tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18494089Tue, 08 Jul 2008 20:50:51 +0000http://www.perhapanauts.com/blog/index.phpnoreply@blogger.com (todd)Blogger354125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18494089.post-8212319342152080499Mon, 07 Jul 2008 13:25:00 +00002008-07-07T06:25:24.486-07:00okay... so there are quite a few movies out there right now that i'm dyin' to see. DYIN'! since my mom passed away 2 years ago, most of the movies i go to see are with my dad. and this time of year especially, he's ready to go--'cause, he says, there's nothing on tv. all repeats. so we compare our lists and usually they have most of the same movies on them and, truthfully, i'd go to see http://www.perhapanauts.com/blog/2008/07/goin-to-movies-with-dad_07.phpnoreply@blogger.com (todd)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18494089.post-3488830875709363745Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:29:00 +00002008-07-04T05:55:15.018-07:00okay... since i was a little kid, i've been all about the fireworks. at times, i'd say obsessed. love seein' 'em, but more importantly, love setting them off. last year, sharon and i were able to go see a great display put on by our local fire department, laying in a field as they shot them overhead. it was great! last summer, on our way back from a week in cape hatteras with a dozen cousins, http://www.perhapanauts.com/blog/2008/07/happy-fourth.phpnoreply@blogger.com (todd)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18494089.post-7888109259297377386Wed, 02 Jul 2008 12:11:00 +00002008-07-02T05:12:24.880-07:00okay... what's that you say? you haven't been watching the awesome saturday morning sensation, SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN?!?!? the way cool new series that takes everything good from the spider-man mythos and captures everything that spider-man is and should be about and wraps it up in a fantastic show that blows every other incarnation of the character out of the water?!?!?! and best yet, it's http://www.perhapanauts.com/blog/2008/07/spec-tacular-spec-tacular_02.phpnoreply@blogger.com (todd)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18494089.post-162618731077560788Mon, 30 Jun 2008 22:56:00 +00002008-06-30T15:59:57.848-07:00okay... so mike was the first to say skeksis from the dark crystal and many of you echoed that. so here are a couple pics for your edification and amusement, to compare and contrast... http://www.perhapanauts.com/blog/2008/06/skeksis-you-say.phpnoreply@blogger.com (todd)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18494089.post-5502170334865402296Mon, 30 Jun 2008 02:52:00 +00002008-06-30T05:22:55.940-07:00okay... man, things are really happening behind the scenes here at perhapanauts central, stuff that i haven't had a chance to mention due to everything that was going on with the convention and whatnot. we have some crazy cool friends working on some crazy cool back-ups stories and it looks like our october issue is shaping up to be a very promising halloween issue! i hate to be the type to http://www.perhapanauts.com/blog/2008/06/looking-for-strange.phpnoreply@blogger.com (todd)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18494089.post-4019597269290856349Fri, 27 Jun 2008 12:19:00 +00002008-06-27T05:45:16.188-07:00okay... d'oh! i never got a picture of our pal, cooper!! and the crazy thing is--i've known him for years!!! only all i ever knew was his first name and NEVER would have put the two together! so that was a wild and funny revelation--and then a bit sad when i realized that now, instead of two friends, i only had one... : ( HA! great to know you now, cooper! (or can i call you by your first namehttp://www.perhapanauts.com/blog/2008/06/more-stuff-from-heroescon.phpnoreply@blogger.com (todd)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18494089.post-1351497844103761926Tue, 24 Jun 2008 18:38:00 +00002008-06-25T06:11:19.001-07:00okay... finally got some pics to upload here...kinda frustrating that it's such a pain... got to put some more faces to names at this show. it's always great to meet in person the "familY" from here at the blog or on the perhapanauts forums/message boards. here are our pals, emilio and jason copland. and ed, aka dknobius, and daughter (i don't know which one...) across the aisle, rich case... http://www.perhapanauts.com/blog/2008/06/finally-some-pics-from-heroescon.phpnoreply@blogger.com (todd)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18494089.post-7746322662732825005Tue, 24 Jun 2008 12:07:00 +00002008-06-24T08:12:39.710-07:00okay... well, we're back... and we had a great time! and i got some great pictures...if blogger would only let me upload them...! sadly, they'll have to wait 'til later of tomorrow when blogger finally gets itself together (come on, blogger...!) lots of fun, lots of friends, lots of family! so good to see so many of you out there that, 'til now, i've only known as names on the message boards http://www.perhapanauts.com/blog/2008/06/back-from-show-heroescon-08.phpnoreply@blogger.com (todd)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18494089.post-6198734123558309946Thu, 19 Jun 2008 12:21:00 +00002008-06-19T05:21:57.491-07:00okay... well, we're