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Post by The Captain on Aug 4, 2017 7:33:17 GMT -5
Quick informal poll:
I have the day off today and want to take my girls to the movies. So...
Wonder Woman or Spider-Man?
Feedback by 11:30 AM would be great. Thanks!
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Post by LovesGilKane on Aug 4, 2017 7:35:26 GMT -5
wonder woman
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Post by Cei-U! on Aug 4, 2017 7:38:59 GMT -5
Yup. Wonder Woman.
Cei-U! I summon the winner!
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Post by LovesGilKane on Aug 4, 2017 8:45:31 GMT -5
you did.
her name is WW.
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Post by Rob Allen on Aug 4, 2017 11:05:12 GMT -5
How old are the girls, and which superhero movies have they liked the most?
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Post by The Captain on Aug 4, 2017 14:44:34 GMT -5
How old are the girls, and which superhero movies have they liked the most? My girls are almost 12 and 9, but age is really not a factor for either of them. Both have tested gifted-level IQs, while my older daughter would probably retest at close to genius level. They both grasp concepts way beyond what other kids their ages are able to wrap their heads around, and my wife and I don't talk down to them or avoid difficult subjects with them. When they ask about something they hear on the news, be it Trump or protests or shootings or economic issues, we discuss it with them in terms they can understand, but we never lie to them or try to keep them from the real world. The sooner they understand it, the better citizens they will be. As for superhero movies, we really haven't watched any yet. They both have seen all of the Harry Potter movies (my older girl is the biggest Potter-phile I've ever met), they both really liked The Force Awakens, and they have enjoyed Big Hero Six, Incredibles, and Lego Batman. They both want to watch the Marvel movies, and outside of a couple, I will probably let them at this point (I just feel the two GotG movies were a little on the crude side, and Doctor Strange had a little more language than I would have hoped for from a Marvel movie) Regardless, we went to see Wonder Woman, and we all really liked it. I think my younger daughter had a little trouble with the war scenes, but my older daughter was engrossed the entire time.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Aug 4, 2017 17:42:53 GMT -5
I didn't know where to put these...Neal Adams covers for the new Mighty Mouse series. I like that there's a new Mighty Mouse series.
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Post by LovesGilKane on Aug 5, 2017 4:45:16 GMT -5
it's funny how he has so much range, but his thick outlines never changed from how he did them from 1970 onward.
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Post by LovesGilKane on Aug 6, 2017 9:24:24 GMT -5
meanwhile, my protege asked for 'homework' by which to improve himself.
i handed him a stan lee/ roy thomas style 'quick request' for a female anti-hero design...
bwahhhh ha haaaaa, i love a dedicated student.
but i love 'be careful what you ask for' oh so much better.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 6, 2017 11:59:00 GMT -5
So as we reorganize the house we are sorting through stuff, deciding what to keep and what to purge and much to my surprise this morning my wife decided it was time to purge her X-Men collection. She had stopped buying new books before we met, but had a run of Uncanny from the late 120s through 300 and runs of most of the satellite X-Books from that era (missing some here and there). She hasn't reread them in years and they have sat in short boxes since I reorganized and rebagged/boarded them for her a number of years ago when we did a mini-purge of all the post-300 era stuff). There are a number of keys in there (1st Deadpool, 1st Gambit, Dark Phoenix saga, etc.) so now I am figuring out how we want to go about this. I will talk to some of my dealer and con organizer friends and weigh some options. We also have a lot of vintage rpg products and miniatures we are going to move on from too as well as a chunk of comics from my collection, so there's quite a bit of stuff to take into consideration about how we are going to go about it. Some of it will have to wait until I can actually do some lifting again, but we are going to start looking into options over the next few months and see what we want to do.
-M
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Post by Deleted on Aug 6, 2017 18:22:26 GMT -5
Another Update:
In 3 weeks my oldest daughter will be married. My youngest daughter's boyfriend has asked permission to propose to her soon. And our son who we will be adopting starts 9th grade in 3 weeks.
