Gilgamesh's Island

[Moetown]

Good morning! Be careful out there. The streets are slick.

[Bizarro]

Urgh. Remember how my brother is staying with us? My wife can't stand him and it's making problems. I told him he he'd need to have his debts worked out and have imminent plans for getting out by the time the baby was born. He's stayed true to that, working out a settlement on his last remaining credit card that closes Feb 25. He should have the money to get his own place by mid to late March. Meanwhile, his slovenly ways have infuriated M______ too many times. While I agree with her the kid has stuff to learn about tidiness, she's riding a crest of hormonal rage that has him as a malicious little dick who is intentionally disrespecting her and treating her like a maid. And now whenever he's even around, she's enraged by every little thing either of us does, no matter how small. She's taken to swearing at me and calling me names and she stays mad for days at a time over the craziest stuff.

I told myself when she got pregnant I'd roll with whatever hormonal weirdness she experienced. But I didn't count on having to answer to "asshole" or being bullied into throwing my closest sibling out on his ass because he doesn't always hang his coat up.

[Tripp]

what you should do is act like you're beating the shit out of your brother.  Push him into a room, slam the door then make all the appropriate sound effects then storm out of the room saying "I WANT YOU OUTTA HERE OR YOU"RE DEAD!!"
Your rage will eclipse hers and she won't have anywhere to go with it.

[Mister Chaddy]

That's a great idea.

[Bizarro]

She'd just wonder why he wasn't gone the next day.

[Tripp]

first we have this...


............


A report at Newsarama.com has indicated that the delay in returning Superman to the big screen may be linked to a claim by the estate of co-creator Jerry Siegel that the film deals do not represent fair market value.

The Siegel estate maintains that since DC Comics and Warner Bros. share close corporate ties, the film rights to the character may not be achieving their full potential. If other studios were allowed to bid on the property, DC would earn more for the rights.

Several thousand pages of depositions and corporate documents have been filed, which are linked from Newsarama, including several unproduced Superman scripts from the past 40 years.

[Tripp]

and we also have this....



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Marvel Sued For $750M In Movie Profits


NEW YORK - Shareholders of an ill-fated Stan Lee venture are seeking more than $750 million in profits from films and other works based on Marvel comic characters such as "Spider-Man," "X-Men" and "Iron Man."

The lawsuit was filed Monday in a Manhattan federal court on behalf of shareholders of Stan Lee Media Inc. Defendants include Lee, his wife, New York-based Marvel Entertainment Inc., and former Marvel chief executive officer Avi Arad.

The suit names four shareholders who live in Florida, California and Canada. Their lawyer, Martin Garbus, said the suit is aimed at reclaiming money for all Stan Lee Media Inc. shareholders.

The lawsuit claims profits from Lee's comic creations belong to the company, which emerged from bankruptcy in 2006. The suit claims Lee, Marvel and others have violated Stan Lee Media's copyright interests and that the firm is due profits from all properties, including blockbuster films that were made after 1998 and based on Lee's creations.

The lawsuit's allegations were immediately rebuffed, with Marvel issuing a statement that said the lawsuit is filled with "ridiculous claims."

Lee's attorney, Mark W. Williams, said: "We look forward to a positive resolution for Stan Lee and his family."

Marvel also claimed the lawsuit features claims that have been pursued in previous cases.

Garbus said Monday's suit differs in that it names Lee, Arad, who produced several of the blockbuster films featuring Marvel characters, and current Marvel CEO Isaac Perlmutter.

"It's a very different lawsuit," Garbus said. "It's different money."

He said he suspects that Lee, who once sued Marvel over profits from his creations, entered into an agreement that deprived Stan Lee Media of the windfall from blockbuster movies such as the "Spider-Man" and "X-Men" trilogies.

"He made a deal," Garbus said of Lee's confidential settlement that led to his reconciliation with Marvel. "That money should have gone to the corporation."

Lee helped found Stan Lee Media, an online comic site in the late 1990s, but the company went into bankruptcy in 2001 and several of its officers were arrested and accused of manipulating its stock price.

Lee was never implicated in the scheme, but the company's meltdown has sparked court actions in New York, Colorado and Los Angeles.

In 2007, Lee sued Stan Lee Media for copyright infringement, cybersquatting, defamation and other claims. In a document filed last year, Lee's lawyers denied he gave the company copyright interests in characters he created during his Marvel career.

A service of the Associated Press(AP)

[Tripp]

thank you Watchmen lawsuit.

[Mister Chaddy]

Chuck and Buck Up! Amazing Race fans!

[captqitn]

Urgh. Remember how my brother is staying with us? My wife can't stand him and it's making problems. I told him he he'd need to have his debts worked out and have imminent plans for getting out by the time the baby was born. He's stayed true to that, working out a settlement on his last remaining credit card that closes Feb 25. He should have the money to get his own place by mid to late March. Meanwhile, his slovenly ways have infuriated M______ too many times. While I agree with her the kid has stuff to learn about tidiness, she's riding a crest of hormonal rage that has him as a malicious little dick who is intentionally disrespecting her and treating her like a maid. And now whenever he's even around, she's enraged by every little thing either of us does, no matter how small. She's taken to swearing at me and calling me names and she stays mad for days at a time over the craziest stuff.

I told myself when she got pregnant I'd roll with whatever hormonal weirdness she experienced. But I didn't count on having to answer to "asshole" or being bullied into throwing my closest sibling out on his ass because he doesn't always hang his coat up.

Despite the bros-before-hos rule of thumb, I'd suggest something close to what Tripp said.    Pull your brother to the side, explain the situation and about hormones (if he hasn't been in this sitch before) and just explain that you love him, but you are SOO siding with your wife at this point for the sake of peace and her health.     Suggest that he move out as soon as its not going to wreck him, and that when its all over, y'all will all laugh about this period in a sort of "Bill Cosby-Himself" sort of way.

[captqitn]

[full blown possession]

Good morning! Be careful out there. The streets are slick.

and people dont know how to drive even in a minute dropping of snow

GOOD Morning to all who beeth here!

[Tripp]

good morrow to you... fine lady.

[Doctor Rock]

Why does that deserve a fail?  Seems like sensible advice to me! 

[full blown possession]

regarding gocat, i agree with capn.  you will be a prince to ye lady and brother should be polite just in my opinion

and regarding the hormones, when you are pregnant your emotions are like a roller coaster some times plus you dont always feel good.  not feeling good = irritation = frustration



so howeth everybody beeth?

meeth is still unemployed, x was laid off and moved to atlanta, yay! but he's ditching his child support, my life reads like a good cuntry western song

and barack obama is inspiring me, kimberly k o________ due solemnly swear to sitting on this hard arse chair at ze library while little kids are getting read a book by some too inspired librarian talking in baby talk and the other librarian talking on the phone to another librarian about THEM cutting funding.