Just One More Ingredient....

I'm not a fan of those small, hard pretzels. Too hard, and terribly bland. But, for the first time, I just tried a chocolate covered pretzel from Munchkin No. 1's pretzel snack pack.

Daaaaaaammmmmmnnnnn, Was that good! One little addition to an otherwise bleh snack made all the difference!

I just finished his entire snack pack. I better go get another one before he notices it missing....

Superugh!

What's up with the "reimaginings" and "redesigns" of iconic DC characters and their costumes? First Wonder Woman, then Batman, and now Superman. If you're wondering what it looks like, just do a pic search on "Earth One Superman" and you'll see early Supes in a hoodie.

I'm all for changes to a look here and there, but an entire wardrobe change, which in my opinion, isn't all that great? The news reports are attributing this "new look" to the "Twilight Effect", but as much I'd like to agree, I gotta say this effect goes back to the reimagining of BSG. It was done so well, everyone seems to be apeing it.

I'm so glad "Earth One" will be just a graphic novel, and won't (hope!) have to see that "costume" replace the iconic costumes. They're iconic for a reason, folks.

Keep it casual!

My New Website!

Well, I went and finally did it: I reserved my own domain name, http://www.aetherus.net/! I've actually been thinking about creating my own website for some time now, but the lack of motivation and time just prevented me from doing it this past year. But in early October, I made the decision: "If I don't reserve a site now, I'll never get around to doing it!".

After looking through several web hosting sites, I settled with HostGator.com. I opted for the "Baby Croc" plan, which looks to be just enough for what I need.

At the moment, there isn't much to my site; just a link to this blog. It may take a while for me to flesh it out, considering that I haven't done anything web design related in almost a decade! I'm still catching up with all things beyond basic HTML, and I have about as much artistic web design skills as a brick.

As far as to what I plan to do with the site? Well, I always wanted to do things such as showcase items from my various collections, set up a collector forum, and wax poetic about my various hobbies. Who knows how far I'll get? All I know for now is that I'll work on it here and there (certainly a lot of it will be testing and fixing bugs!), and hopefully I'll enjoy the process of creating and developing it. So, on to this new journey!

Until then, keep it casual! :)

R.I.P. Mr. Bosley...

I just saw the Yahoo! newsblurb on the passing of Tom Bosley, AKA Mr. Arthur Cunningham of Happy Days. What a downer to end the day on.

Rest in peace, Mr. Bosley. I hope you are now living even happier days.You were a great second dad.... :(

Quote Of The Moment

While playing around with my sidebars, I added a little widget where I can place some of my favorite quotes. I thought it would be neat to also wax poetic about the quote whenever I updated it. I've already updated it once, so we'll just start from here. Here's today's quote:


"Well, you sure killed the hell outta that fella today."
- William Munny, "Unforgiven"

Although many regard the "Hell of a thing, killin' a man..." line from William Munny to be the better, more famous quote, and in truth it kinda is. But there's something about the quote I chose that really stands out.

We have a quiet, somber scene between two men; One a seasoned killer in William Munny, the other a self proclaimed one in the Schofield Kid. Over the course of the conversation, the Schofield Kid finally admits to having never killed anyone that he claimed he did. Of course, everyone (including the audience) knew this early on in the movie, and the Kid (and the audience) discovers that the real, actual act of killing a person is not as glamorous as told in stories (or in movies), but a disgusting, gut-wrenching thing to do.

William's "killed the hell outta that fella" line just suddenly comes out of left field during the middle of the Schofield Kid's monologue, it make's Munny's line so outragously funny and also provides a break of tension and depression to the Kid's admission of the reality to the act of murder. A very well placed line, and a great set up for another great line.

Until then, keep it casual!