List #459: Web Comics I like (Revisited)

List #459: Web Comics I like, or read on a regular basis (Revisited SEE List#172)

* indicates I'm 'caught up'.

Also some are "R" rated.

1. Order of the Stick *

2. Questionable Content *

3. xkcd *

4. Unshelved *

5. Hark, A Vagrant *

6. Goblins *

7. Our Valued Customers *

8. Penny Arcade *

9. Hijinks Ensue *

10. Scandinavia and the World *

11. Wondermark

12. 1 / 0

13. Wasted Talent

14. Let's Be Friends Again *

15. Julia Wertz / The Fart Party *

16. PvP

17. Perry Bible Fellowship *

18. Dumbing of Age *

19. Shortpacked

20. ComicCritics.Com *

Bonus: A few that I'm just starting

1. Dresden Codak

2. Mermaid Hostel

3. Today Nothing Happened

And One I need to

1. Dinosaur Comics

List #458: 5 People that Have Taught Me Something, vol.1

List #458: 5 People that Have Taught Me Something (and one example of what it was), Volume 1

1. Ms. Jablonski, 10th grade History (10 Rs of the '20s, see list)

2. Mr. Spehar, 4th grade (just be smart, not a smartass )

3. Josh, my camp counselor and first co-counselor (how to tie a bowline-on-a-bight knot)

4. Professor Melinda Russell, Carleton College (that College is harder than High School (and many other awesome things about music in the world))

5. C3P-0 and R2d2, 'droids on TV Commercials (that Smoking is Bad)

List #457: Things I like about Patrick Rothfuss' "Kingkiller Chronicles"

List #457: Things I like about Patrick Rothfuss' "Kingkiller Chronicles" (200 pages in to the 2nd book)

1. The main character is a musician

2. Who spends a lot of time in the University's Library called 'The Archives'

3. The 'Magic' is well thought out and explained

4. The Story Within a Story (that is also about a storyteller) structure

5. The way characters defy cliched expectations

6. The fact that I have no idea where it's all going.

List #456: 7 Things about my life in '89

List #456: 7 Things about my life in 1989

1. I was in 5th Grade (my first year at Nettleton Magnet school)

2. I wore Zubaz to school the first day, was ridiculed (and then, a month later, most kids had them)

3. I went to Disney World for the First Time

4. I was a Pirate for Halloween

5. I started reading J.R.R. Tolkien and other Fantasy Novels

6. I didn't have a Brother

7. I met my friend Ben.

List #455: Spring Break Plan Checklist (list 445 revisited)

List #455: Spring Break Plan Checlkist (list 445 revisited)

0. first Survive Parent Conferences -- SUCCESS!

1. Play outside with someone awesome -- SUCCESS!

2. Read all of Calvin and Hobbes -- 66% Success!

3. Yardwork -- Success!

4. see The Joy Formidable @the Black Cat -- SUCCESS!!! (and it was loud. and good!)

5. Sleep -- Not enough

6. Read more of "The Wise Man's Fear" -- Not Enough

7. Get my electric guitar fixed -- SUCCESS!

8. Play music with people -- SUCCESS!!

9. Some kind of Accomplishment -- Almost, but not. FAIL.

10. Run -- FAIL

11. Make a Pizza -- FAIL

12. Try a new thing -- SUCCESS!

List #454: Awesome Things at The Black Cat on Friday Night

List #454: Awesome Things at The Black Cat on Friday Night

1. My friends

2. The Lead Singer for The Lonely Forest's sea-hawks hat and that he looked a bit like the guy from American Pie.

3. The Lonely Forest's Music

4. The Drummer from Mona's drum-face

5. Not the frat dude, or woo-girls to my right

6. The Head-Imploding sound of The Joy Formidable's first song

7. TJF's drummer's demonic possesion (clearly he sold his soul to some welsh demon for the drum chops. Dayum!)

8. Ritzy Bryan's possesed glare

9. The totality of the TJF set. Especially "Whirring" and "Austere"

10. The ridiculous pedal boards of for guitar and bass (and a spare one on stage, just in case)

List #453: Favorite Marches

List #453: Favorite Marches

1. Valdres

2. Foshay Tower

3. Second Suite in F, movement I

List #452: My Favorite Thing About Each Character From NEXTWave: Agents of H.A.T.E

List #452: My Favorite Thing About Each Character From NEXTWave: Agents of H.A.T.E

