Logan D. Hurricanes

Making short videos of yourself eating small mints in a rickshaw is a Tuk-Tuk Tic Tac TikTok tactic.

Moo!

Organization: The Society of the Blind Eye (Gravity Falls)
 

 
"It is unseen!  Your memories will be safe with us, buried in the Hall of the Forgotten."
 
"Amazing. A secret society of evil mind erasers."

The Paragon: The Flash, Barry Allen, of whom Batman once said, "Barry is the kind of man that I would've hoped to become if my parents had not been murdered."
 
 

Chicago! It's got a better live theatre than Bludhaven, and less personal baggage than Gotham. Exactly how a city this big, with a rich history of organized crime and political corruption side by side with great works gets overlooked so often in the superhero set, I'm not sure. Hell of a skyline though, and I consider myself something an expert in those after decades of going on top of some good ones.   What it doesn't have, at least currently, is a team. And if I'm going to take on the threats to Chicago, I'm going to need one.
 
Clark would try to do it all on his lonesome, and inadvertently inspire others.
Bruce would grumble about amateurs, then bully folks into organizing.
 
I've learned from both men, been on many teams, and had the pleasure of leading more than a few of them through glorious and hard times. And I know this much: Be there to catch people who are falling, and eventually, they start catching you back when you're the one in the plummet.
Stand up in shadow or in daylight, show that justice has a chance, and, trust good people to BE good, and even if they're not called by the name?
Titans will rise.
 
Paragon Pick: Nightwing aka Dick Grayson
 
 

 
 
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And yes, Nightwing is a paragon. He has assembled multiple teams of heroes in times of crisis just by asking nicely.

Holy forced spontaneity!  It's the Impromptu Superdraft II!
 
What: This is a supers draft. You'll be making one selection each weekday, starting tomorrow (Monday, March 4th) and running until Friday, March 15th. All selections are exclusive. 
 
Who: All the usual rules about different versions of the same character apply. In short, different characters with the same name are fine; different versions of the same character are out. (For example, if Ant-Man Hank Pym is drafted, you could still draft Ant-Man Scott Lang, but not Yellowjacket Hank Pym.)
 
When: You will make a pick each weekday, starting tomorrow, at noon Eastern Time. No, I don't know what time that is where you live. Google probably does. We will draft over the weekend. A poll will be posted on or around March 22nd; you are encouraged to use the intervening week to finish up picks, post fiction, etc.
NOTE: The United States moves to Daylight Savings Time on Sunday morning, March 10th. That means we set our clocks forward one hour. This will adjust when you get to draft halfway through. Sorry, not my idea.  
How: Each day you will make a selection (usually a character) to fit a certain archetype or role. Everyone will select the same type each day...but you won't know what that type is until a couple of hours before it's time to make the pick. The description of who or what you're choosing each day will be revealed no later than 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time on the day in question. Picks that do not fit the daily theme will be disqualified. I will act as final arbiter of whether or not a pick fits the daily theme, but I am open to reasonable persuasion.
 
Why: Because we haven't done a Superdraft yet this year. Why not start this way?
 
I think that pretty well covers it. If you have questions along the way, feel free to ask. In keeping with long established tradition, your first pick (i.e., Monday's pick) is the location for your story. The theme for Tuesday's pick will be revealed Tuesday morning.
 
Enjoy, everyone!
 
 

Re: A Thread for Random Musings
 
We had a gentleman come in here yesterday looking for a 1963 Americana Encyclopedia. The library doesn't keep any encyclopedia over ten years old at the very maximum. He went on to tell me that he was in that edition and wanted to show his granddaughter. He was the only man to drive a tank through the Berlin Wall. How cool is that?

It didn't last long.
 

If anyone needs me, you can reach me on Facebook. 

"Good afternoon, Paranoia helpline. How did you get this number?" 

"When I eat alphabet soup, I only eat the vowels."
 
"Why?"
 
"Sometimes."

Today, we let our dog pass out of pain and out of this world. So I've not gotten any real writing done and not sure I will today.

People told me that I would be bad at poetry because I have dyslexia, but I've made two pots and a vase and they all turned out amazing!

We had to say goodbye to our cat tonight.  We're all pretty wrecked.
 
2008 - October 22, 2023.  ❤️