McCartney

Wow, I haven’t blogged in a while. Let’s see, what’s been happening…

McCartney was good. I went to North Carolina on business May 1-2. I’ve seen Spider-Man once so far, and will probably see it again next weekend. I’ve got my tickets for Episode 2, for Thursday 5/16, 3:45pm. (No 12:01 showing for me this time! I can’t stay up that late!) I should be pretty busy over the next couple of weeks. That’s about it.

DNS Central

The switchover of my domain name to DNS Central is complete. This shouldn’t mean much to anyone but me, but hey, just thought I’d mention it. I’m still sick, too, in case anyone is interested. I’m also still going nuts bidding on old Fantastic Four issues on eBay. I’m keeping my bids low enough that I’m not winning every auction, so don’t worry about me going broke over this.

Sore throat and Fantastic Four

Right after I posted my last message, I started getting a sore throat. I barely got any sleep Tuesday night, then woke up Wednesday feeling horrible! Flu, I think. I took Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday off from work, and I only worked a half-day today. And I had only been over my cold for about a week. I think I’m going to forget about any lofty goals I might have had for this year, and just shoot for staying healthy for more than a week at a time.

As long as I had so much time to myself, I got started with my FF 51-100 project mentioned below. I’ve got 4 issues in my hands now, another 7 on the way, and a few still waiting to see if I win them on eBay. I’ve also got the Marvel Masterworks volume with FF 1-10 on the way. I figure I can get 1-50 through Masterworks volumes, and get the original issues for 51-100. I’m trying to stay below $10/issue, and I’m doing OK on that so far, getting good reading copies. I’m hoping some of the old Masterworks volumes get reprinted at some point, since they seem to be going for anywhere from $40 to $100, or even more in some cases. It would be nice if I could pick them up for cover price.

Spider-Man

Spider-Man related stuff I saw in Wal-Mart today:

  • Movie novelization by Peter David.
  • About six other Spider-Man books, including one novel (hardcover and softcover available) and a couple of kiddie books.
  • Ultimate Spider-Man TPBs Vol. 1 and 2.
  • Spider-Man cotton candy.
  • Spider-Man Pop-Tarts.
  • Other stuff I can’t remember.

The merchandising blitz has begun!