1. Tabby: when she spells her name wrong with fire

2. Elsa: skill with a shovel

3. Aaron: his robot brain needs beer

4. Monica: when she 'calls' all of her attacks

5. The Captain: his name is the Captain

List #451: Favorite Sesame Street Characters

List #451: Favorite Sesame Street Characters

1. Grover

2. Super Grover

3. Bert

4. Big Bird

5. Barkley

6. Oscar the Grouch

7. Snuffalupagus

8. Maria

9. The Two Headed Monster

10. The Typewriter

List #450: Elements from my dreams last night

List #450: Elements from my dreams last night

1: Dream one

• My comic shop added some big screen TVs and a huge heroclix display, but were out of all of my comics and had a clueless new worker

2. Next Dream

• I was making cookies for a recipe that was my friend Tom's
• His picture was on the back of the torn open tortilla chip bag, as was the recipe itself
• There was enough melted butter and eggs in the recipe to fill a large metal bowl with a yell0w-orange soup of fat and cholestrerol
• I was not sure if I had enough flour and other dry goods

3. The Final Dream

• I was one of my students (who is on Mock Trial)
• I had committed some sort of crime and had been arrested (which was a part of the dream now lost to all but Morpheus)
• I was being transported in a helicopter to prison
• Other prisoners made a fuss and the helicopter had to stop in mid air
• I had a piece of rope like the ones we used to practice tying climbing knots
• I used the rope to dangle down from the helicopter and escape while the guard was busy
• I landed right in front of my old house in the West End
• The radio said it was going to be a big storm, I ran into Lincoln Park and the trees were all whipping around.
• I kept running through the neighborhoods and passed a seemingly empty machine shop, but it wasn't empty and the guy in there yelled at me so I kept running
• I ducked down an alley and ran through the "West Hillside Women's Athletics Museum." It had a green logo.
• There was a gated wall on the south west side. My land lord came through. I knew the jig was up as he told me to turn my self in
• The police surrounded me. They told me that they could let me give my roommate a hug for being the only person to ever be nice to me, but that they weren't going to
• Then I cried because I was going to be locked up for ever
• Then I woke up

List #449: 10 Things I like about "Calvin and Hobbes"

List #449: 10 Things I like about "Calvin and Hobbes"

1. The Transmogrifier

2. Calvinball

3. Calvin flushing himself in the toilet as a bath

4. Calvin transmogrified into a small tiger

5. Hobbes' homework help

6. Rosalyn

7. Calvin's mom

8. Calvin's lunches

9. Hobbes' love of Tunafish

10. Snowmen

List #448:Things That I'm not Particularly, Possibly Feel Bad About, But Likely Won't Change

List #448:Things That I'm not Particularly, Which I Possibly Feel Bad About Not Being, But Likely Won't Change

