[...consumed all new #196] The Brave and the Bold

July 19th, 2009 Graig

mysteryinspaceI had yet to see an episode of the new Batman team-up cartoon, The Brave and the Bold, save for a few curious glances on youtube, but I have to say I really, really like what I saw. Finally here’s a younger-audience superhero adventure cartoon that doesn’t isolate an older audience, though some of the grandiose dialogue and cheeky repartee may not sit well with people who like their superheroes dark. TBATB takes Batman and brightens him up, no longer the dark knight, but not quite to Adam West levels either.

Each show starts with a 1 minute bumper team up (this episode was Batman and the Question) with the main episode story containing a different pairing. Here we had a triple threat, with Batman meeting up with a depressed Aquaman and the duo accidentally getting tagged by a Zeta beam and transported to the planet Rann. There they meet it’s Earthly champion, Adam Strange, the sole protector of their otherwise docile and technically advanced civilization. The lizard-like aliens, the Gordanians have invaded and it’s up to the three heros to overthrow the wanna-be rulers.

It’s a rip-snorting fun time, with vibrant, blocky animation that finally breaks from the Bruce Timm mold, and, what I love most, lots of b-list (and lower) superheroes (yay). I watched this with my wife, but think watching it with my step-son would be even more fun.

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[...learned #196] colic

July 19th, 2009 Graig

I’ve never understood what exactly makes for a “colicky baby”, except that they cry a lot. Well, apparently that’s all it is… an otherwise normally growing child between newborn and 3 months that just, well, cries a lot, mainly in the evening, and is only temporarily soothed. This more frequently occurs in bottle-fed babies, but breastfed babies can be colicky too.

LL isn’t a full-bore colicky baby, as stated previously, she cries when she’s gassy, hungry, poopy or exposed. But she often is only consolable through feeding (and I don’t really want to set any sort of food-as-comfort precident) or some strange movement (she likes the sensation of being walked up and down the stairs, which is hard to simulate otherwise without walking up and down the stairs, which can be tiring, and perhaps a little dangerous holding a baby).

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[...i ate #196] homemade quesadillas

July 18th, 2009 Graig

Pretty much the same thing as my homemade burritos, only minus the rice and lettuce and laid flat instead of rolled up and grilled. Served with salsa and plain yogurt.

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