Polite Dissent

A quiet weekend here in central Illinois. Since I was on call, that was a blessing. Every winter, there seems to be a week or two where everyone is coming in with flu. That’s what happened last week and the first part of this week, but luckily it had died down by Friday. Of course, there’s still the pertussis mini-epidemic one county over…

A friend of ours had to fly back to Illinois due to some family concerns. We were able to meet with him and some other good friends in Springfield and had a nice meal together. It was a good dinner, funny, but with an undercurrent of sadness. Time well spent. Our hearts are with you and your family, Brad.

Sunday Blog-o-bits

• No Oscar watching for me. I leave that to the professionals like Tom the Dog. His summaries are always better than the real event.
• Another boring NASCAR race, this time in California. The last lap was exciting, but that doesn’t excuse the rest of the race. At least Bobby Labonte did much better today, finish in 13th place, which places him 31st in the standings (up from dead last).
• Congratulations to Neilalien on 5 years in the comic blog business.
• The National Prostate Cancer Coalition features an obituary of Optimus Prime on their site (based on the funnies sketch on last Sunday’s Robot Chicken on the Cartoon Network.) It’s nice to see a national organization that actually has a healthy sense of humor and doesn’t get all worked up over — for instance — gummi candies with treadmarks in them (whay not attack gummi bears next? My god! We’re eating bears!! And what about animal crackers!! Will the madness never end??)
• And all the super-hero cartoons were repeats. When do we get to see this Gail Simone penned Justice League Unlimited?