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Interesting article:

“Scotland’s Pagan community is set to gain official status as a recognised religion after raising funds for a recount of the 2001 Scottish census.” [more]

Captain, we’re getting some strange readings: http://www.fridayfive.org/

1. What were your favorite childhood stories?
The one that I can remember asking my parents to read to me ad nauseum was Pecos Bill. I also really liked The Boy from Outer Space and its sequel. I also really dug comic books, even back then.

2. What books from your childhood would you like to share with [your] children?
When my folks moved a few years back, they gave me a ten-volume set of kids’ stories, poems, etc. I remember flipping through them when I was a wee lad, and want to pass the books - which date back to the 1920’s - on to my children someday.

3. Have you re-read any of those childhood stories and been surprised by anything?
The comic that I always got was Superman Family, a series that had usually three or four stories with Superman, Supergirl, their supporting casts, or their Earth-2 counterparts.

I picked up some back issues some time ago, and discovered two things:

a. The books look horribly, horribly dated: They’re awash in 70s fashions.
b. The stories are still fun to read. Sure, they were short, and Jimmy Olsen wasn’t as cool as he was made out to be, but they loved up to my fond memories.

4. How old were you when you first learned to read?
I don’t know. Three or four. I could read before I entered kindergarten.

5. Do you remember the first ‘grown-up’ book you read? How old were you?
Not specifically. I remember that when my family lived in Ohio - I was about 8 at the time - the local library had a really cool summer reading program/contest for kids. My mom insisted that my sister and I keep reading the sort of books we’d been reading and not some abbreviated children’s books.

Very smart move on my mom’s part.

Check out this list of some of the celebs that will entertain the hoi polloi at SDCC:

• A Kill Bill panel featuring Director Quentin Tarentino, and cast members David Carradine, Daryl Hannah, Michael Madsen and Michael Jai White
• A Creative Screenwriting magazine panel
• The premiere of the Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman animated flick
• A look at Underworld with stars Kate Beckinsale and Scott Speedman and director Len Wiseman
• Joe!
  J. Michael Straczynski will be there again this year!
• And last but not least:
  “And on Sunday, we have a special event. Eliza Dushku joins us at Comic-Con to present the first-ever screening of the pilot for her new Fox TV series, Tru Calling! This event takes place in Ballroom 20 from 12:30-2:00 p.m.”

(Too much excitement! Must… lie… down…)

From CityOfAngel.com:

The Buffy/Angel Scribes gather for
San Diego Comic-Con 03
6/29/2003

San Diego International Comic Con 2003
San Diego Convention Center
July 17-20, 2003

CoA proudly presents:
“The Demise of Buffy & The Mystique of Angel”

~ An adventure into the minds and behind the words of the Angel/Buffy the Vampire Slayer writers as we explore past, present, and future. Don’t miss the excitement at this year’s Comic Con when these talented scribes gather to dish the dirt as never featured before with: David Fury, Steven S. DeKnight, Sarah Fain & Elizabeth Craft, Drew Greenberg, Jeff Bell, Drew Goddard, and Ben Edlund.

And if that weren’t enough, the 1-hour panel will be moderated by than other than Buffy/Angel Novelist, Nancy Holder!

WHO: The Scribes of Buffy and Angel
WHEN: Saturday, July 19th 4:30-5:30pm
WHERE: Rooms 6CDEF

* Immediately following the infamous Joss Whedon Q&A!

~ A CityofAngel.com Sponsored Event ~

Javascript + 18-digit Blogger ID codes = choke!

Fixed by adding single quotes to the function call in my Blogger template.

Decidedly unglamourous fix for all that work.

The comments aren’t updating their counts correctly. You see weirdness ’round those parts it’s ’cause I’m messing with it.