Hey, remember me? Guy with the site and stuff? Sorry I've been so scarce -- like I've said too many times before, things have changed a lot on this end over the past year, but I'll do what I can to keep things going here. Just know that at no point do I "forget" about X-E -- it's just a matter of...oh blah blah blah. You know the drill by now.

I am working on a new article, though. It's one of those special-to-me-but-maybe-not-to-you thingies. We'll see. I'm setting it all up tonight, and hopefully, the gods will smile upon me with fast commutes this week, leaving time to put it together during the evenings. Jesus Christ I'm boring.

In lieu of something new, here's a bunch of something old. If you're somewhat new to the site and haven't figured out how to waddle through the fifty years worth of articles buried deep within the site, here's a few articles that I kinda like:

Supergirl Movie Review: It's odd that this flick hasn't achieved more of a cult status. Though not a critical or box office smash or even a very good movie, it's super/pun harmless and loads of fun. I'm a sucker for Helen Slater.

Within the Woods Movie Review: This isn't a particularly enthralling article or anything, but I'm figuring there's plenty of Evil Dead fans in the house who haven't heard the scoop on the so-called "prequel" -- the messy prototype film Raimi and Campbell put together to sell the suits on the idea. Check it out.

Hulk Smash Something: You've probably noticed that I like to archive all of the weird food and toy promotions that come out. The reason is simple: when I want to do an article on something like, let's say, Ninja Turtle Pies, I'm faced with the unfortunate fact that there's just nothing out there on the stuff. Bad sentence, but you get the drift. I live for trivial things, but trivial things rarely last long. I hate that. So, in this article, a Hulk pinata goes apeshit over all of the many Hulk-related movie promo tie-ins that were then littering the grocery stores. It's goofy, but I'm proud to have done my part to make sure the handful of people who'll think of that stuff years from now will have a place to see it again.

Return of the Jedi Toys: I don't talk much about Star Wars stuff on the site these days, I guess partly because I know I've been "outfanned" in that department -- there are people more into the lore running their own sites, or at least, people who've kept up with it a heck of a lot better than me. That said, there wouldn't be an X-E if I didn't love Star Wars so much. I can't limit the "why" in that to a paragraph, so I'll just let you read about a bunch of vintage toys from the ROTJ era and hope you get the same feelings from it. It's not about the Speeder Bike toy being cool. It's about the Speeder Bike toy reminding me about how I used to spend the afternoons on the side of our house, by a pile of tan rocks, ramming it over and over again into that big cylindrical air conditioner thingamajig while collecting ladybugs and neat red leaves.

That's all for now. Damn, I really gotta get rid of the Christmas design, eh?

Okay, survey: tell us what you won't eat, under any circumstances. I'll start with my arch nemesis -- mayonnaise. I can't even eat across from someone with mayo on their plate.