Mushroom Soup Thursday

mushroomsoup213

Another day when Mark won't be posting much. But hey, even when I don't post much, I still post more than most blogs.

A number of you wrote to quibble with my assertion here a week ago that Bill Nye is a scientist and Sarah Palin, who said "He's as much a scientist as I am," is not. Hey, don't argue with me. Go argue with Factcheck.org.

Timothy Hill reveals something which may surprise you as much as it surprised me: Candidates who get elected to public office have a fairly decent record of trying to keep their campaign promises, at least to some extent. What's not surprising to me is that Donald Trump tends to make verbal promises, then his office releases details of plans which do not keep those promises. Well, at least he isn't waiting 'til he gets into office to break them.

A young artist named Gavin Aung Than has done a wonderful comic book story based on an interview with one of his heroes, Jack Kirby. I'm pretty sure that Jack would have been delighted by this effort…and even more delighted by whatever Gavin creates in the future. He would especially like the fact that Gavin does not seem to be growing up to be a Jack Kirby imitator. Being inspired by him to be creative was great. Trying to create art that looked like Jack had drawn it was, in Kirby's eyes, an act of non- (or at least, limited) creation.

Tom Galloway sent me this link to an article about the growing legal battle over the ownership of Sea Monkeys. That's right: Sea Monkeys, the most disappointing product you could ever order from an ad in the comic books.

If you live in Brooklyn, it is still possible to get seltzer delivered to your home. For some reason, the website makes no mention of its main usage, which of course is to be sprayed whenever possible in the face of Larry Fine. Apparently though, people actually drink the stuff. These kids today…

Back later or maybe tomorrow. I can't plan my life these days more than about an hour in advance, if that.