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Feb. 28th, 2007
Comics and Stuff
Feb. 28th, 2007 08:44 pmLast weekend, I made it out to the comic book store for the first time in ages. Between the holidays and work hecticness, I estimate it's been 10 weeks. Steve had to give me a short-box to carry it all home in. Good thing I had managed to borrow the car!
The Outer Limits will be moving again soon, just a few doors down. They had been in their current location for many years, but I've been a customer for even longer. This will be the fourth storefront of theirs that I've shopped at.
Having been away so long, I had 3 catalogs to go through. I'm trying to cut back on my buying, but I still want to pan for new gold. It can take a lot of panning these days; a 500 page catalog often produces less than 5 new items I want.
And going through the catalog is depressing in other ways, too. Even though I avoid *buying* the worst excesses, I still become aware of them. And this latest catalog includes a series of items that makes me despair for the satirists of the world, if reality can offer up something like this.
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The Outer Limits will be moving again soon, just a few doors down. They had been in their current location for many years, but I've been a customer for even longer. This will be the fourth storefront of theirs that I've shopped at.
Having been away so long, I had 3 catalogs to go through. I'm trying to cut back on my buying, but I still want to pan for new gold. It can take a lot of panning these days; a 500 page catalog often produces less than 5 new items I want.
And going through the catalog is depressing in other ways, too. Even though I avoid *buying* the worst excesses, I still become aware of them. And this latest catalog includes a series of items that makes me despair for the satirists of the world, if reality can offer up something like this.
( rant cut for length )
Comics and Stuff
Feb. 28th, 2007 08:44 pmLast weekend, I made it out to the comic book store for the first time in ages. Between the holidays and work hecticness, I estimate it's been 10 weeks. Steve had to give me a short-box to carry it all home in. Good thing I had managed to borrow the car!
The Outer Limits will be moving again soon, just a few doors down. They had been in their current location for many years, but I've been a customer for even longer. This will be the fourth storefront of theirs that I've shopped at.
Having been away so long, I had 3 catalogs to go through. I'm trying to cut back on my buying, but I still want to pan for new gold. It can take a lot of panning these days; a 500 page catalog often produces less than 5 new items I want.
And going through the catalog is depressing in other ways, too. Even though I avoid *buying* the worst excesses, I still become aware of them. And this latest catalog includes a series of items that makes me despair for the satirists of the world, if reality can offer up something like this.
( rant cut for length )
The Outer Limits will be moving again soon, just a few doors down. They had been in their current location for many years, but I've been a customer for even longer. This will be the fourth storefront of theirs that I've shopped at.
Having been away so long, I had 3 catalogs to go through. I'm trying to cut back on my buying, but I still want to pan for new gold. It can take a lot of panning these days; a 500 page catalog often produces less than 5 new items I want.
And going through the catalog is depressing in other ways, too. Even though I avoid *buying* the worst excesses, I still become aware of them. And this latest catalog includes a series of items that makes me despair for the satirists of the world, if reality can offer up something like this.
( rant cut for length )