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Mark's Comic Book Review Center: Quick Comic Reviews - December 8th, 2011

2011-12-08T19:58:00.000-08:00

Mark's Comic Book Review Center: Quick Comic Reviews - December 8th, 2011: Ok, yeah, bit behind. Go figure. But I’ve got a ton of Marvel issues here from this week. Tomorrow at some point I’ll get the DC stuff ou...

Mark's Comic Book Review Center: Quick Comic Reviews - December 1st, 2011

2011-12-01T11:08:00.000-08:00

Mark's Comic Book Review Center: Quick Comic Reviews - December 1st, 2011: Sorry about no updates last week. A stomache flu pretty much derailed everything for me. I’m WAY behind on just reading comics now, so I’l...

Mark's Comic Book Review Center: Quick Comic Reviews - November 18th, 2011

2011-11-18T19:13:00.000-08:00

Mark's Comic Book Review Center: Quick Comic Reviews - November 18th, 2011: Well, I’ve finished a good batch of DC titles and this week DC is coming out much better than Marvel. Not a lot of expectations for the DC ...

Mark's Comic Book Review Center: Quick Comic Reviews - November 17th, 2011

2011-11-17T16:17:00.000-08:00

Mark's Comic Book Review Center: Quick Comic Reviews - November 17th, 2011: New releases are out and today is Marvel day! Tomorrow should be DC day. So let’s see what Marvel has on tap for us this week. Some good ...

Mark's Comic Book Review Center: Quick Comic Reviews - November 10th, 2011

2011-11-10T17:48:00.000-08:00

Mark's Comic Book Review Center: Quick Comic Reviews - November 10th, 2011: Well, DC has a lot of issues out there this week. Only one has really stood out sadly. But there’s still hope later in the week. We’ll se...

Mark's Comic Book Review Center: Quick Comic Reviews - November 9th, 2011

2011-11-09T18:51:00.000-08:00

Mark's Comic Book Review Center: Quick Comic Reviews - November 9th, 2011: Well, starting off with a 5 shooter of Marvel titles and we’ll switch over to some new DC releases tomorrow. Hope everyone is having a good...

Mark's Comic Book Review Center: Quick Comic Reviews - November 4th, 2011

2011-11-04T20:31:00.000-07:00

Mark's Comic Book Review Center: Quick Comic Reviews - November 4th, 2011: Another night, another batch of reviews. This will probably be all until Monday, which I actually have off this week. Gotta love floating ...

Mark's Comic Book Review Center: Quick Comic Reviews - November 3rd, 2011

2011-11-03T21:05:00.000-07:00

Mark's Comic Book Review Center: Quick Comic Reviews - November 3rd, 2011: Ok, so I’ve been out of the loop for a few weeks, but I’m back and ready to go! Switched to a new schedule at work that should allow me a b...

Mark's Comic Book Review Center: Quick Comic Reviews - October 11th 2011

2011-10-11T21:16:00.000-07:00

Mark's Comic Book Review Center: Quick Comic Reviews - October 11th 2011: New comics are out tomorrow, so I guess I better finish up on some of last weeks! Yeah, I didn’t review them all, sorry! I probably won’t ...

Mark's Comic Book Review Center: Quick Comic Reviews - October 9th, 2011

2011-10-08T21:17:00.000-07:00

Mark's Comic Book Review Center: Quick Comic Reviews - October 9th, 2011: Here’s another dose for this week. Lots of stuff out there and some reviews I might have skipped over just because I didn’t feel like revie...

Mark's Comic Book Review Center: Quick Comic Reviews - October 8th, 2011

2011-10-07T22:15:00.000-07:00

Mark's Comic Book Review Center: Quick Comic Reviews - October 8th, 2011: A fresh set of reviews with 90% more Marvel flavor than I’ve had in awhile. A good blend this week. Hope you enjoy my first set of reviews...

Mark's Comic Book Review Center: Quick Comic Reviews - October 5th, 2011

2011-10-05T21:31:00.000-07:00

Mark's Comic Book Review Center: Quick Comic Reviews - October 5th, 2011: Better late than never? Perhaps. A whole new slew of titles out, but I’m finishing up some stuff I had for last week. Sadly, Marvel playe...

Mark's Comic Book Review Center: Quick Comic Reviews - October 1st 2011

2011-10-01T15:31:00.000-07:00

Mark's Comic Book Review Center: Quick Comic Reviews - October 1st 2011: Another day, another set of reviews! I’m pretty focused on the DC New 52, but I should get some Marvel stuff up by sometime on Tuesday. We...

Mark's Comic Book Review Center: Quick Comic Reviews - September 30th, 2011

2011-09-30T21:14:00.000-07:00

Mark's Comic Book Review Center: Quick Comic Reviews - September 30th, 2011: Just a small update this week. I probably won’t get everything each week on here, but I’ll do what I can. My schedule changes at the end o...

