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Post by The Captain on May 7, 2020 6:47:05 GMT -5
I like mayonnaise. Miracle Whip however, is an abomination. -M My father feels the same way. He once refused to eat something my wife had made because she used Miracle Whip instead of mayo. She was very upset because she thought she'd done something wrong, but it was really my fault because I didn't give her a heads-up about it.
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Post by The Captain on May 6, 2020 20:20:40 GMT -5
I don't mind mayonnaise, but it isn't a go-to for me as a condiment. On a turkey and swiss sandwich, sure, and it is OK on a Whopper, but other than that, I'm not actively looking to put it on things. My parents each put a dollop of it on their jello salad, which I find repulsive.
That said, I do like it as a base for other things. I mix it with sour cream and some chipotle chili powder as a spread for the quinoa black-bean burgers that I make, and I do the same but substitute dill for the chipotle as a spread for turkey burgers.
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Post by The Captain on May 6, 2020 15:20:53 GMT -5
Hey, it's no worse than the people who dunk french fries in their frosties That to is an abomination. My older daughter does that. She learned about it from a couple of her friends on a field trip the kids in the "gifted" program took a few years back. Grosses me out every time I see her do it.
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Post by The Captain on May 6, 2020 12:22:23 GMT -5
I love winning a $24.95 Hardcover for 99c. What's that....96% off cover-price?
There, I said it.
Love seeing deals like that! A few years back, I got the first Warlock Masterworks HC ($54.99 price on back of book) for $10 at a convention out in Columbus, OH, still shrink-wrapped and everything.
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Post by The Captain on May 5, 2020 18:07:12 GMT -5
I recently watched Episode 4 with my older daughter. She had wanted to watch the prequels through Return of the Jedi, but I convinced her after Episode 1 that there was no point to seeing the next two, both of which were horrible.
We sat down to watch it on Disney+, but then I got a bad feeling about it, a feeling that would be confirmed just a little while later after the droids land on Tatooine. IT WAS THE GARBAGE "REDONE" VERSION WITH THE ENHANCED CGI AND ADDED FOOTAGE, not the same movie my father had taken me to see in the theaters when I was five and which I fell in love with. Animated dewbacks, extra crap in Mos Eisley starport and cantina, the frickin' abomination that is the Jabba the Hutt scene, all of it there in its "George Lucas pissing on my childhood" glory.
After gagging my way through it, I explained that it was the "new version" and not the original. She told me it didn't surprise her to hear that, as the CGI was "way too good for the 70s". I will watch Empire and Return with her, even though they are also the "New Coke" versions, because it helps me and her connect in our geekiness and keeps us close as she grows older.
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Post by The Captain on May 5, 2020 17:41:30 GMT -5
Never bought anything from Mile High. The one time I was in Denver, I wanted to stop by their store, but I left Colorado Springs a little later than I had wanted to and couldn't fit in a trip and still make my flight home.
I've only dealt with Lonestar once. Sold them some "hot" books for credit (the Rise of Apocalypse mini-series when it was in demand was the main thing), then used the proceeds to fill some holes in other series (Conan the Barbarian, Further Adventures of Indiana Jones, Incredible Hulk, Star Wars).
As for the "new normal" of the back issue market changing, I just don't buy Mile High's prediction at all. I believe there are going to be more supply on the other side of this pandemic than there will be shortages, as folks who have collections but also financial difficulties will need to liquidate.
It might sound ghoulish, but I'm scanning the local trading sites and Craigslist daily for folks to start selling off their Magic: The Gathering and comic book collections, because I have some available capital and will be in a position to jump at bargains and make deals. Unfortunately, this is likely going to be reality, and those folks are going to need cash more than they need their Magic cards or their Avengers 196.
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Post by The Captain on May 5, 2020 13:18:16 GMT -5
Not sure what my LCS' plans are moving forward (our county is still on the "Do Not Open Until..." list), but I was able to stop by two weekends ago and get three Amazing Spider-Man Epic Collections plus the contents of my pull list (which, admittedly, was only X-Men #9 and the facsimile edition of Incredible Hulk #182).
