I’m surprised that Evanier hasn’t posted this yet, but he will. Oh, he will.
Follow-up: He did.
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The Official Massachusetts Dessert
Chocolate isn’t at the top of my list of favorite desserts. I prefer other treats over chocolate, including vanilla ice cream, carrot cake, and key lime pie.
My favorite dessert only happens to have chocolate on top, and it’s a pie that’s actually cake. For me, it’s the pudding that makes Boston cream pie the best.
Follow-up: Uh, oh. I shouldn’t have published this post. Look what’s on sale at the grocery store.
4 and 20 = )
Until today I was totally unaware of 4/20 having any social significance. It’s like May the 4th Be With You, except about marijuana. But you probably already knew that, while I did not.
I assume these two are the patron saints of 420 culture.
Boston Strong
There are no “kings” when pronouncing “HopKINton!”
Tech Faux Nouveau
1897 — Professor Henry A. Rowland with the first iPhone prototype, 100 years before Steve Jobs returned to Apple as CEO.
Dog Rat’s Soap Box
That’s what I was listening to then, so lemme see… what about the comic books was I reading? Oh, this one was a very big deal for me. Spectacular Spider-Man #1, a new magazine format comic, on sale April 9. Costing as much as three regular comics (minus a penny), with Spidey in black & white? Sure, why not!
Marvel was finally free of its oppressive 10-year distribution deal with competitor DC, setting the stage for the big DC implosion that year. Editor Stan Lee was expanding the Marvel lineup like crazy with new titles, while publisher Martin Goodman was working a deal to sell the company, and screwing people in the process.
Fabulous Flo Steinberg didn’t get a well-deserved raise, so she quit. Jack Kirby didn’t get a promised contract and Stan gave the new Silver Surfer book to John Buscema, putting the wheels in motion for Jack’s departure two years later.
https://seanhowe.tumblr.com/post/177947385267/martin-goodman-sells-marvel-comics-to-perfect-film