The always wonderful Miss Petula Clark will be appearing in concert Saturday night, in San Francisco.
Day: February 15, 2007
Canon MP600
New scanner! New printer! It’s a scanner-printer. The Canon MP600. Won’t bore you with lots of technical details. My 6-year-old Lexmark printer was dead, and although my Epson scanner is still fine I wanted to free up some desk space. After much consideration, and wanting to keep the price below $200, I bought the MP600 for $160, and I used it for the last two posts.
Stan Lee’s Amazing Marvel Universe
For Christmas, my best buddy Dennis Rogers gave me a very nifty book. Well, nifty for an old comic book fanboy such as myself. It’s Stan Lee’s Amazing Marvel Universe, by Roy Thomas. Roy was Stan’s right-hand man at Marvel, starting in the mid-60’s.
The book is a history of Marvel Comics, mostly from the 60’s, with short audio commentaries by Stan. This simple sort of multimedia could be done easily on the Internet, but it’s nice to have it in book form. And this way Stan and Roy can make some money, right? The audio player works well, and unlike similar players in the past, this one takes standard AAA batteries.
The first Marvel super hero I followed was Daredevil. I’ve recorded Stan’s commentary about the creation of the character and put it on the player below. My son Eric and I really enjoy having this book. Thanks, Denro!
[audio:http://www.dograt.com/Audio/FEB07/StanLee.mp3]Laura Bush Roses
Now is the time to order your Laura Bush roses from Jackson & Perkins! Why waste your money on, say, Girl Scout cookies? And look! Her mother-in-law, legendary battle-ax Barbara, gets to have her own roses, too. They’re the extra-thorny kind!