QotD: Offering Up My Best

What do you think is your best physical attribute? 
Submitted by Nacwolin.

My hair. I got a lot of complements from women who have run their fingers through it on how silky soft it was.

Yes, that is embarrassing to admit, but even more so when I actually lose it and have nothing.

 

QotD: Happy Birthday To Me

How do you feel about your birthday?  Do you look forward to it and remind all your friends, or do you dread it and try to keep it a secret?

My birthday is an event. It lasts at least a week and I celebrate it in my current hometown and my old hometown.

My attitude is that life is tough and every year you get through it should be a cause for celebration. That's the way I roll.

QotD: Top 10 of 2007 - Music

Albums:

1. Back to Black by Amy Winehouse

2. Infinity on High by Fall Out Boy

3. The Reminder by Feist

4. Obligatory Villagers by Nellie McKay

5. Alright, Still by Lily Allen

6. American Doll Posse by Tori Amos

7. Children Running Through by Patty Griffin

8. Little Voice by Sara Bareilles

9. Not Too Late by Norah Jones

10. Echoes, Silence, Patience and Grace by the Foo Fighters

QotD: The Fall TV Season

What shows are you looking forward to in the new fall TV season?

Heroes - Season One

It would have to be Heroes.I finally got through the last season last night and, while flawed, it is the best representation of superheroes I have seen in a long time.  

QotD: Have, Need, Want

What do you have, what do you need and what do you want?
Submitted by Miss Scotch.

After the last post, I decided to lighten up a bit before I hit the friday night fights.

What do I have? A lot of comic books and a great wife.

What do I need? More paying writing work and what I have with my wife to last forever.

What do I want? More comics and what I have with my wife to last forever.

QotD: Drivin' & Talkin'

Should driving while talking on a cell phone be outlawed? 
Submitted by Soup.  

Yeah. It is in NY state. Not that people still don't do it anyway.

QotD: [is this good?] - Posh & Becks

Posh and Becks have moved to Los Angeles: [is this good?]

 

 Let me try to go Zen with this:

 

It is neither good nor bad. It simply is.

QotD: Discount Shopping

How many discount cards do you carry in your wallet and where are they from? 
Submitted by danatmedog.

I am sure that this is some kind of scam to put my name on marketing list or something, but I decided to answer it anyway. I assume you mean any kind of special program cards.

1. Virgin V.I.P. Card: This is for the Virgin Megastores. Get your mind out of the gutter.
2. Lids/Hat-World Passport Club: because I love Hats.
3. Best Buy Reward Zone: This rocks. If you do not have this, get it. I bought a computer at Best Buy and got enough point to get a cell phone for free. And it's legitimate, too. No playing of games on websites to get it either.
4. AMC MovieWatcher: Because I love movies.
5. Barnes & Noble Reader's Advantage: Because I love books.
6. F.Y.E. Backstage Pass: Because you get 10% of anything, including sales items and sometimes they have really good sales.
7. Costco: Because I am all about bulk.
8. Stop & Shop: Because I am all about groceries.
9. Dagastino's: Ditto
10. Borders Rewards:  Because sometimes I can't make it to Barne's and Noble.

QotD: Change The Channel

Who's the most annoying person on TV?

Un, Paris Hilton is on TV a lot. So is George W. Bush.

Oh, you mean someone who is on TV for a living. Oh. Okay.

1. Anybody on the Fox News Channel

2. Nancy Grace is fairly annoying.

3. Most of the cast of the View.

 

 

QotD: Also Known As

What other names did your parents consider for you?

If i was a girl, my name would have been Nanette.

Let the jokes begin in three...two...one....

QotD: My Current Top 10

What are your top 10 most-played songs currently?

 

My top 10-most played songs on my iPod will not be an accurate representation of my top ten favorite songs of all time. I recently got a new iPod and these are just the songs I listened to most since I got it. Most of them are songs I got from iTunes that I listened to a bunch of times after I bought them.

1. This Ain't a Scene, It's an Arms Race by Fallout Boy

2. Miss Murder by Afi

3. I Got You by Split Enz

4. Sweet Sacrifice by Evanescence

5. Makes Me Wonder by Maroon 5

6. Sleeping in my Car by Roxette

7. Bring me to Life by Evanescence

8. With Love by Hilary Duff

9. Whisky in the Jar by Metallica

10. Mad World by Michael Andrews.

 

I would love to see the psychological profile that the FBI would make up after looking at that set list.   

