After pulling my hair out with WordPress‘ export and import features (there might have been some issues with the export feature and my previous host, but I don’t give a shit anymore), I decided to get my hands dirty and move my blog to a new host by interfacing directly with the database. It wasn’t pretty, but I managed to make the move without losing data. I rule!

So from this moment on, ladies and freaks, bigbaddie.com is where it’s at. Not entirely sure what “it” is, but it’s here, ‘yo. So for you lovely souls linking to my old URL, I beg you to update your links with my new URL. I’ll owe you a cookie. And as for the new visitors of this attention whore blog, ‘sup?

Comic Collector Live is a desktop software that helps comic book fans organize their comic book collection. Here’s a feature list from their site:

• 100% completely FREE software
• Download titles and issue information directly from our servers
• Wish List with instant desktop notifications of availability
• One click issue selection. Little or no manual data entry
• Up-to-date comic book market valuation information
• Comparative comic book shopping
• Collection and wish-list reporting
• and even more

Just in case you missed it, let me repeat it for you: 100% completely FREE software. A sleek, handy, and generally easy-to-use software designed with serious comics collectors in mind. But there’s also a lot of other stuff in there for people who buy comics for the reading experience and who just want to organize their measly collection like me. You can organize your comics by cover title, publisher, writer, artist, character, and even story arc! Crazy!

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Imaginary Dude: Dude, what in the name of yucky happened to your hand?!

Baddie Dude: Los Ba�os.

ID: Excuse me?

BD: I was again at the mercy of the enchanted land where the trees keep your secrets, the breeze chips away the barnacles of your despair, and the beer flows free. Where the mind is distracted by cheerful noise. Where the soul is fed with moonlight and bitter nectar. Where the heart is broken, mended, strengthened, and broken again. Where time stands still and space seems endless. Where family doesn’t require blood. A simple burn from a dying cigarette will do.

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OK. There was so much going on at work lately and I was also busy rekindling my romantic obsession with UPLB. In fact, I still haven’t recovered from my org’s activity last Saturday that ended the way it usually does: dozens of beer bottles inside and outside a small apartment, and several wasted bodies scattered all over the floor. More on that activity in a later post. Anyway, the point is I didn’t have the time to geek out on the web last week so I have yet to catch up on the latest news and rumors in the comic book world. So this week, I’m going straight to my weekly haul. And I’ll be doing it short and sweet. SPOILERS! I think.

52 #43: A rumble in the heart of the Rock of Eternity. Marvel Family versus the Black Marvel Family (who aren’t really black). They kiss and make up.

Animal Man is resurrected and apparently uses the powers of the Sun Eaters to go back home. Lady Styx is reborn in a very gross way.

The fourth Horseman is revealed to be Osiris‘ sidekick crocodile, Sobek. After going all emo and shit, Osiris gives up his powers, making him Sobek’s main course. Yum.

I give this 4 out of 5 yummy ribs stuck in Sobek’s teeth.

Action Comics #846: Continuing the run of Geoff Johns and Richard Donner (yes, the director dude of the first two Superman movies), this issue feels like I’m watching an episode of Smallville. Which isn’t a bad thing.

Nice origin story of the Phantom Zone villains. Nice art too. Too bad the next chapter won’t be coming soon. Bummer.

It’s going to be a long wait, especially with this issue’s cool cliffhanger: Superman trapped in the Phantom Zone and dozens (or even hundreds!) of freed prisoners from that prison dimension rain down on Metropolis! Wicked.

I give this 4 out of 5 freckles on Jimmy Olsen‘s stupid face.

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