I was searching for some background material to help inform a post I’m going to write about the movie “The Dark Knight,” which I just watched on DVD on Friday. Strangely enough, as I was searching the LA Times Web site for an interview they did with director Christopher Nolan, I found this front-page photo of Barack Obama and Jesse Jackson Jr. Check out the insignia on the pocket of Jackson’s shirt.

I wonder if he’s wearing Batman Underroos as well.

The international space station is having problems with a device designed to convert sweat and urine into drinkable water. Advice to the personnel on board the space station: if someone offers you a glass of lemonade, you should decline.

Huh. The Dow plunged below 8,000 today. Consumer prices and home starts are tanking. And Congress is refusing to bail out the big three automakers, which may be defensible on philosophical grounds but I shudder to think of what will happen to our economy if one of those corporate behemoths actually fails.

Perhaps I should slow down with the drawing. I may need to hold back some pencils so I can put them in a tin cup, and sell them on a busy street corner.

It’s Star Trek: The Next Generation like you’ve never seen it before. Just don’t play this at the office, or with little kids within earshot.

Prepare to bust a gut laughing.

I just got back from a two-day corporate training in Plymouth, which is just outside of Detroit. Unfortunately, I forgot to bring my pencils and sketchbook. Watch for more sketches in a day or two once I get caught up on everything.

Anyway, while I was at the airport waiting for my luggage to come my way via the baggage carousel, an interesting thought occurred to me. I began to wonder how people might have reacted had I, upon seeing my bag, put my hands on my hips and cried out, “SHIT! Why didn’t that DETONATE?”

I received the following e-mail last night from one Mr. Jerry Chandler: (more…)

The Ian Jackson Chandler story, told in the form of a photo essay with authentic dialogue added by yours truly: (more…)

According to this article, squirrels are now involved in intelligence-gathering.

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According to the Associated Press, scientists have identified a potentially habitable planet. (more…)

Someone unearthed some Weight Watchers recipe cards from 1974 and provides a hilarious commentary. Prepare to bust a gut laughing.