off to HEROESCON in beautiful charlotte, nc! craig and i are gonna be doing our best to get the perhapanauts message out there and this time around we will be assisted by our better-looking other halves; trish and sharon! it's really gonna be a family affair as we'll be sitting next to matt and suzanne and christian and...nick!! i'll have pictures to post next week and http://www.perhapanauts.com/blog/2008/06/heroescon-bound.phpnoreply@blogger.com (todd)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18494089.post-5371926686203043826Wed, 18 Jun 2008 04:04:00 +00002008-06-17T21:05:48.708-07:00okay... so crazy very late, last-minute shelton (drum, the man behind HEROESCON in charlotte this weekend and one of the nicest guys i know...!) and i realized that all the people who had planned to have a tribute sketchbook to honor/remember mike at heroescon--what we all refer to as "mike's hometown show"--had all hit roadblocks of one kind or another along the way and that there really http://www.perhapanauts.com/blog/2008/06/tribute-to-ringo-sketchbook-at.phpnoreply@blogger.com (todd)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18494089.post-1622147886260356281Tue, 17 Jun 2008 05:04:00 +00002008-06-17T13:45:36.320-07:00d'oh! i forgot to include the awesome cool logo for the MWS! rock on! Mike Wieringo Scholarship “The ‘Ringo” Announced Wieringo’s Friends and Family to Host Special Fundraising Booth at Heroes Con CHARLOTTE, NC (June 6, 2008) When Mike Wieringo abruptly passed away last August, the comics industry lost more than a great artist and creator – it lost a friend. Now, Mike’s family has teamed withhttp://www.perhapanauts.com/blog/2008/06/extra-matts-big-news-mike-wieringo.phpnoreply@blogger.com (todd)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18494089.post-1450093990928132800Mon, 16 Jun 2008 13:06:00 +00002008-06-16T06:24:27.114-07:00okay... well, first off, things have been slipping by me a bit, i've been kinda busy... but we need to say that craig and i will be down in charlotte this coming weekend--june 20-22--at one of our absolutely FAVORITE comics convnetions, shelton drum's HEROESCON!! we're getting our stuff all packed up--t-shirts, trading cards, and of course, the latest issues of the all-new, all-different http://www.perhapanauts.com/blog/2008/06/heroescon-ya-goin.phpnoreply@blogger.com (todd)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18494089.post-89378708306747632Fri, 13 Jun 2008 03:59:00 +00002008-06-12T21:02:01.304-07:00okay... running out to do a carpentry with my pal, jeff, this morning, so i'm posting this late last night! thanks to kc and nic for all their help today! but before we get into their offerings, here's a creepy post from our friends at paranormal@ about .com head over there and check out some more of their... Your True Tales June 2008 - Chanting Reaper by Todd L. As I begin to write this, Ihttp://www.perhapanauts.com/blog/2008/06/friday-13th.phpnoreply@blogger.com (todd)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18494089.post-9187463294686549120Wed, 11 Jun 2008 13:59:00 +00002008-06-11T09:39:12.222-07:00okay... kid's joke a duck walks into a bar. jumps up on a barstool and asks, "got any grapes?" bartender says, "no, i don't got any grapes. get outta here." next day, the duck comes in, jumps up on the barstool and asks, "got any grapes?" bartender says, "no, i don't got any grapes. get outta here." the next day, the duck comes in, jumps up on the barstool and asks, "got any grapes?" the http://www.perhapanauts.com/blog/2008/06/wacky-wednesday.phpnoreply@blogger.com (todd)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18494089.post-6015379400857227626Mon, 09 Jun 2008 13:02:00 +00002008-06-09T06:03:19.319-07:00okay... maybe i'm two weeks early, but i say summer is here! (after such a long, cold winter i want to count as many summer days as i can...!) and i'm gearing up for summer; makin' some plans to get out and enjoy the weather more, we've already had the grill out a few times, just put the air conditioner in yesterday... and i'm lining up the books i want to read this summer. last year i was http://www.perhapanauts.com/blog/2008/06/summertime-groove.phpnoreply@blogger.com (todd)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18494089.post-2226938057784377784Wed, 04 Jun 2008 19:12:00 +00002008-06-06T06:04:48.427-07:00okay... just a smorgasbord of stuff today. letters, nonsense, trivia... have fun! Square Watermelons A round watermelon can take up a lot of room in a refrigerater and the usually round fruit often sits awkwardly on refrigerator shelves. Smart Japanese Farmers have forced their watermelons to grow into a square shape by inserting the melons into square, tempered glass cases while the fruit ishttp://www.perhapanauts.com/blog/2008/06/sundry.phpnoreply@blogger.com (todd)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18494089.post-414785601556370980Wed, 04 Jun 2008 14:02:00 +00002008-06-04T07:37:23.311-07:00okay... so, as issue 3 of the PERHAPANAUTS continues to shape up and come together, i wanted to make sure that, in all the hubbub--and there is a LOT of hubbub going on around here, i can tell you--we didn't overlook the awesome job that