January 2012
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June 2011
1 post
May 2011
1 post
April 2011
1 post
Getting a good nickname.
A lot of people are automatically assigned nicknames. Like if your name is Francis, good chance you’re gonna be “Frank.” Pretty simple.
Sometimes nicknames take on such a tangled evolution however, you’re not even sure how and why you got one.
For instance one or two of my coworkers have been calling be “Bonesy” or just “Bones” for two years now....
March 2011
1 post
So it turns out I'm a wanted felon... Sort of.
“Mr Jones? Mr Christopher Jones? Sorry sir, can you follow me please?”
Coming from an armed customs agent, that shit is scary. Turns out there’s another ‘Chris Jones’ out there (shocker) with the same birthday as mine. And this Chris Jones has an outstanding federal arrest warrant.
Didn’t catch what the warrant was for, but I was asked to spill about my...
February 2011
9 posts
Digital Dental Floss. →
ballsmoke:
A lot of time was spent on discussing Digital, as you might expect, but early on on the first day, DC co-Publisher Jim Lee made a visual analogy that sort of guided my thinking for the rest of the weekend.
Jim held up two hands. In one hand he had a regular 8 1/2 x 11 piece of paper, and in the other, he had a piece of dental floss. The former, he said, represented the revenues...
The Lord of the Bored (A One Page Story Written...
There are places in this world where the borders between imagination and what we actually perceive is very thin. Some people call it shared experience others call it multiple dimensions, but despite the fact we label it, we are no closer to understanding it.
Why do we all think of the Lord of the Rings the same way? We hear the words ‘Elf’ or ‘Wizard’ and we can all imagine the same things… is...
“We’re not going to have a universal day and date release for our comic books. I...”
– Ted Adams of IDW Publishing.
So sad. (via ballsmoke)
Talk about burying your head in the sand.
January 2011
7 posts
A heart big enough to love two ladies...
For many many years I’ve been a two system guy: Sony and Nintendo.
Nintendo for the fun stuff, new Mario, new Zelda, franchises that are still close to my heart. Sony for the good stuff: RPGs, fps, their exclusives. And life was good.
Then this whole ‘online’ fad started awhile back and I largely panned all this talk about a little known system called the ‘x...
I usually don't blog about music...
Hey, jonesylovesbeer.com isn’t one of those namby pamby blogs that talks about whatever ska/emo joints ‘dropped’ this week.
That being said, sometimes a song just takes over your life for a few days. In my case it’s the original version of ‘Jet Airliner’ by Paul Pena (made famous by the Steve Miller Band).
It’s more bluesy (@slim just stopped reading...
first post
atdaleunderscorea:
Testing this out. I really feel like this could be a good outlet for me, to just post things. Things I like. Things I hate. Things I need you folks to see. A place to call my own. We will see what happens. I could not even finish this thought. You see what I mean? This was made to fail.
This is Dale_a, embrace him as I have. You’re soul will be better for it.
December 2010
5 posts
November 2010
1 post
The Flash TV Series Drinking Game
nerdcast:
by Jonesy
Looking back, I’m not sure the Flash TV series had any impact positive or negative on my love of the character, or comics in general. But what it did manage to do was effect the lives of four young men (who had no idea of what they were in for) and led them to create possibly the most accurate drinking game for any show based on just four or so episodes. I present to you...
October 2010
4 posts
How DC Universe Online ruined my Christmas
In case you don’t have the internets (which is a pointless setup. I recognize this because if you didn’t have the interweb, you wouldn’t even read this) then by now you realize that DC Universe Online has been delayed into the first quarter 2011.
So now, boys and girls, you won’t be able to make your own DC superhero, and my number one gift that I want under my...
nerdcast:
comics.14 from 10.28.10 ( Download |...
dmpodcast:
D:M:37 - Hard Habit to Break
Hello...
Don't be fooled by the comics that I got, I'm...
Who ever thought a J-Lo reference would be that killer? Me, that’s who.
Anyhow, college degree behind me, it’s time to start putting my brain back to good use: Comics and TV and Movies, etc.
So, some things going on in the realm of JonesyLovesBeer that I’ll be blogging about in the near future:
I’m a regular guest host on @comicspodcast, it’s a two hour show...
September 2010
1 post
DreamCast (See what I did there?)
The other day I made a off hand comment to @slim via the text about a ‘What If’ Nerdcast movie a la The Social Network. I spent the next few minutes in the chuckle hut thinking up a cast.
@slim
As portrayed by Scott Hartnell
@dubill
As portrayed by John Rhys-Davies
@chrisZman
As portrayed by Louis CK
@dale_a
As portrayed by Daniel Craig
@jonesylovesbeer
As...
August 2010
3 posts
iPhone Floored
So I got the ol’ iPhone 4 yesterday and I will happily say this: I have ZERO antenna issues. Sorry, haters, I might be the first blogger to post how much better the iPhone’s reception is (hope I didn’t ruin your day, Gizmodo) and I’m somehow ok with that.
I have been in the mountains since last night and even in this remote location I have zero trouble making or...
