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On a whim, I was thinking about downloading the pilot to Bleach, which is a ghosts-and-spirits anime series, on Amazon.com.  (It’s free).  Some quick observations:

1. The preview sounded bad.  I decided not to download a free episode.
2. The preview sounded so bad that I actually felt bad for the announcer/narrator, who had to use his Always-Excited Announcer/Narrator voice to deliver lines like “But when she touches him with her sword, Ichigo absorbs most of her power and he too be-comes a Soul Reaver.”  The narrator gamely tried his best to put an unusual inflection on random words, to distract us from how inane the plot sounds, but you can tell.  You can tell that he was really thinking “Sweet Christ, even the Sarah Connor Chronicles wasn’t this bad.”

It is my ambition to say in ten sentences what others say in a whole book.

–Friedrich Nietzsche

I save the day by wasting many, proving reptilian awesomeness. There, I only needed ten words.

–Agent Orange

You’re despicable.

–The Superhero Nation writing staff

Our mutated-alligator staffer, Agent Orange, has somehow managed to connect US law with a reptilian distinction appreciated by .0003% of Americans.

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Today, the two cities leading the Superhero Nation readership board (in terms of total time spent reading today) are both named London.

And Texas claims the top spot among the states for individual hits today. Previously, only California, Indiana and Illinois have seized a day.  (Most of SN’s contributors are Midwestern, so networking goes farther there).

Speaking of SN contributors, Gainsville, FL has the longest average reader time today. Mutated alligators everywhere thank you for your support and hope to see you at the games next season.

Writing a superhero story?  Try to keep your hero’s powers from committing these mistakes.

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Vantage Point and Harold and Kumar 2 are on the board today.

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