Reading: Zoe's Tale by John Scalzi
Music: Utopia
TV/Movie: Conquest of the Planet of the Apes
Link o' the Day: Posh Nosh

In between bouts of work, I've been torturing myself with a full re-read of the archives of the Christopher Baldwin webcomic Bruno. I think this is the third time now that I've done this since I first came across it in 2004. It's a heavy and dense strip--not many light moments--with a lot of deep subjects like philosophy, depression, angst, self-discovery, and more. Bruno is kind of like the ball in a pinball game, rocketing around (albeit leisurely) from one emotional bumper to another, heading for an inevitable conclusion. The question then becomes (to push the pinball analogy further) will she rack up enough points to get that extra ball?

Okay, maybe not my best metaphor.



She just returned from her European adventure, and is gearing up (if I recall correctly) to return to Seattle after visiting her home grounds at Northampton, MA. Having spent a week in Northampton, I feel I understand where she's coming from a little better. The town is kinda like the Island of Lost Toys, but I admit that I could probably live in a town like that. (Who knows? Maybe West Warwick can become the Northampton of Rhode Island. Pardon as I spit coffee out my nose, hehe)

Anyway, I have around five more years of archives to get through before finishing my Bruno odyssey. It's like reading Neitzche or Sartre. It's a struggle sometimes to get through, but there's something there worth struggling for.

I'd recommend it, but with caution. It's not a light read. It's not the zany madcap adventures of a bunch of slacker gamer types. It's not Questionable Content (another webcomic based in Northampton). But it's a thoughtful journey.

Maybe too thoughtful, but hey. If reading webcomics were easy, everyone would be doing it.

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Van Alexander's book, From Harlem To Hollywood: My Life In Music is heading to the printer this very morning. Actually, as I write this, I the high-res PDF files are being made and will be then uploaded immediately to the printer's ftp site. Another book out the door. Woot!



I spent most of yesterday working on TumbleTap projects. My two big projects aimed for the San Diego ComicCon are pretty much done. I just need to get finishing touches done like the pagination and the covers. I really want to be able to send both of these to the printer next week so we have time for printing and shipping for the show. In addition I am getting the more immediate paying jobs done and out.

So a busy week, but a good busy. Everything on a nice even keel and schedule. Good.

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Today's link goes to the BBC page for a very odd, 10-minute show of which there were only 8 episodes, but will be played and replayed by public television stations forever...I give you, Posh Nosh. Join Simon and Minty Marchmont of the Quill & Tassel in which they bring "extraordinary food to ordinary people." It's a surreally entertaining spoof on cooking shows, and passive-aggressive wannabee snobbish boors.

Trust me, it's worth a watch. Episodes can be found on Youtube.

Cheers!