Speaking of Reddit, a novelty account called ShittyWatercolors did an illustration of my own user name, “HeadTale” (well, mis-read as “HeadTales” but you get what you pay for!)
If you think “The Avengers” made a lot of money, can you imagine what a cross-company, joint DC-Marvel film with Superman and Spider-man teaming up to battle Dr. Doom and The Parasite with guest appearances from The Hulk and Wonder Woman would be like?
I still remember how I got it one day when I was sick as a kid, way back in 1981 (I didn’t even need a sick note!).
Mom took me to the pharmacy to get some medicine and said I could buy one comic. Most of the regular comics were probably about $0.40 back then so picked this over-sized special edition which was cover-priced for the ungodly amount of $2.50! (But a good investment – EBay now has copies listed at $25.)
But man, what a comic. If they made it into a movie, I’d probably go and see it about ten times in the first weekend. Seriously – are you listening Hollywood?
An interesting question – people are asked to take a photo of what they’d take from their house if it was burning down. I mean, obviously, the right answer is “nothing” and “get the hell out as fast as possible.” Also, “make sure my family is out” is an acceptable answer.
From the stuff photographed, I think it’s being interpreted along the lines of “What’s so valuable/sentimental to you, that you couldn’t stand to lose it (or it would be irreplaceable?)”
In that case, it’d probably be:
– my MacBook & iPhone (okay, and why not, our iPad too!)
– I keep something I call a Memory Box where I throw odd trinkets – letters (how rare those are anymore), newspaper clippings (or whole newspapers on significant days like 9/11 or the day Pace was born), some concert tickets, etc. so I’d probably keep that. Pace has one too so I’d grab his as well.
– various older photos/photo albums which aren’t digitized onto my laptop
– wallet/passport
I’m sure there’s probably a few obvious things I’m missing (car keys? Birth certificate?) but that’s the things that come to mind.
As I increasingly get familiar with my temporary new role of Outreach Librarian at Regina Public Library, I’m constantly amazed at the ability of technology to give visually-impaired people an experience that’s comparable to what fully sighted people experience.
This is a great article which explains that the difference between Facebook and Google is the difference between pictures and vision – both in terms of what drives each company’s culture and how they may evolve in the future.
