Fear of Writing addresses a fear common among superheroes. The popular image of the typical superhero doesn't include fears of any sort, but most hide the shameful secret that they are terrified of writing. This is why Captain ILL has Joe do all his writing for him. This is why Peter Parker takes lots of pictures, but doesn't write any articles. Of course that conceited jerk Superman goes out of his way to show off the fact that he's not afraid of writing by being a newspaper reporter in his secret identity. Drat! Why does that blue and red pretty boy get all the cool superpowers?! It's obvious why he gets the lion's share of the media attention ... he's always writing articles about himself! It's not fair! Captain ILL is always out there fighting for justice, but what good is being able to shoot laser beams out of your eyes, if nobody notices? Somebody needs to take Superman down a notch or two, and Captain ILL is just the man to do it! It turns out that you can get kryptonite on ebay, so watch out you big blue %$&@!
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Interlibrary Loan of yesterday
Fear of Writing addresses a fear common among superheroes. The popular image of the typical superhero doesn't include fears of any sort, but most hide the shameful secret that they are terrified of writing. This is why Captain ILL has Joe do all his writing for him. This is why Peter Parker takes lots of pictures, but doesn't write any articles. Of course that conceited jerk Superman goes out of his way to show off the fact that he's not afraid of writing by being a newspaper reporter in his secret identity. Drat! Why does that blue and red pretty boy get all the cool superpowers?! It's obvious why he gets the lion's share of the media attention ... he's always writing articles about himself! It's not fair! Captain ILL is always out there fighting for justice, but what good is being able to shoot laser beams out of your eyes, if nobody notices? Somebody needs to take Superman down a notch or two, and Captain ILL is just the man to do it! It turns out that you can get kryptonite on ebay, so watch out you big blue %$&@!
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I'm afraid that, at least from a statistical standpoint, Captain ILL has his work cut out for him if he wants to lay claim to being more popular than Superman.
A Google search reveals that "Superman" returns 62,800,000 hits while "Captain ILL" returns a seemingly respectable (but paltry in reality) 15,200. You do the math. This means that for every one item in which the name "Captain ILL" is invoked, Superman tallies 4,131.
Put another way, The Captain has the same chance of kicking Superman's patriotic a** in a popularity contest as Bowlingjoe does in making the final eight in American Idol next year.
Captain ILL may be afraid of writing, but he's not afraid of math, mostly because he doesn't believe in it. All the statistics in the world are no use against the giant boot of justice when planted in the butt of evil!
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