1. Religious

2. Service Minded

3. A Football Fan

4. A Basketball Fan

5. Spontaneously Adventurous

6. Initially Extroverted

7. Handy

8. Precise

9. Pet Lover

10. Thoughtful

List #447: Favorite Kinds of Water

List #447: Favorite Kinds of Water

1. Drinking

2. Lake

3. Sophisticated

4. Fresh

5. Frozen

6. Melted Snow

7. The Fountain at the Pine Palace of the-camp-I-used-to-be-affiliated-with

List #446: Books I Brought Home for Spring Break

List #446: Books I Brought Home for Spring Break

1. The Complete Calvin and Hobbes, 3 vol.

2. Totall Recall: How the E-Memory Revolution Will Change Everything

3.The Horror, The Horror: Comic Books the Government Didn't Want You To Read

4. Euphemania: Our Love Affair With Euphemisms

5. In the Empire of Ice: Encounters in a Changing Landscape

6. The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck

7. The Public Domain: Enclosing the Commons of the Mind

8. Teenage: The Creation of Youth Culture

List #445: Spring Break Plans 2011

List #445: Spring Break Plans

0. first Survive Parent Conferences

1. Play outside with someone awesome

2. Read all of Calvin and Hobbes

3. Yardwork

4. see The Joy Formidable @the Black Cat

5. Sleep

6. Read more of "The Wise Man's Fear"

7. Get my electric guitar fixed

8. Play music with people

9. Some kind of Accomplishment

10. Run

11. Make a Pizza

12. Try a new thing

List #444: Four Favorite Fours

List #444: Four Favorite Fours

1. The Frozen

2. The Fantastic

3. The Port

4. The artists formerly known as 'viv'

List #443: Favorite Annual Sporting Events

List #443: Favorite Annual Sporting Events

1. State (Minnesota High School Hockey Tournament)

2. All of Field Hockey Season

3. Midnight Sun Midnight Run 5k

4. GCS Ice Hockey coaches scrimmage

5. Frozen Four

6. Hating on Basketball Idiocy Month

List #442: Ingredients In This Week's Soup

List #442: Ingredients In This Week's Soup

1. Leeks

2. Potatoes

3. Lamb

4. White Pepper

5. Thyme

6. Parsley

7. Beef broth

8. Water

List #441: Things That Are Happening This Week

List #441: Things That Are Happening This Week

Monday: Mock Trial

Tuesday: Dinner, guitaring and then Midnight Heroclix

Wednesday: Mock Trial, possibly EDH

Thursday: Glenelg's Got Talent

Friday: Parent Conferences, SPRING BREAK BEGINS!

List #440: Favorite Notes

List #440: Favorite Notes (by instrument)

1. E (bass)

2. F [Eb concert] (trumpet)

3. C (Guitar)

4. Middle C (piano) (boring, I know)

5. G (ukulele)

List #439: 90 Great Things My Grandpa Has Done

List #439: 90 Great Things My Grandpa, who turns 90 tomorrow, Has Done or Still Does

