Growing up, though, some of my sisters would get a little annoyed when I’d make adjustments to the nativity set we had. Hawkman instead of an angel, Batman as one of the wise men, the Martian Manhunter hanging around, etc. I think I went too far when I had a Captain Kirk with a phaser pointed at baby Jesus.

Anyhow, here’s a photo of Robin hanging out on a globe ornament. You can see a couple of others on my Flickr page.

I considered making a Batman with Indiana Jones Nunchuks, but that was just too awesome.

While in the grocery store, I noticed that there was new Pez! Well, sort of. There were all the stupid Kung-Fu Panda Pez (wasn’t there some rule about the characters needing to be around for a decade before becoming Pez dispensers? Now every crappy movie has a Pez tie-in. Anyhoo.). But Laurajean, my wife, bless her, went straight for the new Batman Pez: Batman, Riddler, Joker and Two-Face. Pretty cool: having a wife who will buy me Pez is definitely a good thing (even if she doesn’t understand why roleplaying Superman and Supergirl is NOT sexy and IS creepy).

But I haven’t actually been able to enjoy said Pez, because Laurajean keeps opening the packages and eating the Pez. First, Two-Face fell, then the Riddler, then Batman himself. She’s also been putting the Pez in compromising positions, as you can see below:

She blamed the cat. Then said that at least the Joker was wearing protection. I’m not eating that Pez EVER.

While in the local Newbury Comics (I don’t get my comics there, I just like browsing the action figures and such), we found the new Stargate: Atlantis figures. We immediately gravitated to the "Field Ops Teyla." Or, as Laurajean dubbed her, "Bad Hair Day Teyla." Sorry for the poor focus, the lighting was bad. But not as bad as her hair:

Peter Parker

"I resolve to finally ask that Mary-Jane girl to marry me. What could possibly go wrong? "

Martian Manhunter

"I resolve to actually stay on a team longer than a week. #$!@#ing writers."

Robin

"This year, I hope to beat the snot out of that Damien kid. I can’t believe he’s beaten me up."

Nightwing

"Let’s see, I’ve done Starfire, Oracle, Huntress. Hmm, Batwoman and the Question in 2008."

Superman

"I resolve to be nicer to Dan Didio, since I don’t want him to pull a Quesada on me and Lois."

Blue Beetle

"To get more readers."

Supergirl

"I resolve to actually get a personality and stick with it for at least three months."

Batman

"I resolve to finally bring my parents’ murderer to justice, if I haven’t already done so in the current timeline. Even I can’t keep it straight."

See y’all next year.

Yes. A LOLCAT. I’ve jumped the shark.

My cat, Snickers, does his best Dark Knight impression.