As a child I was a Marxist. I had a Marx Mystery Spaceship and a Marx Moon Base. My twinster Jean spotted this eBay auction for a complete Moon Base set in particularly good condition.
Year: 2008
Larissa Holds Her Lead
My Google Alert for Larissa Kelly has been quiet, but I just checked this site’s July statistics, and she is still by far #1 for searches and hits.
O.K. EROK!
Erik Salholm in Ireland, whose blog is called O.K. EROK!, has linked to my “In Search of Steve Ditko” posts, and I’m going to link to his “Little Superman in McCay Land” post.
“…And That’s About Standards!”
Embedded YouTube playlists are working again! Yay. OK, so YouTube doesn’t suck so much, after all.
The funny and fun Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog — which, except for a needless end, I highly recommend — is back online at this link for free viewing.
Bose Sucks
I go past the Bose headquarters every day on my way to/from work, and a neighbor friend works at Bose. The Wave Music System is known for having more than its share of problems, but I bought one anyway, because it fit perfectly on the porch, and I could get it at a good price through our neighbor — not a factory renewed unit, but factory fresh.
Well, after only six weeks of light use, this is what happens when you try to play a CD. Eric demonstrates. Listen for a different neighbor’s cute, little attack doggies in the background.
[flv:http://www.dograt.com/Video/2008/JUL/BoseWave.flv 440 330]
At least the slot loader mechanism works, so the disc isn’t stuck in there. I should be able to get a new replacement Bose Wave without a hassle. This has been a bad summer for product defects.
Another Secret Project
This secret project is very different from the other secret project. All I’ll say about that one is it involves TV. This one involves comic books, and it relates to the header I just put up. I’ll put it here too, for later when the header has changed.
I don’t know yet when this happen. It involves D.F. Rogers, and Paul Howley it involves you too, so write and I’ll tell you what’s up (no, you don’t have to do anything, it’s about something you did ten years ago).