… you Google yourself and Google offers up a couple of “related searches”?
Every now and then I “Google” myself (I know, I know – doing so can make you go blind and grow hair on the palms of your hands) for a couple of reasons. One is curiosity and vanity (is that two?) and the other is to see if anyone’s talking about any of the comic projects I’m involved in.
Oh, come on – like YOU never Google yourself!
Anyway, when I looked tonight, Google had related searches at the bottom. My vast and deep knowledge of all things search engine related tells me that this means OTHER people have searched for Mike Imboden along with other keywords.
And what were the searches?
Mike Imboden Twitter
and
Mike Imboden cartoons
Sure, it could be on the few impostor Mike Imbodens out there that was being looked up, but remember – reason #1 for doing a search on myself is partially for vanity reasons, so it HAS to be me that was being looked up, right?
Anyway, I thought it was kind of neat.
Random Thoughts
Is it a Sign of Success When…
Twenty-Three
The following twenty-three people have crossed my mind today. I have no reason why.
Marie Osmond, ‘Super Dave’ Osborne, Mickey Mantle, Mr. Greenjeans, Fatty Arbuckle, Roger Rabbit, Laverne DiFazio, Carrot Top, Freddie Mercury, Robin Hood, ‘Superfly’ Jimmy Snuka, Harrison Ford, Vincent Vega, Jack Lemmon, Dean Wormer, Babe the Blue Ox, Moe Howard, Kimba the White Lion, Johnny Bench, Gerry Rafferty, Rod ‘He Hate Me’ Smart, Michael Myers and Akira Ifukube.
Here’s What You Might’ve Missed
- As if getting elbowed out of Previews wasn't bad enough, now Marvel is on ComiXology? Good-bye, exposure to possible FoJ readers. #
- I could use a good stiff drink right about now. I said DRINK, you jackass! #
- Happy, happy Halloween, Halloween, Halloween. Happy, happy Halloween – Silver Shamrock! #
- God, if you are testing me, I would like to switch this class to audit because your test is shit. #
- I am slowly dying in this place. Someone offer me a job! #
- It's ALREADY 10:30pm?!? But! I have stuff to do. I'm getting too old for this shit. #
- Busy week ahead of me getting ready for Halloween. I'm gettin' too old for this shit. #
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- Today I am old. Son #1 has turned 18. My little buddy is a young man now. It's cool, but sad at the same time. Happy 18th, Dave! #
- Did Facebook just finally give me a reason get over my addiction? Facebook, there's already a Twitter. Stop trying. But… thanks? #
- When the going gets tough, the tough get a 12 pack and booze it up, #
- While I'd like to get paid to do what I love, I'd settle for getting paid to do what I like. #
- Finished building the coffin for Halloween. Still need to fix some of the rough spots and make it look a little nicer. Overall, not bad tho. #
Here’s What You Might’ve Missed
- By the way – I am still patiently waiting for my Google Wave invite. Send it to mike@imboden.org. Thanks.
# - Ring. "Beyond Comics, this is Mike." "Yes, Beyond Comics?" "Yep!" "I'm trying to reach Beyond Comics." "You have." "Uhmmm." Click. WTF?!? #
- The good thing about Wizard trying to compete directly with the NYCC next year? Someone like ME could end being a "Special Guest" there! #
- Little kid sees black-suit Spidey and starts happily shouting "Black Man! Black Man!". Dad looks mortified. Mike laughs. #
- If the beer aint cold – I send it back, #
- Being sick + beer = cheap buzz! #
- I have a lot of TV watching to catch up on. #
- "We/I did it for the show" will now be my catch-all excuse, #
Here’s What You Might’ve Missed
- The Baltimore show (#BCC) is over, but only 10 months until the next one! Great to see old and new faces, thanks for all the "FoJ" love! #
- #BCC Day number two. Lets sell some comics! #
- My feet are freakin' killing me. I need a beer or seven. #BCC #
- $11 chicken fingers are only worth that much when you're starving. #BCC #
- Fitness Expo on one side of conv. ctr., comic show on the other. #BCC #
- Dude just read free FOJ #1 and then bought all the rest. Sweet! #BCC #
- The line to get into the show is a half hour wait! #BCC #
- I am at the show. Time to set up. Bigger space than last year. #BCC #
- Kim and i are in Baltimore. Time to drink up! #
- All packed up for the show. Lots of comics FoJ-related stuff. Looking forward to a busy weekend and catching up with a lot of friends. #bcc #
