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My 20 year high school reunion is just around the corner. This in and of itself makes me feel old as dirt, but to make matters worse I just discovered the above picture of me which was taken a week before my graduation.

Now, there is something really wrong with this picture. Aside from the fact that I’m wearing a plastic Swatch watch, or that I was sporting a really thin fake gold necklace, or that for some inexplicable reason I have my shirt collar tucked inwards… but OH MY GOD WHAT THE HELL IS UP WITH THE MULLET??

I swear I don’t remember consciously making that hair style choice. It must be a trick of the light or defect in the camera. It has to be. I can’t live with any other answer.

Some people get their news from CNN, some get theirs online. Me, I get mine from the subjects of the emails caught in my spam folder. Just look at today’s headlines:

Angelina Jolie Set To Destroy Own Vagina
John Mccain Denies Allegations That He Is A Politician
John Edwards Admits Fathering Clay Aiken’s Baby
Unemployed To Be Used For Soup
Gays Banned From Owning Pets In New York
Gay Marriage Could Be Profitable
Bush ‘Troubled’ by Gay Marriages. Declares San Francisco Part of ‘Axis of Evil’
Polar Bear Finds Yoga Great For Flexibility, But Murder On The Balls
Attack Of The Zombie Negroes: Dick Cheney
Mike Tyson To Fight Michael Jackson
Children Admit To Being Little Shits
Bush Tours America To Survey Damage Caused By His Disastrous Presidency
Illegal Immigrants Seize Control Of The U.S.
Bush Sells Louisiana Back to the French
God Destroys Boise For Not Being Gay Enough
NASA Claim to Have Achieved First Zero-Gravity Erection
Scientists Warn Of New Global Luke Warming Threat
Cindy Mccain Talks About Her Boobs
Cheney Visits Afghan President, Shoots Him In The Face
Switzerland To Be Devoured By Black Hole
Aliens Abducted By Michael Jackson

(that last one is my favorite)

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This year’s SDCC was a great show for me. We ended up selling out of the preview edition of the new book I’m working on called The Guns of Shadow Valley. The people who checked it out seemed to really like what we had put together. That kind of feedback is always nice.

The rest of the family had a good time, too. There was lots to do for the little ones, surprisingly… I think they liked the Lego booth the best, and getting pictures taken with Superman and other costumed heroes walking around.

I usually sit in the booth playing the ukulele, but this year I brought a banjo. I figured it was more appropriate, what with the western book and all.

More pictures (mostly of the kids) are in the online gallery. (Click here.)

It was great seeing my compatriots again. Until next year!

Tonight we saw Colin Hay at a local club. In case you didn’t know, he was the lead singer/songwriter from “Men at Work” in the ’80s and then went on to a splendid solo career of his own.

He’s one of the most enjoyable performers I’ve ever seen or had the honor to meet. Half of his act was just him talking to the crowd, telling charming anecdotes and jokes between songs. Damn if he isn’t one of the funniest guys ever.

Lisa needs a better camera phone, it takes crap pictures.