The latest review is of My Pet Monster's Live-Action Videocassette, a true classic by our standards. I was most pleased to find this tape after years of searching, and it didn't let me down. I know it'll be tough for most of you to get yours hands on it, so I went through the extra trouble of creating several video clips - check the bottom of the review for those. I kinda wish I'd done that for some of the previous reviews, so maybe someday I'll go back and add vids here and there.

I feel like I've been on a timecard with the site these past few weeks. Got a lot going on, and c'mon, American Idol's in it's final stretch. That's a big time sucker. Actually, not to jinx myself, but I appear to be on the cusp of landing the kind of job I've always wanted, and between writing samples and otherwise having it on my mind, it's taking up a lot of my time. I'll let you know when and if it ever comes through. If it doesn't, I'll pretend the opportunity never existed and lie about someone else writing this entry. The point is, I'm sorta annoyed with only having enough time to do my articles and get the Hell outta here, so hopefully that'll change in a few weeks. X-E is historically unorganized, but one of my main goals a few months back was getting everything back online in the proper spots and adding a lot of new and regularly updated features. The commercials, for example - LOTS more of those coming. I'm also debating adding another section simply for scans of old print ads, since I've accumulated a pretty good collection of 'em in the past year. No, not the usual comic book scans you've seen online for years already - these are from some pretty obscure magazines and catalogs, and while none are deserving of full articles in of themselves, there's no way you won't get a kick out of seeing 'em.

Unfortunately, I'm the type who likes to make 50 plans at once, causing a brain overload that makes me put everything on hold for months on end. Still, if the new job really is on the horizon, I definitely want the site to be as efficient as possible first. The coding is a big thing, and I'm glad that'll be over with soon. As of now, everything you see on the site is just written out in plain html, eating away at five times the time it really needs. Be patient, though - I think the best is yet to come.