Stop on over to Art School Fraud to hear Matt and I’s coverage of Boston Comic Con. It was super fun.

Matt and I will have a table at Boston ComicCon the weekend of the 24th and 25th.  We will be representing Art School Fraud (which consists of him and I) and we will have all kinds of fun comics.  My wife Denise will be there as well to keep an eye on us.

Stop on down and see us why don’t you?  Chat, buy some comics, get a sketch or sketch button.  Good times shall be had.

We’ll also be running around the streets of Boston and Cambridge on Friday to stop by comic shops to hang out and spread the word about ComicCon.  We’ll also be stopping by the Gardner Museum.  Catch us if you can!

In interest of full disclosure, Arknar just come out and say this: Arknar love Red Sox ice cream sandwiches. Arknar’s opinion of Red Sox ice cream sandwiches directly influenced by Arknar’s admitted love for them. This far from unbiased review.

But honestly, how could it be? Red Sox ice cream sandwiches delicious. Who could say they not love Red Sox ice cream sandwiches? Liar; that who. Or maybe someone who not had one. If you either one, Arknar suggest you consider changing your ways.

First off, they awesome. Arknar not just mean that to say they impressive and that the prospect of eating one excite Arknar. Arknar also mean that all other ice cream sandwiches lay humbled before Red Sox ice cream sandwiches. They not simply superior, they divine. “God increamate.” The Lord made ice cream. They as far beyond ice cream sandwiches as ice cream sandwiches beyond sandwiches.

Comparing regular ice cream sandwiches to Red Sox ice cream sandwiches very much like comparing apples to caramel apples. Red Sox ice cream sandwiches have a stripe of golden caramel running through the middle. Just like stripe on the on side of Arknar’s bitchin’ 1994 Honda Accord, it makes them go faster.

Arknar can polish of a box of eight in one night if need be. If that what circumstances demand. Sadly, that usually not the case. Denise always absconded with sandwich or two despite Arknar’s specific declaration of dibs based on the grounds that Denise has her own damn ice cream. It not Arknar’s fault Denise buy herself lowfat (garbage) ice cream. Arknar not make Red Sox ice cream sandwiches so delicious that it make Arknar’s head hurt trying to fathom why other ice cream exist. Arknar not one who make Denise’s ice cream taste bad.

Who would do that anyway? Who would, or even could make ice cream taste not good? Is it even ice cream if it not delicious? It remind Arknar of old truesim: Call bear beaver, but bear not build dam, beaver just bite face. Parable loses meaning if you never been mauled.

You trust Arknar, analogy applicable.

In summation: Red Sox ice cream sandwiches good, bullshit garbage ice cream bad.

Arknar find lava lamp in Denise’s closet when she move out of her old apartment. She say to Arknar it not work. Arknar ask if she ever actually try it. Denise not answer. Arknar suspect Denise not want lamp to work so Arknar not want to keep it.

Lamp not really do anything special. Arknar not quite sure where lava factor into all this. When sun go down, Arknar find out it not very good at being a lamp either. Like most things, lamp could be improved by fire.

Perhaps, lamp need lava to make apartment not dark?

Under deeper inspection, Arknar find that lamp has cord like everything else in God-damned future. How Arknar supposed to use lamp to frighten herd off cliff if lamp need to fuck wall to make light?

When Arknar let lamp fuck wall, lamp work like other lamps do. No lava, not yet. Arknar relieved lava not explode out of lamp like fire-mountain. Looking back, Arknar no know why him even turn on lamp if he think that possibility.

Eventually stuff in lamp start to move around. Arknar hit lamp to try make stuff go back down and Arknar burn hand. Artknar find most that most things that make light tend to burn Arknar hand. That kind of thing Arknar would have been perfectly happy not knowing.

Arknar’s final word? “Lava Lamp Bad”

We got a Roku Player!

If you don’t know what a Roku is, Boy, let me tell you what: It’s a magical box that you put in-between your TV and the Internet to get them to fuck while you watch. Watch them fuck that is. To put it another way, it a box that allows you to watch Netflix and Amazon On-Demand on your television.
Why is this better than Cable On-Demand? It’s not, it’s different. However, for me, the difference is in a “high quality for very little money” way.

Pause? RW? FF? Chapter select? Yeah, it has that.

Why is it better than Apple TV? You don’t pay for everything individually; you have access to everything in the Netflix “watch it now” library. If you really need to watch something that isn’t available you can put it on your snail-mail queue. If that’s not good enough, you can buy a movie On-Demand from Amazon and watch it on the Roku.
Why is it better than using the Netflix feature on an Xbox 360? The operating system. The Roku was designed for watching movies and only that, thusly it is a lot more with no fuss. There is also the concern that the 360 uses more energy, costs more, and has a much higher chance of breaking. Oh yeah, you also have to pay for an Xbox Live subscription as well a Netflix. 

You can start watching on your computer and pick up where you left off on the Roku.

My reasoning:

It costs 99$. That’s not a fee, it’s the one time purchase of the Roku Box.
To watch a movie on a normal night, I would need to sign up for a “3 disc a month” Netflix plan. With the Roku, I sign up for the basic “1 disk at a time” deal and I can watch movies all day and night. The savings have been broken down, and the Roku Box pays for itself in this manner in about four months.

Baby’s got HDMI. That’s right, just one simple cord is all I need for high quality audio and video. Not only do I enjoy the picture, but this adds to it’s portability. Denise and I usually visit my parents about every other weekend. They have a nice tv, but a terrible selection of channels. The Roku is about the size of a book and is travel ready. We can either jack into their router directly or link to it via wi-fi.

The balance of quality and performance is fantastic. Just like watching Netflix on your PC (if you have a Mac that doesn’t have an intel chipset, quit yer bitchin’ and buy a roku) it assesses your bandwidth and adjusts the video quality to compensate. Roku does the same, but even better. Even with my crappy DSL I get 4 stars, its highest rating. On top of that, the quality and performance it is beyond stable. It has never pixilated or given legacy objects. Hell, it’s better than my cable.

Cost:
Roku= 99.00$
HDMI cable (from amazon) .89$
Netflix = 9.59$ Monthly

If anyone has any questions or comments I love to hear them.