Miraclo Miles

Swined! Ah, yes. The H1N1 has had carnal knowledge of yours truly. It went from mild symptoms Tuesday mid to late morning in through a desperate, truly feverish push to clear out some projects before leaving work after 7 that night. I made a quick stop for something in the Flu Buddy strain on the way home (living in the brutality of the Land of the Free, I knew it wasn't as if I was going to go to a doctor and get a prescription I couldn't afford to fill, after all) and arrived home, somehow, hot enough that I was reportedly almost painful to touch. Two nights later and I appear to be past most of it, though I'm still a bit sore, and will be dosing up with anti-diarrhea pills before settling in for the night. I'm wrung out. Tomorrow I go back into work for the first time since Tuesday. I'm going to attempt to take it sanely, deal with what needs to be dealt with and not let the other matters stress me. Easier said than done, but that's the plan. Hopefully my r...

NomNomNom! Jack Kirby's heirs have served Marvel Entertainment, the Walt Disney Co. and related studios with 45 copyright termination notices concerning characters created or co-created by Jack Kirby. The list of characters includes Captain America, the Fantastic Four, X-Men, Thor, Iron Man, Hulk, Silver Surfer, Black Panther, Galactus, Magneto and Dr. Doom. I'm sure I'll raise some ire from some and perhaps confusion from others over this, but my tone's one of initial reaction. On the one hand I believe that copyright laws have long since been corrupted into a hideous, eternal monstrosity they were never intended to be. Current law, and trends that we've seen in it, threaten to choke our society by locking everything up so that it becomes less and less likely that anyone who succeeds in some creative venture will be free of people claiming to pre-own a piece of it. On the other hand, while I will side with the individual over a corporate entity almost any day, it...

It speaks eloquently for itself. (Thanks to Grant for the link.)