Comments for The Dredge Cycle http://www.dredgecycle.com Fri, 10 Feb 2012 23:11:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Lamest Adoption Story of the 90s by Barbara http://www.dredgecycle.com/2012/02/13/lamest-adoption-story-of-the-90s/comment-page-1/#comment-719 Barbara Fri, 10 Feb 2012 23:11:33 +0000 http://www.dredgecycle.com/?p=3855#comment-719 Well said. A difficult decision shouldn't have to be impossible. Parental love diesn't end at birth. James will know love that is truly boundless. Well said. A difficult decision shouldn’t have to be impossible. Parental love diesn’t end at birth. James will know love that is truly boundless.

]]> Comment on X-Men: The Anim… oh, nevermind by Adam http://www.dredgecycle.com/2012/01/25/x-men-the-animated-series/comment-page-1/#comment-710 Adam Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:55:50 +0000 http://www.dredgecycle.com/?p=3764#comment-710 And some of it's context, too. I wanted to see the <em>Jetsons/Flintstones</em> movie for so long, so bad, I'd be afraid to watch it now. The way <em>ST: TNG</em> and <em>Stand By Me</em> wilt me with the memory of both my parents on the same couch, I figure I'd probably collapse into a puddle of 'I'll never turn 10! And I'll never have any friends!' And some of it’s context, too. I wanted to see the Jetsons/Flintstones movie for so long, so bad, I’d be afraid to watch it now. The way ST: TNG and Stand By Me wilt me with the memory of both my parents on the same couch, I figure I’d probably collapse into a puddle of ‘I’ll never turn 10! And I’ll never have any friends!’

]]> Comment on X-Men: The Anim… oh, nevermind by Max http://www.dredgecycle.com/2012/01/25/x-men-the-animated-series/comment-page-1/#comment-709 Max Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:50:49 +0000 http://www.dredgecycle.com/?p=3764#comment-709 Very true. All Dogs Go to Heaven still gets me all soft-eyed. Very true. All Dogs Go to Heaven still gets me all soft-eyed.

]]> Comment on X-Men: The Anim… oh, nevermind by Adam http://www.dredgecycle.com/2012/01/25/x-men-the-animated-series/comment-page-1/#comment-708 Adam Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:52:39 +0000 http://www.dredgecycle.com/?p=3764#comment-708 Stories are stories. And the ones we get hooked on at that age are – better or worse – the ones that stay with us forever. Stories are stories. And the ones we get hooked on at that age are – better or worse – the ones that stay with us forever.

]]> Comment on X-Men: The Anim… oh, nevermind by Max http://www.dredgecycle.com/2012/01/25/x-men-the-animated-series/comment-page-1/#comment-707 Max Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:48:23 +0000 http://www.dredgecycle.com/?p=3764#comment-707 I could write a few paragraphs about that issue, or I could laugh and laugh and laugh. I think I'mma go with the latter. My mom found a couple of comics at work when I was wicked young, Avengers West Coast and Fantastic Four, and I was hooked. I'd spent summers and allowances and lawn money on comics and cards and (sigh) trade magazines by the time the cartoon dropped. Used to be a bit of an X-Men scholar, which took away from the cartoon a bit... they kinda Disneyed some great story lines (it was already tame to begin with), and I guess being able to go on at length how I do about the plot flaws and such when I was 10 made me feel cool. Now that I'm older and have social skills, that geekery contributes to my cool, which is very, very strange to me. I could write a few paragraphs about that issue, or I could laugh and laugh and laugh. I think I’mma go with the latter.

My mom found a couple of comics at work when I was wicked young, Avengers West Coast and Fantastic Four, and I was hooked. I’d spent summers and allowances and lawn money on comics and cards and (sigh) trade magazines by the time the cartoon dropped. Used to be a bit of an X-Men scholar, which took away from the cartoon a bit… they kinda Disneyed some great story lines (it was already tame to begin with), and I guess being able to go on at length how I do about the plot flaws and such when I was 10 made me feel cool.

Now that I’m older and have social skills, that geekery contributes to my cool, which is very, very strange to me.

