The Maryland license plate is terrible
I could care less about the War of 1812 or the Star Spangled Banner.
Emerald City Comicon sued for not paying ‘volunteers’
Jerry Brooks is initiating a class action suit against Emerald City Comicon. He alleges the convention broke Washington state employment laws. They used volunteers to do tasks normally performed by paid employees. The convention referred to these volunteers as “minions.” Emerald City Comicon did not pay minions. Legally, they were not in a position where they …
Keith Morrison to be removed from the $20 bill
Treasury Secretary Jack Lew announced today that Keith Morrison, revered Dateline NBC correspondent, will be removed from the $20 bill. In his place, Harriet Tubman, a woman who has never appeared on Dateline NBC, will replace him. I don’t know what I think about this. On one hand, Keith Morrison is a national treasure even though he is …
Wil Wheaton blames ‘Tabletop’ producer for errors
Former child actor Wil Wheaton hosts a YouTube show called Tabletop. The show features Wheaton and three or four guests playing a board game, the type of specialty board game one might buy at a specialty game store. In the videos, you see Wheaton and his guests, usually D-list celebrities, playing the game, presumably correctly. …
Memorial Day and why I hate communists
Today is Memorial Day, the one day a year we officially recognize the ultimate sacrifice many, too many, military men and women paid in service to our country. I spent over nine years in the United States Air Force, and in that time, I personally knew only one person who paid that ultimate price. His …
Joseph Stalin’s Order Number 270
I’ve been listening to a really fantastic history podcast, Dan Carlin’s Hardcore History. The most recent episode is Ghosts of the Ostfront II. It is the second part of a show that deals with what the Russians refer to as The Great Patriotic War, the theatre of war between the German Third Reich and the …
The night an F-4G Wild Weasel fired a missile at a B-52G
This illustration depicts aircraft B-52G 0248. Although the image is too small to read clearly, the nose art shows the nickname “In Harms [sic] Way.” Back in 1991, on the first night of Operation Desert Storm, an F-4G Wild Weasel fired an AGM-88 HARM anti-radiation missile at B-52G 0248. The Wild Weasel crew mistook the …
Brian Bolland and his Chicago Real Estate lawyer
This morning I found yet another email from comic book artist Brian Bolland concerning the whole issue surrounding my blog post over two months ago about a sketch he did at the 2007 New York City Comic-Con. The email basically contradicts everything he has said about this matter up until now. He is now saying …
Brian Bolland threatened me with legal action
This morning I found an email in my inbox from Christopher M. Caira, an attorney claiming to represent comic book artist Brian Bolland. The return email address, along with his signature, shows that he is from the Chicago law firm Klafter & Burke. Their website shows they specialize in real estate and taxes. Evidently, they …
Brian Bolland rips off fan for $150
A guy goes to the recent New York City Comic-Con and commissions comic book artist Brian Bolland to do an old-school Batwoman sketch. Brian Bolland charged the guy $150 dollars for this sketch. The actual sketch only measures four by three inches. What a rip off. Update #1 Brian Bolland and his lawyer Chris Caira …