- WAY too much to do before Friday morning – heading to Baltimore right after work Friday evening. And I work 14 hours Thursday?!? UGH! #
- I didn't think I had much for the show, but… SWEET CHRISTMAS! I don't know how I am going to get all of this stuff on one table! #
- Anyone good at making themes for WordPress that wants to hook me up? I have a vision and not enough skill to pull it off. #
- I picked a bad week to stop sniffing glue. #
- So, because I don't have enough to do, I now need to get a real Fist of Justice site up and going. Ugh! I need, like, 40 hour days! #
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- I'm actually okay with the Ravens' loss today. It was a close game against a good team. A couple things happen different and it's a win. #
- We always say "my evil twin" or something like that – but what if… what if WE are the evil twins? #
- You know what? Less than a week until Baltimore and the Baltimore Comic-Con! #
- All the supplies have been purchased – roughly $40. Now to draw everything out on paper and get to cuttin' and nailin'! #
- If I can find a way to get plywood from Lowes to my house, I am making a coffin this afternoon. #
- While Prince still makes great music, I really miss he sang funky, naughty stuff like "International Lover" and "Jack U Off". #
- Zombieland was good, gut-splatterin', brain-crushing fun! #
- I'm going to Zombieland! #
- Since I don't have a lot of free time, my Scary Movie Reviews will total 13 and will be a mix of old and mostly new reviews on imboden.org #
- Weird Toy Guy! It's like seeing a relative at your annual family reunion. Only this crazy uncle just looks at all of the food. Twice. #
- I don't even know what the hell a Google Wave is (I guess I could, er, "Google" it), but I want one! #
- I think I will watch and review some horror movies starting tonight, #
- Still looking for mad scientist lab ideas. Let me know any that you might have, #
- …and so we start another week. Lord, I hate the wash, rinse, repeat of it all. #
Here’s What You Might’ve Missed
- Holy shit – I JUST saw that Pittsburgh LOST! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!! (cough, cough – ahem)… HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!! #
- In my excitement to see the Lions win, I neglected to remark on how awesome the Baltimore Ravens are. Three-and-oh – hot diggity! #
- The Lions win! The Lions win! #
- Watched "The Prowler" tonight. Not as good as I'd hoped. A little weak overall. A machete AND a pitchfork? Really? Good effects by Savini. #
- I think I'm gonna watch one of my recent horror movie purchases. Slashers or zombies? Hmmm… #
- So I get to the other Blockbuster in town and… those bastards are closed! How am I supposed to buy my cheap movies now?!? Grrrr. #
- I'm looking forward to Halloween because it's the one day of the year that I can go out in public dressed in womens clothing. #
- What part of "Please don't bang on the Hulk" don't you understand, you little shit? Fucking savages and their clueless parents. Sheesh. #
- The CBS Sportsline game tracker is a bit sketchy, but from what I see: way to go, U of M. Can you screw up any more than you already have? #
- Gah! Who dropped off the bus-load of customers?!? #
- Wait.. you want to haggle over the prices of some comics… from our dollar drawers?!? AND you want free bags and boards? Riiiiight. #
- Tight jeans, white-T, leather jacket, black boots – and a mummy's face. Rock and Roll Grandma is in the house! Well, the comic store. #
- Oddly slow so far. Then again, Saturday's have been slow until around lunch for a weeks now. I need someone outside dressed in a costume! #
- Time to make the donuts. #
- A "Fist of Justice" live-action movie? It wouldn't be big-budget if it happened, but that doesn't mean it's out of the question. Hmmmmm… #
- Last year I built a cool, faux iron fence for Halloween complete with skulls on the fence posts. THIS year I am gonna build a coffin! #
- Taking a page from @rianmiller, I stopped at a Blockbuster and got 7 movies for $35; and that included two recent releases. #
- Boing alert! #
- As long as there are stereotypes there will be people like me to laugh at them. #
- Baltimore Comic-Con in a little more than 2 weeks! #
- The county fair just isn't as fun as it used to be. Guess that means I'm officially "old". The baby pigs were adorable, though! #
- Blergh. #
