Alexander

–-I haven’t actually heard much about this film. It didn’t stay in the main-run theatres for long.
–-Angelina Jolie plays his mother.
–-Yeah, but have you heard anything about the film? Is it any good?
–-They used body make-up to cover her tattoos.
–-I have a bad feeling about this.

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Weekly Comics Discussion

This week’s shipping
list includes such notables as Exiles
#57 (finishing the Kulan Gath story),
Strange #3, Supreme Power ,
Ultimate Fantastic Four , and
Ultimate Nightmare #4, all of which I’ll be
picking up. Also shipping are the new batch of
What If issues, a couple of special editions
of New Avengers , and a new issue of
Superman / Batman.

Have your luggage ready.

If you haven’t already heard, there’s (depending on your source) a 1 in 45 or a 1 in 37 chance that Asteroid 2004 MN4 could wander into the planet on April 13, 2029, causing widespread destruction and other unpleasant effects reminiscent of the plots of bad movies from 1998. Information may be found here and here.

Happy New Year!

UPDATE: As reported in the responses, more recent estimates significantly reduce the odds of impact.