• ride to work = dry, during work it rained, motorcycle ride home = dry, people other then me that rode to work = 0, suckas! #

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• the quiet is deafening, but not quite surprising. #
• is sitting through 35 minutes of people being assholes worth it to see them get their comeuppance in the last 5 minutes. . . #
• @stanleylieber lol. an episode of buffy:TVS with the “council” from season 5 #

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• like a dream: trying to figure out what happened. . . #
• no water. water main broke near by. and yesterday I was reading of survivalists with their 55 gal drums of water. . #
• water main broke in bridgewater ’bout 10pm last night. no eta to repair. no water = no coffee, no flush, no shower. gah. #
• we have water again here. and a entire set of complete CBG with the Cerebus Silverspoon stories in them. w00t! #

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So at work the other day I came back to my cubical to find a large poster tube in it. I saw Dave Sim’s address on it, and inside I found a bunch of mylar negative used in the production of this cover:

Mylar I said, as I rubbed my chin.  Part of my job is the usage of mylar “phototools” in what is called photolithography. So all I could picture is taking these mylar negatives and using them to create metal plates with the image “engraved” chemically onto them. But nah, I couldn’t do that. As if I have time at work to do something shady like that. Ha!

But that is what it looks like these are used for:

There are four negative images per mylar sheet: two front cover and two back cover. The mylar sheets are approximately 2 feet by 3 feet and have holes on one side – at first I thought that would be to used to register the mylar to each other, but now I think it is just to keep them in a book of some sort. If these were used to create the (metal?) plates for printing, you would only use one set of the mylar images at a time – one for red, one for blue, one for yellow and one for black.

The images on the mylar sheets are actually taped on to them. The images are also the actual size of the image on the comic.  Here is a close up of the “magenta” one:

 Also included with the four different mylar negatives was a “color layer separator”:

They overlay perfectly onto the large mylar sheets.  You can also see the holes in the large mylar sheets where the two sheets above overlay . Now I just need to clean up the mylar negatives, scan them in, and see if I can reproduce the cover digitally for Dave. It was either this, or he was going to just let the negatives sit in a stack in the corner of the Off White House.

• california = epic fail. I’m never going to be spending my 2nd class citizen money on tourist dollars for them any more. #
• large poster tube from Dave + motorcycle = goodies wait until tomorrow to come home. . . #
• “Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.” Dr. King. #
• @stanleylieber <cheap shot>if there is no intellectual side to investigate, then they’re stuck with doing what they’re doing</cheap shot> #
• @stanleylieber again with the reading. are you trying to give me a headache? if it ain’t on teevee. . .oh, wait. I don’t own a teevee. :D #

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• mids 70s + sunny = perfect motorcycle riding weather. just got back from a 1.5+ hour ride. good times. yes, good times. #
• took a 1/2 hr break and went for another bike ride. now my bottom is sore. I need a more comfortable motorcycle seat. #

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• so sunny & humid out, but t-storms popping up everywhere, I can see them and hear them, but yet so sunny. motorcycle riding tease of a day #
• thunder sounds like it right over head, the sky has darken, on weather.com a big patch of red is just 1/2 mile north of me. . . #
• watching the apocalypse from a distance. . .heh. #

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• morning: listening to birds, watching them tease the kitty on the window edge, sprinkler system still hitting whatever is on walkway. coffee #
• “I’ve got a tall pointy hat! Status, boy! You can argue with me, but you can’t argue with status!” – Elrod #
• beautiful day for a motorcycle ride on the highway at 80 mph. I love the Pawtucket S curves and Thurber’s Ave corner on I95. Good times. #

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• just added TGIF to my spell check at work. #

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• beautiful motorcycle ride into work and yes, I’m two steps ahead of you so don’t state the obvious. #
• even better motorcycle ride home, and tomorrow is the friday before a 4 day weekend: w00t! #

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