Toren Atkinson’s Absolute Blog

Warren, in a previous comment on this very blog, pointed me at Project Rooftop, which I will here describe so that you’re not obliged to click the link (though you probably will after the description): cartoonists and illustrators redesign the costumes of classic (and otherwise) superheroes and villains. Some of them don’t have much of an appreciable gap between what is presented on the site and what you could expect from a given issue of the comic in question, while others are remarkably unique (Rogue and Iron Man, for example). Some, even though the costume designs aren’t strikingly new, are still great pieces of art.

I considered submitting something, and if I do get around to a finished product, it would be a sort of “What if Captain Carrot existed in my superhero world of Power Enterprise.” Well I took a stab at it today at work and here are the roughs.

Oh and I added Red Rover and Doctor Gnucleus to the WWFJ post.

Today I learned some Punjabi and Hindi from the nice young lady who sits catawampus to me. I like Hindi better than Punjabi so far because it just sounds cooler. Compoare soniye to khoubsurat. Clearly the latter is superior. Though Punjabi does have shaabaash! which sounds like it could be a Lovecraftian space god but does in fact mean “well done!” “Bohut garam hai” means, literally, “too hot is,” which describes the apartment. But that’s okay, because I have The Ink Spots to cool me down. Did you know that there is a street in Richmond called Vulcan Way? Thereat, everyone is a vegetarian and a pacifist.

Also, I have another million-dollar idea I’m giving away free on my blog. Well, it’s a million dollar idea to someone–someone who is a student looking for a thesis. The thesis is what impact cell phones accidentally dialing 911 is having on society. Because I’m sure it happens factors greater (what is the expression I’m looking for here?) than it has been before everyone and their e-cybopooch had a cell phone, and you gotta know that the emergency services coalition or whatever they’re called has, is, or will be changing the way they do things because of all the accidental calls. Will there be undue loss of life?

Is there air? You don’t know!