upcoming game, I'd be MORE than happy to direct your way to this site, and there's an up-to-date blog covering everything regarding this game. Check that out here.

SPREAD the word, the Ghostbusters have returned!!!!

A swell time to be a Ghostbusters fanboy, for sure. If the game's a hit, maybe some more MERCHANDISE will come down the pike....

(Sorry for the lack of updates, I'm a lazy bastard, what can I say?)

Talk to you guys soon.

Flame on!

Another incredibly hard to see drawing by yours truly, but I liked it. I was kinda goin' for a "retro" feel to this Human Torch piece, thought it turned out alright.
Again- sorry for the light scan- my scanner was all gayed up back then.

If you keep picking at it, that'll never heal....

Hey gang-

Firin' off a commission that I did for a horror friend of mine of his absolute favourite horror icon of all time, LeatherFace.
(If you ask me who that is, then GET OUT.)

I'm very proud of this one, particularly the shading in and around L-face's legs and boots...I've never been good at that, and thought I pulled it off quite nicely.
My ONLY beef is that the chainsaw blade is far too short, but...ah well.
My friend LOVED this, by the way....framed it, and everything.

Comments/criticism welcome.

Zombies II: The Deadening

Alright, kids, more talk about zombies! WHy? I believe I already covered this; they friggin rule, alright?
Mind you: I'd be one of the first getting the frig outta Dodge if there ever was a zombie epidemic, haha.

I can't believe I forgot all about The MARVEL ZOMBIES.
For those not in the know, "MZ" (As I'll refer to them now on) was a mini series releaed a couple years back about the zombie plague hitting the Marvel Universe, and turning the heroes (and villains) into the undead.
....with a twist.

The twist being, is that the zombi-fied superheroes were *aware* that they were zombies, that they craved human flesh, and also still retained their superpowers.
Spidey was the best, as he was wracked with guilt over having eaten his wife and aunt (mind out of the gutter, you!).

I can't recommend this mini series enough, go to your local comic shop, I guarantee they'll have a copy of the collected trade.

I'd love to go into great detail over some of the highlights, but that'd be spoiling, and I'd hate to do that to ya.

Oh yes! The mini was so successful, that it spawned a crossover with Ash, from the "Evil Dead" series, and a second mini is set to drop this Fall.

I'll be back soon with another post....uh....sometime.
Have a good one, gang!

Please, feel free to leave some feedback! FEED ME SEYMOUR!

Knights, Skulls, and Dragons, oh my!

Just a quick post today, kids.
I found this in my old art portfolio, this one's an oldie but a goodie.
Way back in the day, I was seriously into fantasy and dragons and shit, so I took pen to paper, and produced this result.
No pencilling, just straight to pen; wish I could do more of this kinda thing, I rarely draw anywhere NEAR the amount I used to, and it is true, you CAN lose your drawing talent, if you dont stay on top of it....

ANyways, comments and critiques are appreciated/welcomed, lemme know what you think, and I'll try to find some more art to post.

Happy Labour Day, everyone!

ZOMBIES!!!!!!!!

I friggin LOVE zombies.
I do.

I love almost anything in modern pop culture that has anything to do with zombies.

I think it began in 1986, when I first saw "Friday the 13th: Jason Lives", and marvelled at the fact that Mr. Voorhees was nothing more than an unstoppable zombie. (Even more so, in Part VII).

Then I watched the (crappy) remake of "Night of the Living Dead" in the early 90s, starring none other than horror vet Tony "CandyMan" Todd...the zombies were damn cool, even if the movie wasn't.

1993 I was introduced to WHite Zombie. The name alone is damned cool. (Good thing they rock large).

1998- I buy a PlayStation, and one of the first games I get is "Resident Evil".
Scared the PISS out of me. I loved that game. Set in a mansion, horror lurking around every corner...brilliant.

Flash forward to 2004. The remake of "Dawn of the Dead" turned the zombie mythos on its ear, and introduced a new generation to the wonderful world of the undead.
Instead of the slow-aimless-walking zombies, we get zombies that can run. And FAST.
(Made things SO much scarier, if you ask me).

