A flashback to the infamous “Snydecast Logo Judging of 2006″…

As Doc Hammer casts his destructive spell, convincing those gathered that the shittiest logo of them all was somehow a work of genius…

And a bonus pic of Doc, captured in the moment when he shifts between dimensions…

This note will be useless.

I realize that I’m not someone who’s terribly keen on the whole “blogging” thing.

I’m also not someone who likes to hang out and post on message boards. Sure, I’ll lurk and read - but is it called “lurking” when you read an article on the BBC News site? No, it’s not. I am a web reader, and I write for the web as part of my job, and my own little corner of cyberspace is some kind of occasionally thawed cryogenic monument to something or another.

Speaking of this little cyber-hovel, I’ve also managed to keep it off the interweb “radar” for fear of it being discovered by the long lost hobo Dauphin, John Hodgman. He is a canny, cunning, capricious cad who’s only goal in life seems to undermine me. He is so cunning, in fact, that he is not even aware of his dastardly schemes, and would probably claim that it’s unfounded paranoia, and that he’s actually quite a friendly chap who considers me some sort of acquaintance. That his protestations are probably accurate in their assessment of the situation proves just how devious he is, the clever bastard.

Still, I make no promises to you, the non-existent readers of this virtual bedsit, that there will ever be anything approaching regular postings. However, I shall endeavor to do so during the delusional, fugue-like states that I find myself in after working through the evening.

Until next time, I leave you with a current photo of myself, taken during a candid moment by someone who is probably me.

When the creatures were sighted on the cliffs across the Hudson, the signal flare went up. Cameron climbed to the top of the Empire State and beat the drums. The remants of humanity had to know. The monsters were coming.

The monsters were here.

“Do you ever think about what it’s like?”

“What what’s like?”

“Death.”

“Death?”

“Death.”

“What brought that up?”

“The fact that we’re most likely going to die.”

“We’re not going to die.”

“It’s okay. I’ve accepted it.”

“We’re not going to die.”

“Yes, we are. So anyway, do you ever think about what life’s like, you know, after death…”

“Besides the fact that you’re dead.”

“Yeah. Besides that. I mean, really, that’s just the first step, right? That’s not the end of it. That’s like buying the ticket. What do you think it’s like after that?”

“There is nothing after that.”

“What do you mean, nothing?”

“There’s nothing. You die. You’re gone. There’s no afterlife, no heaven, no hell. Nothing.”

“Nothing?”

“Nothing.”

“Can I come back as a ghost?”

“No, you can’t come back as a ghost.”

“Why can’t I come back as a ghost? Surely that’s one of the options…”

“What do you mean, options?”

“Well, the way I see it, there’s five options. There’s Heaven, there’s Hell, there’s big giant observational floaty head thing - which is really more just an afterlife voyeur - there’s rebirth, both human and animal, and there’s ghost.”

“There are no ghosts.”

“Of course there…”

“THERE ARE NO GHOSTS! No Heaven, no Hell, no floaty head thing, no rebirth, and no fucking ghosts! If you don’t shut up, so help me, I will answer all your questions by killing you right now with my own two hands!”

“Hmmmm… You know, considering we’re going to die anyway, it might actually be worth it to prove you wrong.”

Sleeping in your desk chair is a sad, sad thing to do.

1995-2008
“C’mere, Shep…”