I've been looking at some other books I might want to get, mostly collected editions, to send to the owner to see if he has them, and if so, I will pick them up. When I talked to him while I was getting those books above, he said he is still doing online business, only making about 15%-20% of what he normally does but it is covering the expenses for the shop, so he is in OK shape right now.
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Post by The Captain on May 5, 2020 8:13:25 GMT -5
Shower, no question. I have zero interest in marinating in gallons of water infused with the dirt and oils from my own body.
Get in, get clean, get going. Any shower that takes me more than about 6 minutes is too long (and they only last close to that long when I have to shave my head, and only if I've gone more than 4 days since the last shave).
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Post by The Captain on May 3, 2020 11:28:27 GMT -5
I am pretty much done with humanity right now.
Went to the grocery store this morning at 7:00 AM to do my family's weekly shopping. Wrapped up, got in line, and was behind a guy not wearing a face covering; all he had in his cart were 36 12-oz bottles of Pepsi (6 six-packs of them). He turned and looked at me and said "I just can't wear one of those masks." No, you selfish jackass, you "won't" wear one of them, because you don't care about anyone else but you. The only way you "can't" wear one is if you don't have ears, but I did notice that there were two of those on your head, one on either side.
Then, to make matters worse, he moves to the next line over because it was moving a little faster, and he strikes up a conversation with the guy behind him. I literally heard this come out of his mouth: "The Democrats are doing this intentionally because they hate Trump so much. They're tanking the economy to put more people on welfare, because then those people will have to vote Democrat so they can keep getting free stuff." Worse yet, the guy he was talking to agreed with that point, following up with "Yeah, this is just the flu, and they can't convince me it's not. People get the flu and die every year, and they never shut things down before, but it's an election year, so they need to turn people against Trump."
The amount of rank stupidity and partisan BS out there is just ridiculous. This isn't a "Democrat vs Republican" issue, it isn't tyranny or communism or socialism or taking away freedoms, and it isn't some grand conspiracy between Russia, China, George Soros, the Illuminati, and the Lizard People from Alpha Centauri. It's a global health crisis on a scale that virtually no one alive has ever experienced and some in the government are just trying to keep people alive, but a huge portion of America refuses to see it that way.
I just can't anymore. There. I said it.
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Post by The Captain on May 2, 2020 10:18:42 GMT -5
Some of them are bobbleheads, some are not. Every Marvel one I have is, none of the others are. As for keeping them mint in box, I know some folks who do that, but all of mine are out and on display on shelves. Marvel and Star Wars are bobbleheads because Hasbro has the master toy license for those Disney properties and Pops fall under the "action figure" part of that license, so no one buy Hasbro can produce "action figures" for Marvel or Star Wars. Bobbleheads do not fall under the master toy license, so can be licensed separately, and that's what Funko does to get around the licensing monopolies Hasbro pays Disney for. When there isn't a master toy license held by someone else. Funko produced non-bobbleheard Pops. Toy licensing is a Byzantine morass of confusion, exceptions and territorial pissing matches among companies. -M How did I know that if anyone here would know the reasoning for this, it would be you? You are a treasure!
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Post by The Captain on May 1, 2020 21:14:39 GMT -5
If they actually did something but they don't even have moving parts as far as I can tell. It's a formula of stuff to collect and keep mint in the boxes and something about that hooks a certain kind of person I guess. At least a Batman with a Batmobile is a bit more (but do the wheels even move?)... the rest just stand and stare, probably not even good as doorstops. For some reason I thought they were like bobbleheads. Some of them are bobbleheads, some are not. Every Marvel one I have is, none of the others are. As for keeping them mint in box, I know some folks who do that, but all of mine are out and on display on shelves.
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Post by The Captain on May 1, 2020 10:24:16 GMT -5
Read 108 books in April. It was a lot of "binge reading", where I'd get through 6-10 issues in a day, then not read anything for three days following that.
