We have met 1984, and it is us!

More to the point. We think that our government is spying on us. We believe that Microsoft is the Evil Empire, but it is interesting (and unsettling) to learn that it is really Google that is watching our every move.

Whatever you do, you don’t want to be nabbed by Google’s street view cameras, as you never know what they will find. Sure sure they could spot that your house is on fire.

Or perhaps it is just that you got hammered, and then passed out on your front lawn.

When Google expanded its Maps product to include a StreetView feature, many claimed the cars that troll the streets to create the experience were breaching their privacy, filming at any random moment.

Yep, both of these things were actually snagged by Google and will appear on your street view of those particular neighborhoods.

Hummm, think I can get Google to check in on that cute co-ed who likes to change with the drapes open?

The Perfessor

If something happens once, it could be an anomaly, accident or pure chance, if it happens a second time, it could be a coincidence or simply bad luck, but if it keeps happening then it is (in all probability) a pattern.

I’m speaking — of course — of the increased incidents of 15-year-old Disney Pop Star Miley Cyrus showing up on the Intertubes in various stages of undress. First we heard of the Annie Leibovitz photos in Vanity Fair, then there was some photos of Miley cuddling with some guy, next up were some pics of her in her underwear, a skimpy bikini, and then well, there are just too many up on the web for it to be “nothing.”

According to some stories, many of these new pictures came off the youngster’s Myspace page.

Now, as if to make matters worse (if that is at all possible) a condom maker has just offered the emerging successor to Brit-Brit’s “Pot Tart” Throne a cool million to rep their condoms. No, I’m not kidding! Currently there is no word whether or not the star will accept the offer from LifeStyles Condoms, but, given what she has done so far, who can tell? (Apparently the premise is that the pitch is targeted for teens to (hopefully) slow down both pregnancy and STDs.

Say what you want, and I know that teens will be teens, but I can’t help but to think that this kid is out of control.

Bet she makes Daddy Proud, eh?

The Perfessor

Watch the following ad, and then decide if it would make you more or less likely to buy Heinz:

Well, apparently some folk were upset by by the ad, and a group of British lawmakers said that foodmaker Heinz Co. was wrong to withdraw a television advertisement that showed two men kissing.

Six legislators from the governing Labour Party filed a House of Commons motion saying the decision to pull the ad was “ill-considered” and likely to offend gay people. They called on Heinz to reconsider.

Me, I just think that it was goofy.

The Perfessor

While I truly know how lame it is to go on, and on about one’s self, I find it necessary to tout my own horn every once in a while. So here goes. There is a real-live reporter fellow named Mike Gelbwasser (hey, you just can’t make up a name like that!), who writes for the Sun Chronicle of Attleboro, MA. Well Mike has this whole “Online Community” he services with his very fine column, and — as something of a funnybook aficionado himself — he somehow got hooked up with my pals over at the Comicbook Artists Guild (CAG).

Mike’s goal, you see, was to hook up with some funnybook folks local to him in the New England area, and well, we turned him on to our membership, so he’s been interviewing some of the New England group. (He already spoke to Everett Soares, writer of the wonderful Sky Pirates from Free Lunch Comics — Unavoidable aside, Free Lunch is the publishing empire of my good buddy Matt Ryan, the artist on Wülf Girlz).

Well, to return the focus of this particular post back to little ol’ me, Mike (for whatever reason) thought that I’d make for a good interview, and buttonholed me for to answer a few questions for him, which I was only too happy to do. The result, it up on line. Check it out. In the interview we talk a bit about my deep, dark past, How I “broke in” to comics, as well as some of the stuff that I’m doing today. So go on over and tell Mike that his column is very cool, and that you want to see him write about me more often.

And no, I’m not even going to mention the “Have you seen Walt S. Tip hotline” (1.800.WHO.CARES) because, as stated, it is all about me.

The Perfessor

A quick operational note to nobody in particular:

According to me, a My Space page is not what I consider a blog. A Facebook page is not what I consider a blog.

Those are places to meet up with friends, and say what you want back and forth with those friends. Many times, someone who is NOT a part of that community of friends can’t see what you’ve written, unless they’ve joined in that network.

I maintain a couple of lists of blogs, and I’m tired of testing those links only to find out it’s in a network that doesn’t allow me to read it.

So, if you’re submitting your blog to one of the lists that I help maintain, and it’s a MySpace blog, forget it. Your submission will be deleted on the spot. There are several good locations to keep a public blog. Blogger.com and Wordpress.com both offer free blog spaces. If you maintain a MySpace page, it doesn’t take but a few seconds to copy your new blog posts over to a free blog, thus maintaining two blogs.

If you’re too lazy to do that, stick to MySpace.

Stephen learns the hard way that the reborn Captain America isn’t going to be played by him!

However, there IS an upside to dealing with the Marvel universe…

We’re just Tom Cat’n around…

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tySJTPJJc1Y