Mark's Comic Book Review Center: Quick Comic Reviews - September 20th, 2011 Part 1

2011-09-19T23:08:00.000-07:00

Mark's Comic Book Review Center: Quick Comic Reviews - September 20th, 2011 Part 1: Last week I was so focused on the DC New 52 that I didn’t get to any Marvel titles. Fear not, I’ll get those this week. Or at least some....

Mark's Comic Book Review Center: Quick Comic Reviews–September 10th, 2011 New DC 52...

2011-09-10T17:25:00.000-07:00

Mark's Comic Book Review Center: Quick Comic Reviews–September 10th, 2011 New DC 52...: Well, the first round of reviews was interesting and a bit of a mixed bag. Let’s delve in the rest of this week’s New 52 from DC! Don’t fo...

Mark's Comic Book Review Center: Quick Comic Book Reviews–9/9/2011

2011-09-09T08:20:00.000-07:00

Mark's Comic Book Review Center: Quick Comic Book Reviews–9/9/2011: That’s right, I’m back and in time for the New 52! I figured if DC could start over again, I could as well. Take the poll on the left hand...

When Fun Turns to Terror

2011-02-12T21:39:00.001-08:00

Every once in awhile, we have moments of great tragedy that transcend what we have witnessed before. Today was not that day for me. However, what should have been a fun time, quickly took a turn for the worse.

I was the prescribed bath giver for my 2 and 3 year old. Is “bath giver” really the term we should be using? Isn’t there something else that would work? Anyway, I decided tonight we should have a little fun with the bath time festivities.

Normally, my wife has a strict anti-splash policy. I, however, quickly abandoned that when I discovered we had one of those foamy splash balls made for water. So while doing baths, we took turns chucking it at each other. The boys, who normally don’t get to splash daddy, were having a blast. I was having fun and getting soaked. The bathroom was quickly turning into a slippery mess.

Everything took a quick and devastating turn when, upon going to retrieve the ball from the bathtub, made a startling discovery. My two year old, who had been cackling like a pure maniac the whole time, had in fact… pooped in the tub.

Ok, I know what you’re saying right now. “Really Mark? Really???” Yes, it is knowledge that I have to share with you. Why is this suck a “terror” filled moment? Most people know that I love poop jokes and just the word itself. However, the actual substance terrifies me for unknown reasons. To further show you how warped my mind is, I will not breath through my nose the entire time I change a diaper. I refuse to, I just will not do it. I don’t want those poop particles wafting there. Besides, with the smell comes the realization of what I’m dealing with.

So there we are, poop suddenly precipitating throughout the tub like a virtual “shit storm”. The yellow and brown quickly pervading the vicinity. I turned to my 3 year old and told him to hurriedly evacuate. He was stunned, mortified, unable to move due to the horrible conditions he now found himself in. Slowly, the haze swept away and he came to, hurriedly scampering out as I yelled for my wife. I didn’t say what it was, I just stated that it was an emergency.

I would like to think my inner child had the same expression during our catastrophe.

My wife was on the phone as I explained just how urgent it was. I made sure to grab a towel for my 3 year old to keep him warm. I did, however, leave the poor 2 year old in the middle of the murky waters. My mind was racing (as fast a car with 0.5 horsepower can go) and trying to figure out what the hell I should do with this boy. Should I hose him off like they do with HVAC suits? Should I somehow rinse his feet in the toilet? What if, and I prayed not, he had to poop some more? I couldn’t act, I was locking up.

My wife then pointed out that the 2 year old was out of the bath tub and I needed to get him a towel and she would take care of him. That sounded like a plan that I was capable of accomplishing. My three year old was very much disgusted, but my 2 year old utterly confused. He didn’t even realize that he has done such a dastardly deed.

The next part of the operation was cleaning the tub. My lovely wife already knew that she was in for the long haul on that one. I tried to piece my thoughts together though as I had no clear strategy in place for when events of this particular magnitude occurred. Should I use a strainer of some sort to clean the tub? What the hell would I do with the toys that had been sullied by this act? Was there some sort of emergency poop bucket to fish it all out? Should we let it all drain and collect the poop from the drain? Could I alter the molecular formula of the poop to instead become wooden? I had no answers, only questions.

We too shall heal. Worry not about us, but how you can prevent bathtub poopings.

One sad fact is, I still have no idea how my wife cleaned the tub. Haven’t the foggiest. Quite frankly, I don’t even have the guts to ask her. A man can only see so much in his lifetime before he becomes desensitized to the whole damned process. So as I resigned myself to getting the boys to sleep, I read a couple of stories to my 3 year old. We came to a sense of healing him and I. To make light of the tragedy, we substituted the word poop into the books we read as much as possible. Ah hell, we probably would have done that regardless. But I’m probably going to burn those toys.

