HAPPY BIRTHDAY, RICHIE!

01 September 2006


From all of us out here, many Happy Returns, Richie.

Live long ...(with the appropriate intonation) ... and PROSPER (flash the Vulcan hand sign here, also known as my pigfeet impression) !!!!


Uncle Butch, Tita Julie and Biboy

Behold the Superman!

This movie poster was abandoned because the marketing team thought it was "too artsy" (plus the "Returns" bit looks like it was just pasted on there).

P.S.

Let's see them try and push that Superman-as-Jesus angle now. You know superhero comics sure are getting pretty dark these days when you see Superman deal with domestic violence in a two-part story. "Superman loves you, baby, but you know when I'm drunk you should just get the fuck out of the way."

Click on the picture if you want to see the full-sized look of murderous rage on Superman's face. "Whar's ma dinner, Lois?!"

(Belated) Happy Birthday!

Hope you had a fun day with various wacky misunderstandings and interesting subplots. There should also be something about people hiding in the dark to yell out "Surprise!" at you but you get stuck at work and they spend two hours hiding behind furniture before someone gets bored and eats the cake. Then you get home and mistake the shadows creeping around your house for burglars and accidentally stab your gruff-but-loveable boss. Then you have to take him to emergency but everyone at the party goes with you and your boss says he forgives you but is transferring you to a remote atoll in the North Atlantic. Then you say, "This is the best birthday ever!" and everbody hugs and the studio audience goes, "Awww..." Oh wait, I think this was an episode of Coach. Sorry, I frequently confuse what happens on TV with what happens in real life.

Number 5 is alive! (so is Ira)

In case anyone was wondering what I've been working on lately: My research blog