I took delivery of a Samsung LN40D630, a model that’s liked by both LCDTVBuyinguide.com and Consumer Reports. When I powered it up there was a bright, solid, vertical red line on the left side of the screen, as simulated on the picture. So back it went to Best Buy. *Sigh* I’ll wait for the credit card activity to clear before deciding what to do next.
Amazon is dumping its Easter candy! You can get 44 ounces of mini Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups for only five bucks!
Follow-up: Too late! They’re already sold out.
Last summer, Prudence Bury-Fuchs got together with her old friends and classmates at the Royal Ballet School in London, for a reunion celebration she called “Now We Are 70!” Here’s a clipping from the school’s newsletter.
And now Prue is 70 plus a tiny bit more. Happy birthday, Prue!
John Edwards, Democratic ex-Senator from North Carolina, is on trial for a big complicated mess involving alleged misuse of finances, a mistress, their baby, his bodyguard buddy, and I don’t know who else, on what would have been his deceased wife Elizabeth’s 62nd birthday. Democrats sure do know how to weave a tangled web.
Today I heard a very unflattering story about outgoing U.S. Representative Barney Frank. He was disrespectful to an important man who I respect and admire greatly, and to whom I owe a great deal. Later, Frank attempted to apologize, only to end up being insulting to the man’s wife. For me it illustrated why I’m glad Barney Frank isn’t my Congressman (Jim McGovern is), and why I’m glad he isn’t running for re-election.
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A friend sent me a bunch of mini-posters that came from a relative who’s far right of center. I’m always amused by these things, because they’re all so outrageously stupid. Here’s one that made me roll my eyes.
Even ignoring the fact there are a lot of gay soldiers in the military, it’s way too easy to turn this sentiment on its side. Here’s my edit.
There was a 2-day comic book con in Boston this weekend. Three stalwarts of MAD Magazine were there — Al Feldstein, Al Jaffee, and Paul Coker. After writing and/or drawing many memorable stories for Bill Gaines at EC, Feldstein was MAD’s editor for almost 30 years, throughout its heyday.
Jaffee is famous for his fabulous back cover fold-ins. Click here to see some interactive Jaffee fold-ins, presented by the NY Times. Jaffee is also known for his Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions.
Prolific Paul Coker’s unmistakable drawings appeared in many pages of MAD, but he’s perhaps best known for designing the animated Frosty the Snowman cartoon.
I spent most of my time at the convention today sitting at Joltin’ Joe Sinnott’s table, helping with requests for autographs and sketches, while his son Mark made the rounds and Denro procured old comics, including one from 1951 that he found, with Joe’s second ever appearance in a Marvel (then Atlas) comic book. This scan is of Joe’s inking on Steranko’s famous centerfold splash page in Captain America #111 (March ’69).
