Keywords for this weekend: Little Shop. Batman. New TV. Internet. More Batman.

I spent a good deal of the weekend online (whatever the problem was with my ISP that kept me from being able to log on for more that 5 minutes at a time over the last several months seems to have finally corrected itself), maintaining the Batman Beyond DVD petition and keeping abreast of the struggle.

I also spent a good deal of time watching series premieres. More on that later.

Saturday night my friend Tess and I went to see a local production of "Little Shop of Horrors." I'd never seen it live before, though I do have the original cast recording, so I knew that the show didn't have a happy ending like the movie. The show was good. Crystal & Chiffon could have used a little more practice on their choreography, other than that you never would have guessed it was a regional production.

One of the volunteer ushers at the theater was dressed like Batman. I don't know why. He wasn't actually dressed like Batman, but he wore a Batman t-shirt, a Batman baseball cap, a Batman jacket, and, to complete the ensemble, a pair of gloves from a Batman costume. Like I said, I don't know why. I should have asked him to sign my petition.

Continuing the Batman theme, Nephew #1 finally returned my copy of The Compete Frank Miller Batman, a nice leatherbound edition containing both "Year One" and "The Dark Knight Returns." I'm pretty happy to have gotten that back.

It is time now for me to go have lunch with my supervisor, so this post will have to be continued ...