Three things I love/hate about Comics
Been reading a lot of comics lately and thanks to the digital age I’ve been catching up on a lot of runs that I’ve been meaning to read for a while. That being said, there are some things that I’ve discovered I both hate/love about comics now-a-days. I’ll list them for your reading pleasure.
1. Super people meet in space just to talk it out.
One of the first comics I...
Smallville spin off rumored to be... the Blue...
Now, stop me if I’m wrong. A board of creators sat in a room and had a conversation the ended in ‘You know what, why are we all wasting our time meeting when it’s clear that Blue Beetle needs a fucking TV show.’
I mean, seriously? Smallville is a success, this I know, but you want to follow up Superman with the Blue Beetle? That’s like following up a sample of...
July 2010
7 posts
I dream in digital... Or how @slim saved my life
So I go to the DMV the other day. No
big deal you take your ticket and you wait your time.
Hold on… Consider you’re a comic book reader… And now consider that you have any comic you want at your fingertips. So stop judging a wait time in minutes my friend, and start thinking in issues! (my wait at the DMV for instance took me two issues deeper in to the life of Elijah...
“Have you two considered dancing the Soldier Boy at your wedding?”
– My Grandmother, incorrectly referencing ‘Soulja Boy.’
nerdcast: The iPhone 4 is a Worthless Piece of... →
If you read recent articles from “analysts”, you would think that an iPhone 4 recall would be on the table. A recall that, according to certain reports, could cost Apple $1,500,000,000.
Rumors and videos had circulated where one could touch the black bar on the lower left of an iPhone to…
Happy Birthday to me… happy birthday to me… I still want one.
ballsmoke asked: What was the premise of the book you submitted to Marvel, again?
Superman: His Not So Secret Identity is in the...
A lot of people think of the their time on the toilet as a place of quiet meditation and peaceful introspection. Other people choose to do amazing things: Martin Riggs defuses bombs… me? I read comics… They’re in the can!
Presentation: I’m really sorry to admit that I didn’t know who Stuart Immonen was before I picked up this title, but I’m glad that I know who he is now...
“Oh you found my Nipsy Russell records!”
– My Grandmother (Who the hell is Nipsy Russell?)
“You don’t understand I’m from Pennsylvania, we can’t get gas...”
– Me, to the 19 year old ‘Valero’ cashier. Kent Island, MD
June 2010
8 posts
Planetary: Over one hundred thousand cans... in...
A lot of people think of the their time on the toilet as a place of quite meditation and peaceful introspection. Other people choose to do amazing things: Martin Riggs defuses bombs… me? I read comics… They’re in the can!
Usually, I do this in three sections, presentation (art, which Cassiday excels at, truly), characters (also ‘mythos’ arguably my favorite part of comics)...
“Mr. Jones, it’s a free happy hour from 5:30 - 7:30 if you’d like to...”
– Vee, the naive hotel barman.
The super secret origin of Han Solo
So, if you’re reading this blog, then it’s likely you check out hectorandtodd.com or their podcast, Dangerous:Memories on a regular basis. That being said, you might know that this week’s listener participation segment is a response to a seemingly simple choice: Han Solo or Indiana Jones. I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: You bastards.
Awesome googled...
The things I learned at WWPhilly
@dale_a can find any issue of any series (including graphic novels) in any booth, anywhere. Period.
WWPhilly is secretly about math. Ratio of Katana sellers to bars is 7:1. The formula for katana’s to attendendees can be expressed as: a + (b x c) = 2. Where ‘a’ = number of swords from ‘Highlander.’
Stephen Baldwin does not attend his own booth ever, much to...
Old Man Logan: He's in the can!
A lot of people think of the their time on the toilet as a place of quite meditation and peaceful introspection. Other people choose to do amazing things: Doc Brown invents flux capacitors… me? I read comics… They’re in the can!
Presentation: ‘Old Man Logan’ looks like a combination of a good old fashioned high comic fantasy and an old western. McNiven’s...
PStreaming
So, the wife and I got the netflix disc for the ps3 and I’m pleasantly surprised about how well this thing works.
She’s been watching ‘Up’ for the last hour or so with zero interruptions, I expected at least a couple of hiccups during viewing.
The only drawbacks I see so far is that physical need for a disc, and the limitation of 75 titles per genre. Also, my condolences to Jean Claude Van...
NerdcastCOMICS: They're in the can.
NerdcastCOMICS is a great new spin-off Podcast of NerdcastONLINE, and it’s got me thinking about seriously getting into comics again. As I ponder that decision (read: already made, getting back in) I’ve also decided to do a retrospective on one of my favorite past times: Reading comics on the can. Hence the new segment ‘____: It’s in the can.’
This first post will...
Reimagining Ultimate Thor
I realize that reimagining a character that’s a reimagining of an already long established character is, at best, preposterous. However, as I was compiling some blog content over the holiday weekend I was reminded of a conversation that @slim and I had about how I thought they should have done Ultimate Thor…
Jake Olsen is a young mutant sent to Charles Xavier’s school for the...