Reached 400 issues read for the year at the end of the month, which puts me slightly ahead of my goal of 1,000 stories. Currently at 92.3% classic books read, but that is to be expected, as there is nothing new coming out.
Best Thing I Read in April I read my way through Planetary from start to finish, and it never disappoints.
Once I got to the Denny O'Neill issues of Iron Man, starting at issue #161, the series starts to pick back up again after a mediocre half-year's worth of issues. I really enjoyed the Obadiah Stane takeover of Stark International and the subsequent "Rhodey as Iron Man" stretch while Tony drank himself into the gutter.
Worst Thing I Read in April There were some pretty dire issues of Iron Man out of the 55 or so I read this month. The worst run was from 155 to 159, where the title was in transition. It seemed as though every issue was a fill-in script, although all of the issues were written by Dave Michelinie, so maybe he was just burning through throw-away stories until Denny O'Neill took over with issue #161, which was
May Look-Ahead Will probably continue putting a lot of time into the Iron Man read-through. It was one of the series that I identified in my 2020 goals to read from start to finish, so I want to keep making progress.
As well, I think I am going to re-read Ruse, which I saw in the short box behind Planetary this month. Not a long series, but it's been a few years since I gave it a full read-through, so it will be a nice change of pace from Iron Man when I need to read something else.
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Post by The Captain on Apr 30, 2020 12:37:40 GMT -5
I have a fair addiction to Funko Pop figures. Current count is 64 of them, although I am trying REALLY hard to cut down on the purchase of new ones.
My main area of focus are the classic Marvel designs from the comics. I have around 40 of those.
I try to avoid the MCU-based designs as much as possible, although I do have a handful (original Iron Man armor from IM 1, Black Panther, Black Widow, Hela, Carol Danvers, Vision, and Captain America holding Mjolnir because it's awesome).
I have 14 Doctor Who figures (13 characters plus the TARDIS), Ash from Army of Darkness, and Tyrion Lannister.
Outside of some of the retired ones that I can't afford (would really like the Red Skull), the only ones out there that I am considering getting at this time are the Carol Danvers Captain Marvel from the comic book (her solo series in the late 70s), movie Mysterio (they don't have the original one done yet, and I have the rest of the Sinister Six on a shelf with Spidey), and maybe Rogue, Gambit, and Cyclops.
Sadly, they will continue to put out new ones, and I will likely continue to get them, primarily because there are so few comic books left that I want to get and I just like collecting things.
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Post by The Captain on Apr 29, 2020 12:25:36 GMT -5
For years and years I waited for Afterlife with Archie: Betty R.I.P. (second book in the Afterlife with Archie series). It was announed, then delayed, delayed and delayed again, and although I didn't pre-order it it stayed in my Amazon cart. The series itself seemed to be on permanent hiatus to to the involvement of Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa with the Archie TV shows, so I wasn't overly surprised that the paperback was not published; I just bided my time. However, the book is now listed as having been published in September 2019. It is also listed on Goodreads. It has a proper ISBN. All of which point out to the book actually existing, but all the reviews I've seen were about the individual issues, not the collection; plus, the book is nowhere to be found on ebay. My question is... Has anyone seen that book? Was it published at all? I would guess not, but it's both odd and strangely appropriate that such a non-existent book would haunt the internet. I wouldn't be surprised if the series never came back. I talked with Robert Hack last year at the Three Rivers Comicon and he indicated that Chilling Adventures of Sabrina was likely done as well. They had just put out issue #8 a little while earlier, but he said that Aguirre-Sacasa was completely wrapped up in the various TV shows and he (Hack) had no script for issue #9.
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Post by The Captain on Apr 29, 2020 7:52:34 GMT -5
@mrp - yup, Pulpfest is in the Greater Pittsburgh area now, although not downtown. It is in Cranberry Township, which is about the same distance from Pittsburgh as Troy is from Dayton.
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