Fun Facts about Batman

Hi,

So last night woodwardiocom and I were discussing Batman, as you do, and it was remarked upon that in most "origin of" Batman stories, you feel like Bruce spent a year, maybe a year and a half getting all ninja and badass and stuff. Things that take most people years to master, he picks up in a 4-year stint. Everything from throwing a boomerang, to crime scene investigation, Batman just soaks up knowledge like a sponge. Much like his utility belt, there's almost no skill that Batman isn't good at (if not actually highly proficient in).

So that got me to thinking...

"Holy Irwin Donenfeld, Batman! That gorilla is on the loose!"

"Music tames the savage beast, old chum! A few bars of the Bat-Concerto on the Bat-avarius will calm him down!"

*Quickly producing an ingenious folding Bat-avarius violin from his utility belt the Batman begins to play! The soothing classical melody of the Bat-Concerto calms the rampaging ape!*

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Cause I figure that a rich kid like Bruce either learns the violin or the piano and despite the appearance of the Bat-Casio Keyboard in the early 80's, the Bat-avarius is still the better deal for utility belts.

This, of course, leads to all other sorts of potential Bat-instruments:

• Bat-tar: For those Arena Rock Show villians
  
• Bat-accordion: For Oktoberfest villians
  
• Bat-uba: For Con men selling bogus band equipment to small naive Iowa towns
  
• Bat-Hurdy-Gurdy: Good for monkeys
  
• Bat-Turntable: For keepin' it real in the hoodz of Gotham, yo
  
• Bat-Ocarina: When trapped in old-timey cartoons
  
• Bat-pipes: For subduing Scottish villians...and just about everyone else
  

heh
Tom

Fun Facts about Batman

Hi,

So last night woodwardiocom and I were discussing Batman, as you do, and it was remarked upon that in most "origin of" Batman stories, you feel like Bruce spent a year, maybe a year and a half getting all ninja and badass and stuff. Things that take most people years to master, he picks up in a 4-year stint. Everything from throwing a boomerang, to crime scene investigation, Batman just soaks up knowledge like a sponge. Much like his utility belt, there's almost no skill that Batman isn't good at (if not actually highly proficient in).

So that got me to thinking...

"Holy Irwin Donenfeld, Batman! That gorilla is on the loose!"

"Music tames the savage beast, old chum! A few bars of the Bat-Concerto on the Bat-avarius will calm him down!"

*Quickly producing an ingenious folding Bat-avarius violin from his utility belt the Batman begins to play! The soothing classical melody of the Bat-Concerto calms the rampaging ape!*

---------------

Cause I figure that a rich kid like Bruce either learns the violin or the piano and despite the appearance of the Bat-Casio Keyboard in the early 80's, the Bat-avarius is still the better deal for utility belts.

This, of course, leads to all other sorts of potential Bat-instruments:

• Bat-tar: For those Arena Rock Show villians
  
• Bat-accordion: For Oktoberfest villians
  
• Bat-uba: For Con men selling bogus band equipment to small naive Iowa towns
  
• Bat-Hurdy-Gurdy: Good for monkeys
  
• Bat-Turntable: For keepin' it real in the hoodz of Gotham, yo
  
• Bat-Ocarina: When trapped in old-timey cartoons
  
• Bat-pipes: For subduing Scottish villians...and just about everyone else
  

heh
Tom

All the cool kids are doing it...

Hi,

You may be surprised to know that I'm a perspicacious observer of the Boston Polyamory scene and that I am often able to discern the hot, new trends among that crowd. Although my authority in this area is completely unrecognized, it cannot be denied because what if I'm just like Cassandra of Greek mythology?

So by now you're asking: "Tom, what's the hot, new trend in the Boston Poly scene? What hip, cool thing should we be doing if we want to be the center of attention and sour grapes gossip?"

Very simple: Start up a relationship with someone from Alabama.

I know, I know, you think Alabama you start hearing the banjos from Deliverance, but soon that redneck chic will be so very *very* in. Right now it's mostly non-natives who hope to get out from Alabama, but as the Poly Agenda program of "embrace and extend" kicks in, we'll be drawing in more and more native Alabamians. Yes, the South has a troubled past, but with a little positive reinforcement we can all once agian bask in some Southern Hospitality. Plus, those O'Hara accents will be all the rage this summer.

