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K.S.C. TRIP SEPT 11TH 2010

Saturday we went to Kenndy Space Center. It was my first trip there, Mar has been several times, and it was one of the things I've always wanted to do ever since I moved to Florida. It was free for those who lived in Brevard County and so we couldn't pass up the chance to go. Plus there ant nothing cooler than space. No, not the british tv show though it is so cool. We are talking THE SPACE ladies and gentleman and all creatures of great shapes, sizes, and smiles. What follows are a ton of pictures we took on the trip. Hope you enjoy the pictures and if you get a chance go to K.S.C., it is really worth the money and time. I'm not a space geek but I really enjoyed myself.

The entrance to Kennedy Space Center.

Right after you get through the ticket gates if you wish they will take your picture for you infront of the NASA symbol.

A little down from the main entrance is the place workers and the like get their IDs and you find this rocket there.

You can take a bus tour with three stops. The tour is about three hours and really worth the time.

Stope one. They have a lift here also if you cann't climb stairs.

Looking up.

It takes a lot of skill to build something like this but it also tells you how low tech in some ways things still are. A tube, a screw, and everything goes wrong.

I forgot my sunglasses and too many late nights writing have marked me with dark circles under my eyes.

Looking down.

Mar took most of these pictures and this one looks like a NASA postcard.

This isn't a rebuild of the old control room but the original.

Now that's just cool to look up at something like that.

There is so much stuff in the second stop hanging above you.

See, tons of cool stuff.

Mar walks the steps on the moon.

This area was really cool with the Snoopy statue and the background is tons of really cool newspapers from all over the country and the world when the moon landing happen.

I've actually been in one of these. A story for another time.

Mar took this while we were taking a break.

Nice display.

I good veiw inside. KSC has so many cool things to look at. You could spent a few days taking your time looking everything over.

We smelled french fries as soon as we got into this building and finally gave in. They were good also just so you know.

For driving on the moon.

Now that's a big door. And this also reminds me, Is the Tron sequal out already?

I use to have a toy of this when I was little that I use to throw around all over the place. It was made of metal so the time I was done with it, it appeared to have been used by Galactus as a baseball.

The molds they used to make gloves and a cool image on its own.

The third stop is the area of the International Space Station.

Walk inside and see what the outside and inside of the space station is like.

That tube scares me.

Zoom in Mar's camera takes great pics. This poster is about a book written a long time ago and I took this picture to remind to to try and track it down.

You can look down from a viewing room to see the people at work.

You couldn't get near this that often, the kids just loved this thing. KSC has tons of things great for kids that keeps their attention beyond the facts.

Another cool image.

Stay away from the Starfleet Academy show. I know its suppose to be for kids but we wondered if they even bothered doing much research on Star Trek when writing the show. Just terriable.

They have a launch ride which Mar road while I sat outside talking to an artist I'm working on a project with. I'm not much for rides tha just shake me like a martini anyways.

I collection patches from the places we go. They have patches for every mission in the gift shops, which there are many, and I choose this one. Anyone want to guess why?

K.S.C. TRIP SEPT 11TH 2010

Weekly Writing

I will no longer be writing on daily sch to make sure I get more work on my book and other projects finished on time. I still will be doing interviews, writing reviews, writing poetry, and writing the Clean Cue City series a lot. I just have to change my focus because serveral writing oppertunities outside my own self published work has entered my life and a different focus is needed. Follow my Twitter or Facebook or Live Journal(links to on this site) for updates when I have posted new materials here.
Reminder that the next interview in my series of interviews on the arts and technology with Lea Hernandez will be posted on Wed-9/22/2010

Weekly Writing

NIGHTWING: RENEGADE

WRITER

Devin Grayson

PENCILLERS

Phil Hester, Cliff Chiang, Brad Walker, Wellington Alves; Marcos Marz

INKERS

Ande Parks, Rodney Ramos; Edde Wagner

COLORIST

Gregory Wright

LETTERS

Phil Balsman, Pat Brosseau, Rob Leigh; Travis Lanham

ORIGINAL COVERS

Phil Hester, Ande Parks with Guy Major

PUBLISHED BY

DC Comics

I have to start the review by saying a few things about former Robin and in this collection Nightwing = Dick Grayson.  I'm a really big fan and always have been of the youngest of The Flying Graysons and his masked idenity of Nightwing is one of my all time favorite superheroes but I am not a fan of Dick becoming and I've read now staying as Batman while Bruce was lost in time and now that he is back. Talk about ripping away years of building Nightwing into his own strong character. Oh, and if you want my opinion, which is all this is and all my reviews ever are, I would have made Jason Todd take up the Batman costume with Damian as Red Robin and when Bruce came back they could have stayed a team with Jason gaining his own costumed indenity. I like Tim Drake staying as Robin because he has established Robin strong outside the shadow of the Batman and the modern costume doesn't look a kid superhero so age doesn't matter either. And no I don't think Batman always needs a "Robin", I just think he needs someone to mentor and show him a different view on his misson. For that role you could have Batgirl.

But none of that rant and ramble has anything to do with this trade outside Dick going through a lot of stuff because he doesn't match up with that self-righteous ass named Bruce Wayne. Batman is all cool but the dudes a dick also.

I love that this story is one big adrenaline rush, which the whole Nightwing series from the begining was for the most part, and here Devin Grayson hits the adrenaline button perfect with the right guest characters and story structure. I've always loved how Dick relates and reacts to Superman. I've always wanted to see more stories with Nightwing and Superman because I think they relate to each other better than Superman and Batman. Plus, I also think Superman has a certain amount of pride and faith in looking at the man Dick has become on his own. Never been a huge fan of Deathstroke but liked how he was used here from Ravager to what happen with Bludhaven.