Since the early 2000s, there's been a SLEW of zombie stuff: Resident Evil video games, RE films (starring the UBER-hot Milla Jovovich), The Walking Dead comic (which I hate to admit, I was late getting on the bandwagon for this one, but making up for it in spades, by buying the trades....highly recommended!!)

Then there was the amazing little film "Shaun of the Dead".
Dubbed as a "rom-zom-com" movie ("romantic-zombie-comedy"), it KILLED at the box office, and is a cult favourite the world over. Great zombie effects, too!

Check out "What Doesn't Die" by Anthrax on YouTube. Another zombie vid, while the boys thrash out doin' their thing.

Check your local papers for the aptly-named "Zombie walk", where regular Joes don some zombie make up, and walk slowly through the town, pretending to be a herd of zombies.

AM I missing anything? I'll bet I am. Fire me off some suggestions, recommendations!

Zombies rule, plain and simple.

I almost died......really!

Hey- it appears that I am also a compulsive liar, too. Sorry for the lack of updates in.....a long time.

Internet user: "Shaddap! We wanna hear how you apparantly almost died."

Me: "alright.....sit down"

About a month ago, I snuck up on my eldest of two cats while he was sleeping on the back of the couch, and decided to spook him a bit....I just petted him a little hard, and went, "Waagh!", or something to that extent.
He didnt like to be awoken from such a deep slumber in such a manner (I mean, who WOULD?), and he bit me. HARD. Like, he broke the skin, drew blood.
I washed the area, but a few hours later, my hand was sore where he bit me.
That night, I could barely move my hand. The next morning, my hand was in full-on paralysis. I went to an after hours medical clinic, they gave me some antibiotics for the bite.....I couldnt even grasp thing in my hand without blinding pain, so I called in sick to work (Y'all remember what I do....it's in here, somewhere)..

So the wife, kids and I went to see a movie.

We get out of the movie around 6 PM, and my hand was red and even MORE swollen.
Huh.

"Well, maybe the pills havent kicked in yet", I thought.

I went to bed, slept a little better, awoke the next morning with not as much pain, but now the entire back of my left hand was red, swollen, and well....felt like a hamburger bun, it was so....spongey.

During work, I stopped into the local hospital emergency room just to get someone to look at my hand....the emergency attendant took one look at my red hand and proclaimed: "Holy Shit!"

SO I'm thinking to myself that that kinda reaction from an industry pro such as herelf is a bad thing.
Yep.

I got admitted to emergency (called in sick for the rest of the day....AGAIN), and waited to undergo an IV drip of some "really powerful" antibiotics.

How did I almost die?

The nurse took the time to show a thin red line traveling up my arm from my hand.
That was apparantly infected blood travelling to my heart.
Had I waited another day or two, I'd have been dead.
I had full on blood poisoning.

Great.

SO, the next day, the swelling went WAY down, and I felt a heck of a lot better.
The pain took a while to go away, but I went back to work and tried to do the best I could with a semi-crippled hand.

Great story.

I *had* taken a pic of my incredibly swollen hand (with red line of death), but I seemed to accidentally erase it, dammit).

So instead, I'll show you my latest (and incredibly cool eBay acquisition, this signed pic of the Ghostbusters!!!

Peace out, everyone. I shall be back....uh....when I'm back.

Well.....

It's certainly been awhile since I last published something. Six weeks, if my math is correct. Far be it from me to deny the....*counting*....5 or 6 people that read this blog a new posting..
What can I say? Have I been busy? Yep- with my "real work" job.

But anyway...a lot has happened since we last confabbed, so here goes:
*fires up stream of conciousness*

My last posting was about the "Save Jericho" Television campaign. Well, I'm pleased to announce that it succeeded, and CBS will renew the show for a puny 8 episodes next winter. (8's better than nothing, I guess). Also, they'll be playing repeats of the show on Fridays at 9 throughout the summer, so anyone that wants to can see what all the fuss was about, or like me, you just wanna watch it again; it was a solid show.

