Why
Am I Here?
"I like paying taxes. With them I buy civilization." - Justice Oliver
Wendell Holmes:
Long
Story Short: In lieu of actual
comment.
On
eBay they're auctioning an
original piece of art featuring the one and
only HellBoy
wearing an Obama t-shirt, hand drawn by its
creator,
Mike
Mignola.
The auction ends 10-13-08 at 10:31 CST and
the current bid stands at $1,025.00. All
proceeds will benefit the Obama campaign.
Sure wish I'd won
the lottery last night.
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I decided to watch an episode of the original
Bob Newhart Show on Hulu recently and I happened
to select a story which concerned Emily's
fear of flying. I was immediately struck
by the appearance of the cabin of the plane,
which
seemed unusually
roomy. Did passenger flights in 1974 really
look like this? I'm no spring chicken but
the jets I flew in were as closely packed
as today. Any old stewardesses or pilots
out there who
might care
to reminisce?
Secondarily, I always thought this "fear
of flying" gag, which they reprised on occasion, was
a sly, VERY sly, allusion to Erica Jong's
racy 1973 novel of the same title.
=mike=
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