DC Comics Presents

Hello, gentle reader. I just finished reading (re-reading, after MANY years) issues 1, 2 & 3 of DC Comics Presents from 1978.

You might remember that recently I obtained issue #26, which finished off my FULL RUN of all 97 regular issues and four Annuals. It was fun obtaining them all and now I'm glad to be reading them!

When I first starting looking to finish out my series run, I found the DC Comics Presents Show (podcast) and quickly became a fan. The host, Russell Bragg, gives a review of each episode and he is up to almost issue 50. I enjoy hearing the story synopsis each time as it brings back memories, but even that was over shadowed by actually READING and experiencing the stories as they were meant to be experienced.

His show can be found at https://braggaboutcomics.com - tell him I sent you!

Now, off to bed, with issue 4 coming up when I'm not so sleepy. :-)

12 of 12 - August 2016

Hello! I remembered yesterday morning that it was the 12th, so I decided to pull up something that used to be 'a thing' (heck, it still may be, just maybe I don't do it anymore).

It's called Twelve of Twelve - every month on the 12th you take 12 pictures. You do it EACH month and then you can look back on your pictures for that month. Since each month the 12th will be on a different day of the week, you're not likely to have the same things pictured month to month.

I posted the first couple on Facebook and Twitter as I took them, but it was much later in the day before I took number 3. Finally took a few more - not quite 12 though. :-)

If you decide to do a 12 of 12, let me know! Link to it in a comment!

The stone in the pic above is outside where my office used to be. I assume it was a corner stone or marker for the FIRST college in Dyersburg, and I assume that's why it's called College Street.

The East wall of my office - the two in the middle were a wonderful Christmas present from our son Kyle. I found the Force Awakens one day and picked it up and Vanessa found Return to round out the original trilogy!

Before heading to the dance, we went to Pig N Out in Halls to eat. Here's the love of my life and my supper mate. :-)

This is during the first break. She had been dancing - I had been picking.

Here she is with our friend Lisa.

The guitar I played last night. Had a GREAT time picking/playing/singing with this thing!

Went to a table with some friends and said, "can I get a picture of this table?" They said, "sure!" and smiled real big. Then I took a picture of the table. :-)

Then I took a picture of my friends. :-)

Vanessa driving home after the dance.

Tried to get a pic of her boots on the pedals - that's a flashlight hanging from the gear shift.

Her satellite radio ALWAYS stays on country...

Last one of the night. I was awake, but barely. 

Gaming with Tibble

I received this email recently, and I had to go back into my memory to figure out what it was...

Oh yeah - it's a way to save a record of games that you play for a little deeper board gaming social networking. I remember adding a few games then losing interest, but it seems that data is saved! It was interesting seeing my 'games' listed -



Brought back some memories for sure, and tells me that it was just over two years ago that I introduced the addiction that is X-Wing to my buddy Mark. You're welcome. :-)



Anyway - here's the email, with the link...

Subject: Putting Tibble back in the box, and up in the attic

Hello friendly Tibbler!

Brian and I (Mike) put Tibble on the App Store over 2 years ago. We were amazed and heartened by the response of so many of you who used it. More than 2200 plays were lovingly recorded, most of those in the first year.

Unfortunately life got in the way. Well, jobs actually. That meant that we never developed Tibble any further. Fun fact - we made one small release on the App Store a couple of weeks after the initial launch but never needed to put another bug fix release out. We're proud of that. We think.

2 and a bit years later and not a lot of people are still using Tibble, it is no longer on the App Store, and so it is with some thoughtful reflection that we have turned Tibble off. 

Since the Tibble server is no longer available you won't be able to use the app on your phone any more, so you may as well delete it if you haven't already. That said we've saved your play recordings, and game photos, as follows:

Your play recordings are visible on the following Google Sheet:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ZCPLJz011rPKxIckQH-PErOvG-PL39ZSKbYWG6eWjA0/edit?usp=sharing

This spreadsheet is visible to the world, but we're not broadcasting the link beyond you - the people who recorded plays. However if you'd like us to remove your plays from the sheet please just reply to this email to let me know.

Your photos are accessible via the web address in the 'Play Image' column of the spreadsheet above. Again, these are publicly viewable but the addresses are not being broadcast. And again, if you would like us to delete your photos please just email me and I'll be happy to do so.

We'll leave the spreadsheet and photos up for a year and then will delete them all in August 2017.

And with that it's time for one last roll of the dice, one last exchange of wood for brick, and one last placing of the meeples. We've totted up VPs and the winner is ... all of you. *shucks*

Thanks all!

Mike and Brian - Tibblers-in-Chief

Gencon

Just a quick word to say HAVE FUN to all my friends and family that will be at Gencon this year. I will NOT get to make it, but just had a 'commentversasion' with my buddy John about NEXT year and playing Car Wars in person. :-)

On a musical note, I played bass guitar in Halls last Friday night and not this Friday but the next, for two to three weeks, I'll be playing lead guitar. Looking forward to that!

Mamas Don't Let You Babies Grow Up to be Cowboys (Cover)

Here's the second song from the show... Enjoy!

Bar Exam - Cover video

Just a quick note to announce a new YouTube video I put up last night.

Bar Exam, by the Detailers, as performed by me with the Grinders Switch Ensemble.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abWITIBJuaQ

I did seven songs that day total, one with Vanessa. I will be posting the rest as time permits... Hope you enjoy!

Sharing a Facebook Post

Hey folks - yep, been a while. I've not been on Facebook as much lately either, but that's where I have posted things. Actually today I posted this -

Seeing Vanessa's post overnight about Tiffani made me realize I've had something on my mind for a while now... I've been meaning to post this but wanted to have a minute to stop and actually say it the right way. :-)

Vanessa is much more than just my wife and the mother to our children, she is my soul mate and my partner for life. She is ALWAYS there for me and supports everything I do and I want to thank her for that now.

In addition, I want to publicly say that I am SO so very proud of her! She has pursued her dreams and done SO much in her life! She went to college at a late age and worked through THREE degrees to make her dream of teaching a reality. She has touched SO many lives in that way!

She has been a fan of The Barnetts since she was very young and has told me she always dreamed of singing with them. Well that's been made a reality as well!

She became interested in being a First Responder and went through the training, then went into training to be a full blown firefighter. Again, she aced it all and has touched even MORE lives!

Then she decided to go back to school again and is now an EMT (Advanced EMT I believe is her technical title) and is touching even MORE lives in that regard.

Do you see a pattern here? She works toward HER dreams but these actually allow her to SERVE others and make an impact. Those lives touch other lives and it's a snowball/domino effect and I could not be more proud of her.

I love you Vanessa!

For those following here for the music, we were at Grinder's Switch Radio Hour again this past weekend, and Vanessa performed a song with me! I'm currently working on getting the video uploaded to YouTube and will be posting links very soon...

My YouTube Channel - http://www.youtube.com/jimmylogan0916

Til then!