I had a subscription for Spy for a while. It used to be good stuff.

In the interview, Kurt touches upon Spy’s links to Mad, the end of the Irony Epidemic and the so-called Harvard Lampoon mafia.

http://www.dead-frog.com/archives/2006/12/interview_kurt_andersen_editor_spy_magazine.php

I’m not a huge Torch fan, but there is some good art on those pages.

Welcome to the Human Torch Art Project. This site is an artistic tribute to the Fantastic Four’s resident “match stick”, Johnny Storm aka the Human Torch. Inside, you will find commissioned, published and unpublished art from various professional comic artists.

http://humantorchart.com/index.html

I tend to wear a lot of hats now that I don’t have any hair, so this is handy. Of course, I’m not handy, so I won’t actually make one of these. Oh well.

You want to keep your noggin toasty in the nasty winter weather. You don’t want to wear a hat that looks like everyone else’s hat. You like lions (or dragons). Now you can combine all of these desires into a simple, yet useful, item of clothing that’s infintely customizable and tailorable to your (or a recipient’s) tastes.

http://www.instructables.com/id/EQ2ST0XZRKEVYDW5KY/?ALLSTEPS

NPR has the audio up of their interview with Stan Lee.

Stan Lee reflects on a lifetime of creating comics, including some imperfect superheroes. Spiderman, one of Lee’s best known characters, was human first and super second. Lee tells Renee Montagne how he brought realism to a fantasy world.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6684820

I wasn’t a huge fan of the first one, but I thought it was ok. They captured the feeling of the characters pretty well, it just wasn’t a great movie. This one, at least in the teaser, looks like a big comic book movie like this should be. It looks fun.

http://www.apple.com/trailers/fox/fantasticfourriseofthesilversurfer/

Good to see him back up and fine.

Despite the fact that doctors predicted he would be in the hospital for 15 months, Richard Hammond exited the ER after only a couple of weeks following his horrific accident involving a jet car that he lost control of at over 300 mph. Last Friday Hammond gave his first interview on Brit Jonathan Ross’s talk show, which we’ve assembled here for you after the jump. The interview comes in two parts and totals around 15 minutes.

http://www.autoblog.com/2006/12/26/video-hammonds-first-interview-since-crash/

I watched the new Dr. Who Christmas special and I loved it. I miss that show. Torchwood just isn’t doing it for me. It has the drama, but lacks the fun and the heart. Go check out the last two Dr. Who series for some good old fashioned SciFi fun.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5320_bHAaE

Hawt!

In 2004, The Monarch & Dr. Girlfriend gave us their take on the Bowie/Crosby “Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy“, while 2005 brought the tender trio of The Monarch and Henchmen Nos. 21 & 24 belting out Dolly Parton’s “Hard Candy Christmas” while The Monarch was still incarcerated.

This year, Dr. Venture has pulled together family, friends, and enemies alike for a very special holiday single, sure to solve all the world’s problems - or at least that’s the idea.

http://www.quickstopentertainment.com/?p=2959

So I tested out my new Blackjack (Samsung i607) as a modem tethered to my pc. It worked really well. The speed test on 2wire.com 607Kbps connection. And, more importantly for me, my Checkpoint VPN worked fine.

http://forums.cingular.com/cng/board/message?board.id=samsung&message.id=18529

OK, if he isn’t about to fire off Force Lightening then I’ll eat my hat.

POPE Benedict has ushered in Christmas at midnight mass, saying the image of the baby Jesus born in a manger should remind everyone of the plight of poor, abused and neglected children the world over.

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,20972466-2,00.html