Gimme Some Good News!

[Gail Simone]

This whole weekend I've been dealing with weirdos and Ray Tate-o's. Anyone got some good news?

Gail

[TCJohnson]

Yogo apparently killed many people using only rocks, paper and scissors. Well, that is what I got out of his post.


And I am taking a vacation this week...partly because I needed it after a hellish two months at work and partly as a birthday present to me.

[Night Swordsman]

My kittens are now finally Cats =).

They still purr when i get near them.

And they love my dog and one sometimes lays on top of the dog and fall asleep. It is Sooooo cute.

[TCJohnson]

I still haven't adopted out my latest foster cat. This is a good news because she is really fun to have around.

[OzBat!]

My son got the cast off his arm last week! And he hasn't busted it up immediately afterwards, so Huuuuuuge parental sigh of relief!

[Azrael52]

I'm on vacation this week, too, and getting to spend a lot of time with the missus. It's been raining non-stop, but the sun is supposed to come out, I think (Dare me to do my Lil' Orphan Annie routine?). Comics are smokin' even after OYL. Oh, and you're Gail F'n Simone!!!

[Kyuubi]

I turn 23 this week.



That's good news for everyone!

[Buzz Dixon]

I saved a fortune on car insurance...

[kipster]

It's the first day of spring and we're finally having a decent snow storm! Hopefully I'll be able to take my kids sledding tomorrow!

And make snow ice cream!

[Ponda]

Good news here:

1. I am going to Florida for a few days starting Thursday.
2. The heat in the apartment here is finally fixed.

Wait, that's not ideal timing, is it? Oh well.

3. People of the world continue to be cool and understand each other's problems
4. From what I've heard, V is a good movie. So, chalk one up for comics.
5. I really enjoy William Orbit's latest CD, Hello Waveforms. I don't know if ambient electronic music is your thing, but if it is, you should check it out, because it's pretty much all good (except "Spiral", which is its single, oddly enough).
6. My current teaching work allows me to get educational discounts on stuff - which is pretty sweet.

[Sharpandpointies]

My nose isn't broken.

Fixing the mirror on the car cost under $300.

Someone I know read the China Study, and is now embarking upon a program to eat better.

[Noah Johnson]

Here's your good news:
http://www.radicalruss.net/blog/images/bushmap-new.gif

[Cam63]

That's beautiful, man.

[Cam63]

Oh and my 2 year old neice is still damn gorgeous.

I'm her chief source of horsey rides.

[howyadoin]

Dunno if it's news, necessarily. But I borrowed the 1st-season box of Battlestar Galactica from friends on Saturday (lent them the Firefly box in return).

So far I'm through the miniseries and the first 5 regular episodes. This is seriously good shit. I really like watching a TV show where characters don't constantly do boneheaded things or act out of character just for the sake of creating some conflict.

[Typo Lad]

Try reading "The Watchtower".

[Phoney Bone]

I'm a published children's book illustrator. The book is self-published by the author and is only being sold locally, but, it's my first published work!

[DubipR]

I went to Wizard World LA this past weekend. Had fun; got some comics signed, bought some sketchbooks, and particpated in the LA Marathon by handing out water to the runners.

[LtMarvel]

Bought a new used car...a program car, 04 Pontiac Grand Prix.....

Of course, my new car payment might be bad news for the comic book industry...

[Calamas]

I just came off a two-week road trip, the first week of which was spent in Las Vegas. I left there up $2. That’s right, two whole dollars.

High Rollers everywhere, BEWARE!

[Tobias March]

Starting a new job on Monday. No more number crunching, I get to write for a living now :D

[The Beast Of Yucca Flats]

I may-- and I stress the word may-- have a job soon. Keepin' my fingers crossed there. Oh, and I've just burned an entire collection of Scharpling & Wuster that a pal loaned me, so now I can hear them whenever I want.

[Corrina]

I don't have to have surgery on my bad knee. Since it seemed likely, this is good news of a sort.

Check with me Friday. I might have some good news, then.

[TCJohnson]

Starting a new job on Monday. No more number crunching, I get to write for a living now :D

Tell us more!