As far as the summer movies go, I've seen Spidey 3, Fantastic Four 2, Pirates 3, Die Hard 4, Knocked Up, and STILL have yet to see Transformers.
Here's a quick review for these flicks as far as I'm concerned:

-Spider-Man 3: C (SUCH a letdown from the previous two films, this flick suffered the "Batman and Robin" too-many-villains curse. Venom was cool to look at, but with such an intereszting origin and ties to Spidey, Venom should have had his own flick. It's obvious he was shoe-horned into this film. Sandman was SPOT EFFIN ON. I am a huge fan of Sandman, and aside from a bit of origin tweaking, they pretty much nailed it. (Visually, anyway)

-Pirates 3 - B- Way too long, way too convoluted, and a bit of a letdown. Pretty to look at, but....1 and 2 rocked, this was overhyped, maybe I bought into the hype too much and was letdown.

-Fantastic Four 2: Rise of the Silver Surfer: B+ FAR better than the original, this movie grew by leaps and bounds. My only beef is Dr.Doom. Way over the top, and Julian McMahon is a horrible actor. The FX on Surfer were dynamite. I even "believed" the Galactus cloud; it worked.
Jess Alba looked.............odd..........with the blue contacts, but she's still nice to look at, so.....

Die Hard 4.0: A+ Another terrific installment, Bruce did not disappoint. I was very skeptical about this flick, given that Brucey hasn't had the best luck at the box office lately, but damn, did he knock it out of the park on this one. The action is brilliant, the fight scenes, the FX were stellar. (And hey- it had Justin Long in it..the guy that gets maimed with a wrench in Dodgeball).

Knocked Up: A+ Filthy dirty, but damn funny, and as a parent, I totally could relate to the main characters, as they ventured down the road of parenthood.
Seth ROgan is my new comedy God. And....he's Canadian. More proof that we're talkin' over the world.

Probably gonna check out "Transformers" this weekend. Given my update ratio on this blog, I should have a review by Labour Day. ;^)

In the comics world, still no sign of my main man Savage Dragon. I'm seriously thinking that Dragon creator Erik Larsen has turned his back on Dragon and is focusing on other endeavours, which, as a die hard Dragon and Larsen fan, I really don't want to believe.
"World War Hulk" is off to a STELLAR start; Hulk beat the living snot out of Black Bolt, and now he's on Earth ready to turn some heroes into paste. Can't wait to see how this turns out. Hopefully, it won't be the shite letdown ending that "Civil War" had.

Alright, my friends....I'm back, and PROMISE to update more often. I have recently kept telling myself that I need to post more often, share what's going on in my noggin.

Thanks for ch-ch-checkin' me out.

"NUTS!"

No, not *those* nuts.....or even uh, "those" ones, either.

No, "Nuts" seems to be the new battle cry for all the fans that are super-pissed at CBS for the cancellation of "Jericho", a show that debuted last season, and since it's return from winter hiatus, has chugged along pretty good, and the writing had improved tenfold.
SO what does the network do? Cancel it, in the middle of a rather exciting cliffhanger......jerks.

"Nuts" is a response from the Americans to the Germans during WWII, when America was given the option to surrender. They simply responded with one word: "nuts"

SO all you fans of the series (such as myself) that are angry, and wanna voice your opinion, and would like to see Jericho return to the airwaves, the best thing to do is to fire off a letter. Not an email, mind you, but an actual pysical letter on a piece of paper, mailed, stamped, etc. This shows the network bigwigs that you actually took the time to express your thoughts on paper, rather than anonymously sign your name on a "means-nothing" petition.

Here's the addresses of the two clods you need to direct your pleas to:


Mr. Kelly Kahl
Senior Exec VP of Programming
CBS Television Network
51 West 52nd St.
New York, NY 10019

Ms. Nina Tassler, President
CBS Entertainment
7800 Beverly Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90036-2112


Apparantly- the mail is FLOWING in, and this whole thing is getting some media coverage from ENtertainment Weekly, to Variety, New York Post, etc.

So go on! Sit yourself down, and make a passionate plea for the return of a GOOD show. (It's got Gerald McRaney on it, you cannot go wrong)

DAILY postings, eh?

Yeah yeah, yeah....
What can I say? I've been uber-busy, now that Spring is well under way.
So what's happened in my life since my last post where I took the time to describe in detail what I do, that NO ONE responded to? *sigh*
(I need a bigger audience)

If I'm not slaving away at work, I come home, just in time for the wife to inform what the kids'll be having for dinner, what the oldest child has in terms of homework, then SHE flies out the door, to go to HER work.

