In Defense of the Filler Arcs

After the Valley of the End battle in the Naruto Anime, the animators were in danger of catching up to, or even passing the story progress in the Manga. So, they did a a series of ‘filler arcs’, little self-contained stories mostly centered around Naruto working with other members of his cohorts on Teams 7, 8, … Read more

Quote of the Day from the mailing list…

“Maybe I’ve just watched Rocky a few too many times but I can almost see Gai-Sensei as Mickey telling Hinata “You’re gonna eat lightnin’ and you’re gonna crap thunder!” only to have her stand straight and shout out “HAI!”.” -Jason Endless entertainment, that is…

Team 8, chapter 13…

…is still proceeding. How long can one fight scene be? Don’t ask.  Got some bad news at work, Earthlink is doing some heavy downsizing (roughly half the workforce) as part of a reorganization. And both Lindsey and I will be turning in our badges on next Friday, 9/14.  This Friday, I’m doing another sleep study with … Read more