 

QotD: Pants on Fire

Tell us two truths and a lie about yourself.

 1. I am double jointed

2. I can play the piano

3. I was a conservative as a teen.

QotD: Should've Seen Them Live

Which band or artist which is no longer performing or alive would you have loved to have seen?
Submitted by Rev Stan.

Nirvana. Definitely Nirvana.

QotD: Search Me

How well does your name Google? Who are you up against? (Celebrities, etc.)
Submitted by Matt Blank.

With all my message board postings, columns, reviews and quotations of said columns and reviews, I come up at about 1,860. Not to bad for a shlub like me.  

QotD: Luxury Wish List

If money were no object, which five luxury items would you rush right out and buy? 
Submitted by lorilyn.

I am going to cheat here a little bit. I hope that's okay.

1. I would buy land here and in Nepa and build mansions in both locations. Lots of guest rooms for my out of town friends to sleep over. And comic vaults.
2. I would hit Best Buy on New Release Tuesday's and load up on all the new CD's and DVD's that came out. And then I'd do the same at Barnes & Nobles for books.
3. I would buy every comic I needed to complete all the sets I currently am collecting.
4. I would hit up Amazon.com for all the CD''s, DVD's and Books I always wanted but never could afford.
5. I'd buy some more land and build the Bracken Theater Company of Wilkes-Barre a state-of-the-art theater to call their home. And I would force them to do at least one of my plays a year.

 

QotD: My Daily Dose

What websites do you visit every day?
Submitted by Chez Michelle.

I have been meaning to post this anyhow, but now I have a reason.

• Well, Vox of course.
• the CBGXtra Message Boards: There are a lot of out there people posting, by also a lot of intelligent discussion.
• Chris's Invincible Super-Blog: I came across this one on my friend Jeff's Vox page. It is a daily dose of hilarity.
• Comic Fodder: Not updated every day but you'll find intelligent essays here.  
• Comic Book Resources: Especially for it daily comic film updates and the weekly Lying in the Gutters column.
• Comics Should Be Good: Especially like the Comic Book Urban Legends Revealed post which hit every week. But there is a lot of good stuff on here as well.
• The Pulse: A comics news site.
• Elijah J. Brubaker: An indie comic creator who is almost done listing his 50 favorite superheroes.
• Fred Sez: The official blog of Fred Hembeck. Yeah, I'm a fan of Fred. Love them squiggles.
• newsfromme: Mark Evanier's blog. This is not the first time this man or his blog has graced mine. I'm a big fan. I like his writing style and this blog covers everything from comics to Bradway to Los Angeles.  
• Newsarama: Another, slightly better comics news site.  
• PeterDavid.net: The blog of Peter David, writer of stuff.
• The Beat: The blog of Heidi MacDonald. Behind the scenes news on comics, especially indies, and other stuff.
• Tony's Online Tips: Online column of comic writer Tony Isabella. Covers a lot of stuff.
• CNN.com: Some real world news.
• Yahoo: I check out some more news and my fantasy teams.
• Pop Candy: The blog of USA Today writer Whitney Matheson. A treasure trove of pop culture goodies.
• MySpace: I usually check this once a day to clean out the friend requests from hoochies.
• William Gatevackes.com: I check out my website to see how many hits I got.
• Fark.com: Weird news from across the country.
• Film Buff Online: News and commentary about movies.

QotD: A Dream Come True

Have you ever had a dream that came true? 
Submitted by rescout.

Yes, on several occasions. Snippets of conversations which I later find myself in. Spooky.

QotD: I'd Totally Pig Out

If you could eat anything you wanted, and not have to worry about gaining weight/being unhealthy/inhumane, what would you totally pig out on? 
Submitted by Jay.

1. Taco Bell

2, Sushi.

QotD: Many Happy Returns

What are you going to do with your tax return?
Submitted by KB.

Already did it. I bought a cherry scanner. A Canon CanoScan 8600F. It has improved my blogging and website creation greatly.  

QotD: Terms of Endearment

What is your favorite term of endearment? 
Submitted by lostdwarf.

Sweetie.