Peter David's Blog, page 146

God Hates Math

Get this:  Abby Nurre, a math teacher at a Catholic school in Iowa, has been fired from her job.  Is she incompetent?  Was she making sexual overtures to a student?
Nope.  She was fired because, in the privacy of her own home on her own home computer, she joined an atheist website.  And administrators at St. [...:]

Random Thought for the Day

One of the last things air travelers will see when they go out of Denver Airport will be a twenty-six-foot statue of Anubis, the Egyptian god of Embalming and the afterlife.
What, Osiris, the god of death, wanted too much money for the recreation rights?
They couldn't use Ra, the sun god?  Or even Nut, the god [...:]

Casting Trancers

Originally published April 2, 1993, in Comics Buyer's Guide #1011
The casting office was fairly small. Black-and-white glossies of hundreds of actors lined the walls and the floor, a permanent smiling audience.
The actor who had entered was a little taller than I was, and quite a bit slimmer. He was dressed in crisp black slacks and [...:]

When They Make a List of the Top Ten Bad Umping Calls of All Time…

…right up around the top will be the blown call that just cost Armando Galarraga, pitching for the Detroit Tigers, a perfect game.  The 27th batter for Cleveland was out at first by a step, a fact that was evident to everyone in the field and in the stands and the announcers calling the game [...:]

Random Thought for the Day

The three judges on "America's Got Talent" are two Brits and a Canadian.  So perhaps America has talent, but apparently we're not capable of judging it.
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So Let Me See if I've Got This Straight

People are shooting at Israelis from the Gaza strip.
Israel creates a floating blockade to make it harder to shoot at them.
People try to bring supplies in the name of humanitarian aid.
The Israelis say, Take your stuff to this port over here instead.  Don't try to break the blockade because if you do, bad things will [...:]

You Can Still Visit with Gary Coleman Off-Broadway

There was some discussion among the creators of "Avenue Q" as to whether to make a change in their show since the superintendent of the apartment house is purported to be Gary Coleman.  Would such a portrayal, which at most could be considered bad taste (as one would expect from a show that proclaims the [...:]

A Whole New World

Originally published March 26, 1993, in Comics Buyer's Guide #1010
Just to keep you folks on your toes the next few weeks, I'll be doing a series of shorter items… combining stuff into one column.
Hopefully the variety will be entertaining. At the very least, it should be the spice of life.

Plunging further into the BID [...:]

Does Anyone Remember Which Episode of "The Avengers" This Was?

My favorite moment in the original "Avengers" TV series involved a climactic battle wherein Steed and Peel are faced with about nine karate guys who are prepared to beat the crap out of them.  And Steed and Peel get separated by a big sliding iron door, leaving Steed trapped with eight of the guys and [...:]

Our Condolences to Mike Gold

I only had the opportunity to meet Linda a few times, but she was always very sweet and ebullient.  My deepest sympathies go to Mike and his family as they deal with this tragic loss.
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