The Small Things...

7-11s what perfect little outlets for all your needs. Hmmm slurpees...who says America hasn't invented some great stuff!

nps.gov/grsa - pinyon flats campground

ka-bar.com - a real army knife...had one during survival training...good stuff

Physicist Garrett Lisi - The Theory of Everything or how to piss of string theorist!

Phoenix and the sun never sets...beautiful

Haiku Wednesday

Colorado

Endless snow capped peaks
Grand vistas, endless grasslands
The maker's canvas

We Are Just a Small Orb...

Wow just a great view! My first movie post. i couldn't help it. Just watching the moon pass across the Earth is just so beautiful and stunning and wow! Just think if you were out there on a ship watching this happen...

Rox Talk

A 4-0 series sweep of the Pirates to lead off the second half of the season (more like last third). The Roxs currently stand at 43-57. Six games back from division leading D-backs in third place. Yikes how did the NL West get so bad? We had the best two teams in the NL championship series! What is up with that? Currently 29-21 at home and 14-36 on the road, the Roxs have been outscored by its opponents 447-516 (expected wins is 43 versus historical wins at 47). On pace for 70 wins with 724 runs scored and 836 runs against.

Weekly WPA leaders (overall as well):

Amazing what a week of wins! Nice sweep. Have to admit Holliday is putting together a nice season. Too bad everyone else is in the gutter!

Wanted

Okay so did anyone think that this was Angelina's response to her husband's Fight Club? I mean honestly the voice overs, the talking to the audience, the what the f$%k have you done comment. It was your basic summer action film slotted in with Commando, Predator, and any other Arnold movie. Is Jolie the new Arnold? Anyone pointless plot and sillier bullet moves but good action and a nice view of Angelina's backside. The real question would be how many of those tattoo's are her real ones?

This Week in Comics

Mighty Avengers #15

Bendis continues with back stories. OK so going back in time to see how this all started is neat, but I am finding it is starting to produce some more questions like the big one....where are the original heroes?

Captain America #40

Not exactly a great fight between the old and the new, the better story was Sharon and her trying to escape and what exactly Skull has in store for her.

X-Force #5

There seems to me that I missed an issue somewhere along the way. Something is way wrong when you read the start of the book and realize something that is going on wasn't what you remembered. Maybe I am just not reading the issue all that closely but honestly it is crazy.

Haiku Wednesday

Frontier

Go beyond the known
Live outside your comfort zone
It's human nature

Edgar Rice Burroughs - Gods of Mars

Book 2 in ERB's barsoom series. Wow I love these books. For sure Saturday afternoon popcorn these books are high adventure, suspense, romance, and a thrill to read. The pulpiness of it all makes it so over the top that it is good. Some writer's try to be too serious sometimes about their work. Perhaps ERB was trying to be serious but I think he probably enjoyed writing this series as much as I enjoy reading them. I am anxious to continue on in my dissection of this great American tale. Next stop the Warlord of Mars.

Rox Talk

A 2-4 road trip against the Brewers and Mets (is it me or does it seem we have played the Mets alot this year?). The All-Star break is here. The Roxs currently stand at 39-57. Eight and half games back from division leading D-backs in fourth place. Currently 25-21 at home and 14-36 on the road (on pace for only 23 wins which would be the worst in franchise history), the Roxs have been outscored by its opponents 419-507 (expected wins is 40 versus historical wins at 45). On pace for 66 wins with 707 runs scored and 856 runs against.

Weekly WPA leaders (overall as well):

Sigh, the week before we have an offensive explosion and this week in NY we get shutout in back to back games and in one game we get only one hit. For a team which generated so much offense last year it is maddening that the hits just aren't coming. Alas last year was last year and teams that tend to progress forward in one year tend to come back to earth the next but in a year when the division is certainly winable it is tough to shallow that we missed a chance to repeat. Big question will be who is here and gone in August. My guess is that Fuentes and Podsednik are gone, perhaps Herges as well. I also think Holliday will be here this year and probably get dealt this winter. We shall see and is this the end of Helton?

This Week in Comics

Invincible Iron Man #3
Dude how can you hurt the Pepper? Come on now you can't go there unless you are planning on her wearing the suit (?) Or hey how about a War Machine, Iron Man, and Fembot attack group...girrrr don't mind me!

Powers #29

Finally some issues resolved. God this whole long winded series as been just painful. I realize that you can't have the Bruce/Cybil and Mulder/Scully thing going on for too long but this has gone on way too long. This book has always been about these two cops and with them apart is just isn't too much fun. Yeah I know the book has to grow but this growing pain has really taken alot from the book.






Buffy the Vampire Slayer #16

Who the hell is Fray? Why do I care...ughhh this series is slowly going into too much fandom. Josh please write some stories that mean something to all of us. These are some great characters!

Secret Invasion #4
Kind of a filler issue for this series. Nothing of real note. I am tired of the 50 versions of Cap running around. Nick Fury is a bad ass...his character has gone up in my book. Hopefully we get to some good cliff hangers in #5. Keep the momentum Bendis!

Batman #678
I must be stupid because I have no ideal what Morrison is doing with the Bat. Again Morrison is best read in the past when you can see the whole story. His randomness just has no continuity. You go one way and the swerve to the next meanwhile just not knowing what the f$%k is going on.

Astonishing X-men #25
Big disappointment...Ellis ain't no Josh and this book ain't worth it anymore. I like that it was sort of out of continuity and was just a place to write good X-stories. But running this into continuity is just blah. I don't need another X-book what I need is one decently written X-book. Ughhhh