[Shades0077]

My girlfriend and I are celebrating our six-month anniversary on Wednesday.

[Tobias March]

Tell us more!

Trust me you really don't want to know what I do for a living...but I've transferred to an in-house magazine, so writing up articles, humour pieces, photography, some editing - there you are.

[Hybrid2]

Monday was my birthday.
Should get a "promotion" at work.it's actualy mostly stuff i'm already doing.

[Wrigley]

I'm in an area of Kenya that was probably two weeks away from famine. I would visit local schools and little kids were crying because they were so hungry.

It rained last week, and it really made a difference.

The rains have made everything so much greener here, and the students at Kenton were just so full of life when I visited on Friday. When the bell was rung for lunch (actually a metal bar hung from a tree hit by a branch) they ran to lunch with so much gusto. After the last few weeks, it was so wonderful to see kids full of life again.

The best part of the visit was seeing kids in the new computer lab. Kenton is so remote and so poor; there wasn’t one student who had ever seen a computer before. The teacher introduced me to Beth, who is 12 years old. She typed 51 words per minute in front of me, with only one error. She has had three months on the computer.

The kids here are still so poor, and they still wear rags.
But they were so thrilled to be eating, and so elated to be learning how to use the computer. I bet I had 30 kids just shout to me `I LOVE computers!’

Sometimes, it just takes a little rain to make all the difference.

[Tobias March]

That's beautiful man. A friend of mine is travelling to Ethiopia soon as part of that computers for education charity. Good to hear you're out there. :)

[Super Sonic]

I'm working in an animation studio! =D

More new soon.........watch my posts. ^^

[Earth-2 Briareos]

I just saved a bunch of money on my car insurance by switching to Geico!

[heystacy]

I am polishing a short story for submission to a literay magazine. Its a story I'm really proud of. If it gets selected I will let y'all know.

Submitting is the exciting part.

[Michael P]

I am polishing a short story for submission to a literay magazine. Its a story I'm really proud of. If it gets selected I will let y'all know.

Submitting is the exciting part.
I got a story accepted last month. Mailed the contract last week.

[heystacy]

I got a story accepted last month. Mailed the contract last week.


Oh cool Michael! Congrats. if you don't mind answering, what type of story, and to what magazine?

[Wrigley]

That's beautiful man. A friend of mine is travelling to Ethiopia soon as part of that computers for education charity. Good to hear you're out there. :)

Great stuff; that is a place that needs technology.

[stealthwise]

I sneezed, but there was no blood in it.

[Oracle_0128]

I just picked up the JLA boxed set....and it was on sale!

Ok...so not the best of news.

I managed to shave my legs without slicing my skin! That's pretty good news. And a nearly impossible task!

ummm....

My COH character finally hit level 50!

oh...my husband finally realized that women were the superior sex when he had to pass a stone through his...tool....Made him realize just what childbirth would be like when he multiplied that pain by a million (or the size of a watermelon).

Geez....Guess I'm all out of the good news for the day.....

[stealthwise]

oh...my husband finally realized that women were the superior sex when he had to pass a stone through his...tool....Made him realize just what childbirth would be like when he multiplied that pain by a million (or the size of a watermelon).

Geez....Guess I'm all out of the good news for the day.....

Other way around, at least you guys stretch somewhat.

And how is your husband going through that GOOD news?

[howyadoin]

Other way around, at least you guys stretch somewhat.What, yours isn't big enough to pass a watermelon?

[Paploo the Ewok]

This whole weekend I've been dealing with weirdos and Ray Tate-o's. Anyone got some good news?

Gail

I just finished up the vast majority of a proposal for a book I'll hopefully be mailing out later this week.
Huzzah!

Also, I got JLU figures. They're danged awesome.

[Oracle_0128]

Other way around, at least you guys stretch somewhat.

And how is your husband going through that GOOD news?

:) Because he always took it for granted that childbirth was a "natural process". It's a little bit of payback :) Since he can't give birth....at least he realizes what I went through before my epidural kicked in :) I'm evil.