So, I make the little guys some supper, help with homework, some reading, then they go off to bed, and for a couple hours, it's QUIET, kinda like having the house to myself. So then instead of practicing, perfecting, and honing my drawing skills (which DO need some honing), I.........watch the idiot box.
*sigh*

WHat can I say? There's actually some terrific television this season.
Here's how it breaks down for me, my "can't miss" shows:

Sunday: "Smallville"- The adventures of a pre-tights Superman. Now in its 6th season, it's the best its ever been, and the once tight friendship of Clark Kent and Lex Luther has crumbled, with Lex and Clark now at eachothers' throats. The supporting cast is brilliant, especially Allison Mack as the "Lois Lane" of the show, and Erica (DROOL) Durance as uh, Lois Lane.

"Gene Simmons's Family Jewels"- The funniest reality show. EVER. The lead man for KISS gets the Ozzy treatmnent, as cameras follow his (and his family's) movements 24 hours a day. SHannon Tweed's holding up fine, and Gene's two kids, Sophie, and Nick are the real stars of the show. Nick is HYSTERICAL.

"Battlestar Galactica"- Best remake of a TV show. Ever. Nuff said.

Monday: "Heroes"- I am a comicgeek, and this show is perfect for geeks and non-geeks alike. Solid storytelling, with characters and powers you actually BELIEVE. Doesn't hurt that the show has some eye candy like Ali Larter and Hayden Panettierre.

Tuesday: "House, M.D"- Hugh Laurie is my new God. You hate Greg House, and you love him as well. A doctor with a drug problem. The show is pretty formulaic, but somewhow, they manage to knock it out of the park every week, with solid storytelling, and top notch performances by the aforementioned Laurie, and the insanely hot Jennifer Morrison (rumoured to be Doors frontman Jim Morrison's neice)

Wednesday: "Jericho"- Life in rural Kansas, after nuclear armageddeon. Interesting concept. I admit, I had no designs on watching it when I first heard about it, but the storyline pulled me in, and you watch and really get an understanding for the things we really take for granted. Plus, the always excellent Gerald McRaney is in it. Mr. Rick Simon himself.

"LOST"- Season 3 draws to a close in a couple of weeks, and after a HORRIFIC opening third season, the show has once again found it's niche, and is in top form once again. I find myself on Wednesday afternoons REALLY looking forward to the evening's programming. "Must see Wednesdays", haha

Thursday: "C.S.I: Crime Scene Investigations"- The wife is slowly falling off the show's wagon, but I'm still hooked. 7 seasons in, and it's still in fine form. The science and technology with which they use to solve crimes is mind boggling. Basically, never commit a crime. They *will* catch you. The great William Peterson is always in top form, and Marg Helgenberger is nice to stare at.

So yeah- I'm not a total couch potato, but those are the shows I would definitely move Heaven and Earth for, for sure.

Other shows I catch whenever I can- The Batman, SpongeBob SquarePants (not just for kids, it's hysterical), and Family Guy.

Peace in.

"What exactly is it that you DO, anyway?"

Yes, I get that question all the time. So- I thought I'd share with everyone out there in cyberspace what my job is, and what it entails.

For all intents and purposes, I am the "Call before you dig" guy....
The technical term for my job is "Damage Prevention Technician"
You know when you're walking down a street, and you see orange/yellow/pink paint on the curbs, sidewalks, etc? Well, that's an indication as to where the underground utility lines are located.

Here's how it breaks down:
1- You (a homeowner, or contractor) wants to do some digging (be it for a fence, some gardening, or something as big as road reconstruction/water/sewers, etc)
2- (Up here in Canada, anyway) it's the LAW to "call before you dig", because well, you *really* wouldn't wanna hit a gas line, would you? Or maybe knock out the main telephone lines for your street? Didn't think so.
3- You call this 1-800 number, they take all the info, and in turn, dispatch us to locate the gas and telephone plant for the providers in that region.
4- I spray paint your lawn, road, and stick flags in the ground that often disappear 10 minutes after being placed.

There you go- that's pretty much it.

