Babbling Point

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LUCIEN REYES! Children of the world. Future flowers, now seeds. Some hand-raised, nourished in the love-enriched ground. Others tossed carelessly on the coldest concrete, struggling beneath Darwin’s dispassionate sunlight. Each unique, snowflake-individualized. And all the same. Our race. The human race. One color—many shades. Treasures to some, toys to others. They will reach the stars and stalk the shadows. What children are, more than anything else, is this: another chance for our flawed species. Another chance to get it right. From Andrew Vachss' “ANOTHER CHANCE TO GET IT RIGHT” Couple of hours ago, before Thursday slipped into Friday, I got a text that baby Lucien was born. Happy birthday kid! Last December, baby Roj came into this world just in time to get some Christmas gift. And so we get several more chances to do the right thing. God bless the kids.

. Will Eisner, 1917-2005 At the 1994 Eisner Awards in San Diego, I saw Will Einser go up on stage because he was one of the winners. The first thing he said was, "It's a bit embrassing to win an award named after you." And the crowd just laughed and applauded. Goes to show that Mr. Eisner was a humble man, as well as a great comic book storyteller who just kept on making comic books. Neil Gaiman tells a nice story (doesn't he always) about Eisner in his blog today. God bless Will Eisner.

:-) "May your coming year be filled with magic and dreams and good madness. I hope you read some fine books and kiss someone who thinks you're wonderful, and don't to forget make some art -- write or draw or build or sing or live as only you can. And I hope, somewhere in the next year, you surprise yourself." -- Neil Gaiman