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Archives for June 2008

5 Superpowers Science Will Give Us in Our Lifetime

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Articles like this are guaranteed to get your attention because who doesn’t want to know about 5 Superpowers Science Will Give Us in Our Lifetime.

If you review the list you’ll see comic book heroes like Wolverine, Spiderman, Ironman, Jean Grey and Sue Storm listed along with powers that they have you and you may one day get. If you ignore the insouciant tone of the writing you can see that there is some pretty cool stuff coming down the pike.

But I can’t help but wonder, what superpowers do I really want and do I have to settle for just one. Why can’t I try to gain three or four. Do I have to promise to be good. Must I take an oath to use the powers for the common good.

Hmmm…. The possibilities are endless.

Related Posts:

You Too Can Be Like Wolverine
Which Hero Would You Want to Be?
My Favorite Superheroes

Live Blogging Game 5 Lakers-Celtics

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Live blogging the first quarter of the Lakers-Celtics game. Once again the Lakers are dominating the game. Once again I shake my head and my fist and beg the purple and gold to give their fans 48 minutes of this energy/intensity.

I hate the celtics and can’t stand the idea of losing to them. It is one thing to lose to a superior team, but they are not. They simply are not better. But they have done a better job of maintaining intensity and playing with hunger and desire.

That combination puts them over the top. Truth is that I don’t dislike these guys with the same intensity as I did during the ’80s, but those players you loved to hate. These guys, not so much. Still that doesn’t mean that I want them to lose any less.

The hated ones haven’t won a championship in 22 years. There is a reason for that and let’s hope that they wait another 22 years.

Still, the chances of that are slim. The Lakers inconsistent behavior has placed them in a very tough position. If they come back and win the series that will help mitigate the sting of that last loss. Win the series and no one will talk about that loss, lose and you guys get to play goat for years to come.

The Jewish Role in Creating Comic Book Heroes

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One more quick hit and run post. This story is running on Ynet:

“The exhibit ZAP! POW! BAM! The Superhero: The Golden Age of Comic Books, 1938-1950, at My Jewish Discovery Place Children’s Museum in Plantation, Florida is bringing comic book heroes back to life for a new generation of fans, the Miami Herald reported.

The report mentioned that the first superhero – Superman – was created in 1938 by two Jewish boys, Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. Bob Kane and Bill Finger, also Jewish, created Batman in 1939. Then came Captain America in 1940 from Jewish artists Joe Simon and Jack Kirby.

Museum Director Debbie Hochman was quoted by the Miami Herald as saying that the exhibit is a chance for children to learn not only about well-known comic book heroes and how they began but also about the people who drew them.

”They are heroes in their own right,” she said.

‘Nazis were the villains of that time’

The report said the exhibit, which originated at the William Breman Jewish Heritage Museum in Atlanta, came from various private and institutional collections and is traveling throughout the United States.

‘When I saw it, I fell in love with it,” Jewish Museum Executive Director Marcia Jo Zerivitz told the Miami Herald regarding the Breman exhibit. “I didn’t know these (characters) were created by Jews.”

The report said the works displayed in the exhibit are all original and explain the genesis of aforementioned cultural icons and many others, like Captain Marvel and Wonder Woman.”

Past posts about comics include:

Comic Books Find Religion
The Science of Superheroes

BTW, Meryl gives the skinny on the new Hulk movie with

Hulk say Hulk movie smash!

Happy Father’s Day

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Short on time so I’ll throw out a few old posts for your review. First is Haveil Havalim #121- Thank Your Father Edition which contains links to my posts:

A Father’s Day Post and Father’s Love Their Daddies Too.

On a side note I predict that if you sift through HH #121 you’ll find that at least 20% of those bloggers have given up on blogging.

Happy Father’s Day to all.

(I’ll try to come back later and prepare a proper post.)