Toren Atkinson’s Absolute Blog

I don’t get death as big news. I mean, when a guy dies in Iraq or falling from a building or something - that’s news, and it’s reported, we absorb it and then we look to other stories. That works for me. When Ronald Reagan dies, or Ray Charles dies, why the fanfare? When Edward Gorey died, that was sad, but I didn’t expect the story to eclipse any other real news (and it didn’t). Reagan and Charles accomplished things - and absolutely we can list them off and remember them, but don’t go overboard. Keep it in perspective, for Yog’s sake. It was their time, they were old. If it’s tragic, it’s tragic in a perfectly natural way, not a young-artist-shockingly-commits-suicide way. It’s not big news. It’s the end of a story, not a beginning. Don’t drown my paper sailboats of information with this tsunami of reflections. I can reflect on my own time. Shoving it down my throat doesn’t emphasize the profound meaning their lives had, it just triggers my gag reflex.

In all the blog confusion I’ve had lately, I want to make sure everyone knows that the date for my Birthday Auction has been changed to June 25 - if anyone has a problem with that date they should speak up now!

The concept: Right here at nerd central, once a week, we show an episode of Buffy (starting with episode one and going chronologically), as a chaser to a couple other shows (also shown in chron0lorder). And while that happens? KNITTING! (Or in my case, drawing). That means you–Anghold, Yvonne, Michelle, Sheri…uh Kate - do you knit? I forget. Anyway, you’re invited, all we have to do is pick a date. But you don’t have to knit to come (Marlo, James, Theo) because I think the appetizers before Buffy will be X-Men:Evolution and Reboot*. Subject to change - and to suggestion. With those 3 shows that’s only 1:30, the length of a short movie. All we have to do is pick a day of the week!

*I watched 13 episodes of Reboot last night while I drew and while the series starts out novel enough - the 3rd season is quite engaging.