Life After Crossgen

It looks like we may see the end of some of the Crossgen stories afterall. Disney apparently has bought the rights to the comic book line. The full story here:

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/media_disney_dc

I admit that I'm happy about this. I was just getting interested in "The War" when Crossgen went belly-up. I hate unintentional cliffhangers. Of course, it's no guarantee they will resume printing them and I doubt they can get the creative team back together. Hope is good though.

Update: I almost forgot to wish a happy birthday to the very handsome shortstackbear! Hope it's a good one Tim! Hugs!

Getting Screwed...

I got off work at my usual time, a good day done. I drive home, get out of the car, get my mail, and tweak the garage door opener to make it easier to raise. I pull the car into the garage and hear a hissing noise.. an all too familiar noise. I walk around the car and note the head of a screw peaking out of my rear tire tread. Grrrrrr! The day just went sour.

I drive my car to a Tires Plus down the road from my neighborhood. The mechanic that comes out to my car says it'll take about 15 minutes. The inside manager makes sure I realize that it may be 7 PM before I get my tire fixed (I got there at 4:45 PM). I think he said this in hopes that I would take it elsewhere. Unfortunately, I'm stuck and, fortunately, not easily intimidated.

"Well," I said sternly, "I guess you'd best get used to me being here for a while then."

During the next hour, I overheard him telling someone on the phone that its easier to buy a new tire than to plug one. Nice try fella, I think, just fix the damn tire.

Near 6 PM, my tire is fixed and I'm out the door, $25 poorer, but they showed me the screw that I had apparently run over. It's over two inches long! Here's the culprit that violated my tire without so much as buying it dinner:



I hope tomorrow is better....