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One of the things I hated most about leaving my comics collection behind when I moved (I had to leave it as I had nowhere to store it in the new place, and Mike really wanted them, so I gave them to him) is that I lost The Fall of the Mutants. This storyline covered issues in all three of the mutant books of the time, but the only portion that mattered to me was the X-Men portion -- it's the only one I saw as a really good story (though my opinion is NOT universally held; many fans hate the story).

It is, in my opinion, a beautiful story of sacrifice and the cost our actions have, for us and for others. The X-Men give their lives to save the world, and the world watches on live television as it happens.

This was my favorite time in X-Men. I'd begun reading regularly with issue 211, and I kept with it all the way until last July, when I simply couldn't afford it any more (considering my huge reduction in disposable income). It's not what it was, that's for sure. But issues #211 until a few issues after the end of the FoTM storyline were golden.

So imagine my glee to discover I can get it in trade form!

Actually, it looks like I can get most of my favorite storylines in trade form. Hmmmm.... take up less space, look just as good ... we have a winner! Someday, my favorite stories, someday.

Heh. If you just looked at my Amazon.com wish list (which I largely use as a "Hey, Michael, buy this when you can" instead of a "Hey, buy me this", since my family rarely bothers to look at it and my friends tend to not need to), you'd think I only read comics if you didn't look beyond page one.

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Yay! Found my sunglasses in my leather jacket (which I rarely wear).

Someone has a sense of humor!

Heh. At the SF Chronicle website, they have a feature called "Pictures of the Day." One of today's shows a rescue worker putting a "life ring" around a fellow firefighter in ice-rescue drills at night. The caption? "One ring to find him, and in the darkness bind him."

Memeage

From darkmoon and mslulu:

( ABC again )

Cat's Laughing

Dammit, "Black Knight's Work", the song by Cat's Laughing, won't get out of my HEAD!

It's fast-paced, it's almost rock-like ... it's just good. But it won't STOP!

( Bad blood, and risky business )

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I live for Steel Battalion: Line of Contact. Mmmm, you betcha. Of course, first I have to pay off my car. Then I have to pay off all other debts. Then I have to get Xbox Live. THEN and only then can I play LoC.

Eh. I can wait. But ooooooohhhh....