“It was all I could think of to say. I turned away from this woman and went to the bathroom, where I ran hot water over my hands, which is something I like to do in the colder months, it just makes me feel a little bit better. Then I touched my face with my warmed hands. It calms me down, it’s just this very normal thing that I do.”

                     --Rivka Galchen, Atmospheric Disturbances, 2008

“ON THE SURFACE, THIS MAY SEEM TO BE A SUPER-HERO ACTION THRILLER! BUT, IF YOU PROBE DOWN DEEP, IF YOU ANALYZE EACH SUBTLE NUANCE, IF YOU DISSECT EACH PHILOSOPHICAL PHRASE, IF YOU STUDY EACH NON-EXISTENTIALISTIC PANEL, YOU’LL DISCOVER THAT IT ACTUALLY IS…A SUPER-HERO ACTION THRILLER!”

                     --Stan Lee, THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN, Vol. 1, No. 29, 
                            "Never Step On A Scorpion!" 1965

(Posted simultaneously to “Jelly-Town!”)