Saturday, February 7, 2009

Top 3 Best DC Superheroes

Basically there are only 3 good ones... (because Marvel is better)


Batman-The Dark Knight, The Caped Crusader, Vigilante, The Bat, these are all names for...The Batman. Bruce Wayne protects the city of Gotham from the crime of the citie's underworld.




Green Lantern- The Green Lantern uses a ring that channels pure willpower in the form of green energy. This energy can be used to do just about anything the wielder can imagine, from blasting a ray of energy like a laser, protecting the user with a force field, allowing them to fly, and even create solid objects. Hal Jordan was the best of the series and is pictured below.





The Flash- They have been called the Fastest Men Alive – three generations of super heroes granted the power to tap into the extradimensional energy field called the Speed Force by a scientific experiment gone awry. Each hero named himself the Flash and became champions, perpetuating a legacy of courage and valor. The three different "Flash's" were Jay Garrick, Barry Allen, and Wally West. Pictured below is Wally West.



Honorable Mention: Martian ManHunter

Out of the 3 of these, Green Lantern and Batman have great comic series.

This link will take you to some info on a great Green Lantern series
This link will take you to some info on a great Batman series

Thursday, February 5, 2009

Top Five Best MARVEL Superheroes

No Particular Order

Captain America- 1940!As the world teetered on the brink of global war, frail Steve Rogers entered a secret laboratory and was transformed into the American super soldier! For four thrilling years, he battled the Axis powers - until a freak stroke of fate threw him into suspended animation. When he awoke, he was a man decades out of his time! Since that fateful day, Steve Rogers has sought his destiny in this brave new world.

DeadPool- Deadpool has an accelerated healing factor which allows him to recover from virtually any injury in moments, he can also regrow severed limbs. His healing factor renders him basically immune to all poisons, drugs, and diseases. His other physical abilities are enhanced as a result of his healing factor. His strength, stamina, agility, and reflexes are significantly greater than even the finest human athlete, and he has a high level of tolerance for pain.


Wolverine-Wolverine has a healing factor that can heal virtually any wound or disease, and also slows his aging. He also has retractable bone claws that extrude from his forearms. His bones and claws are bonded with adamantium, rendering them unbreakable.

Iron Man-Like knights of old, is identified by the armor he wears. The best-dressed of the Marvel heroes, he has changed his look frequently since his debut in 1963, but he can afford to: the man who wears the suits (and designs them) is wealthy inventor Tony Stark. His high tech gear gives him super ablilities to protect the innocent and keeps his injured heart alive.


Gambit- Remy LeBeau, aka Gambit is a master thief from Louisiana. His mutant abilities grant him increased speed and enhanced agility. His mutation also grants him the ability to change the potential energy in any object he touches to kinetic energy, and can amplify that energy so that a single playing card (he keeps a deck with him for "ammunition") will strike with the force of a bullet, or even a small amount of TNT. The more mass an object has, the more potential energy stored, and consequently, the more kinetic energy released. To Gambit, a rock might as well be heavy ordnance.


Honorable Mentions-Daredevil, Spiderman, and the Silver Surfer

Monday, February 2, 2009

Falling with style

This is amazing. You really don't get a sense of how fast these guys are moving until the very end of the video. This is the closest thing to human flight I've ever seen. I wish I could do it. Seriously, watch this video.

Friday, January 30, 2009

Snow+Firebird=Bad Situation

I drive a 1997 Pontiac Firebird. It is in good condition and everything, but most people know that these cars are horrible on snow. Firebirds are low to the ground and have rear wheel drive and fat back tires. This combination makes it hard for me to get around on snow and ice. After our big snow storm this past week, Andrew and I had to dig out my car from its parking spot. It took a good half hour just to get out of the parking lot. People all around were just staring at us. Some jerk even took my parking spot as soon as I got it dug out. Oh well, I guess it was fair game. After finishing some errands, we returned back to the parking lot where we faced the obstacle of getting into a parking spot instead of getting out. Both were equally difficult and I would like to make the point that i couldn't have done it without Andrew. Luckily no people were around so Andrew was able to use his superpowers to help me out. Yes, thats right, Andrew is the famed superhero, Goliath. With his superstrength he was able to pick up my car and put it in a parking spot. By telling you this I have ruined Andrew's secret identity, but he thought it would be funny to write distasteful things on my car for all to see, so he had it coming. : )

Racquetball


Over the past few weeks I've had the opportunity to play racquetball. It is extremely fun. I been swimming a lot and haven't been able to do any outside sports, so it was quite a relief to be able to do something new. This game is extremely fast paced and chaotic, not to mention the ball hurts quite a bit when you get hit. This game keeps you moving and hightens your reflexes. I recommend trying it out if you haven't. If anyone would like to play, just let me know. If you need a racquet, MC Sports in Muncie has some good deals. That's where I got mine. The one I have is actually pictured, but mine is orange.

Friday, January 16, 2009

My Engagement


So over break I proposed to my girlfriend on Christmas morning and now I'm engaged. I popped out of a human-sized box and proposed to her in her pajamas. I've been dating Katie for 3 years now, or a little more, and know that I love her very much. If anyone is curious as to the date of my wedding, it is June 13th. Katie already has a job lined up here and I have a very profitable job as well. Financially we're going to be ok. I know it's going to be tough regardless, but its just my next step in life.

Thank You For Smoking

I quite enjoy this movie featuring acting performances by many well known names such as, Aaron Eckhart, William H. Macy, Rob Lowe, Robert Duvall, and many many more. This movie is very well written and demonstrates some interesting thoughts. Aaron Eckhart (Nick Naylor) plays the role of a lobbyist for the tobacco company in this movie and constantly uses argument to clear the guilt put on tobacco companies by health boards and such. I think Mr. Naylor uses perspective to help him in most of his arguments. I think this movie is a battle between realistic and twisted perspective. In one point of the movie Nick uses the argument that if people said choclate was bad would you eat it. When you think about it though you're talking about choclate vs. cigarettes. Nick Naylor constantly twists the perspective of things to make the people against tobacco look wrong. He doesn't have to prove he's right, but just help the public look through a different window. One thing that can be learned from this strategy is that "if you argue correctly you're never wrong." The question of whether cigarettes are wrong or right comes down to this...

self interest vs. social interest
you can either make the choices that are in your self interest or (from the social interest perspective) you can make the choice that are best for society as a whole, by keeping a profitable tobacco company in business.

It kind of comes down to Microeconomics.