John's Blog

Ok, I must have been living under a rock. The subject of Tintin came up the other day at lunch. Half of the room (there are usually a group of about six to ten of us who eat together in an empty conference room) erupted in a roar of recognition. I was in the half who sat there silently wondering "WTF are they talking about and why are they getting so excited?" Thanks to Wikipedia, I'm up to speed, although it hardly replicates the "warm fuzzies" that recalling this as part of your childhood must bring. Me, I've got Clutch Cargo.

After reading about Tintin, I couldn't avoid the temptation while I was at Wikipedia to take a gander at their other famous pairs....unlike yesterday, not a porn link. I was disappointed that the list didn't include Nathaniel and Isabel. I'm still reeling from last night's surprise twist on SFU, where Nate sleeps with Maggie (who DIDN'T see that coming?) and then apparently drops over dead. Much of the buzz on the web seems to be that he didn't die, but since they have done that twist before, and the series is ending, I have to think that he bought the farm.