Quantum Leap
The next James Bond film has been titled, Quantum of Solace: Quantumlink. Sure, sure, it doesn't have as much sex appeal as Casino Royale, but it is a better nonsensical title than A View to a Kill (which is, by the way, a disappointing waste of Christopher Walken as a Bond villain). For my money, though, there is no better titled Bond film than From Russia With Love. And as if the title wasn't enough, From Russia With Love also features Robert Shaw as the assassin Red Grant, agent of S.P.E.C.T.R.E.!

The idea has just occurred to me that Parker Peppard's band King of Prussia must have if not a full-length album than at least a signature song titled "From Prussia With Love."

In hoops, the dastardly Spartans comfortably bested the scholarly Wildcats, Michigan State 78-62 Northwestern. Drat! I hope the football brilliance of Northwestern versus Northeastern is repeated in basketball. Pure gold.

Martian Manhunter
I am the first to admit that I am very impressionable. Thus, due to the narration of the new story arc in J.L.A.: Classified, "That Was Now, This Is Then," by none other than "J'onn J'onzz, the justly famed Manhunter From Mars," for today at least I have largely set aside thoughts of Project TROIKA and indulged myself in my own fanciful plans for my favorite Martian.

I have given a codename to the self-christened Z'imm* J'onzz, the facet of J'onn who refuses to reincorporate with the whole at the conclusion of "Little Green Men" and goes on to menace the people of the earth. After giving serious consideration to the Mad Martian, the Green Doom, the Martian Menace, and the Green Meanie, I have settled on the Martian Master, both a reflection of Z'imm's Martian supremacist views and a tip o' the hat to The Doctor's (from Doctor Who) great rival, The Master.

Malefic (Ma'alefa'ak J'onzz) - "The Devil Made Flesh"
Martian Master (Z'imm J'onzz) - "John Carter of Mars, Pa."
A'monn A'mokk - "Return of Saturn"
V.U.L.T.U.R.E. - "Flight of the V.U.L.T.U.R.E.," "The Jungle"
~The Faceless (Ch'all Ch'andrum)
~The Buzzard (Rohit Rao)
~The Alienist (Fu Xiao-wei) - "Little Green Men"
~Asunder
~Scorch (Aubrey Sparks)
~Effigy (Martin Van Wyck)
~Firefist (Lyle Byrnes)
~Arson Fiend (George Tweedle)
~Kid Inferno (Jerry Harris)
~The Red Vulture
Cenotaph (Cay'an)
Mr. Mind - "Manhunters Are From Mars, Worms Are From Venus"
Clankers - "The Callistan Menace," "Clanking Doom"
Bastards of Mars - "The Vulcan Affair"

Wayback Machinelink.

*Codename CHAOS
The Martian Master, a.k.a. Z'imm J'onzz, a.k.a. John Carter of Mars, Pa., is in name, appearance, and temperament a loving homage to the star of Invader ZIM, ZIM (who has not in fact achieved the august rank of "Invader" in the Irken military), not a sidelong reference to Daddy Dylweed, who operates under the handle "Zimm." So, why call the Martian Master Z'imm with two M's and not simply "Z'im"? J'onn J'onzz, A'monn A'mokk, Ma'alefa'ak J'onzz, and even Jemm, Son of Saturn, that's why.

Gods of Mars, my Martian Manhunter will be staggering in its resplendent magnificence.

The Rebel Black Dot Song of the Day
Less Than Jake, "Robots One, Humans Zero" from B is for B-sides (T.L.A.M.)