Jaq Greenspon's Blog, page 25
July 29, 2018
On Superman’s Symbol
Over at Kotaku.com, they have a great piece about the changing emblem on Superman’s chest. As they point out, “the big costume changes over the decades tend to stick out—the mullet and all-black bodysuit after he died and came back—but the smaller changes that happen over time tend to be more fascinating. Now you can […]
July 28, 2018
July 26, 2018
On Speaking English as a Second Language
A friend on Facebook posted this picture, which then sparked a discussion about speaking English when it isn’t your native language. So here’s the thing: It’s hard. What this illustration points out is incredibly true. When I moved to Lithuania, I had no idea how to speak the language. Eventually, a few years after I […]
July 23, 2018
On Comic Research
It’s no secret I’m a comic book fan. Particularly superheroes and particularly Marvel. But that said, I love them all. I love reading them and now, in professional life, I love teaching and writing about them. So when I find some cool things, I’m going to post them. To that end, here’s a couple of […]
July 18, 2018
The Flight Home – July 9, 2018
I’ll kill the suspense now and tell you we made the flight. Of course, while we were in the middle of things, that outcome was never assured. And in fact, at points, it seemed like it was highly doubtful. Luton airport, as noted previously, is about 45 miles away from where we were. It took […]
July 17, 2018
Dinosaurs and Technology – July 8, 2018
Sunday was our last day in town and we had decided to try for the Natural History Museum. It fit our requirement of being free and had the added benefit of being one of my favorite places (plus, I’m working on a story set there, so, yay, research!). But first…breakfast and then a walk to […]
July 16, 2018
Park Life – July 7, 2018
So…Remember those clothes we took to the cleaner back on Wednesday when Monki got sick in the car? It wasn’t just a wash and fold, it was actually a dry-cleaner and they said they could get them back for us Friday night or Saturday morning. Since way back then we didn’t know what was going […]
July 15, 2018
Into London Town – July 6, 2018
New day, new adventure. Once again, a jet-lagged baby was up early so we had breakfast and headed out to figure out how to get into the city. We found the Ilford station and a very nice and helpful station agent explained the advantage of Oyster Cards to us as a cost saving measure and […]
July 14, 2018
Brick by Brick – July 5, 2018
Legoland is located over near Windsor Castle, where the recent royal wedding had been held, and about 50 miles from us. Thankfully, due to jet lag, Monki was up early, which meant we were as well, and after a brief English breakfast at the hotel, we were off on the day’s adventure. Again, traffic hit […]
July 13, 2018
Like 4th of July in England – July 4, 2018
This was the trip which almost didn’t happen. We booked it a few weeks back, thinking it would be a nice getaway before Monki and I had our birthdays. The financial logic here was that before her second birthday, Monki flies for the infant rate of very little, as opposed to after her second birthday, […]
