-It probably should be obvious by now but I've finally ended my run with Dan Backslide as my avatar.  I know some may be disappointing since so many seemed to love it but I figured it was time for a change. (it was that or the name...and there is no way I'm ever changing that!)  As for the new avatar...well you know me and my weird choice in girls and in sort of going with someone much more unconventional.  The choice this time is probably an odd one to so many, being that it's a sexy Disney girl...except she isn't as well known...or not usually this sexy.  It's the infamous Madame Mim from the film "The Sword in the Stone"...well, during the brief moment she's "beautiful". (and yes they are massive...but I say she used magic to move the fat to the best place possible)  I do admit that although there are a ton of Disney movies I love, "The Sword in the Stone" is probably the one that feels closest to me, either because it was one of the first I ever saw or one of the first I really connected and appreciated with.  It was a fun take on Arthurian legend and, weirdly enough, is the first part of "The Once and Future King" that is completed by "Camelot".  And while she isn't in the movie that long, Madame Mim sort of made a big impression...as for best female, she's tied with that squirrel who flirted with Wart.  I still say that if the squirrel was changed into a human girl, then the whole "Gueneviere mess" would have never happened...

-I should have said it last week but I found out last week that one of the places I went to on my vacation last year...isn't there anymore.  Remember when I mentioned the problems Dublin Dr. Pepper was having in their distribution of soda outside their limits?  Well...Dr. Pepper corporate finally "shut them down" and they're no more.  Sure they still make natural sugar Dr. Pepper, but it's not "Dublin" anymore, not in glass bottles...and way more restricted to just that area of Texas where the selling of the soda is.  Sort of hope the corporate Dr. Pepper would take the hint and do something like "retro" Pepsi...well they did but it was temporary, I want something permanent and national!

-Somehow I continue to bemoan my current situation in real life regarding connections.  I tried to talk to a girl online but even being "myself but without the geekiness" was still enough to get a "thanks but no thanks"...but at least gave me a courteous rejection.  And meanwhile, the only real connection outside the web I do have is going with a few retired friends from work to see "Avengers" again...I continue to wonder why I can't connect with people my age, particularly girls, but at least I have someone...and wonder if maybe I was born in the wrong time.

-For those keeping track, I finally "finished" the latest segment of the "super-tale" and am taking a long-deserved break on it...by writing another tale.  It's silly but this one I promised and is a nice relief to write.  And of course I continue to brainstorm new ideas...some of which are sillier than others and doubt will see the light of day but I could still try somehow or another...