l.p. - luminous pondering - hmm...

Several examples are out there that seem to be ample evidence enough pointing to the fact that the whole blamed universe is against you the moment you turn 66... Just check out this list of characters created in 1941... (The fact that the year ended very badly - in that certain pearly harbor specifically - seems to have jinxed anybody born that year... hmm?) Entries in the category " Characters introduced in 1941 " (according to and courtesy of Wikipedia !) A * American Crusader - dead (like America itself!) * Archie Andrews (comics) - commercially dead (i.o.w. oversaturation!) * Aquaman - AWOL and apparently DEAD after a stabbing incident... B * Black Marvel - wasn't even black...! Also dead... * Blackhawk (comics) - dead * Blazing Skull - blatantly overshadowed by that Ghost Rider clone of his... And looks dead to me... * Bucky - died in the war (and, unlike Robin Jason Todd, did not return - not as a bad guy, not in any capacity whatsoever. Oh, wa...

Mimi and Flo were - and look at what they find out in the end! Same Genes, maybe... But not the "Same Dude", nope!

Mascots Are Us! And if you think those are cute - wait 'til you see these! Philosophers and Thinkers have been turned into plush toys for profitable commerce and cuteness factor alike! The only drawback here is that great thinkers are now lumped together in a collection called "little thinkers"...! :( These "little thinkers" make for odd comrades-in-arms as Mahatma Gandhi is rubbing shoulders with Che Guevara; and why did they have to put Frida right next to Jesus? These odd rumors about Magdalene weren't enough or something...?!? A Charles Darwin plush toy is a GREAT IDEA though: talk about de-evolution! ;) Introduce Darwin to your pet dogs and scaredy cats and watch the fur fly as the discussion gets heated - as usual! *lol* And I thought the mini-collectibles that had the monopoly on this sort of thing were Lord Crumwell is a funny guy too, in his own right: one has to like the way he thinks - see what I mean by checking out his MySpace webpage wher...