INSOLVENT REPUBLIC OF BLOGISTAN

SUPERBOWL PREP STUFF: The Superbowl is--at this point--an actual American holiday. You have to do something on it, get together with friend...

GIANT ROBO VOL. 1 ON DVD: This just arrived off my Netflix queue--some thoughtful person remembered to stick in the original, cartoony Engl...

IDEA FOR A CHEAP INDY TAG TEAM GIMMICK: Rush Painkiller and Falafel O'Reilly. They'll be this real blowhard right-wing tag team tha...

FAKE MORAL OUTRAGE IN SPORTS WATCH: Didja catch the Packers-Vikings game? Did you notice when Randy Moss, after he scored, made a "moo...

IDEA FOR SOME KIND OF WEIRD ART PORNO: It would involve an enchanted penis. Not in a good way either--more of a cursed penis. The lead char...

ON THE PREPONDERANCE OF DUMPY GUYS WITH HOT WIVES: I am glad this guy at Slate picked up on something I've noticed: there are a lot of ...

HERO: AM I PROPAGANDA OR NOT?: So I got Zhang Yimou's Hero for Christmas and I had this preconceived notion before watching it that it ...

HAPPY NEW YEAR: Fox is actually covering this thing the way I wish all the news channels would--by tracking New Year's celebrations as ...

SO I'M WATCHING ANDERSON COOPER: And he's generally done a fine job with tsunami coverage, as has CNN in general, as you would expe...

TSUNAMI RELIEF: I gave 25 bucks on Amazon . I know there's always a debate about how much the money really helps and who it goes to and...

A VERY FUNCTIONAL CHRISTMAS: Starting with: New slippers New brown shoes New black shoes The DC Comics Encyclopedia....and here we go...

THE REAL QUESTION FOR TONIGHT: So does Santa actually slow down time itself, or does he exist in some weird quantum probability state which...

WAITING: For my grades to come in so I can do some kind of end-of-semester rundown post. Plus I'm not feeling very wordy lately. Enj...

LISTENING TO NPR ON THE WAY HOME: They had this thing on about "orphan trains" from the turn of the previous century where thousa...

HOURS OF COMICS-RELATED TIME-WASTING AVAILABLE TO YOU: If you click here . It's the Don Markstein's Toonopedia and it comes up when...

JUSTICE LEAGUE UNLIMITED: DARK HEART: The Warren Ellis episode. This post adapted from comments made by me here . Yes, I'm recycling DV...

THE MR. FREEZE EPISODE OF THAT "THE BATMAN" CARTOON WAS ON THIS MORNING: Okay--I know this is the Time-Warner hivemind's atte...

HAPPINESS IS: When your biochem professor e-mails you to ask if he can use your project in the future as "an example." A good exa...

YOU KNOW: I intend this is as value-neutral fashion as possible--but we do live in a country where musician, porn producer and all-around s...

INTERESTING STUFF FROM WILBON: On the whole Barry Bonds thing : But what intrigues me now is the lack of public outrage regarding all of...