By the way, Bludhaven was my favorite DC Universe city. The name alone was just cool in a kid, "That's cool," sort of way.

Oh, and the last page. Not a fan of it then or now. Too much of a jump the shark moment for my taste.

And you see in this review, though calling my reviews reviews are like saying the *baseball Hall Of Fame means something, the actually book I was reading was drowned out by my feelings of what is currently going on with the Dick Grayson character.

*I know, not adapt, but I have to finish this and put a cat in time out.

REVIEW WRITTEN BY brian c. williams

NIGHTWING: RENEGADE

PHOTOBLOG: RANDOM IMAGES

Since we haven't been much of anywhere of late I thought I would just throw out some really random photos from some of the places we went this year for this photoblog. The bad news is we haven't been anywhere for me to take pictures, the good news is I'm home working on my book more.

With all of the really cool places to go in Boston guess where I wanted to go more than any other place when we went there for ALA Midwinter. Ok, I also wanted to go on a Fenway tour but Cheers was really cheaper. Though good bar food.

Mar took me to a Braves spring training game. As long as I've lived in Florida I have never taken the time to attend a game. I loved it but it was really hot that day. When someone went for food she returned with something for a Braves fan who suffered through the really shitty years of Braves teams before THEY RULED!

When we visited The Ponce Inlet Lighthouse we packed our lunch. Yes, this is the pictures I give you about that visit. It's a really nice place to visit, I recommend it. I like this picture though because it says so much.

Attend Rollerderby whenever I get a chance. The local team the Molly Roger Rollergirls are awesome. I would attend even more of their home games but its a little drive from where we live to their home field...though its not a field....more like a warehouse....but home warehouse really doesn't fit....ok, I'm away from this photoblog and the net for more book work.

PHOTOBLOG: RANDOM IMAGES

POETRY SPOTLIGHT: LAST NIGHT

Last night she cried,

Last night her tears ripped at me,

And I know how much I’ve circled us,

In this Hell,

Last night the Dream King called me Me,

And I deserved it,

Last night she cried,

Last night I felt how much I’ve failed,

In this Hell,

In the ground under our feet,

In this year,

In this time,

In this twisted wood fire,

In this Hell,

She is above the shinning sun,

And her thoughts are never done,

The woman I love despite my own hatred for the world,

In this Hell,

In this Hell,

Last night she cried,

Last night her tears ripped at me,
Is my love enough?

(c)brian c. williams

SYSTEM*PRODUCTIONS

SPOTLIGHT POETRY COLLECTION

$2.00 PDF

POETRY SPOTLIGHT: LAST NIGHT

DARK REIGN: ACCEPT CHANGE

WRITERS

Brian Michael Bendis, Jonathan Hickman, Jeff Parkers, Adam Felber, Jim Mccann, Matt Fraction

ARTISTS

Alex Maleev, Stefano Caselli, Carolo Pagulayan, Paulo Siqueira, David Lopez, Mitch Breitweiser, Daniel Acuna, Mike Deodato

PUBLISHED BY

Marvel Comics

I know a lot of people who would and have agrued with me to the point of yelling about what I'm about to say but I've enjoyed Marvel's big crossovers from Civil War to Dark Reign and most of the tie-in books. With that said this is my first introduction to the Dark Reign storyline which follows on from Secret Invasion.

But before we get into the review I have to say $24.99 for half a book of stories and half a book of so called extras is a rip. Not a rip in bad content but a rip in God Loving Dollars. Come on Marvel, $19.00 would have been fine but $24 is just too much for a book of reprints, that a lot of fans would probably already own from other collections they have purchased, is just a case of playing games as the dealer with the addict.

Alex Maleev draws Namor like a total Douche. Just thought I would say that. Been on my mind for a while. I was thinking about saying he draws Namor like The Situation from Jersey Shore but I was told even referencing him would throw a little content Douchiness my way. I don't watch the show but I do watch TMZ while cleaning the apartment...What? I don't like Soaps and the only other thing on during the day is House reruns and I've seen all of them 800000 times already.

I enjoyed reading this trade even though I had already read some of the stuff like the issue of War Machine which is included here. Even though I think this trade is overpriced for what you get, I do think its worth adding to your collection as an introduction to the Dark Reign storyline. If you have been keeping up with all of the Marvel crossovers in trade form this should probably be in your collection also.

As I stated before I'm a big crossover fan and in the market I'm a bigger fan of Marvel's big crossovers than those by DC Comics because there seems to be a cause and effect historical move to the crossovers from one to the next with Marvel. Civial War, Planet Hulk, Secret Invasion, all in my eyes have been worth reading. Marvel doesn't always live up to the ideas they come up with but I give them a tip of the glass for trying the things they have been trying over the past few years.

Marvel keeps coming out with good core ideas, DC only has Green Lantern crossovers that have grapped my attention...and yes I consider Blackest Night a total Green Lantern crossover.

I hope I get the chance to read more Dark Reign books and isn't that what they want from a reader, to ask "I want more." and "What's next?" and "Can I sale my truck to buy all of these trades?"

Oh, and if anyone is interested my all time favorite comic book company crossover is Unity.

REVIEW WRITTEN BY brian c. williams

DARK REIGN: ACCEPT CHANGE