]]> Comment on X-Men: The Anim… oh, nevermind by Adam http://www.dredgecycle.com/2012/01/25/x-men-the-animated-series/comment-page-1/#comment-705 Adam Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:23:26 +0000 http://www.dredgecycle.com/?p=3764#comment-705 Yeah, precisely. I don't think at the time I even understood they were comics; my next super-fan step was to buy a few packs of the cards. At that age, moving from animation to panels would have been the downgrade of my youth. I loved the voices too much. Tragic, kinda. Now I get to wondering what it might have been like to have someone <em>read</em> me the stories, though. Maybe a couple camp counselors, with his best Wolverine, her best Rogue. To this day, the way Lenore Zann says "sugar" gives me tingles in very hard-to-reach places. Also: have you heard the <a href="http://www.radiolab.org/blogs/radiolab-blog/2011/dec/22/mutant-rights/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Radi­o­lab</a> about the bat­tle to clas­sify the action fig­ures as non-​​human? Trou­bling, fas­ci­nat­ing, and of course ironic at once. Yeah, precisely. I don’t think at the time I even understood they were comics; my next super-fan step was to buy a few packs of the cards. At that age, moving from animation to panels would have been the downgrade of my youth. I loved the voices too much. Tragic, kinda. Now I get to wondering what it might have been like to have someone read me the stories, though. Maybe a couple camp counselors, with his best Wolverine, her best Rogue. To this day, the way Lenore Zann says “sugar” gives me tingles in very hard-to-reach places.

Also: have you heard the Radi­o­lab about the bat­tle to clas­sify the action fig­ures as non-​​human? Trou­bling, fas­ci­nat­ing, and of course ironic at once.

]]> Comment on X-Men: The Anim… oh, nevermind by Max http://www.dredgecycle.com/2012/01/25/x-men-the-animated-series/comment-page-1/#comment-704 Max Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:14:44 +0000 http://www.dredgecycle.com/?p=3764#comment-704 I take it the cartoon happened before the comics for ya'? It was a great and terrible show, and a pretty effective toy commercial. I take it the cartoon happened before the comics for ya’?

It was a great and terrible show, and a pretty effective toy commercial.

]]> Comment on Three Shouts of "Huzzah!" by Barefoot Ted http://www.dredgecycle.com/2010/12/17/three-shouts-of-huzzah/comment-page-1/#comment-684 Barefoot Ted Sat, 28 Jan 2012 03:54:38 +0000 http://localhost:8888/2010/12/17/three-shouts-of-huzzah/#comment-684 Poignant post. A powerful moment in American history...and a style of interaction and being that has produced our civilization...and I wouldn't say we built the best one possible, not even close. Lots of room for improvement. Good to reexamine the first roots of our engagement. Poignant post. A powerful moment in American history…and a style of interaction and being that has produced our civilization…and I wouldn’t say we built the best one possible, not even close. Lots of room for improvement. Good to reexamine the first roots of our engagement.

]]> Comment on More Sifting by Adam http://www.dredgecycle.com/2011/11/09/more-sifting/comment-page-1/#comment-681 Adam Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:48:53 +0000 http://www.dredgecycle.com/?p=3641#comment-681 Right on, Miouo! I haven't even pulled my bookmaking equipment out of storage yet, and I'm waiting for life & schedule to settle down a little before nose-diving into one of those projects. I'll be sure to keep you on my list. As ever, I'll probably post it up here & on Twitter, so you know you'll be one of the first aware. :) Right on, Miouo! I haven’t even pulled my bookmaking equipment out of storage yet, and I’m waiting for life & schedule to settle down a little before nose-diving into one of those projects. I’ll be sure to keep you on my list. As ever, I’ll probably post it up here & on Twitter, so you know you’ll be one of the first aware. :)

]]> Comment on One eye on the road by Adam http://www.dredgecycle.com/2012/01/21/one-eye-on-the-road/comment-page-1/#comment-680 Adam Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:44:23 +0000 http://www.dredgecycle.com/?p=3702#comment-680 That's my plan, bro. I got a few things loaded and ready to fire already, and the writing's definitely closer to the kinda stuff I want to read. I was surprised to see <a href="http://www.dredgecycle.com/2012/01/25/x-men-the-animated-series/" rel="nofollow">the X-Men post</a> go up first, but what the hell. I figure I'll start at once a week, and see if I can stay ahead. If that keeps working for me, I'll try to post more often. That’s my plan, bro. I got a few things loaded and ready to fire already, and the writing’s definitely closer to the kinda stuff I want to read. I was surprised to see the X-Men post go up first, but what the hell. I figure I’ll start at once a week, and see if I can stay ahead. If that keeps working for me, I’ll try to post more often.

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