Edshugeo The GodMoor

Ummm. 7 tins. Possibly a record for me, but I'm not sure. I may've gone as high as 8 once or twice. 6 tins in a day isn't unheard of, but I've recently cut back. No Altoids on Mondays, Wednesdays, or Fridays. If my food shopping is done on Saturday morning, then Altoids are unlikely for Sunday, as I normally don't feel motivated to venture anywhere I would have an opportunity to buy them. However I bought four two-packs today at the supermarket, and I have one tin left over, which will wait till tomorrow (which technically is mere minutes from now).

Labels: Altoids, candy, feats of strength, peppermints

A few words (or more) to go with this weeks song.

Give War A Chance is a silly little pop song about a serious issue. The song is
not meant as a joke, but in the the larger scheme of things, it remains, just a
song. There are some who might say it trivializes the issue, regardless of
whether or not they agree with the sentiment. Maybe. Maybe not. I just wanted to
express something not normally expressed by musicians. At least not the ones
I've been exposed to (I don't listen to a lot of Country).

Many who do support the war in Iraq or any of the military actions of the last
ten years or so, tend to shroud their approval in patriotic imagery or in terms
of "supporting the troops". Nothing wrong with supporting the troops, but it
seems that some use them as human shields to protect themselves from criticism,
likewise some of those who hide behind the flag. This song briefly addresses
honoring the troops in light of what may be a hypocrisy on my part; supporting
war, but not becoming a warrior. Perhaps I will address this at a later time,
but I think Cobb said it best.

So anyway, yeah, I think there are plenty of good reasons to be in Iraq,
despite some issues that people are rightfully concerned about. I also believe
that war, in general, while not always desirable, is a useful tool in governing on the
world stage. Some disagree with this totally, and that's fine, sorta.

Yes, I rhymed "freedom" with "be dumb". Just a song, like I said.

This is just a rough demo with voice and acoustic guitar. A proper recording will follow at some point in time.

Lyrics...

Give war a chance
to work it's
dirty little magic
yeah, I know it's tragic, baby
we all want peace
that's automatic
but not all situations
will allow the diplomatic

Give War a chance
to make this
world a better place
so that we can face the future
I may not make that sacrifice
but honor any citizen
who's willing to give up his life

Give War a chance
Give War a chance
Give War a chance
Give War a chance

Give War a chance
to sort the
chaos from the order
tighten up our borders baby
let's not lose site
of our freedom
there will be no trade off
for security cuz that would be dumb

Give war a chance
to prove that
fighting can be righteous
when atrocities rises upon us
it's not desirable
but circumstances dictate
that no other choice is viable

Give War a chance
Give War a chance
Give War a chance
Give War a chance

The world is changing
right before our eyes
at a quicker pace than
anybody realizes

Labels: downloads, lyrics, my music, politics, PsychoVoyager, song of the week, World Affairs

But this is some funny shit right here. Via Cobb, though I first came across Zombietime's Anatomy of a Photograph via James Hudnall's site. That article has since been updated with a rebuttal to an article (itself a rebuttal) by the news organization in question (no pun intended).

Also worth looking at; The Tookie vigil from about a month ago. Hell, there's lots a' good stuff on there.

Labels: Fucking Idiots, funny-ass shit, politics, society, Truth, World Affairs

Some people are too stupid for words, and in the case of the mother mentioned in the story below, too stupid for comic books, which is just fucked up.

Anyway, I'm glad to see it coming back in some form. I'd even welcome a paperback or something. I used to read this back in the eighties, but never saw it to it's end. If I recall correctly Shetterly may've been from Minnesota, which would've explained his need to include a Prince lookalike among his cast of characters. I'll have to bookmark his blog.


Swiped from Newsarama...

Thanks, in part, to a knee-jerk response such as this by the press to his comic, Captain Confederacy, creator Will Shetterly has opted to put the entire run of the comic series online.

The report that showed up in the California paper, The Record, related the story of a mother who was offended after accidentally buying a Captain Confederacy comic in a dollar store and giving it to her 11 year old foster son.

The comic (which saw 12 issues and two specials published under Steeldragon, and four issues published under Marvel’s Epic imprint in the late ‘80s and early ‘90s) depicts an alternate history, where the South won the Civil War, leading to a very different modern-day world with a vastly different geopolitical world order.

