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When the infamous Rob Liefeld made his debut on the comic book scene, I was rapidly moving away from mainstream books and to a degree the industry as a whole.  So in what I can only describe as an impulse purchase, I bid and won an auction for a lot of about two dozen X-Force books that showcase his early work for Marvel.  Having read just a few of the issues, I can say that I am not impressed with his style.  Everything feels rushed, incomplete, too aggressive and not very strong in terms of storytelling.  About the only redeeming factor is seeing the first appearance of Cable as a character in the mutant mythology of Marvel.

Travel has been on mind and I have yet to decide on a final destination for this year’s trip.  The three frontrunners are Romania, Russia and the Ukraine.  Roughly speaking all three countries are in the same part of the world and each of them would give me a different view of Europe than what I have seen in the past.  What I mean to say is that I want to see some place that has a long history and is not overly modern.  Once again any of those places would meet that requirement.  Yes, I know that that might be a slight to Russia and the Ukraine, but I suspect that in many cases it is true.  Plus as far as I know none of them use the Euro as currency so my weak American dollar would go farther than the rest of Europe.