All Hail the Return of the King!

2011-02-04T18:26:00.001-08:00

No, I’m not talking about Elvis. Clearly, I’m talking about my return. And what better time to return? Fresh with a wonderful new laptop computer, 100% Pee Free (ahem, at least so far). So finally you’ll get to share the good times with me once again.

No, not Don King either. ME!!!!!

I picked up an Asus Laptop from Best Buy with my tax return. Click on the link if you want the specs. Honestly, probably the best looking and functioning laptop you can get for the money. What should sell anyone looking for a great deal on a laptop is the hard drive. 7200 RPMs on a laptop is what you need to put it on par with some desktop systems.

I had done a few blog posts on my old Gateway system that was loading with Linux. The problem was, nothing could compare to Windows Live Writer when it comes to making a blog post. I’m not a Microsoft fan boy by any means, but that programs is amazing. The 2011 version makes the whole thing even better. I’m totally happy to be able to use it again.

So where is my focus going to be? All over the place, as usual. I’ll be working on my comic reviews, Heroclix, board games, and a plethora of other fine things. I’ve got one site in the waiting based on an idea I’ve had floating around. More on that in a future post.

My wife has started selling things that she makes on Etsy. So even though I was without a laptop, she was going to town with her sewing machine. She gets even better every day and I’m very proud of her. Here is the link to her fabulous Etsy site so you can see for yourself!

Dammit Becca, get back to work. Those curtains don’t make themselves!

My kids are going to town around here with a new vigor when it comes to potty humor. Tonight they came up with the term “penis bombs” which is apparently something super heroes drop to kill bad guys. Talk about a terrible way to go. I shudder to think what these WMDs actually look like. You can draw your own mental image if you wish.

To my supporters, thank you. You know who you are. To my detractors, may “penis bombs” drop on you repeatedly.

Mark's Comic Book Review Center: Quick Comic Book Reviews - Nov 2nd, 2010

2010-11-02T22:21:00.000-07:00

Mark's Comic Book Review Center: Quick Comic Book Reviews - Nov 2nd, 2010: "A pretty darned good crop from last week and there was more goodness out there as well that I didn't review at all. Sad, but there's just s..."

Mark's Comic Book Review Center: Quick Comic Book Reviews - October 31st, 2010

2010-10-31T21:47:00.000-07:00

Mark's Comic Book Review Center: Quick Comic Book Reviews - October 31st, 2010: "More quick reviews. Not super quick like the last one, but let me know which format you prefer. If you kind of like me switching it up her..."

Mark's Comic Book Review Center: SUPER Quick Comic Reviews - October 28th, 2010

2010-10-28T17:30:00.000-07:00

Mark's Comic Book Review Center: SUPER Quick Comic Reviews - October 28th, 2010: "This is a super quick rundown to catch up from last week: Hits: Doctor Solar: Man of the Atom #3 - Written by Jim Shooter and Penciled by ..."

Mark's Comic Book Review Center: Quick Comic Reviews - October 24th, 2010

2010-10-24T14:50:00.000-07:00

Mark's Comic Book Review Center: Quick Comic Reviews - October 24th, 2010: "Brightest Day #12 - Written by Geoff Johns & Peter J. Tomasi and Art by Patrick Gleason, Scott Clark, Ivan Reis & Joe Prado. Hi, this is D..."

Wolves: Kids, They're What's for Dinner

2010-10-21T16:24:00.000-07:00

I told my 3 year old son about the story of "The Boy Who Cried Wolf". He had been lying to us about everything recently, so I thought that I could turn this into a story that fit the best. When telling this story, always make sure the kid actually knows that the wolf is a dangerous creature. That's the first part.

This is what happened to the Deer who cried "oh crap, wolves, gotta run into a car!"

A little bit later I caught my son in a lie again. When I asked him what he learned from the story I told him earlier, he simply stated "that the wolf ate the boy." Well, yeah, sure did. I tried to make this story seem semi-horrific. Nobody wants to be eaten by a wolf. So I asked him why he got eaten by the wolf and it became apparent that it just didn't click in that the boy was lying and nobody believed him when he actually needed help.

I think Disney is to blame for some of this. Now days, creatures like wolves are portrayed as cute, cuddly, and most of all, talkative. But in reality, they can be vicious predators and roam in packs. Oh my gosh, I just described my kids. No wonder they weren't scared by this analogy. Um... nevermind.

Mark's Comic Book Review Center: Quick Comic Reviews - October 20th, 2010

2010-10-20T18:41:00.000-07:00

Mark's Comic Book Review Center: Quick Comic Reviews - October 20th, 2010: "The Siouxland Voice site has been acting up. So yes, I've been updating my blog. Unfortunately my feed isn't loading there like it shou..."