Well, one step away....

As you may or may not know, I recently applied for a promotion at my wonderful workplace. That would put me from a regular old drone to a supervisor.

Normally, you can't do this. You have to go up the ranks (processor, team lead, then supervisor). But so far I have avoided that little trap and I have skipped the team lead position and gone straight up. The three people I have interviewed with have all been impressed, and the final interview I have is with a manager I have a good repoire with. So I feel good about this!

What would it mean? Well....

• More Pay
• Work in a supervisory/management role
• Would have to go back into the office :(
• Wayyyyy more stress
• Less time with Family
• Would travel for my position
• Jen could get a part time job

All in all, some people might go "but the negatives far outweight the positives (or affirmatives... tee hee).

I just have one more hurdle to clear... I will keep everyone Posted.


Next, I had someone ask me who my favorite Superhero was, and what my favorite comic book is. And the harder I thought about it, I thought I was going to say Batman, or Deadpool, or Green Lantern. You know, the standards.

But then it hit me. My all time favorite comic book character is Jaime Madrox, AKA Multiple Man.

He is a B list character. Heck, a C or D list character. He has a cool power, where he can create duplicates of himself that he can control. Sometimes, they even try to control him. He has to be careful, because he is technically human - even though he uses kinetic energy to create a duplicate, he is not super strong, or invulnerable, or anything like that. He doesn't fly, have psychic powers, or even have a cool uniform.

He was always fun to read in the old books, but he recently made a breakout in his own LS - Madrox. This showed him at his best. And pushed him to the top of my list.

He had a dream - to help mutants by creating a detective agency. But he knew nothing about being a detective. So he created his duplicates and sent them on journeys to master various arts. One learned kung-fu. Another learned to master detective skills. Another to perfect his shooting skills.

And then he absorbed them back to gain their skills, their knowledge. But this comes at a price... when one of them is hurt, he feels their pain mentally. When one of his duplicates is bleeding to death, he feels what it is like to die. Yet he continues because he knows that someone has to stand up for the rights of mutants, especially after the events of Decimation. (since you probably don't know what that is, it is when the Marvel Universe lost most of their mutants).

He currently stars in the new X-Factor with Guido, Wolfsbane, and more C and D list characters!

Pick up the book, give it a try.

Even those of you who don't read comics should try them. You may be suprised at the depth of the stories. Besides the new X-Factor and Madrox LS, I would recommend Kingdom Come (the art from Alex Ross is worth it alone), and the trade paperback of Identity Crisis ( I have that one in hardcover - great book).