This page is getting a lot of visits from people who want to look at Erica Durance. Ever one to keep my readers happy, here are some pictures of her (the original blog entry is below):

Personally, I think it was a mistake introducing the character of Lois Lane to Smallville. Superman and Lois should meet up later in life. At this age, Clark should be all about Lana. Not that I’m complaining about the casting choice. She makes a very convincing Lois.

Nor do I mean to imply that she doesn’t belong on the Smallville universe. I mean, look at her. She could have played a young Wonder Woman. Not to suggest that Wonder Woman should be young, mind you, as in adolescent. She’s an immortal. Even though Clark is just a kid, Diana could be the same Wonder Woman who fought in World War II. I don’t follow Smallville well enough to know whether they have yet introduce the character. I know that a young Aquaman and the Flash and the Martian Manhunter have appeared. Still, meeting up with a 2,000 year-old Amazon process would be a unique growing experience for Clark…especially if she looked like that.

Oh, and here’s the original blog entry, for anyone who was looking for that: SUPER Sleaze Glenn Reynolds should be ashamed of himself, peddling flesh under the guise of “sweeps week.” Around here, we’re too busy with our fun, family-oriented Superman blogwave to sully oursleves with that kind of pandering. Speaking of which, here’s a nice photo of actress Erica Durance, who portrays Lois Lane on Smallville:

True Anomaly provides the shocking details and suggests a rather drastic remedy:

The government must act now! The Departments of Homeland Security and Defense need to work together to build an orbital wall around the planet. This system should consist of deep space radar satellites to act as an early warning system to detect incoming Kryptonian vessels. Once a Kryptonian is identified, a constellation of kryptonite laser satellites would be used to blast the vessel out of the sky, preventing further illegal immigration and protecting the planet from a possible menace. DoD contractor LuthorCorp already has prototypes of the needed systems, and is ready to start production as soon as the contracts are awarded to them.

Well, that’s just silly, seeing as we know that Krypton was destroyed and there are no more Krptonians likely to come. But what do we do with the existing illegal Kryptonian population?

Let’s not have any of this silly “amnesty” talk. He broke the law coming here. Fighting for Truth, Justice, and the American Way does not put him above the law. He’s a felon. It’s just that simple.

On the other hand, he went to the trouble of learning English and he does appear to have assimilated somewhat…

Via Rand Simberg, who almost inspired me to write an entry entitled “SUPER Jew?” (His title was much better, btw.)

One of our favorite real-life superheroes has done it again:

There are 174 million visually impaired people in the world, accounting for approximately 2.6 percent of the population, with around 0.6% being completely blind. We can hardly imagine how overjoyed these people will be to hear of a groundbreaking new device that has been announced by the United States National Federation of the Blind (NFB) – the Kurzweil-NFB Reader. The handheld machine was developed by NFB and renowned inventor Ray Kurzweil, and enables users to take pictures of and read most printed materials. Users hold the device over any print document (such as a letter, bill, restaurant menu, airline ticket, business card, or office memo) and in seconds they hear the contents of the printed document read to them in a clear synthetic voice. Combining a state-of-the-art digital camera with a powerful personal data assistant, the Reader puts the best available character-recognition software together with text-to-speech conversion technology in a single handheld device. “The world of the printed word is about to be opened to the blind in a way it has never been before,” said NFB President Marc Maurer. No other device in the history of technology for the blind and visually impaired has provided quicker access to more information.

One step closer to full-blown electronic vision for the blind.

Hat-tip: El Jef. (Or should that be Jef-El? Hmmmmmm…..)

Is Superman more than just flamboyant? Stephen Colbert says maybe…

He also observes that there’s only one thing that can possibly save the New York Times…

Years ago, I remember reading a prediction in the first issue of a short-lived Jack Kirby creation called OMAC that one day, somebody like the highly enhanced One Man Army Corps would “just be another Joe,” and that Superman would be the ultimate fantasy made reality via technology.

At the time, that seemed an awfully farfetched scenario. Now it doesn’t seem to go nearly far enough.

Here’s a prediction for our times.

One of the following statements is not true. Identify it.

Phil’s parents used to live in the extremely Smallville-like town of Goddard, Kansas.

Kathy grew up near the real city of Metropolis.

Phil did, too.

Both Stephen and Phil are mild-mannered and wear glasses.

Mike Sargent is a strange visitor from another planet who came to earth with powers and abilities far beyond those of mortal men.

Hint: There really is a real city of Metropolis.