The patriotic hero is an archetype which first showed up around WWII largely in reference to the fact that many Jewish immigrants were projecting the values of their adopted nation as an opposite to the forces which they had been fleeing eleswhere.

I was one of the people who in no uncertain terms told Joe Maurone to "Believe the Hype" behind the Dark Knight!

For about 6 months I was developing a graphic novel project with Joe Maurone. That basically came to an end recently. We managed to get the core story fleshed out and I got about halfway into the first chapter. The project was looking to be somewhere around 500 pages.

I just had a surreal experience. My aesthetic tastes border on masochisim at times (one of my favorite websites is called www.WrestleCrap.com) but I hit new lows tonight.

Seeing as it's playoff time I've been thinking a lot about (and playing) my favorite video football game "Blitz: the League."

It's just really starting to come to my attention that there are a lot of people who don't know who Steve Ditko is. I know most people here are at least mildly aware of him but I still don't think he has the recognition he deserves (especially among Objectivists).

This guy had a major impact on my life and I think for that. I owe him a debt I may never be able to pay completely. This writing is part of my payment.

After a long time of wanting out of my warehouse job I finally managed it. I am now working an office job, the type I've been trying to get ever since dropping out of business school.

The cool thing about it is it's actually loacated on RAND road in Indianapolis.

Had a good first day there and 2006 is already looking great.

---Landon

I run my main blog @ http://www.myspace.com/wickedlakes. I post a lot of writing excercises there.

But who am I kidding I'm going to wind up crossposting eventually.

---Landon