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I read this recently, on loan from The BookShelf when it came in in Trade Paperback form. It was a weird read, but not something I didn’t enjoy. I’ve read a small amount of work by Alan Moore, and every time he’s thrown me for a loop, this book being no exception. A review I once read, and totally agree with states that this is a book meant to be digested several times over a large time-span. Having only read it once, I figured for the next 20 reads, why not have it in a beautiful oversize hardcover edition. This edition also features newly recoloured artwork by the original art team, oversized images and plethora of special features. Along with a sewn in bookmark and a cardboard slipcase. In Canada this would retail for over $100, on eBay i got my copy for $50. Currently its sitting on the shelf at Ryden’s just aching to be brought home and read again, and again, and again.

2) All Star Superman Vol 1 by Grand Morrison This story proved to be one of the most interesting I’ve read in years Comic Book wise. Morrison took the entire sixty odd years of back story and shackles that have been applied to the character of Superman, and threw them right out the window. This story exists in its own little corner of the universe, away from all the trappings of continuity, and coming back from the deadness that has been dragging most Comic Book titles to an early grave. This story features a Superman who is actually dying, and not in some weird shot with a Kryptonite Bullet kind of way. He is a plausible and serious character to read, and the story unfolds as a nearly End of Superman kind of event. I read this series originally in regular issues, and now have sold those on ebay, and upgraded to beautiful Hardcover editions. I already have volume two waiting on my bookshelf at home next to all the other unread graphic novels, but it won’t be going anywhere until this beauty comes home from Ryden’s.

3) Samsung BD-P1500 (see its not all graphic novels) This beautiful piece of drool worthy tech is my second Blu-ray player. Last year I purchased a Sony PS3 with Ryan, and love the little bugger to pieces. But sadly it does not reside at my house, its at Ryan’s. This isn’t a problem as I spend a Lot of time over there, and get to watch my fair share of stuff on the PS3. But there are plenty of occasions where my taste in movies just doesn’t quite match up with that of my better half. So I do my best not to watch those titles when he isn’t around. The other occasion of conflict is the time I actually spend at my own house in front of the 52″ HDTV there that only has a DVD player hooked up to it. For those occasions I made this purchase for the benefit of not just myself but that of my family too. So I sold what proved to be an DVD recorder worth $130, and some other odds and ends around the house I found while we were moving. After a little ebaying, voila, enough money to fund this purchase, and that of item number 4. This player just recently got a good review from CNET, now that it has been updated several times by Samsung with firmware. All things are looking up for this purchase, so I can’t wait to get it home. My parents are puzzled by it with the question of why buy it when we don’t have any Blu-rays? My thoughts, we don’t have any because we didn’t have the player.

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