And nope...not big enough to pass a watermelon. Not without so much drugs where I didn't realize I was passing anything :) By the time my large shouldered son was born...I thought I was eating scrambled eggs in Paris with Fabio and James Bond.

[steeler80]

And keeping in spirit with the last few posts of this thread, my wife has developed mild toxemia (which isn't good news) so next week (week 36) the doctor thinks we'll be going ahead and having the baby (which is).

[sk716]

My writer's block seems to have cleared up somewhat.

[WhiteRose]

Got a promotion at work, or as much of one as an office bitch can get. I am now HEAD office bitch! At 19! I have minions! Twice my age!

Granted, there's only like, 3 of them, but MINIONS.

And today I buy fishnet stockings and a short skirt for a costume party on Saturday night. This makes me happy.

I am also putting Barbie dolls in suggestive and blatantly sexual poses for my sculpture assignment. And getting away with it! WITH ENCOURAGEMENT EVEN.

[Lubichev]

At least you didn't come home to find your house broken into to find that you were missing 3500 dollars worth of stuff.



people really suck

[Oracle_0128]

And keeping in spirit with the last few posts of this thread, my wife has developed mild toxemia (which isn't good news) so next week (week 36) the doctor thinks we'll be going ahead and having the baby (which is).


Ouch. Sorry to hear about your wife. But at least they actually did catch it early. And pretty soon you'll have a lovable bundle of joy in your arms. Please keep us posted! And show pictures when the blessed event happens!

[Cam63]

At least you didn't come home to find your house broken into to find that you were missing 3500 dollars worth of stuff.



people really suck

That sucks alright, Lube.

I hope your fortune gets better.

[Cam63]

I'm in an area of Kenya that was probably two weeks away from famine. I would visit local schools and little kids were crying because they were so hungry.

It rained last week, and it really made a difference.

The rains have made everything so much greener here, and the students at Kenton were just so full of life when I visited on Friday. When the bell was rung for lunch (actually a metal bar hung from a tree hit by a branch) they ran to lunch with so much gusto. After the last few weeks, it was so wonderful to see kids full of life again.

The best part of the visit was seeing kids in the new computer lab. Kenton is so remote and so poor; there wasn’t one student who had ever seen a computer before. The teacher introduced me to Beth, who is 12 years old. She typed 51 words per minute in front of me, with only one error. She has had three months on the computer.

The kids here are still so poor, and they still wear rags.
But they were so thrilled to be eating, and so elated to be learning how to use the computer. I bet I had 30 kids just shout to me `I LOVE computers!’

Sometimes, it just takes a little rain to make all the difference.

Aint that the truth.

Some of us really have nothing to complain about compared to most peoples' lot in life.

[Cam63]

I got a story accepted last month. Mailed the contract last week.

That's bloody cool, Mick !

[Cam63]

And keeping in spirit with the last few posts of this thread, my wife has developed mild toxemia (which isn't good news) so next week (week 36) the doctor thinks we'll be going ahead and having the baby (which is).

I wish your wife, the bub and you well, Steeler.

[Sabrinaset]

Just found out five minutes ago I'm top of my class in med school! Yay me!



'course, everyone HERE still thinks I'm an idiot...

[Cam63]

I'd trust you with a scalpel.

[Greg Blackman]

A very good friend of mine just became a father to a beautiful little baby boy.

This is good news because both he and his lady are great people with a lot of heart and generosity of spirit and deserve all the happiness life can give them.

Unfortunately, the baby appears to posess certain cannibalistic tendencies, especially when it comes to Dad's nose.

[Tad Sivana]

My good news is that Sue Townsend has had the latest (maybe final?) book of her series about Adrian Mole published.
'Adrian Mole and The Weapons of Mass Destruction'
It follows our hero...one of the greates creations of English literature in the last century...through his many travails in contemporary UK society to a (sort of) happy ending. Townsend has written a series that chronicles the life of this English character from his birth (40 years ago) through today, skewering politics and society each step of the way. Harry Potter may have the big sales, but Adrian Mole is the character who sticks in your brain.
Highly and mightily recommended.

[sk716]

I'd trust you with a scalpel.

