Here is a nice page detailing the history of DC's Justice League Toys.

In honor of Christopher Reeve's 50th birthday, an anonymous donor has pledged to contribute $1 to the Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation for every free birthday card sent to him. Yes, yes, yes. These are always fake. Well, this one is not and it is 100% Snopes Approved! Their privacy policy claims they will not give your information to anyone else, so what do you have to lose?

A new search engine for the worlds beyond. Cthuggle

Silence isn't exactly golden unless, as in this case, you're on the side of the prosecution. British composer Mike Batt found himself the subject of a plagiarism action for including the song, 'A One Minute Silence,' on an album for his classical rock band The Planets. He was accused of copying it from a work by the late American composer John Cage, whose 1952 composition '4'33"' was totally silent.

I suppose I shouldn't mention that the song "The Ten Best Things About New Jersey" from the Bloodhound Gang's last album "Hooray for Boobies" consisted of ten seconds of silence...

If I were a bit wealthier than I am I would have just found one of the perfect X-mas gifts for Rev. B. - a membership in the Bacon of the Month Club!! They've got some awesome sounding stuff there but if the monthly shipment is one of their standard one pound packages, $20 per month seems a tad steep!

It's nice to see the good folks over at Forbes magazine loosen up their ties a bit and put out their tongue-in-cheek "Forbes Fictional Fifteen." The article rates the fifteen wealthiest fictional characters of all time and gives a nice, short bio of each character. The top "super hero" type character is Bruce Wayne at $6.3 billion but he is a mere pauper in 7th place when you compare him to the number one richest fictional character of all time - Santa Claus! Santa is rated at $∞ which is kinda tough to beat but, then again, at an estimated age of a bit over 1600 years to Wayne's 38 he's had a bit more time for his investments to mature!

Here is some great Cinema. Jesus Christ, Vampire Hunter.

Another fave sports team around here is the Buffalo Sabres who managed to win their game last night crushing the Ottawa Sentors 6-3. The other cool aspect of last night's game was that filming was done for a movie starring Jim Carrey. The entire flick is based in Buffalo but Carrey will not film there - he will be added to the shots on a sound stage in Los Angeles. And what is the name of this film? It's called "Bruce Almighty!" Oh yeah! It's about a guy who is given the power of God for one day and finds out that running the world is not as easy as it looks. The Sabres scored a power play goal during the game so there must have been some sort of divine intervention...

American comics done Italian style.

Space Imaging has release a series of satellite images of the World Trade Center and Pentagon containing pre-911, on 911 and several post 911 images. These are 1-meter resolution pictures (you can basically count the cars in parking lots) and are absolutely gorgeous! I didn't post any because you just have to see them to appreceate them. You can follow links to fhe full-size images which are nearly 1 megabyte each and they are just stunning. The pre-911 Pentagon shot makes a great desktop - I can't read my icons anymore but it looks great!

Nothing like a little Crab Ball to keep me awake 'til the wee hours of the morning. Very playable, lots of fun and yet more difficult than it seems at first. One of the better games I've played lately.

Ever since I was a kid I thought that the idea of owning an aircar was pretty cool. Unfortunately, now that I'm an adult, I realize that I'll probably end up flying a Pinto and not getting what I really want - a flying Lotus Elise!

Has the "no surrender" attitude in D.C. spread to the sports teams there too? It seems that a scuffle broke out in the stands and Prince Georges County police had to quell the disturbance which occured behind the away bench.

Swanson said a Prince George's County police officer intervened and that a "small amount of pepper spray" was used to move the fans back. The cooling fans on the Philadelphia bench helped spread the spray quickly.

This resulted in several Philadelphia players becoming ill and most of the team running onto the field clutching their throats and coughing. Did Steve Spurrier take over the Redskins or has Osama bin Laden shaved and decided to engage in chemical warfare when all else fails?!

This nice little Flash "Tribute to Ray Harryhausen" is hella-cool! For those who are are mystified, Ray Harryhausen was basically one of the formost producers of cheesy monster movies with stop action models for foes. Think "Clash of the Titans" and just about any of the movies about the voyages of Sinbad the Sailor. This particular sendup uses some cast metal D&D skeleton figures and video of Skeletor from the old He-Man cartoons - and the music is, of course, a foreign language version of the immortal song "YMCA" by the Village People. Good stuff!!

Is it a bird, a plane, whoa dude, its Superman! Keanu Reeves to play lead in Man of Steel. Lets hope the Reeves/Superman curse comes in threes!

Check out those hips. Super Friends action figures! Also here for another pic.

Here's a nifty little webpage that randomly generates names for military operations. Operation Universal Equality, Operation Smite the Cockatrice, Operation Rogueish Meerkat, Operation Provoked Troll, Operation Frenzied Privet Bush and, one of my favorites, Operation Grab Your Ankles and Prepare for Our Sucker Punch!

My choice out of the bunch for our next foray? Operation Universal Storm. I also found on that would have been perfect for the Bill Clinton years: Operation Narcoleptic Snake!

The many uses for Kryptonite!

Back To The Batcave, this fall on CBS!

Not all comics are good. Here is a site dedicated to stupid comics. Enjoy!

	From the bluesy, funkified sounds of The Darcie Miner Band to the hardened crunch and crowd-surfing frenzy of up-and-coming national recording artists Breaking Benjamin, yesterday's River Rat Rockfest was a great show. Cheap booze and food and great music all day - what more could you ask for? Oh, by the way Brian, your brother Chad says hello!