Perks to my job-

-I work from my home; no office to report to.
- All the locate requests get emailed to me
-My company puts me in a new 2007 Jeep Compass to drive around to said locate uh, locations...
-NO boss breathing down my neck all day
-I'm outside. Like, 10 hours a day, and I love it.

The downside-

-Middle of July, it gets VERY hot and INCREDIBLY humid; very hard to work in, much less breathe....the workload is overwhelming sometimes. You have to able to juggle all your work, and not fall behind, keep contractors happy, etc.
-Middle of January.....you guessed it- lotsa snow, and cold. (Cold I can handle, I HATE snow)...and the workload is almost non-existant.

So there you have it. That's what I do. Not a typical job for a self-professed comicbook geek, is it? haha

Old Man Winter is a stupid f**ktard

*sigh*

Happy Good Friday, indeed.
I wake up this morning to see that it looks like "The Day After Tomorrow" out there.
Like, a good 20cm (and still falling as I write this) is what I'm looking at.

For those that don't know, I work outside all day. My workload is basically dependant on good weather. It was *just* starting to pick up, when THIS happens.
This past winter was incredibly tough- almost no work, no money coming in, the wife and I BARELY scraping by.

I cannot even begin to tell you how much I detest winter.
Everyone else: "Yeah, but you live in Canada, deal with it!!"
Me: "I'd move to a warmer, snow free climate in a nanosecond"

Alright- that's my rant- I had to vent.

Happy Good Friday, Happy Easter.
*eats Chocolate Jesus*

Frank and Boo, wherefore art thou?

Ah yes- time to wax nostalgic, and to educate all you fine folks out there about a so-called "crusade" of mine that I've been working on for the last 9 years or so.

The year is 1985. I am 12 years old, and as luck would have it (or lack of luck), it would be the last time that I, and MILLIONS of Canadians would ever taste the strawberry-flavoured goodness of the General Mills cereal known as FrankenBerry. (And his counterpart, Boo Berry).

............bummer.

Flash forward to 1998. While messing around with this really cool thing called the internet, I happenupon a webpage devoted to Franken Berry. Man, I couldn't believe it. Instantly, I was transported to 1985 again, with the taste of that long-forgotten cereal FRESH in my mind. I was 12 again, and I was looking at pictures of old boxes, and then was stunned to see that it was only available in the United States, and NOT Canada.

What.
The.
F**k?

So, after a bit of sleuthing, I find the phone number for General Mills in the States, get a hold of someone, and before I could even get my whole question out, they tell me that I have to get a hold of the CANADIAN offices of General Mills.

A second phone call is placed. After what seemed like an eternity, I was talking with a live person about the frightening lack of Frank and Boo up here on Canadian grocery shelves. Apparantly- the reason that F & B were taken off in the first place was poor sales. And now being the health-concious world that we are, F & B do NOT "meet the stringent nutritional guidelines" set out by the Canadian Food Administration.

.......bummer.

That was in 1998.

Nowadays, all the GM cereals are 100% whole grain, fibre, etc. They are CONSIDERABLY healthier than they once were. So- I tried again- pleading my case to Canadian General Mills folks.
The response I got this time was that there quite frankly wasn't any demand for those two cereals up here. I was flabbergasted (great word, BTW).
If demand *was* high enough, GM (the food people, not the car makers) would "consider" bringing F & B BACK onto Canadian shelves.

This, my friends--is where YOU come in.

It is time to speak up, and DEMAND that these quality cereals from your childhood be a part of your lives once again. And I.....am gonna help you attain that goal.

I have enclosed some sites and numbers for you to contact, and request the strawberry and blueberry flavoured goodness that was once a part of your life.

Here's a contact page that goes DIRECTLY to General Mills Canada:http://consumercontacts.generalmills.com/ConsolidatedContact.aspx?page=http://www.doughboy.ca

If your so inclined (and can afford the ridiculous shipping charges and exchange rate) you can order some online from amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Frankenberry-10-25-Ounce-Boxes-Pack-6/dp/B000FIDLE4

Quite possibly, the best Boo Berry page on the net, check 'em out:http://www.i-mockery.com/booberry/main.htm

Alright, my children- you have your mission. Go. Make some NOISE!!!

I AM THE LAW!!!!

Another old drawing, this was a simple pen and ink- yeah, the gun;s off-kilter, I know. Comments welcome!

