The Illuminated Ones

Do you need lights? Magnalight.com has almost every possible light designed and thought of by man. Boat lights, flash lights, LED lights, hunting lights, and spotlights are all available through their website. In fact, they even have a few lights that I hadn’t even thought of.
If we didn’t have artificial light, we would have trouble seeing in the dark. Take some time to browse this website to see how far Thomas Edison’s brilliant invention has come in the last 100 years. Remember, 100 years is a relatively short time when you consider the history of man on the planet. Your not so distant ancestors used moonlight and firelight to see in the dark, and I am sure they would be amazed and thrilled if they could see the lights for sale at Magnalight.com. It is a bit of a shame (but it is to be expected) that we now take such amazing devices for granted.
If I were going to buy a light from Magnalight.com just for fun, I would buy a huge spotlight and put a cardboard cutout of a bat in the center of it, and then shine it on the clouds just to see if a real bat-signal is feasible.
So if you are into being illuminated you should checkout the site and take a look at the different lights that are available. You will be glad that you did.

Back to Work

I haven't had much time to update this blog recently. Ten years ago, I started a career in the car business. Three years ago, I sold what I thought would be my last car as I transferred to a segment of the dealership that didn't involve the actual selling of automobiles. Two years ago that department was closed and I was out of work. One week ago I re-entered the workforce as a car salesman, in the branch of Internet sales.

Things have really changed since I last sold cars. Banks don't buy deals as much as they used to, and dealerships have drastically reduced inventory. Many of the ultra cheap used cars have been sold for the metal or turned in on the cash for clunkers program, where they will be crushed and sold for scrap.

I believe that by maintaining a high level of professionalism, and working harder (and smarter) than I ever have in my life, I will be able to achieve a modicum of success.

I had left the sales world due to the lack of sales, which was in large part due to the economy. I have returned because the economy isn't exactly offering a lot of other jobs right now.

50 hour work weeks don't allow a lot of time for posting. However, I love blogging and reading blogs, so this blog will not be going away. I still plan on posting, it just can't be as frequently as what it was in the past. And it's not a bad thing to be working and making money again. The last week has done wonders for my self esteem, and besides that I was getting tired of eating hot dogs and chicken livers.

Web Hosting Geeks

Web Hosting Geeks
I have a fantasy I would like to share with all of you. I want to start a website that offers a service, like writing or forum posting, and make enough money to support myself. The first order of business is to find a web host that is going to suit my needs. I need to balance how much money I want to spend versus the types of features that I need on my website.
Web Hosting Geeks Dot Com has a list of web hosts. After browsing the site for just a few minutes, it’s a breeze to find a web site hosting company that is going to meet all of my needs. If you are thinking about starting your own site, I highly recommend Web Hosting Geeks as a starting place to find the right web host.
They also have a great blog that offers free tips on building your own website. I found the post “How to Invest in a Domain Name” to be extremely helpful.
Before you undertake any type of business or adventure, it’s important that you do research. Web Hosting Geeks Dot Com is a great place to get started on that research. They even have an awards section for different web hosts. I definitely intend to use this site when I am ready to roll out my online business.

Disney buys Marvel Comics

Disney has announced plans to purchase Marvel Comics for a reported 4 billion dollars.

I don't read many Marvel Comics aside from "The Dark Tower", which is an adaptation of the Stephen King novels. I don't know how this is going to affect the stories and characters in the Marvel Universe, but I can guess one thing.

Look for a huge bidding war between Disney and Time Warner for the rights to the Superman character when the copyright reverts back to the family of Jerry Siegal in 2013.

2012, Doomsday for Superman

2012 will be the year Superman meets his maker.

Superman, who is arguably the first ever superhero burst into the public consciousness in Action Comics number one back in 1938. His creators Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster sold the character to Detective Comics (DC) for a hundred dollars and a contract for work. In the late forties, they became unhappy with the amount of money they were making compared to the amount of money the company was making, and they tried to renegotiate their contract. DC Comics then fired them, and removed their byline.
The pair fought for years for the rights to the character, and in 1975 they were awarded 20k per year, as well as having their byline restored. This was not a court order; it was due to negative publicity.
After the pair had passed away, Jerry Siegel’s widow and daughter sued DC Comics in 1999, and the case was settled recently in the Siegel’s favor. Warner Brothers must reimburse the Siegel’s for any money they made on the character since 1999, and in 2013 full rights to the character will revert back to the Siegel’s. They could then lease the character back to Time Warner, but due to the fact that Jerry Siegel fought his whole life to get the rights to the character he created, I don’t see that happening. Superman as we know him will not make it past 2012. By that time, he will be 74 years old. Elements of the Superman story will still be owned by DC Comics, such as the Characters Lex Luthor and Jimmy Olsen, but Clark and Lois are going to meet their makers.
As much as a like the character, I’m glad the family of the creators are going to get the copyright back. Let’s face it, 20 k a year is nothing compared to the Amount of dough Superman has generated over the years. They could lease the character to another company like Marvel, but DC Comics owns Superman’s flying ability, heat vision, and kryptonite. Any story published by another company won’t be the same. So, in the year 2012 Superman will die.

Golden Age Comics

I was going to post some more stuff last week, but I found an awesome website that has taken up a good bit of my time. Most of the Golden Age Comics of the forties and fifties have fallen into the public domain, and I have been reading them online for free. I have read almost every issue of Kid Eternity published by Quality Comics, and I am now reading from the Forbidden Worlds series.

After you download a comic, you will need to download a program to read it with. I reccomend Gonvisor. Have fun. I know I have.

Revenge of the Living Monolith

In the film 2001: A Space Odyssey, one of the opening scenes show a group of cavemen shrieking and yelling at a black stone monolith that also appears at the end of the film, appearing to a man on his deathbed. When I first saw this film, at the time I never looked for any deeper meaning behind symbols in popular media, and I found the appearance of the monolith to be strange and out of place. Later I came to understand that the monoliths appear just before a great revelation to or jump in the evolution of mankind.

The movie was made in 1968. On a quick side note, a monolith showed up in a park in Seattle on New Year’s Day 2001, only to mysteriously disappear three days later.

Years before this mysterious event (1992), the Millennium Hilton Hotel was opened. It faced adjacent to the WTC, and anyone who followed synchromysticism at the time would be inclined to think it would bear witness to a revelation in the year 2001.

The year 2001 will forever be remembered for the attacks of 911. The television brought us horrible images of falling towers and people running from debris.

If we were to see a monolith in a work of fiction before 1992, it would be amazing. If we were to see one with an illustration of the towers being destroyed, it would be almost beyond comprehension. So here it is.

Marvel Graphic Novel #17, June, 1985. I assume the living monolith is the pissed off pharaoh punching the tower. As a believer in synchromysticism, my guess is that the next revelation will have something to do with ancient Egypt, as alluded to by Jake over at the Blob.