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Month: December 2012

Chronos!

December 31, 2012Jaybird 7 Comments

As it turns out, “Baby New Year” doesn’t have a single-word appellation. Well, “2013”, maybe. It’s not exactly timeless, however. It’s also kind of moot because I don’t want to talk about the baby that is about to show up,… Continue Reading →

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Bagginses!

December 30, 2012Mike Schilling 65 Comments

I took the kids to see The Hobbit last night (which, together with Lincoln, probably doubled my personal movie total for the year). Even though it’s not a particularly faithful adaptation, I enjoyed it far more than I expected to.  The reason… Continue Reading →

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Sunday!

December 30, 2012Jaybird 27 Comments

Having finished Cold Days (WOW! I didn’t see *THAT* coming… but, I suppose, it makes perfect sense), I’m back to reading American Gods. Additionally, the Walking Dead vidja game has me wondering if I should read the comic or watch… Continue Reading →

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Saturday!

December 29, 2012Jaybird 12 Comments

Having beaten Triple A title Far Cry 3 and finding myself liking the game less and less as time passes, I’ve decided to just play a bunch of little games. Costume Quest (by Double Fine) is charming as heck, Nights… Continue Reading →

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Somnology!

December 29, 2012Jaybird 1 Comment

We’ve read the first three Sandman books and now we’re going to take off a week for all y’all to order your copy of Season of Mists. Way back in the hazy days of August (WHEN KURT BUSIEK COMMENTED ON… Continue Reading →

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Funbers 2!

December 28, 2012Kazzy 5 Comments

Adrian Peterson currently leads the NFL in rushing with 1898 yards.  This puts him 408 yards ahead of second-place Marshawn Lynch.  That represents a 27% advantage over the runner up. Here is how that compares to the gap between the… Continue Reading →

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Somniloquy!

December 28, 2012Jaybird 18 Comments

Our assignment was to read the final two issues from Dream Country. Alan Scott reviewed A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Mike Schilling reviewed Façade. Glyph’s introduction to Sandman, in three parts, here, here, and here. Preludes and Nocturnes recaps here: Glyph and Patrick… Continue Reading →

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Weekend!

December 27, 2012Jaybird 23 Comments

Last week, on Friday, I had plans for a poker game. At the last minute, I found out that I was completely mistaken and that the poker game wasn’t until *THIS* week. That gave me the wonderful fluffy feeling of… Continue Reading →

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Elephant!

December 27, 2012Mike Schilling 12 Comments

This is a good one for kids who like jokes and are ready for something a bit more than “Knock knock” or simple riddles.

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Insomnia!

December 27, 2012Jaybird 4 Comments

Darlings, it’s Maribou. Jaybird is playing Hallowe’en Quest, and I needed the computer to order my textbooks for next semester, so he asked me to let you all know that this week’s Sandman post has been delayed. Seems like while… Continue Reading →

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