T-shirt #151: Pajamas: Grey

T-shirt #151: Pajamas: Grey

Mr. T-shirt Blogger is taking a hiatus from the T-shirt blog for probably four days (that's the plan anyway). I will resume crazy, long, ridiculously complex posts that make your mind reel on Tuesday August 20th if not before. (And, obviously, now, it's not going to be before.)

I look happier in this picture than I am, though I am not terribly unhappy. I am waiting for my bowels to wake up. I figured a fact like that had to be in the public record.

I think my reticence to discuss my impending surgery with very many people prior to the date of having the surgery was because I did not really want to think about it. One thing I did not really consider is how much pain there would be. Of course, I knew there would be pain, but I put zero thought into how much pain one has after having one's prostate removed. Still, I am told that it would be much worse if my prostate had not been removed by the robots. The pain is unpleasant buy I am managing.

I am not just resting and idle. I am walking and eating, and this morning, against my better judgement--or my wishes--I taught a class. Granted it was an online class that I taught in the comfort of my own home, but still, three days after surgery I had to be back TO WORK. I completed the day's work by about 12:30, and I cannot claim that I put in constant effort from about 8:30-12:30. But still, I was up and in the office chair for most of that time doing something.

Grading Robot does not really get powered up until next week.

WEEKLY COMIC BOOK STACK

I am getting in time to read, though I used some of my convalescence time to re-read Marvels, Kingdom Come, and Batman: Earth One. I just caught up on my black-log stack of Fables comics and hope to catch up on other back logs, soon. I have other books on hand to help me recuperate, some of which I bought recently like Mind Mgmt and the Harlan Ellison story drawn by Paul Chadwick.

I did some catching up of back log before the surgery, knocking out Green Lantern, Avengers Arena, and World's Finest among others.

As for this week (well, last week), Walking Dead continues to claim the top spot, though the tension of the story is getting artificially enhanced by shorter chapters or maybe chapters that seem shorter as less time passes. I am fond of Fantastic Four, especially the work of Fraction/Bagley, and so this continues to be a top book for me though others may not rate it as highly. I enjoyed JLA, though I do not like the updated Martian Manhunter. I prefer his classic look, dorky as it may be. Infinity was an excellent read, and it definitely superseded the impetus of the book, which is to re-establish Thanos as a main villain in the Marvel landscape prior to the release of the Avengers 2 film next year.

COMICS FOR 1308.14
Walking Dead # 113
Fantastic Four #011
Justice League of America #7
Infinity #1 of 6
Uncanny X-Men #010
Thor #011
Batman #23
Defenders #008
Batgirl #23
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Season Nine) #24
Saga #13
Mind the Gap #12
Red Sonja #2
Avengers Arena #013
World's Finest #15
Nightwing #23

BACK LOG FROM THIS WEEK - 1308.14
Great Pacific #9
X-Force #010
Secret Avengers #007
Ultimate X-Men #30
Wolverine #008
Astro City #3

Locus - magazine of the SF industry

- chris tower - 1308.19 - 17:59