You heard it here first
Tom

All the cool kids are doing it...

Hi,

You may be surprised to know that I'm a perspicacious observer of the Boston Polyamory scene and that I am often able to discern the hot, new trends among that crowd. Although my authority in this area is completely unrecognized, it cannot be denied because what if I'm just like Cassandra of Greek mythology?

So by now you're asking: "Tom, what's the hot, new trend in the Boston Poly scene? What hip, cool thing should we be doing if we want to be the center of attention and sour grapes gossip?"

Very simple: Start up a relationship with someone from Alabama.

I know, I know, you think Alabama you start hearing the banjos from Deliverance, but soon that redneck chic will be so very *very* in. Right now it's mostly non-natives who hope to get out from Alabama, but as the Poly Agenda program of "embrace and extend" kicks in, we'll be drawing in more and more native Alabamians. Yes, the South has a troubled past, but with a little positive reinforcement we can all once agian bask in some Southern Hospitality. Plus, those O'Hara accents will be all the rage this summer.

You heard it here first
Tom

Free Will Astrology Magic

Ugh.

Nothing but meetings today. I couldn't even get any goofing off done, let alone actual work.

But Brezny says things are looking up:

The ancient Greeks had words for love that transcend our usual notions, writes Lindsay Swope in her review of Richard Idemon's book Through the Looking Glass. Epithemia is the basic need to touch and be touched. Our closest approximation is "horniness," though epithemia is not so much a sexual feeling as a sensual one. Philia is friendship. It includes the need to admire and respect your friends as a reflection of yourself--like in high school, where you want to hang out with the cool kids because that means you're cool too. Eros isn't sexual in the way we usually think, but is more about the emotional gratification that comes from merging souls. Agape is a mature, utterly free expression of love that has no possessiveness. It means wanting the best for another person even if it doesn't advance one's self-interest. The phase you're currently in, Virgo, is providing you with opportunities to explore the frontiers of at least three of these kinds of love.

Three of four, huh? Hmmm...tough call. They're all really good. However, one of the foundations of magical theory is that you make active choices and then put those choices out there to the universe so that it knows what you want.

So I'm choosing: Epithemia, Eros, and Agape.

I hear the derisive snorting from the peanut gallery already. However, I figure that if I'm having sensual, soul-merging, non-possessive love with someone(s), they're probably alrady my friends. (OK, they might be hires, but I think that's a different greek word altogether).

So now the universe (and you know). Bring on the Greek lovin'!

later
Tom

Free Will Astrology Magic

Ugh.

Nothing but meetings today. I couldn't even get any goofing off done, let alone actual work.

But Brezny says things are looking up:

The ancient Greeks had words for love that transcend our usual notions, writes Lindsay Swope in her review of Richard Idemon's book Through the Looking Glass. Epithemia is the basic need to touch and be touched. Our closest approximation is "horniness," though epithemia is not so much a sexual feeling as a sensual one. Philia is friendship. It includes the need to admire and respect your friends as a reflection of yourself--like in high school, where you want to hang out with the cool kids because that means you're cool too. Eros isn't sexual in the way we usually think, but is more about the emotional gratification that comes from merging souls. Agape is a mature, utterly free expression of love that has no possessiveness. It means wanting the best for another person even if it doesn't advance one's self-interest. The phase you're currently in, Virgo, is providing you with opportunities to explore the frontiers of at least three of these kinds of love.

Three of four, huh? Hmmm...tough call. They're all really good. However, one of the foundations of magical theory is that you make active choices and then put those choices out there to the universe so that it knows what you want.

So I'm choosing: Epithemia, Eros, and Agape.

I hear the derisive snorting from the peanut gallery already. However, I figure that if I'm having sensual, soul-merging, non-possessive love with someone(s), they're probably alrady my friends. (OK, they might be hires, but I think that's a different greek word altogether).

So now the universe (and you know). Bring on the Greek lovin'!

later
Tom