For all the Fathers out there:

[thebitterguy]

Happy Father's day. And don't fuck it up.

We were suppoesd to go down to ACB for Father's day, but Cynra is still plugged into her report card machine. So we called and gave him our wishes, and we'll go down later in the summer.

Some bricks were laid around a tree in the front yard (our front yard is so sad and small, especially compared to the back) and mulch was laid around it. Huzzah indeed.

Also saw FF2. Not nearly as bad as rdansky thought, so it was enjoyable. The product placement was atrocious, though. Fuckin' Fantasticar is not a Dodge.

Galactus was, thankfully, pulled off better than in the Ultimate universe.

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[thetathx1138.livejournal.com]

Galactus was, thankfully, pulled off better than in the Ultimate universe.

Aaaaaand "Damning with faint praise" gets another example.

[thebitterguy]

I honestly wish that Ellis had cast Tommy Lee Jones* in a giant helmet as Gah Lak Tus instead of the goofy space swarm thingy.

*disclaimer: Warren Ellis never actually cast Tommy Lee Jones as anything.

[thetathx1138.livejournal.com]

The space swarm thing doesn't bother me. The clones, the trip to Siberia, and the apocalypse cults? Gee, did editorial say "This has to fit into at least three trade paperbacks!", perhaps?

[thebitterguy]

I actually only picked up the first issue of ULtimate Extinction, so I guess I missed the clones, Siberia and Apocalypse Cults.

[thetathx1138.livejournal.com]

Let's just say it aspires to the same fine storytelling one could find in, say, an issue of "X-Force" from around 1994, but doesn't QUITE get there.

[thebitterguy]

Oh, Snap!

[crashing-angel.livejournal.com]

Happy Father's day. And don't fuck it up.
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[yojoephoto.livejournal.com]

Happy Father's day. And don't fuck it up.

Funny, my wife and I have been talking about this lately, for a number of our students are seriously freaking out now that we're leaving, and a number of them are telling me I'm like a dad to them, and since I hardly even see some of these kids, it makes you realize how fucked their dads must be.

I'm not perfect at it, in that I'm cranky and distracted more often than I'd like to be. But generally speaking, I'm more confident in my worth as a father than in most anything else.