Uh, Your Pants are on Fire.

So there you go- a drawing of X-Men villain Pyro. I've been somewhat inspired to pick up pen and paper again....I *can* draw, I just don't. .....anywhere NEAR as much as I'd like. *sigh*

Comments welcome!

Will post later on with all the deets on my crusade, and how YOU can help.

Old Man Winter is FINALLY taking off

...........about time, too.
Crotchy old bastard. He can get bent, so he can. Stupid old fart cost me lots of lost hours, as I work outside all day, and there was no work to be had, due to the incredible amounts of snow and cold we got. But I guess we should still be thankful, as winter didn't *really* kick in until first week of January. Christmas Day was what, 6degress Celcius. I wasn't complaining.

So I haven't been to the theatres in awhile. Last flick I saw theatrically was "Ghost Rider".....it was *okay*....I knew I wasn't seeing Superman: The Motion Picture, so I wasn't let down. The acting is pretty bad, Nic Cage basically plays Elvis Presley, and Eva Mendes' cleavage is FINE. Oh, and the SFX are INCREDIBLE.
I collect comicbook movies on DVD; I'll pick that up, for sure.
Pretty decent year this year for comicbook flicks: "Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer", "TMNT", "300", and of course, "Spider-Man III". Banner year to be a comicgeek. Next year, we've got "Sin City II", "Wolverine", and a slew of animated direct-to-DVD movies.

So me and the kids are absolutely HOOKED on "Sly Cooper 2: Band of Thieves" ,for the PS2.....lotsa fun, incredible gameplay, 3-D environments, and lots of action. Hightly recommended.

That's all for today, I'll fill y'all in my quest for some childhood cereals next post.

Welcome to the Jungle, Pt II: The Jungling.

Well, Day II of my adventures in Blog land. No one's viewed my blog, except for me, when I somehow got "locked out" of the editing page...*sigh*
I'd like to think that I don't have the computer skills of a six year old, but...

So...how about Marvel's Civil War, eh? Took a YEAR for seven issues to come out, and to an incredibly anti-climactic ending, wowsers. The whole mini was INCREDIBLE up to the final moments when Captain America..........surrendered. (Wha-?) Please. Oh, and now, if you *don't* know, the man's now wormfood. Charming. I expect him to return, ala Superman in 1993, with 4 guys all claiming to the Star-Spangled Avenger.

So it's March 18th, and still no sign of Spring. We were viciously cock-teased last week, when the temperature soared to 12C....(for someone who works outside all day, THAT was a nice couple days, lemme tell you). Takin' a look at the incredibly unreliable 7-Day forecast, it seems we are destined to hit double digits again by Wednesday. We shall see. I for one, can't wait, as I absolutely DETEST winter.
I am Canadian, and I HATE winter, you heard right. I'd move to flippin' Phoenix in a second.

St. Patty's Day has come and gone, and up here in the Great White North, no Shamrock Shakes at our local McDonald's. I can VIVIDLY recall having one, for the last time, back in 1987. 20 years, guys! There's actually a website devoted to nothing more than to bringing back the Shamrock to ALL McDonald's...here's the link:http://www.tiktok.org/shamrock/ or you can wax nostalgic on X-Entertainment's musings about the Shake, including a downloadable copy of the SHamrock Shake commercial, starring Grimace's GREEN Irish uncle, check it out, kids: http://www.x-entertainment.com/articles/0948/
Tune in later on, when I tell you all about ANOTHER quest of mine....I'll give you a hint: Frankenstein, and a Ghost.

Welcome to the Jungle............?

Alright-

This is my first attempt at a "blog" (God, what a LAME term), I've unsuccessfully maintained a blog on my MySpace page, and even my MSN Space....*sigh*

Perhaps I should regail y'all with a little bit about myself: I'm 34 years of age, married with two children (both boys, ages 4 and 6, yeesh), and I reside in the thriving metropolis of Barrie, ON, Canada (at one time, the fastest growing city in North friggin America!

Here's a lovely pic of me and the fam, enjoy:

Come here (whenever I update) for all my thoughts on all things comics, toys, sci-fi, television, not-so- drunken rampblings, and the madness that is my existence.