He has been in our home 2 months. And he has a lot of emotional baggage. He has behaviors that helped him survive the last 5-7 years. But they are not behaviors that will allow him to succeed in adult life. Basically his first 6 years of life were a bit chaotic. Then turned really terrible from 6-8. Then he was placed in the foster system for the last 5 years. Where he bounced around from home to home.
We have been working to change 2-3 behaviors at a time. Once they become routine/mastered then we move onto another 2-3 behaviors for him to work on. It can be challenging & exhausting at times. However we still feel it will be worth it. Not only will we change his life for the better we feel he will change our lives & make us better parents/couple.
This forum has been my escape when I need "me" time. Thanks for making this place a great place to unwind from reality for a few minutes. I would appreciate everyone's prayers/thoughts as he enters school. That will be a rough time for all of us as he has yet another new experience that he needs to adjust to.
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Post by Icctrombone on Aug 6, 2017 18:25:25 GMT -5
Another Update: In 3 weeks my oldest daughter will be married. My youngest daughter's boyfriend has asked permission to propose to her soon. And our son who we will be adopting starts 9th grade in 3 weeks. He has been in our home 2 months. And he has a lot of emotional baggage. He has behaviors that helped him survive the last 5-7 years. But they are not behaviors that will allow him to succeed in adult life. Basically his first 6 years of life were a bit chaotic. Then turned really terrible from 6-8. Then he was placed in the foster system for the last 5 years. Where he bounced around from home to home. We have been working to change 2-3 behaviors at a time. Once they become routine/mastered then we move onto another 2-3 behaviors for him to work on. It can be challenging & exhausting at times. However we still feel it will be worth it. Not only will we change his life for the better we feel he will change our lives & make us better parents/couple. This forum has been my escape when I need "me" time. Thanks for making this place a great place to unwind from reality for a few minutes. I would appreciate everyone's prayers/thoughts as he enters school. That will be a rough time for all of us as he has yet another new experience that he needs to adjust to. MJ, you're a good man. God bless you and your family.
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Post by The Captain on Aug 6, 2017 20:06:57 GMT -5
@md62
I have nothing but incredible admiration and respect for what you and your wife have done by bringing this boy into your home and making him part of your family.
My prayers go out to all of you, for you and your wife to have the strength and patience to help your son rebuild his life, and for your son to know what it is like to be cared for and loved unconditionally. May God bless each of you every day.
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Post by LovesGilKane on Aug 7, 2017 1:51:23 GMT -5
Another Update: In 3 weeks my oldest daughter will be married. My youngest daughter's boyfriend has asked permission to propose to her soon. And our son who we will be adopting starts 9th grade in 3 weeks. He has been in our home 2 months. And he has a lot of emotional baggage. He has behaviors that helped him survive the last 5-7 years. But they are not behaviors that will allow him to succeed in adult life. Basically his first 6 years of life were a bit chaotic. Then turned really terrible from 6-8. Then he was placed in the foster system for the last 5 years. Where he bounced around from home to home. We have been working to change 2-3 behaviors at a time. Once they become routine/mastered then we move onto another 2-3 behaviors for him to work on. It can be challenging & exhausting at times. However we still feel it will be worth it. Not only will we change his life for the better we feel he will change our lives & make us better parents/couple. This forum has been my escape when I need "me" time. Thanks for making this place a great place to unwind from reality for a few minutes. I would appreciate everyone's prayers/thoughts as he enters school. That will be a rough time for all of us as he has yet another new experience that he needs to adjust to. some might think i do not pray (though i dislike the definition of that word as it's been 'defined' for the past 2100 or so years) yet i do. my prayers (as i define them) are with that lad, as you asked, sincerely and truly. prayers are never a bad thing. Doctrine abusing the noble purpose of prayers are. Prayer is the antithesis of abuse. As has been the case since the Sumerians and al pre-Abrahamic Faiths, versus mere 'religions'.
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Post by LovesGilKane on Aug 7, 2017 1:56:06 GMT -5
meanwhile,
most freelancers i know/knew starting in the late 80's/90's had to be on a nocturnal schedule merely to 'meet deadines' and bot be distracted by obnoxious daily @#@!!.
hence the reason I post 'when' I do. It's a hard schedule to bow-out-from'. no different than my veteran relatives always waking up at 5AM, come what may.
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