And then the people shouted “Let my Egyptians go!!” And the ruler, not wanting to make the same mistake twice, stepped down and let it be so. I am so hoping I don’t have to eat more matzoh because of this.
–Ariel David
Day: February 11, 2011
Interesting Bowling Moment
Having just gotten over being sick, I pushed myself to my bowling league since I don’t like to leave my team down.
Although I wasn’t bowling my best, fortunately my opponent that particular night wasn’t having much better luck. Consequently, in the 10th frame of my first game, all I needed to do was get a mark (a strike or a spare) to lock up my point. But I made a poor shot, missing my target inside. Although the ball was in the pocket, the angle was flat, and the result was a disastrous and rarely seen split: the 7-8-10. For those who don’t know the numbers off hand, the 7 and 10 are the two pins on either far corner (referred to when left alone as “goalposts”) and the 8 pin standing next to the 7 like the groom on a wedding cake. Unless I could clean up my mess, I was leaving the door open for my opponent. It wasn’t like this was a major game with a lot on the line, but it was still a matter of pride.
Xerox Hour
Originally published October 14, 1994, in Comics Buyer’s Guide #1091
Marvel wants us to know that its plans for the mutant books in 1995 (which involves a murderer disrupting the fabric of time and causing bizarre shifts in reality) is not at all a copy of Zero Hour (which involved a murderer disrupting the fabric of time and causing bizarre shifts in reality).
In a way, Marvel is correct. It’s not Zero Hour precisely. First, it’s got “X’s” in it. (X-Posse? Factor-X? Please X-cuse me while I X-pectorate.)
Secondly, Zero Hour is itself a copy of something else, which was a copy of something else in turn. Which would make this latest X-citing development a copy of a copy of a copy. No, not X-actly Zero Hour.
More like “Xerox Hour.”
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