1. Fathered My Mom

2-5. Fathered My Aunts and Uncle

6. Grandfathered Me

7-16. Grandfathered my Cousins

17. Took me fishing a lot

18. Taught me Geography

19. Told me stories

20. Told me un-true facts

21. Caused me to have to look things up when I didn't believe him

22. Which made me smart

23. Taught me to Golf

24. Still Goes to the Gym 3 days a week

25. Takes me with him to the fitness center in the summer

26. Pays for me when I don't have a pass

27. Buys me Soup

28. Buys me Chocolate Milk

29. Lets me stay at his house in the summer

30. Helped build our Church

31. Masterminds the PLPC Salmon-fest

32. Writes letters to companies

33. Sends Birthday Checks

34. Gives fruit for Christmas

35. Drinks Manhattans

36. Was in the Navy in WWII

37. Was a Pilot

38. Flew a plane for Madame Chiang Kai Shek

39. Tells Great Stories

40. Grows Sweet Peas

41. Grows Marigolds

42. Is a TV Commercial Star

43. Gets Recognized in the grocery store for it

44. Puts address labels on his canes so they get returned to him

45. Feeds Hummingbirds

46. Briefly Attended St. Olaf

47. Met My Grandma (at Carleton) in Northfield

48. Remembered her name "Gladstone" using the mnemonic 'HappyRock'

49. Made my Grandma finish college before he'd marry her

50. Is a member of the Rotary Club

51. Tries to grow tomatoes

52. Reads National Geographic

53. Always tries to watch Twins games

54. Is proud of his Grandkids

55. Wanted to be an Attorney

56. Put that dream aside to raise a family

57. Wants his grandkids to be attorneys

58. Grills his grandkids about what they are going to do with their lives

59. Is proud of us all anyways

60. Bets on me to know the answers to National Geographic quiz questions

61. Keeps a good Calendar

62. Writes in all-capitals using a china marker

63. Is My Hero

64. Remembers Birthdays (well ahead of time)

65. Played Hockey for the University of Minnesota

66. Is a member of the Lake Avenue Loafers

67. Can talk to anyone

68. Worked for Blue Cross Blue Shield

69. Lets me keep my sailboat at his house

70. Pays a good wage for Grandchild labor

71. Is in a book about Airmen of Northern Minnesota

72. Always has peanuts and good cookies in the pantry

73. Has great recipes for Meatballs and Meatloaf

74. Is good at delegating

75. Sings in the Choir at Church

76. Went to Denfeld High School

77. Still Goes to his Class Reunions

78. Helped teach me how to drive

79. Tells good jokes

80. Cares about his neighbors and his work-out buddies

81. Has an awesome house on a lake

82. Lets me drive his pontoon boat

83. Has 2 fake knees

84. Worked with Bob Dylan's Dad

85. Is the Son of a Swedish Immigrant

86. Still lives in his own house

87. Has a secret German-Irish alter-ego (Werner Muldoon)

88. Also played baseball

89. Taught me to play chess

90. Is beloved by all

List #438: Things To Do Now That I Own My Life

List #438: Things To Do Now That I (almost*) Own My Life

1.* Pay Back my Dad

2. More Charitable Giving (to alma maters and other good causes)

3. Take a Lady Out for a Fancy Dinner

4. New Glasses

5. Admit That Maybe Some of My Clothes are Starting to Get a Bit Worn Out

6. Save for a Trip/Trips

7. Save for My Own Steel-String Guitar

8. New Suit

9. Buy a Painting

10. Invest?

List #437: 5 Awesome Women From History

List #437: 5 Awesome Women From History (a day late)

1. Augusta Ada Byron (Lovelace)

2. Marie Severin

3. Carol Kaye

4. Mary Read

5. Hedwig Eva Maria Kiessler

List #436: 10 Favorite Things Played in Band in HS

List #436: 10 Favorite Things Played in Band in HS (Wind Ensemble)

1. Shostakovich Symphony #5

2. Jupiter (Holst)

3. Dies Natalis (Hanson)

4. Second Suite in F (Holst)

5. Procession of Nobles (Rimsky-Korsakov

6. Valdres

7. Hobbits ( de Meij)

8. #19 (warm-up)

9. that norwegian thing (Bombadier)

10. The Barry Manilow Medly

List #435: Fictional Educational Institutions I Would Like to Attend

List #435: Fictional Educational Institutions I Would Have Liked to Attend (and maybe what I'd study)

1. MacDonald Hall

2. Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters (Phasing)

3. The University [from the Kingkiller Chronicles] (Artificery)

4. Llama School

5. Sunnydale High

6. Bayside High

7. Wayside School

8. Blackstock College (History)

9. Neptune High

10. Hogwarts

List #434: A Few Important Facts about the Fatboy Society

List #434: A Few (but not all) Important Facts about the Fatboy Society

3. There have always been 3 of us (me, small paul, hogan, hans)

3. We are each 2013 pounds

3. We are 113% Irish

3. We tower

3. We are a unanimous democracy

List #433: 5 Countries I'd Move to If I had to leave the U.S.

List #433: 5 Countries I'd Move to If I Had to Leave the U.S. (in honor of Juan-Pablo or The Proffitt)

1. Sweden

2. Denmark

3. Canada

4. Norway

5. Finland

List #432: Things I've Won

List #432: Things I've Won / Victories (individual or team-where-I-mattered)

1. Geography Bee (at least the school level), 7th grade

2. A running race at my dad's company picnic (age ~7 or 8)

3. DC Heroclix Hypertime Marquee tournament (2002)

4. The first broomball tournament at that camp's Winter Camp

5. U12 Silver Division AYSA Soccer Championship (6th grade)

6. Life (every once and awhile... I'm no Charlie Sheen)

List #431: 5 People I like (and a reason why), number a-dozen

List #431: 5 People I like (and a reason why), number a-dozen

1. J.P. Zieger: for our brief and torrid comps affair (shhh)

2. J.P. Rigilano: for co-founding the Geography Bee, and injuring my leg

3. J. Bjorkman: for keepin' that dog, and a very special, very angry, stick

4. S. Langdon: for being my best friend when I was younger and remembering my birthday

5. J. McAdams: for Field Hockey (which saves my life)

List #430: Favorite Spin Doctors Songs

List #430: Favorite Spin Doctors Songs

1. Jimmy Olsen's Blues

2. Rosetta Stone

3. Indifference

4. Bags of Dirt

5. What Time Is It / Off My Line

6. Sister Sisyphus

7. 'Bout a Train

8. Biscuit Head

9. Little Miss Can't Be Wrong

10. Sweet Widow

11. Shinbone Alley / Hard to Exist

12. Two Princes

13. I Can't Believe You're Still With Her

14. How Could You Want Him

15. Freeway of the Plains

List #429: 10 Awesome Things About Wales

List #429: 10 Awesome Things About Wales (or things that are Welsh)

1. Snowdonia

2. Harlech Castle (among others)

3. The Joy Formidable and Los Campesinos!

4. The letter "ll" (and the rest of the language)

5. Slate

6. Owain Glyn Dwr

7. Leeks

8. Y Ddraig Goch (which I get to see every day)

9. The names Rhys and Angharad

10. Cawl