our pal, rich woodall, did on our cool, retro Untold Tales from the Perhaps! back cover from Issue 2! rich and his JOHNNY RAYGUN pal and partner, matt talbot, http://www.perhapanauts.com/blog/2008/06/rich-woodall-and-z_04.phpnoreply@blogger.com (todd)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18494089.post-3326349440480927266Mon, 02 Jun 2008 12:03:00 +00002008-06-02T07:20:04.754-07:00okay... well, now that everyone's had a chance to obtain and read a copy of the all-new PERHAPANAUTS 2--and we still have no answer as to why half the shipment was staggered by a week--craig and i just want to thank EVERYONE out there for reading the book, for writing in with your wonderfully kind and supportive letters and emails, and for joining us here and being a part of our perhapa-family http://www.perhapanauts.com/blog/2008/06/labor-of-love.phpnoreply@blogger.com (todd)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18494089.post-8009989956061684587Fri, 30 May 2008 04:04:00 +00002008-05-29T21:13:05.114-07:00okay... Smart vs Wise A young boy enters a barber shop and the barber whispers to his customer, 'This is the dumbest kid in the world. Watch while I prove it to you.' The barber puts a dollar bill in one hand and two quarters in the other, then calls the boy over and asks, 'Which do you want, son?' The boy takes the quarters and leaves 'What did I tell you?' said the barber. 'That kid never http://www.perhapanauts.com/blog/2008/05/smart-vs-wise.phpnoreply@blogger.com (todd)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18494089.post-4564398490205666854Wed, 28 May 2008 12:32:00 +00002008-05-28T05:43:22.792-07:00okay... so, a few weeks back, i went on about how i would like to, someday, be able to say that i've visited all four of the tv land commemorative statues located in various parts of the country. and, of course, if they make more, and they should, i'd wanna see them too! this is the kinda thing i like. interesting and/or odd landmarks. especially the odd. about ten years or so ago, while takinghttp://www.perhapanauts.com/blog/2008/05/rats_28.phpnoreply@blogger.com (todd)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18494089.post-6488336482098390146Mon, 26 May 2008 13:24:00 +00002008-05-26T06:39:47.737-07:00okay... happy memorial day all! hope you're going to a parade or are in a parade or are doing something fun with your family! because today is jake's birthday, i used to take him to our home town parade and tell him that the parade was for him 'cause he's so special... at 15, now he just likes to sleep in on his birthday. me too. later sharon and i will have my dad, my brother and my niece andhttp://www.perhapanauts.com/blog/2008/05/memorial-monday.phpnoreply@blogger.com (todd)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18494089.post-3852310753375346108Thu, 22 May 2008 13:30:00 +00002008-05-23T06:58:11.895-07:00okay... my uncle forwards me about 129 e-mails every day. and, 'cause i love my uncle, i look at them. sometimes they're funny, sometimes they're political, and sometimes, every once in a while, there's one that's really fascinating. this is one of those. Amazing Striped Icebergs Icebergs in the Antarctic area sometimes have stripes, formed by layers of snow that react to different http://www.perhapanauts.com/blog/2008/05/icebergs.phpnoreply@blogger.com (todd)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18494089.post-7051250673405710578Wed, 21 May 2008 11:40:00 +00002008-05-21T05:09:10.948-07:00okay... so, in case you hadn't heard, the super spectacular second issue of the all-new, all different PERHAPANAUTS will be available on the shelves of your local comics shop LATER TODAY! and while the first issue see some ground work for this, our first story arc, in this issue things really get rolling! i was GOING to give you a look at the first few pages to whet your respective appetites, http://www.perhapanauts.com/blog/2008/05/perhapanauts-2-on-sale-today.phpnoreply@blogger.com (todd)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18494089.post-8760674424268108946Mon, 19 May 2008 12:54:00 +00002008-05-19T05:55:26.399-07:00okay... the other day i got an e-mail from my ex- and now best pal, dani, with a list of 25 of the most bizarre animals in the world. so, not cryptids, by definition... but, man, are they weird! i've picked out the five that I thought were the wackiest, but here's the link to the whole article if you need to read some more...! http://divaboo.info/ Tarsiers are prosimian primates of the http://www.perhapanauts.com/blog/2008/05/close-to-cryptid.phpnoreply@blogger.com (todd)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18494089.post-3165530799101337200Fri, 16 May 2008 13:24:00 +00002008-05-16T06:25:06.093-07:00okay... i have said before that when we would go to conventions, mike and craig and i would usually get ahold of some saying, catch phrase, line from some tv show, comedy album or whatnot, and just proceed to beat it into the ground all weekend. (last year in charlotte, it was from joe rogan's latest comedy album and we would just shout the word "jihad!' at each other...which almost got us intohttp://www.perhapanauts.com/blog/2008/05/vodka-trivia-creed.phpnoreply@blogger.com (todd)