I'm a liberal, I wouldn't trust her with a scalpel near me! ;)

[Cam63]

You may yet change your mind after you wake up after surgery with Lester's head attached to your shoulder.

Hmm...Would you shoot yourself or just keep punching Lester until he lost consciousness ?

[sk716]

You may yet change your mind after you wake up after surgery with Lester's head attached to your shoulder.

Hmm...Would you shoot yourself or just keep punching Lester until he lost consciousness ?

The second one.

[Cam63]

Then tape his mouth up and get a lawyer to sue Sab's arse off. :D

[Papergirl]

Good news here:

1. I am going to Florida for a few days starting Thursday.
Where? Send me a PM, maybe I can make it to wherever ye are for coffee or something.

~Bev

[Sabrinaset]

Papergirl is back!!!

I think she musta solved her last private detective case or something :)

[Typo Lad]

Papergirl is back!!!

Now that is good news.

You were misssed, luv.

[Sabrinaset]

I'm a liberal, I wouldn't trust her with a scalpel near me! ;)

Oh don't worry, I've successfully dissected frogs, pig fetuses, and other lower life forms, so I'm used to working on Liberals :)

[sk716]

Oh don't worry, I've successfully dissected frogs, pig fetuses, and other lower life forms, so I'm used to working on Liberals :)

You know, I had a vicious comeback all lined up for that, but as this is neither a political thread, or the Huffybaby thread, I'm gonna let it slide.

[Azrael52]

Well damn!

*Puts down popcorn and Coke.*

[Gilda Dent]

Plenty of good news:

1. My classroom got a 92 in the school during the district literacy block inspection. I was marked down the eight points for not having the state objective numbers listed on the objectives I had posted, and for having too many learning centers set up in the room (they wanted three to five; I had eleven).

2. I ran 5k in less than 19 minutes for the first time Tuesday, 18:54, 13 seconds faster than my previous best.

3. I have maintained a steady weight, between 104 and 107 pounds for more than three months now, and have not dipped down below 100 once.

4. Spring intersession begins next Wednesday, and we have season passes to both Busch Gardens Williamsburg and Paramount King's Dominion.

5. Emily got me a complete set of Disney Princesses magnetic paper dolls.

Gilda

[Cam63]

Where? Send me a PM, maybe I can make it to wherever ye are for coffee or something.

~Bev

WB, PG. :)
...........

[Sabrinaset]

You know, I had a vicious comeback all lined up for that, but as this is neither a political thread, or the Huffybaby thread, I'm gonna let it slide.

Well, as my way of saying thanks, I'll never dissect a ferret! :)

[howyadoin]

Papergirl is back!!!Uh oh. I hope she doesn't know about the cooties remark.

[stealthwise]

Great news tonight. My wife gave me an early birthday present; a baby carrier that I can strap the front of my chest and carry the kiddo in when it gets here!

In honour of that...

http://www.itswalky.com/comics/20060218papoose.gif

[Papergirl]

Hee! Thanks, gang! Sorry for being gone so much lately. I won't get into it all here, on this GOOD news thread. But a lot has been happening lately. I'll try to be around more, I promise. I missed you guys, too!

~Bev

[Justin D.]

Great news tonight. My wife gave me an early birthday present; a baby carrier that I can strap the front of my chest and carry the kiddo in when it gets here!

In honour of that...

http://www.itswalky.com/comics/20060218papoose.gif

I love find more It's Walky fans. I really wish he'd put out a trade with all of the Roomies and Walky strips collected. Love to just sit down and read all that again. I made up two wallpapers from Walky strips.

http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/2876/walkycovertdisguise9em.jpg

That's one of them. I wish I knew what strip it came from so I could do a better rendition of it today since I made that when I was first playing around with Photoshop.

Holy crap, I just checked and saw that David Willis started doing another Walky strip after the last one ended and it became a pay for site way back in August. It's only two dollars. Damn! This may be the first online comic I've ever paid for. I'm dying to know what happens with this new character Bobby Walkerton, Monkey Master, and the rest.

[TomStillwell]

The second issue of my comic, Honor Brigade, is almost ready for production!