For the past year-and-a-half I’ve been using Project Wonderful to supply the ads on my websites. Some people like PW and others seem to hate it. I have had good luck with the service, and I like having the option to approve and reject ad bids. That’s important to me because I try to create a “family-oriented” environment here at MvM. I do my best to choose ads that are appropriate for the site, but I don’t visit each site whose ads I approve. That being said, ya’ll should click at your own risk.
Thanks for stopping by. 
- Wes
Wow. I’ve got a lot of cool things to discuss, so let’s get crack-a-lackin’!
Art Show at Schlegel’s Coffee House . . .
I will be the featured artist during the month of March at Schlegel’s Coffee House in Chillicothe, OH. On Saturday, March 13 I’ll be hanging out at Schlegel’s during the downtown Gallery Stroll. You can stop in and say “Hi” from 6 PM until 10 PM that evening. It’ll be a great day. I’ll post more details the closer we get to March.
Myron and Charlie . . .
After ending YHT last year, I started a new comic called Myron and Charlie. M&C came to an end in August (I think) and that’s when I started brainstorming the concept for Max vs. Max.
Well, a cool new website called Clash is now publishing Myron and Charlie every Thursday! If you missed out on Myron and Charlie the first time, now’s your chance to get acquainted with this all-ages cartoon from the beginning! I plan on finishing the story by adding an additional 20 pages to the comic. I’ll let everyone know when the brand new pages will start posting.
Monsterplex . . .
My buddy Brock Heasely – you may know him from The Superfogeys – has entered the Zuda Comics competition and he needs your votes! Along with Michael DeVito and David Schlotterback, Brock has created a comic called Monsterplex. Here’s the description of the comic from Zuda:
You can see a monster movie anywhere. At Corman Cinemas, you see real monsters. Zombies. Wolf-men. Vampires. Bugs. Slimy…blob…things. Tearing your ticket. Making your popcorn. Sitting next to you in the theater for that “extra-added” scare. Authentic. Real. Unfortunately, Corman Cinemas has fallen on hard times and been bought out by the Ishiro Corporation. What this means for the Corman crew and the future of the theater is anybody’s guess. Whatever it is, it can’t be good. That’s the one thing former manager and twentysomething do-nothing Ryan Hull is sure of–corporate ownership will bring him nothing but misery. This fear is made real in the person of Lina Patel, the new manager of Corman Cinemas. She’s no-nonsense; by the book. Clearly, she has no idea what she’s doing. How will Lina manage someone like Priscilla, the sexy vampires who seems like she’s one pay cut away from sucking on everyone’s throat? What about Wolf? With the mind of a child and the claws of a Sasquatch, he can cause more mayhem than someone like “Ms. Patel” could possibly handle. And that’s just for starters. How is Lina going to handle Ken “Zombie” Watanabe? His hunger for brains is rivaled only his affection for Bitsy, the nihilistic, apathetic teenager who comes closest to passing for “normal” at Corman. And what about Sludge, the Living Mop? Ick. Sludge. Who is behind the Ishiro Corporation? Why would they be interested in a rinky dink operation like Corman Cinemas in the first place? Now THAT’S the real question.
So go register at Zuda, check out Monsterplex, and make sure to vote for it!
- Wes
Last year I re-discovered my love of reading, and I think I read more books in 2009 than I had read in the few years preceding it. My Christmas list included several books that I want to read in 2010, and I was fortunate enough to be hooked up with some paperbacks that I’m pretty psyched to start reading. Here are the books I’ve got sitting in the living room waiting to be read:
- Winesburg, OH by Sherwood Anderson: My high-school English teacher’s husband wrote a book called Knockemstiff which was published a couple years ago. It’s a great book made up of short stories about a small community not far from where I live in Southern Ohio. The book has been compared to Sherwood Anderson’s Winesburg, OH, which also contains several inter-related short stories about a tiny town in Ohio. I’m pretty psyched to start this one.
- On the Road by Jack Kerouac: I worked with a guy last year in a retail store who wouldn’t shut up about this book. The dude in question was rather annoying and I didn’t look forward to seeing him on the days we worked together, but during our conversations he always made this book sound so interesting. Not sure if I’ll like it, but I’m looking forward to reading it just the same.
- Lord of the Flies by William Golding: I’ve started this book three times and I keep getting sidetracked by something else. I need to pick a rainy day, brew some coffee, and sit down on the couch and try to get a chunk of this book read (if not all of it).
- How to Be Filled With the Holy Spirit by A.W. Tozer: For years I’ve been intrigued by the debate between Reformed and Wesleyan thinkers. I haven’t made up my mind and I’m not sure that I ever will, but I love reading about Christian doctrine and philosophy. I’ve read plenty of books and articles discussing Reformed theology, but I haven’t read a lot about Arminianism. My girlfriend’s dad (who is a pastor) gave me this book along with a transcript of a debate between a Calvinist and an Arminian. I hope to have both read in the very near future.
- How Should We Then Live? by Francis Schaeffer: Francis Schaeffer was one of the most renowned Christian thinkers of the 20th century, and this is his most famous book. I think this one will be fun.
- The Old Testament: The OT is hard to read. I’ve read the New Testament several times, but I’ve only read large chunks of the OT. My goal last year was to read the entire Bible, and that has spilled into this year. Time to jump back in the saddle and get it done.
So what do you guys think about my list? Any suggestions or criticisms? Do any of you have a reading list for the year?
- Wes