Jeanette Boswell, who bought the comic was more than happy to comment to The Record, saying: “I'm trying to follow the gist of this comic book. It seems to be a racial thing throughout. I really found it offensive…I'd actually like to see whoever is writing this to stop putting out this offensive material. The way they're doing this, it can really warp some young minds."

Historical note - though obviously, a little different from production values today, Captain Confederacy was a well-received book, cited for its intelligent take on an alternate history and deeply political storylines, and counted among its fans a younger Neil Gaiman.

Record writer, Yasmin Assemi, stated that Marvel was contacted, but had no comment on a creator-owned series published 14 years (one bankruptcy and two Editor-in-Chiefs ago), likewise, Assemi stated that Shetterly could not be reached for comment, but noted that he had a blog.

At his blog, Shetterly responded to the article, writing: “I came across Family finds comic book gift offensive and sent the following to the reporter:

I'm surprised that your article mentions my web site, but doesn't mention that my email address is there. If you'd sent me email, I would've happily responded.

Captain Confederacy is a science fiction story set in an alternate history in which the South seceded from the Union. The heroes are a multicultural group who ultimately overthrow the racist government. This may not have been clear to Jeanette Boswell because she bought the fourth chapter in a twelve-chapter story.

Epic Comics published the second series, which featured a black female Captain Confederacy.

Speaking to Newsarama, Shetterly said that, unfortunately, this isn’t the first time such misunderstandings have come up, thanks in no small part to those who complain first, read (and understand) later.

“In the past, I tended to ignore misunderstandings about the series; I assumed the work would speak for itself. But this article made me realize that the work isn't available to speak. I'd always wanted to revise it. This made me decide that I'd better do that now.”

The revisions Shetterly said, has nothing to do with the series’ content.

“The big changes are in the word balloons: I'm tightening the dialogue and making people's speech a little more blunt. I was awfully wordy then. I'm also deleting a few panels and pages, and adding some gray tones to Vince [Stone]'s inks.”

For Shetterly, it’s a long-term project.

“The plan from here on out is to post five pages a week, plus the occasional message about related things: comic books, alternate history, the Civil War, the South, or censorship. It'll probably take a year or more to post everything. In addition to the 16 published issues, there's a 20-page short story that was drawn for a book which was cancelled.”

The first 20 or so pages of Captain Confederacy can be found here (note – Shetterly is still working out some formatting issues).

Labels: bullshit, comics, Fucking Idiots, nostalgia

Billy's has been open for just over forty years, now. Never got my haircut there. I always went to a spot closer to The Drive, where I live, that eventually became known as Jackson Unisex. I don't remember what it was called then, and I don't think it's still there now. I should know since I pass it every day, but I don't. I also on occasion got my hair cut by my father. Apparently, that was not always a good idea, but that's another story or two. Anyway, I've lived in Hempstead for just over thirty years, and the face in the window above has always represented an iconic vision of home, kinda. Some idiot vandalized the image earlier last year (I think it was), by spraying yellow paint over the eyes. The paint was actually on the window, and not the image itself, which seems to be on a cut-out board of some sort and not directly on the window. It was eventually cleaned up. Good thing. I'd always wanted to preserve this image, should the barbershop ever go away.

Friends who got their haircut there would tell stories of being coerced into attendeing church by Reverend Boone, who in addition to being a pastor, cut heads at Billy's and also owned (for a time) the apartment complex I still live in. The coercion was subtle and consisted of asking the question "comin' to church on Sunday?" (not an exact quote) in the middle of a haircut. Kids took their haircuts seriously, so the answer was always yes.

I'd gone down to the spot, because I thought it suitable for a cartoon. The cartoon requires snow, which we finally got yesterday, so I went down and took some pictures and managed to get one or two of the head in the window of Billy's Barber Shop.

Labels: Hempstead, nostalgia, These pictures will come back to haunt me one day

D Addicts has an entire 58 episode series available as 11 torrents this month. Romance Of The Three Kingdoms is based on the novel of the same name which has also inspired a number of war strategy and fighting video games, including Dynasty Warriors 2 (which I have, but never finished) for the PS2. I haven't watched it yet, aside from a quick peek, nor have I read the source material, available here for reading or download. It looks like a mainland production (could be wrong) and I'm not sure there's any kung-fu. The vcds which are subtitled will eventually be transfered to my PSP (one by one) once I've run out of Chinese Paladin episodes, though I may watch the first season of 24 before I get to ROT3K.

To download torrents, You will need a Bittorrent client like this one.

Labels: bittorrent, China, dorama, downloads, tv