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Tuesday, February 3, 2009

Bathroom Monologue: Cobalt

"Spider-Man, meet your new nemesis: Cobalt! … Cobalt! … The menacing… Come on! I got a glider and a blue goblin costume, because cobalts were a kind of goblins, but the word is also a shade of blue. It’s cleverer than Green Goblin, Hobgoblin, Grey Goblin and Green Goblin II, isn’t it? I mean, the meaning of the name is all compacted into one catchy word. Oh, stop laughing! Stop laughing or I’ll throw an indigo pumpkin bomb at you! … No, it’s not full of food coloring and death… Jesus, I’m going back to flipping burgers.”

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