Mod Post: Off-Topic

Posted by: icon_uk In the comments to these weekly posts (and only these posts), it's your chance to go as off topic as you like. Talk about non-comics stuff, thread derail, and just generally chat among yourselves. The intent of these posts is to chat and have some fun and, sure, vent a little as required. Reasoned debate is fine, as always, but if you have to ask if something is going over the line, think carefully before posting please. Normal board rules about conduct and behaviour still apply, of course. It's been suggested that, if discussing spoilers for recent media events, it might be advisable to consider using the rot13 method to prevent other members seeing spoilers in passing. The world situation is the world situation. If you're following the news, you know it as much as I do, if you're not, then there are better sources than me. In Britain's latest testament to investment in education, a worryingly large number of schools have had to be closed until urgent surveying work is carried out, to check if they are likely to literally collapse at short notice. This is due to someone in Government finally acknowledging that a commonly used form of concrete is reaching the end of it's expected lifespan, at which point it basically crumbles. Happy new school year all! The very much desert based Burning Man festival, had an unexpected issue this year, due to extraordinary levels of rain, it was flooded, basically turning into a mud bath. Steve Harwell, lead singer of Smash Mouth, famed for "All Star", passed away at the age of 56, and Jimmy Buffett, the “tropical troubadour” who gave us "Margaritaville", passed away at 76. The union which represents actors in the video game field are balloting for strike action for better pay The "One Piece" live action series debuted on Netflix, to positive reviews from fans (At least, the one's I've seen). No-one who heard Kevin "THE Batman voice" Conroy's gorgeous singing on that episode of Justice League Unlimited will ever forget it, but did you know that, on his own website, he uploaded a full version of "Am I Blue?" ? I know I didn't, and whilst he is sadly no longer with us, and his site is no longer online, it has been preserved. comments