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Today we solemnly observe the 91st anniversary of the end of the Great War, and the veterans of all wars, great and small.

Take a moment to pause and remember for those in Flanders Fields who cannot.

Making Light remembers better than most.

Came across this brainteaser on BoingBoing from [wu:riddles] —

You’re a super-villain and you want to prepare a
transparency (the kind that goes on an overhead projector) with the key
points of your plan for world domination so you can present them to the
hero/superagent before you attempt to kill him in some ridiculously
novel way. You don’t want this information to fall into the wrong hands
before you’re ready. Smart villain that you are, you know you can share
the information across several slides so that if the enemy agents
capture any two of your slides, they won’t learn even the tiniest bit of
information about your plan. How?

Super-villain transparencies

Give us your answers in comments. Note that your plan should be strong enough to thwart the accursed Richards.

On this day in 1969, the National Educational Television network premiered a show from the Children’s Television Workshop, with songs, animation, Bob McGrath, Loretta Long, Caroll Spinney, Carol Burnett, and Muppets.

Forty years later, Sesame Street has become the longest running American children’s program, having helped educate generations of children worldwide. And Bob McGrath, Loretta Long (Susan) and Caroll Spinney (Big Bird and Oscar) are still there. (Think of it– 40 years as an 8 foot tall bird.)

The effect of the show is so powerful and widespread, this song made it up to #16 on the Billboard charts in 1970:

Make sure you catch the season premiere today, with special guest Michelle Obama. Check your local PBS station for times and listings– or (sign of the times) get the Sesame Street podcast on .

Perhaps you’ve heard that Twitter has now added Twitter Lists to its offerings, as an easier way to negotiate your way around. Well, we’d like for you to see us there, so we’re throwing in a little extra incentive.

Every person who adds ComicMix to a Twitter List will be entered in a random drawing. The winner will get their choice of:

The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Born hardcover

or

EZ Street: Limited Baltimore Edition. Only 100 of these were printed.

Just include ComicMix on your Twitter List by November 15th. We’ll announce the winner on the 16th.

And don’t forget to follow ComicMix or the ComicMix team list!

IGN has four character posters for the Matthew Vaughn-directed comic book adaptation of Mark Millar and John Romita Jr.’s Kick-Ass, opening in theaters on April 16. Go look.