We have a firefighter in the library talking to our students. Two pieces of superhero wisdom from him:

1. All fires eventually die out; it’s just how much damage they do we try and prevent.
2. All cats eventually come down from trees.

You should see one of the .asf (who uses .asf?) movies I converted for a HazMat specialist today. A silo caught on fire and rocketed hundreds of feet in the air. At first I joined the students with, “Whoa! That was awesome!” and then realized: this is one of our student’s dads. Imagine if that’s your dad running into the giant explosion.

Timothy, you have my respect.

So when NBC debuts The Cape, about an angst-ridden ex-cop who turns to the superhero lifestyle, I will probably view it more like SuperBabies(and does NBC really need more angsty heroes? Because Sylar’s doing so well, I hear (only rumor, since I haven’t watched that whinefest for a season now)).

Semi-related posts:

1. Conan O’Brien Seeks Justice
2. “Okay. Lecture’s over – Time for some FEEDBACK!”
3. #savechuck
4. Super-Hero School
5. Jimmy Fallon’s cut lines from Modern Warfare 2