Mumble Herder

Y'know, the singing-n-dancing is the one thing that mitigates my Hugh Jackman man-crush.

At least we got Beyoncé in a top hat.

Kate Winslet in a tux would have been better.

Last night an old guy yelled at me to zip up my jacket. He sounded angry. "Zip your jacket!" he said as he walked past. "What?" I asked him. "Zip up, it's cold!" he said. He was right. It's finally cold here, which sucks but we all knew it would happen eventually. Except for a couple of weeks right away in November this has been the wimpiest winter I can recall. My attitude is, you had your chance, now just get back in the corner until Spring gets here. Too bad the weather never listens to me.

This baby sloth video is mostly for Richard, but it's OK for the rest of you to watch it.

These Swedish librarians, on the other hand, are for me and me alone.

Steve Gerber--creator of Howard the Duck, Thundarr the Barbarian, and many weird/awesome comics stories of the '70s (including some in the Essential Defenders Volume 2, which I just finished), and writer of the upcoming Dr. Fate series for DC, has a blog.

In case you missed it, there's a new excerpt up at the Secret City set.

That's it. Stay warm.

*Title has nothing to do with anything other than work annoyance.

I got on darkling1's case for his list, so I guess I have to provide my own:

List ten fictional characters you'd fool around with, and tag five people to pick up the meme.*

1. Clementine Kruczynski, "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind"
2. Aeryn Sun, "Farscape"
3. Natalie Hurley, "Sports Night"
4. Kaylee Frye, "Firefly"
5. Lisa Miller, "NewsRadio"
6. Jen Yu, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"
7. Xena, "Xena: Warrior Princess"
8. Faith, "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and "Angel"
9. Natalie, "Love Actually"
10. Hildy Johnson, "His Girl Friday"

Yes, pretty much all of them could kick my ass. Even, I suspect, the sweet ones. Maybe this goes back to the bubble or something. Fuck if I know.

*Tag yourself.