Re:Generator Magazine

We arrived to San Diego Comic-Con in great spirits, hungry to see what fascinating sights were in store for us. Just as we had imagined, there were plenty of costumed “nerds” throughout the Convention Center. The phenomenon of comic books and popular science fiction culture has grown exponentially beyond anything my wildest dreams could ever imagine. This year, a staggering 150,000 people attended the event. The Con, for those of you who have never been, is a Mecca for all things related to science fiction, comic books, video games and popular movies.

A big part – and my personal favorite part – is seeing all the home made costumes that the attendees make. Last year, I could not believe the amount of detail normal folks put into making these outrageous costumes; and this year, I was not disappointed one bit. One especially popular costume this year was the Captain America. I saw Cap in many different forms and shapes. Some were completely cheeseball while others seemed so well-made that I became jealous of their creation (If I could only get my hands on a sweet-ass Captain America costume, I could wear it to work, sell cars during the day and fight crime at night in the hot, hot, hot heat of Palm Springs. Then I would wear my sweet costume to the Village Pub and dance with all the cougars and do knee spins on my shield, only to finish the night off breaking up fights between our beloved USMC boys and the local trash that never left town but still claim that one day they are moving to the beach or that they are from the beach, when in reality they only been to the beach a couple times in 1993 for a weekend… Yes, that’s exactly what I would do if I made a Captain America costume, but I didn’t make one and I don’t have that kind of time to spend making some silly ass costume that exposes my giant sized honker to the world. Hell no! I love the comics and I love the movies, but I just don’t have the kind of time. I’ve got bills to pay – but I do have time to write this silly article. Ah, the joy of being a hypocrite.).

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The habitually ridiculous American Family Association has really outdone itself. Since they’ve run out of gay-themed organizations to boycott, they’ve turned their attention to the next gayest company on their list: Home Depot.

Is time migratory? Like a dimensional flock of birds? Or maybe it’s just in the process of leaving for a vacation, and will be back in a couple hundred billion years.

The idea that time itself could cease to be in billions of years – and everything will grind to a halt – has been proposed by Professor José Senovilla, Marc Mars and Raül Vera of the University of the Basque Country, Bilbao, and University of Salamanca, Spain. The corollary to this radical end to time itself is an alternative explanation for “dark energy” – the mysterious antigravitational force that has been suggested to explain a cosmic phenomenon that has baffled scientists.

The term “running out of time” should now have a far more literal definition.

Republican National Committee Chair Michael Steele has discovered hiding a $7 million debt is a lot harder than he thought it was. With an election coming up, Steele needed his organization to look like it was in tip-top shape. This being far from the case, Steele took a page from the GOP handbook and invented his own reality, telling everyone everything was fine and preventing the data from being filed with the FEC by ordering staff not to communicate with RNC Treasurer Randy Pullen. Pullen eventually discovered the deception and has filed amended reports to reflect it.

This is a new kind of bad for Michael Steele. Unlike the sundry other screwball episodes that have kept his job interesting, this is more than just politically embarrassing. His actions could result in millions of dollars in fines and possible criminal charges. The RNC, whose fundraising power is already under intense scrutiny, could be rendered impotent if forced to pay out a large sum to the government. If anything can rally an adequate number of RNC members against Steele, it will be this. The man isn’t going to leave on his own – not if he can help it. He could use a push.

Violent Penguins?, originally uploaded by Sam Pagan.

While perusing the Netflix instant queue on my Xbox 360, we discovered something a little… off, about the suggestions for Criticallly-acclaimed Violent Movies. Unless there is something I missed about this movie that nobody told me about, in which case it will be my favourite action-shooter from now on instead of Shoot ‘Em Up.