- Time to read a few comics before going to bed. Spider-Man, New Avengers and Terry Moore's Echo are on the top of this week's pile. #
- I should note that I meant "Glee", the TV show. No effin' way am I actually singing! You'll be glad I'm not. #
- Glee has become my guilty pleasure. #
- Have you ever gone over to a friends house to eat and the food just aint no good? #
- Anyone into biorhythms? I seem to be in an odd funk for some reason. Since I can't explain it, maybe that junk could shed some light. #
- Why do I have a burning desire to watch "The Room" again? Am I insane? Is there some kind of virus embedded in it that has infected me? #
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- Okay – that was way too close. Baltimore – it's called Pass DEFENSE for a reason, for shit's sake! Still, 2-0 and in first place! #
- Late Ravens game today. Time to get a few things done before 4pm rolls around. Why are the Jets a trending topic on Twitter?!? #
- Dammit, radio stations – why must you all suck so much? #
- Dear Washigton/Baltimore classic stations: There is more than one George Thorogood song to choose from. #
- RT @comiXology: We have another of @mikeimboden's Fist of Justice on the app today. Classic, great superhero hijinx from Digital Webbing. #
- Only if your ass tastes like pancakes. RT @dimboden: is it bad if your balls smell like syrup #
- Pending edits, script for FIST OF JUSTICE #8 is done! Next up is a couple of WARMAGEDDON stories for Jamal. #
- Right when I think I'm about to get ahead? BAM! Someone fucks up and the whole plan goes to shit. I. Fucking. Give. Up. #
- Whoa! Just saw a motorcycle pushing about +65ph fly past out front followed closely by four cops! The speed limit is 35ish. Yikes! #
- Mr. West Virginia and Weird Toy Guy just met each other and had a 30 minute conversation about… Shit, I have no idea, but it was funny. #
- Live to work or work to live? Sadly, for me it seems to be work to work. #
- Kanye West just took my keyboard and said one of my co-workers was better at my job. WTF?!? #
- Mega Shark vs Giant Octopus is probably, hands down, the single worst fucking movie ever made. Manos? Plan 9? Nope. Right here. This one. #
Here’s What You Might’ve Missed
- Okay… That game was far closer than it should have been. Ravens need to pick up the game in a couple of spots. Overall looked very good. #
- I need to go back to making lists to get my shit organized. I'm so out of whack it's not funny. Coming or going? I don't know! >:( #
- Holy Guacamole! What a game between Michigan and Notre Dame! The Maize and Blue is certainly turned things around 180 degrees! #
- Ooo, ee, ooo-ah-ah, ting-tang walla-walla bing-bang! #
- I demand that Charlie Sheen looks into the fact that Diamond fucks up their shipments on a weekly basis. There's a conspiracy for him. #
- So, apparently we were missing boxes from our late shipment which showed up today – a day after the "emergency" shipment arrived. #
- Whoa – WTF? Incubus doing a cover of "Let's Go Crazy"?!? Mike does not approve of this. #
- Slow so far. Only a few customers, so I'm pricing old comics. And, y'know, updating my status here. #
- Comic store hijinks in a couple of hours. What manner of interesting customers will I see today? #
- I demand that President Obama explain to me the truth behind Charlie Sheen's success. Is it true he blew Satan? Why the cover-up?!? #
- Inappropriate Coast Guard exercise FTW! #
- Why is Charlie Sheen demanding answers about 9-11 from Obama? Wasn't Bush president at the time? Conspiracy? Get real, Chuck! #
- Sleeeeeeep. Sleeeeeeeeeeep! #
- Working on Fist of Justice scripts. #8 is almost done! Then I really need to start getting ready for the Baltimore show – 30 days left! #
- I pay the mortgage, so why the FUCK am I wearing the goddamn headphones?!? #
- Dear Diamond Comics – thanks for fucking up the shipment to Beyond Comics. Now I've got nothing to sort tonight. Dumbasses. #
- Went to the "old mall" in Frederick tonight and was utterly shocked at the ghost town it has become. Maybe 6 or 7 stores total. Sad. #
- The 20 year anniversary ends tonight, but not until dinner at Outback. Look out Bloomin' Onion, I am going to eat you! #
- Happy 20th Anniversary to my loving and wonderful wife. Thanks for putting up with a dork like me for so long! #
- Sweet Christmas! God bless stereotypes! Martinsburg, WV customer TOTALLY acting like the punchline to every WV joke ever told! Hahaha! #
